The annual Cinema Eye Honors have announced their nominations, with Po Si Teng’s documentary “American Doctor” and the collaborative work of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, “You Can See Everything,” leading the pack with seven nominations each. These honors celebrate exceptional artistic achievements in the realm of nonfiction and documentary film and series.
Exceptional Nominations for “American Doctor”
“American Doctor” received nominations in several prestigious categories including Best Direction, Best Production, Best Original Score, and Best Debut Feature. Additionally, it garnered the Audience Choice nomination and was recognized in the Unforgettables category for featuring on-screen collaborators Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa.
Historic Recognition for “You Can See Everything”
“You Can See Everything” made Cinema Eye history by being the first film to achieve nominations in multiple key categories, including Nonfiction Feature, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Production, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score. The film is also competing for the Audience Choice Prize.
Other Notable Nominees
Competing for the top honor of Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature are several other exceptional titles: “My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile,” “NAZA,” “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” and “To Hold a Mountain.” Meanwhile, Sara Dosa’s “Time and Water” follows closely with six nominations in categories such as Editing, Score, and Visual Design.
Cinema Eye Honors Ceremony Details
The Cinema Eye Honors ceremony will take place at the Times Center in New York City on January 11, 2027. For those interested in exploring all the nominations, more information can be found at cinemaeyehonors.com.
Selected Nominations Overview
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
American Doctor
Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, Reem Haddad, Chris Rentaria, Ibrahim Al Otla, Ramzy Haddad,
Christopher White, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Suad Bushnaq, Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen,
Patrick Svaneberg Vejen, Jacob Langkjær Davidsen, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Dr. Mark Perlmutter and
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile
Julia Loktev, Michael Taylor, Anna Nemzer, Ksenia Mironova, Elena Kostyuchenko and Valeria
Ratnikova
NAZA
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Harry Davies, Robert Farr and Anonymous
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
William Greaves, David Greaves, Liani Greaves, Anne de Mare, Tamar-kali, Clive Davidson,
Roland Mitchell, Mike Frank, Matthew J. Hoffman, and Bella Racklin
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Pegah Ahangarani, Kaveh Farnam, Adria Mones, Arash Ashtiani, Neda Mohseni and Dani
Zacarias
To Hold a Mountain
Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Quentin Laurent, Rok Bicek, Eva Kraljević, George Cragg,
Draško Adžić, Julij Zornik, Samo Jurca, Mileva Gara Jovanović and Nada Stanišić
You Can See Everything
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Tatiana Bears, Maggie Ambrose, Jack Davis, David Bolen,
Adam Locke-Norton, Ari Balouzian, Richard Carlos, Paul Hsu, Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans
and Amanda Seyfried
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Poh Si Teng
American Doctor
Michal Marczak
Closure
John Wilson
The History of Concrete
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
NAZA
Pegah Ahangarani
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Sara Dosa
Time and Water
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim
You Can See Everything
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Jeff Malmberg
The Bend in the River
Colin Monie
Everybody to Kenmure Street
Anne de Mare and Lynn True
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Ross McElwee and Joe Bini
Remake
Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput and Mark Harrison
Time and Water
Adam Locke-Norton
You Can See Everything
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod and Reem Haddad
American Doctor
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Anna Barnes and Bob Eisenhardt
Everest: The Other Side
Jessie Deeter, Erin Edeiken and Alex Gibney
Musk
Julia Loktev
My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile
Nominees to be determined
NAZA
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Tatiana Bears, Maggie Ambrose and Jack Davis
You Can See Everything
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Nathan Golon, Pete Muller and Mark Unger
Bucks Harbor
Michal Marczak
Closure
Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin and Christopher Murphy
Everest: The Other Side
Stephen Maing and Eric Daniel Metzgar
The Great Experiment
Eva Kraljević
To Hold a Mountain
David Bolen
You Can See Everything
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
Suad Bushnaq
American Doctor
Daniel Pemberton
Musk
Cristóbal Tapia De Veer
Nuisance Bear
William Ryan Fritch and T. Griffin
The Oldest Person in the World
Dan Deacon
Time and Water
Ari Balouzian
You Can See Everything
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Gisela Fulla Silvestre and Eli Cohn
Barbara Forever
Katarzyna Szczerba and Konrad Błaszczyk
Closure
Robert Farr
NAZA
David Rose, Lou Solakofski and Reid Goobie
Nuisance Bear
Mark Mangini
The Oldest Person in the World
Björn Viktorsson, Atli Arnarsson and Jón Atli Magnússon
Time and Water
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design
Will Hodgson
14th
Philip Eddolls, Michael Enzbrunner and Aisha Ghali
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Mohammad Lotfali
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Anthony Konigbagbe, Yibi Hu and Daisy Evans
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Nominees to be Determined
Musk
Lucy Munger
Time and Water
Outstanding Achievement in Archival Artistry
Brydie O’Connor
Barbara Forever
Wyatt Stone, Viridiana Lieberman and Rebecca Adorno Dávila
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Paula Vaccaro, Aaron Brookner and Tomas Baltazar
Nova ‘78
Anne de Mare, Lynn True, Matthew J. Hoffman and Bella Racklin
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Arash Ashtiani
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Helen Macgowan, Byron Leon, Niles Howard and Gabriela Tessitore
Soul Patrol
Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature Filmmaking
American Doctor
Directed By Poh Si Teng
Barbara Forever
Directed By Brydie O’Connor
Bucks Harbor
Directed By Pete Muller
The History of Concrete
Directed By John Wilson
Nuisance Bear
Directed By Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden
Spotlight Award
Jaripeo
Directed By Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig
Joybubbles
Directed By Rachael J. Morrison
My NDA
Directed by Juliane Dressner and Miriam Shor
TheyDream
Directed By William D. Caballero
The Whole World is a Lie
Directed By Charlie Birns
Wood Street
Directed By Caron Creighton
Heterodox Award
Blue Heron
Directed By Sophy Romvari
A Child of My Own
Directed By Maite Alberdi
Dao
Directed By Alain Gomis
I Heard That They Are Not Going to See Each Other Anymore
Directed By Ka Ki Wong
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Directed By Matt Johnson
Whispers in May
Directed By Dongnan Chen
Audience Choice Prize
American Doctor
Directed by Poh Si Teng
Cookie Queens
Directed by Alysa Nahmias
The Cycle of Love
Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
Everest: The Other Side
Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
NAZA
Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (Shore)
The Oldest Person in the World
Directed by Sam Green
Steal This Story, Please!
Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
Time and Water
Directed by Sara Dosa
Wild Inside
Directed by Penny Lane
You Can See Everything
Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim
