DOC Named Official Broadcast Partner for Cinema Eye Honors

NEW YORK: The New York City-based awards ceremony Cinema Eye Honors has struck a deal with Documentary Channel (DOC) that sees the 4th annual event being televised on DOC in late January 2011.

In addition to the television broadcast, Documentary Channel and Cinema Eye will partner in a number of online initiatives to promote their partnership and the Documentary Channel broadcast in the weeks leading up to the 2011 Honors.

Cinema Eye has also announced that next year’s ceremony will be held January 18 at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image. The event will be part of the museum’s Celebrating the Moving Image inaugural program and will take place during the opening week of the museum’s grand re-opening.

Nominations will be announced November 4. Cinema Eye Honors is dedicated to the art and craft of nonfiction filmmaking.

“This has been an extraordinary year for documentary filmmaking and we’re tremendously excited to recognize the filmmakers behind some of the year’s best nonfiction work on Documentary Channel and in our new home at the Museum of the Moving Image,” said AJ Schnack, Cinema Eye Honors’ co-chair.

“We look forward to a long partnership with both the Documentary Channel and the Museum of the Moving Image,” added Cinema Eye co-chair, Esther Robinson. “We greatly appreciate their enthusiasm for Cinema Eye and their desire to spotlight all who are involved in the craft of nonfiction filmmaking.”

“We’re thrilled to be the broadcast partner for this prestigious awards ceremony,” commented Kate Pearson, Documentary Channel’s senior VP of programming. “The Cinema Eye Honors brings much-deserved recognition to all the documentary professionals who participate in creating films with purpose and passion.”

“The Museum is delighted to be hosting the Cinema Eye Honors,” remarked David Schwartz, the chief curator at the Museum of the Moving Image. “This is a dynamic, emerging group that brings together some of the smartest and most talented programmers and filmmakers to celebrate the artistry, craft and history of documentary filmmaking. To host the awards during the opening week of the Museum’s new space confirms our strong commitment to documentary filmmaking.”