‘The Cove’ dominates Cinema Eye nominations
Louie Psihoyos’ button-pushing anti-dolphin slaughter documentary The Cove walked away with 7 nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors Thursday afternoon including the top award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.
Burma VJ and Food, Inc. received 5 nominations each also including the top prize.
Outstanding Achievement In Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
- Burma VJ, Anders Ostergaard
- The Cove, Louie Psihoyos
- Food, Inc., Robert Kenner
- Loot, Darius Marder
- October Country, Michael Palmieri And Donal Mosher
Outstanding Achievement In Direction
- Agnes Varda, The Beaches Of Agnes
- John Maringouin, Big River Man
- Anders Ostergaard, Burma Vj,
- Darius Marder, Loot
- Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher, October Country
- Terence Davies, Of Time And The City
It sucks that No Impact Man failed to register a single nomination, while a film that allows you to feel like a concerned citizen without actually asking you to do anything nets 7 nominations, but whatever. Everyone loves dolphins and I can’t argue with that. Having said that, I hope Burma VJ wins.
This year’s ceremony was held in March with Man on Wire taking the top honor. The 2010 edition will be held on January 15, 2010.
Check out indieWIRE for a complete list of nominees.
Filed under: Awards, Documentaries
Tags: Burma VJ, Cinema Eye Honors, Food Inc, The Cove
“The Cove” asks the viewer to make the decision to help the noble cause of saving people in Japan from eating meat containing toxic levels of mercury as well as stopping the seasonal slaughter of dolphins in the cove. At the end of the film it asks for your support to take part in stopping the slaughter. The website for the film also has a link so the viewer or a concerned citizen can in fact save dolphins by clicking http://www.takepart.com/thecove/.
The slaughters were scheduled to start beginning in September and due to this documentary and the help of the viewers and concerned citizens the slaughters were postponed.
There are many informative documentaries this year with great messages but it is a shame that “No Impact Man” did not receive a single nomination.