Exit does Well with Cinema Eye Nods

Cinema Eye has just announced its doc nominees for the 2010 season. The audience choices fit what we’re all thinking of as the hot docs of the year more than the rest of the nods — that’s where you’ll find the more familiar titles, like Inside Job and Catfish.

As follows:

NONFICTION FEATURE FILMMAKING

ARMADILLLO
Directed by Janus Metz
Produced by Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy
Produced by Jaimie D’Cruz

LAST TRAIN HOME
Directed by Lixin Fan
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross

MARWENCOL
Directed by Jeff Malmberg
Produced by Jeff Malmberg, Tom Putnam, Matt Radecki, Chris Shellen and Kevin Walsh

THE OATH
Directed and Produced by Laura Poitras

DIRECTION

ARMADILLO
Janus Metz

LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Frederick Wiseman

LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan

MARWENCOL
Jeff Malmberg

THE OATH
Laura Poitras

PRODUCTION

ARMADILLO
Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Jaimie D’Cruz

INSIDE JOB
Audrey Marrs and Charles Ferguson

LAST TRAIN HOME
Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross

THE OATH
Laura Poitras

RESTREPO
Produced by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington

CINEMATOGRAPHY

ARMADILLO
Lars Skree

LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
John Davey

INTO ETERNITY
Heikke Farm

OCEANS
Camera Luc Drion, Philippe Ros and Luciano Tovoli

LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan

THE SOUNDS OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY
Peter Liechti and Matthias Kalin

SWEETGRASS
Lucien Castaing-Taylor

EDITING

ARMADILLO
Per K. Kirkegaard

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Chris King and Tom Fulford

A FILM UNFINISHED
Joëlle Alexis

LAST TRAIN HOME
Lixin Fan, Mary Stephens

MARWENCOL
Jeff Malmberg

COMPOSING

12TH AND DELAWARE
David Darling

CIRCO
Joey Burns and John Convertino

THE OATH
Osvaldo Golijov

THE SOUND OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY
Norbert Möslang

UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS
Todd Griffin

GRAPHIC DESIGN

AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY
Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock

GASLAND
Juan Cardarelli and Eric Levy

INSIDE JOB
Josh Norton and Alex Krawitz

THE INVENTION OF DR. NAKAMATS
Rob Chiu

VIDEOCRACY
Martin Hultman

INTERNATIONAL

ARMADILLO
Directed by Janus Metz
Produced by Sara Stockmann and Ronnie Fridthjof

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy
Produced by Jaimie D’Cruz

INTO ETERNITY
Directed by Michael Madsen
Produced by Lise Lense-M√∏ller

LAST TRAIN HOME
Directed by Lixin Fan
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross

THE RED CHAPEL
Directed by Mads Brügger
Produced by Peter Engel

DEBUT

CATFISH
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Banksy

MARWENCOL
Jeff Malmberg

PRODIGAL SONS
Kimberly Reed

THE RED CHAPEL
Mads Brügger

SWEETGRASS
Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor

SPOTLIGHT

THE ARBOR
Directed by Clio Barnard

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
Directed by Andrei Ujică

LA BOCCA DEL LUPO
Directed by Vincenzo Motta

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT
Directed by Patricio Guzman

STEAM OF LIFE
Directed by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen

AUDIENCE CHOICE

CATFISH
Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Directed by Frederick Wiseman

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Directed by Banksy

A FILM UNFINISHED
Directed by Yael Hersonski

INSIDE JOB
Directed by Charles Ferguson

JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg

LAST TRAIN HOME
Directed by Lixin Fan

RESTREPO
Directed by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

THE TILLMAN STORY
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev

WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
Directed by Davis Guggenheim

NONFICTION SHORT FILM

ALBERT’S WINTER
Directed by Andreas Koefoed

ARSY-VERSY
Directed by Miro Remo

DOCK ELLIS AND THE LSD NO-NO
Directed by James Blagden

THE POODLE TRAINER
Directed by Vance Malone

QUADRANGLE
Directed by Amy Grappell

BY VOTE TOTAL

7
LAST TRAIN HOME

6
ARMADILLO
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

5
THE OATH

4
MARWENCOL

3
LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
INSIDE JOB

2
CATFISH
A FILM UNFINISHED
INTO ETERNITY
THE RED CHAPEL
RESTREPO
THE SOUND OF INSECTS – SECRET OF A MUMMY
SWEETGRASS

1
12TH AND DELAWARE
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY
THE ARBOR
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
LA BOCCA DEL LUPO
CIRCO
GASLAND
THE INVENTION OF DR. NAKAMATS
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT
OCEANS
PRODIGAL SONS
STEAM OF LIFE
THE TILLMAN STORY
UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS
VIDEOCRACY
WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
WE DON’T CARE ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY

Individual Nominations

6
Lixin Fan – LAST TRAIN HOME (Most Ever)

4
Banksy – EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Jeff Malmberg – MARWENCOL

3
Mila Aung-Thwin – LAST TRAIN HOME
Daniel Cross – LAST TRAIN HOME
Jaimie D’Cruz РEXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
Ronnie Fridthjof – ARMADILLO
Janus Metz – ARMADILLO
Laura Poitras – THE OATH
Sara Stockmann – ARMADILLO

2
Mads Brügger РTHE RED CHAPEL
Lucien Castaing-Taylor – SWEETGRASS
Charles Ferguson – INSIDE JOB
Tim Hetherington – RESTREPO
Henry Joost – CATFISH
Sebastian Junger – RESTREPO
Peter Liechti – THE SOUND OF INSECTS – RECORD OF A MUMMY
Ariel Schulman – CATFISH
Frederick Wiseman – LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET

Previous Winner Nominated this Year
Lise Lense-M√∏ller – BURMA VJ (2010)

Nominated Previously for Other Films

Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs – NO END IN SIGHT (2008)
Mila Aung-Thwin – UP THE YANGTZE (2009)