The future is here for powerful non-fiction films like "The Matador."
The Cinema Eye Awards blasted onto the scene last night, spotlighting great cinematography and editing. Thanks to founder AJ Schnack for that. For his urge to prove that instead of dry treatises on the "right issues," documentary can be "entertaining..can be artistic...can rival narrative as a filmgoing experience."
Hats off to the awards team - including chair Thom Powers (Toronto Film Festival) and David Nugent (Hamptons International Film Festival) for ushering in a time when well-crafted, emotionally powerful non-fiction films rise to the fore.
The Cinema Eye Award will become a coveted prize during these next, expansive years for documentary film.
Last night's artful winners include Jason Kohn's "Manda Bala" and Alex Gibney's "Taxi to the Dark Side."
Amen to that.
In the interest of full disclosure, we have to mention that AJ has called "The Matador" the "best looking film I saw at SXSW" and "one of the best of this early year" overall.
But we'd love the Cinema Eye Awards anyhow.
Craft rules.
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