The inaugural Cinema Eye Nonfiction Filmmaking Awards will take place in New York at the IFC Center on Mar 18.

The event has been put together by online distributor IndiePixFilms.com, producer A J Schnack and Toronto International Film Festival documentary programmer Thom Powers to celebrate what they call the new wave of independent non-fiction.

Twenty-five films have been nominated in nine categories including producing, editing and cinematography. Winners will be chosen by a pool of film-makers, distributors, programmers, writers and industry professionals.

The nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Achievement in an International Feature
Ghosts Of Cite Soleil
Asger Leth, director, Seth Kanegis, Tomas Radoor and Mikael Rieks, producers
Into Great Silence
Philip Gröning, director, Philip Gröning, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaffli &
Michael Weber, producers
Manufactured Landscapes
Jennifer Baichwal, director, Jennifer Baichwal, Daniel Iron & Nick de Pencier, producers
The Monastery - Mr. Vig & the Nun
Pernille Rose Grønkjær, director, Sigrid Dyekjær, producer
Please Vote For Me
Weijun Chen, director, Don Edkins, producer

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature
Billy The Kid Jennifer Venditti
Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) Jason Kohn
The Monastery - Mr. Vig & the Nun Pernille Rose Gronkjær
No End In Sight Charles Ferguson
A Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams And The Warhol Factory Esther B. Robinson

Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Into Great Silence Philip Gröning
Lake Of Fire Tony Kaye
Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) Jason Kohn
Taxi To The Dark Side Alex Gibney
Zoo Robinson Devor

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

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 Cinematography
Into Great Silence Philip Gröning
Lake Of Fire Tony Kaye
Manda Bala Heloisa Passos
Manufactured Landscapes Peter Mettler
Zoo Sean Kirby

Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Animation
Chicago 10 Animation by Curious Pictures
Helvetica Motion graphics by Trollbäck & 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

The Audience Choice Prize
Deep Water Louise Osmond & Jerry Rothwell
In The Shadow Of The Moon David Sington
Into Great Silence Philip Gröning
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Julien Temple
The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters Seth Gordon
Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal
No End In Sight Charles Ferguson
Sicko Michael Moore