Tonight’s the night documentary fans have been waiting for for almost exactly two months: the first ever Cinema Eye Honors for excellence in non-fiction filmmaking will be awarded tonight at the IFC Center in New York City. I will be there, and since my live-Twittering of last month’s Oscar party was such a success with my millions of fans (well, okay––maybe just with Paul), I will be reporting back from the festivities in real time via 140-character, text messaged-updates. You can subscribe to my Twitter feed to get the updates on your phone, IM or computer, or just keep refreshing this page––the badge above will update every time I do. For more info on the Cinema Eyes, check out co-organizer AJ Schnack’s blog, and IndiePix.net.
UPDATE: I’ve taken down the Twitter badge and posted a full transcript of the live blog after the jump.
Really proud of AJ, Danielle, Pamela, etc for pulling the show off.
| Open bar is over and now he’s buying her a $13 drink. That’s his commitment. |
| DJ has been playing bassline to “Psycho Killer” for most nominations intros. |
People are oohing and ahhing @ the opening graphics montage
The lights are going down!
Can I get my 10 minutes back?
[...] The awards were held last night at the IFC Center, and thanks to former Cinematical editor/current Spout queen Karina Longworth and her impressive Twittering skills, I was able to feel almost like I was there at the awards, instead of sitting here at home [...]