Cinema Eye Announces 2016 Heterodox Award Nominees

Cinema Eye has announced the five nominees for this years Heterodox Award. The Heterodox Award is an annual award presented to a narrative fiction film for incorporating elements of nonfiction film style and content. Past award recipients include “Beginners,” “Post Tenebras Lux” and “Boyhood.”

This years nominees include:

“Arabian Nights: Volume One (The Restless One),” directed by Miguel Gomes
“God Bless the Child,” directed by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian
“Tangerine,” directed by Sean Baker
“Taxi,” directed by Jafar Panahi
“The Tribe,” directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy

The winner of the 2016 Heterodox Award will be announced on January 12 during Cinema Eye Week.

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