Cinema Eye Honors Awards 2025

Congrats to all the documentaries recognized for Cinema Eye Honor Awards including these projects from Film Fatales members:

Bread & Roses directed by Sahra Mani  – Broadcast Film – Nominee

Contractions directed by Lynne Sachs – Shortlist Semifinalist

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court directed by Dawn Porter – Nonfiction Series

Daughters directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae – Nonfiction Feature, Debut Feature, Audience Choice Prize – Nominee

Frida directed by Carla Gutiérrez – Audience Choice Awards Long List, Debut Feature, Editing, Original Score, Visual Design, Audience Choice Prize – Nominee

Girls State directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss  – Broadcast Film, Broadcast Cinematography, Broadcast Editing – WINNER

God Save Texas directed by Alex Stapleton, Iliana Sosa, and Richard Linklater – Anthology Series – Nominee

Grand Theft Hamlet directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane – Debut Feature, Audience Choice Awards Long List – Nominee

Great Photo, Lovely Life directed by Amanda Mustard and Rachel Beth Anderson – Broadcast Film – Nominee

I Am Ready, Warden directed by Smriti Mundhra – Shortlist Semifinalist

Look Into My Eyes directed by Lana Wilson – Nonfiction Feature, Direction, Editing – Nominee

Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World produced by Sasha Levinson – Shortlist Semifinalist

Mistress Dispeller directed by Elizabeth Lo – Direction, Production, Cinematography – Nominee

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa directed by Lucy Walker – Audience Choice Prize, Unforgettables honoree – Nominee

Photographer lensed by Rita Baghdadi, Michael Crommett, Peter Hutchens, Melissa Langer, Pauline Maroun – Broadcast Cinematography – Nominee

Songs From the Hole directed by Contessa Gayles – Heterodox Award – WINNER

The Lady Bird Diaries directed by Dawn Porter – Broadcast Film – Nominee

Union directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing –  Unforgettables honoree, Direction and Production – WINNER