Short Film News (SFN) - Nominations for the inaugural Cinema Eye Awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking were announced by 2008 Award Co-Chairs Thom Powers and AJ Schnack, and Philip Groning's Into Great Silence and Manda Bala by Jason Kohn led the awards with six nominations.

Nominations in eight categories were selected by a committee comprised of 12 programmers from North America's top film festivals who are esteemed for their specialization in documentary.

Winners will be chosen by a larger voting pool of top filmmakers, distributors, programmers, writers and industry figures selected from within the documentary community.

The Cinema Eye Awards, named for the revolutionary group of young filmmakers led by pioneering documentarian Dziga Vertov, will be awarded on March 18, 2008 at a ceremony at the IFC Center in New York City.

The full list of nominees is here:

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking

Into Great Silence by Philip Groening
Lake of Fire by Tony Kaye
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) by Jason Kohn
The Monastery - Mr. Vig and the Nun by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer
No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Into Great Silence by Philip Groening
Lake of Fire by Tony Kaye
Manda Bala by Jason Kohn
Taxi to the Dark Side by Alex Gibney
Zoo by Robinson Devor

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Blindsight - Sybil Robson Orr
Chicago 10 - Brett Morgan & Graydon Carter
Ghosts of Cite Soleil - Seth Kanegis, Tomas Radoor & Mikael Rieks
Into Great Silence - Philip Groening, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaffli & Michael Weber
Lake of Fire - Tony Kaye
Manda Bala - Joey Frank, Jared Goldman & Jason Kohn

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Into Great Silence - Philip Groening
Lake of Fire - Tony Kaye
Manda Bala - Heloisa Passos
Manufactured Landscapes - Peter Mettler
Zoo - Sean Kirby

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Crazy Love - David Zieff
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman - Niels Pagh Andersen
Ghosts of Cite Soleil - Adam Nielsen
Lake of Fire - Peter Goddard
Manda Bala - Doug Abel, Jenny Golden & Andy Grieve
No End in Sight - Chad Beck and Cindy Lee

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Chicago 10 Animation by Curious Pictures
Helvetica Motions Graphics by Trollbaeck & Co.
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair Graphic Design by Petra Epperlein
The Unforeseen Motion Graphics by Jef Sewell
Super Amigos Animation by David Quesnelle

Outstanding Debut Feature

Billy the Kid by Jennifer Venditti
Manda Bala by Jason Kohn
The Monastery - Mr. Vig and the Nun by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer
No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory by Esther B. Robinson

Outstanding International Feature

Ghosts of Cite Soleil
Into Great Silence
Manufactured Landscapes
The Monastery - Mr. Vig and the Nun
Please Vote for Me

Audience Choice Prize

Deep Water by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell
In the Shadow of the Moon by David Sington
Into Great Silence by Philip Groening
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten by Julien Temple
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
Manufactured Landscapes by Jennifer Baichwal
No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Sicko by Michael Moore

For more information about Cinema Eye Awards please visit: www.indiepix.net/awards.