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The 9^th Cinema Eye Honours, the international non-fiction awards, were revealed last night at the CPH:DOX festival in Copenhagen.

Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman’s film about violence on both sides of the US-Mexico border, leads the pack with five nominations, including the top prize - Outstanding Achievement in Non-fiction Feature Filmmaking.

Also competing for the main award are: Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence, which received four nominations; Asif Kapadia’s Amy, which received three; Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack, which also received three; Stevan Riley’s Listen To Me Marlon, which received two; and Camilla Nielsson’s Democrats, which also received two nominations.

This year’s Cinema Eye Honours nominations committee included: Claire Aguilar from Sheffield Doc/Fest; Charlottee Cook from Hot Docs; David Courier from Sundance; and Cara Cusumano from Tribeca.

This year’s ceremony will take place on Jan 13 at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image.

Contenders

Several of the Cinema Eye nominees are also well represented at other upcoming awards, making them strong contenders for the Oscar’s Best Documentary shortlist.

The Look Of Silence, Amy and Listen To Me Marlon will vie for the main prize at the International Documentary Association Awards, which take place on Dec 5 in Los Angeles.

The Look Of Silence and Listen To Me Marlon will also compete in the documentary category at the Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov 30, alongside Cartel Land.

Amy and The Look Of Silence are also nominated at the European Film Awards, which will talk place on Dec 12.

Voting deadline for the Academy closes next week, with the shortlist of 15 films to be announced in early December.

Cinema Eye Honours nominations

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• Democrats
• Listen to Me Marlon
• The Look of Silence
• The Wolfpack

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

• Matt Heineman, Cartel Land
• Kim Longinotto, Dreamcatcher
• Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog
• Frederick Wiseman, In Jackson Heights
• Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, David Usui and Ben Wu, In Transit
• Joshua Oppenheimer, The Look of Silence

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

• Amy
• Best of Enemies
• How to Change the World
• Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
• Listen to Me Marlon

Outstanding Achievement in Production

• Cartel Land
• Democrats
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• The Look of Silence
• Meru

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Cartel Land
• The Look of Silence
• Meru
• Uncertain
• Western

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

• Cartel Land
• Heart of a Dog
• Meru
• The Nightmare
• Western

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
• Heart of a Dog
• Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
• The Nightmare
• Thank You For Playing

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking

• The Breath
• Buffalo Juffalos
• Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
• The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul
• Hotel 22

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television

• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• Deep Web
• Outbreak
• Private Violence
• Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

Spotlight Award

• Almost There
• Barge
• Field Niggas
• Frame by Frame
• (T)ERROR
• Toto and His Sisters

Outstanding Achievement in Debut Feature Film

• Kings of Nowhere
• Peace Officer
• The Russian Woodpecker
• Uncertain
• The Wolfpack

Audience Choice

• Amy
• Best of Enemies
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• The Hunting Ground
• Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
• Meru
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
• Where to Invade Next
• The Wolfpack