5 Broken Cameras won Outstanding Feature at the 6th annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking Wednesday night during a ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore accepted the prize for co-directors Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi whose film centers on Israeli settlements encroaching on Burnat’s Palestinian village. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia , meanwhile won two prizes – the only one to do so of the evening – including Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Original Score for “Dial.81.” “I personally feel it’s one of the most beautiful pieces of artistic cinema,” Michael Moore commented about 5 Broken Cameras . “You don’t see this on the evening news. You don’t see Palestinians portrayed this way.” Lee Hirsch’s Bully received the Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize chosen from 4,500 votes cast online and via Twitter. This year’s Legacy Award was presented to the 1993 verite classic The War Room , which took viewers behind the scenes of the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign. The Legacy Award is “intended to honor classic films that inspire a new generation of filmmakers and embody the Cinema Eye mission: excellence in creative and artistic achievements in nonfiction films,” according to organizers. The following is a complete list of Cinema Eye Honors winners for 2012: Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking 5 Broken Cameras Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi Presented by Chris Hegedus & D A Pennebaker Outstanding Achievement in Direction Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Detropia Presented by Marshall Curry Audience Choice Prize Bully Directed by Lee Hirsch Presented by Andrea Meditch Outstanding Achievement in Production Dimitri Doganis The Imposter Presented by Daniel Chalfen and Judith Helfand Outstanding Achievement in Editing T. Woody Richman and Tyler H. Walk How to Survive a Plague Presented by Daniel Chalfen and Judith Helfand Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Jeff Orlowski Chasing Ice Presented by Jennie Livingston and Darius Marder Spotlight Award Argentinian Lesson Directed by Wojciech Staron Presented by Jennie Livingston and Darius Marder Heterodox Award Museum Hours Directed by Jem Cohen Presented by Marie Therese Guirgis and Eugene Hernandez Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking Goodbye Mandima (Kwa Heri Mandima) Directed by Robert-Jan Lacombe Presented by Laura Gabbert and Sam Green Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score Dial.81 Detropia Presented by Laura Gabbert and Sam Green Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation Oskar Gullstrand and Arvid Steen Searching for Sugar Man Presented by Jonathan Caouette and Susan Froemke Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims Only the Young Presented by Jonathan Caouette and Susan Froemke Legacy Award The War Room Directed by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker Produced by R.J. Cutler, Wendy Ettinger and Frazer Pennebaker Presented by Michael Moore
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‘5 Broken Cameras’ Named Best Feature At 6th Cinema Eye Honors
