"These winners include Noam Shuster-Eliassi from Amber Fares' "Coexistence, My Ass!"; Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley from Ryan White's "Come See Me in the Good Light"; Seymour Hersh from Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus' "Cover-Up"; Sara Shahverdi from Sara Khaki and Mohammedreza Eyni's "Cutting Through Rocks"; Pasha Talankin from David Borenstein's "Mr. Nobody Against Putin"; Jacinda Ardern from Michelle Walsh and Lindsey Utz's "Prime Minister"; and Fatma Hassouna from Sepideh Farsi's "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.""
"The honors for Andrea Gibson and Fatma Hassouna are both posthumous. Gibson, an American poet and activist, died in July after a battle with cancer (that is depicted in the film). Hassouna, a Palestinian photojournalist and artist, was killed alongside 10 family members in an Israeli airstrike in April."
Cinema Eye Honors launched its 19th annual celebrations with the first round of 2026 honorees, nominees, and longlists. Announcements include a 16-film Audience Choice Prize Longlist, Unforgettables Honorees, nominees in five Broadcast categories, and an annual Shorts List spotlighting ten documentary short films. The Unforgettables list recognizes seven on-camera collaborators from the year's best documentaries. Named Unforgettables include Noam Shuster-Eliassi, Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley, Seymour Hersh, Sara Shahverdi, Pasha Talankin, Jacinda Ardern, and Fatma Hassouna. Andrea Gibson and Fatma Hassouna received posthumous honors; Gibson died of cancer in July and Hassouna was killed with family in an Israeli airstrike in April.
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