'Aquarela,' 'The Cave,' 'For Sama,' Beyoncé's 'Homecoming,' 'Honeyland' and 'Midnight Family' nabbed three nominations each.

Documentaries American Factory and Apollo 11 lead the 2020 Cinema Eye Honors nominations with five nods each, followed by Aquarela, The Cave, For Sama, Beyoncé's Homecoming, Honeyland and Midnight Family with three nominations each. American Factory, Apollo 11, For Sama, Honeyland, Midnight Family and One Child Nation all picked up a nomination for the evening's top honor, outstanding nonfiction feature.

Netflix leads the distributors/studios with 17 nominations, followed by Neon with 10 nominations, HBO with 9 and National Geographic with 8. Female filmmakers and craftspersons make up 40 percent of the 2020 nominees, a new high for Cinema Eye.

The 2020 Cinema Eye Honors awards ceremony is set for Monday, Jan. 6, at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York.

A full list of this year's nominees follows.

• Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

  American Factory
  Directed and Produced by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
  Produced by Jeff Reichert and Julie Parker Benello

  Apollo 11
  Directed and Produced by Todd Douglas Miller
  Produced by Thomas Petersen and Evan Krauss

  For Sama
  Directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
  Produced by Waad al-Kateab

  Honeyland
  Directed by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
  Produced by Atanas Georgiev and Ljubomir Stefanov

  Midnight Family
  Directed and Produced by Luke Lorentzen
  Produced by Kellen Quinn

  One Child Nation
  Directed and Produced by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
  Produced by Christoph Jörg, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements and Carolyn Hepburn

• Outstanding Direction

  American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

  The Cave
  Feras Fayyad

  Cold Case Hammarskjöld
  Mads Brügger

  Honeyland
  Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

  The Hottest August
  Brett Story

  One Child Nation
  Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

• Outstanding Editing

  17 Blocks
  Jennifer Tiexiera

  American Factory
  Lindsay Utz

  Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller

  Letter to the Editor
  Alan Berliner

  Mike Wallace is Here
  Billy McMillin
• Outstanding Production

  Aquarela
  Aimara Reques, Sigrid Dyekjær and Heino Deckert

  Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen and Evan Krauss

  The Cave
  Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær

  For Sama
  Waad Al-Kateab

  Midnight Family
  Luke Lorentzen and Kellen Quinn

  Midnight Traveler
  Emelie Mahdavian and Su Kim

• Outstanding Cinematography

  Aquarela
  Victor Kossokovsky

  Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
  Nicholas De Pencier

  Honeyland
  Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma

  Midnight Family
  Luke Lorentzen

  What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire?
  Diego Romero

• Outstanding Original Score

  American Factory
  Chad Cannon

  Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
  Rose Bolton and Norah Lorway

  Apollo 11
  Matt Morton

  Aquarela
  Eicca Toppinen

  Black Mother
  4th Disciple

  Symphony of the Ursus Factory
  Dominik Strycharski
• Outstanding Graphic Design or Animation

  The Great Hack
  Ash Thorp, Matthew Hornick and Patrick Cederberg

  The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
  Hazel Baird

  Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
  Brian Kinkley and Ben Luce

  Our Time Machine
  Ryan Wehner

• Outstanding Debut

  The Disappearance of My Mother
  Directed by Beniamino Barrese

  Jawline
  Directed by Liza Mandelup

  Scheme Birds
  Directed by Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin

  Searching Eva
  Directed by Pia Hellenthal

  Swarm Season
  Directed by Sarah Christman

  Symphony of the Ursus Factory
  Directed by Jasmina Wójcik

• Outstanding Nonfiction Short

  Crannog
  Directed by Isa Roa

  Fast Horse
  Directed by Alex Lazarowich

  Ghosts of Sugar Land
  Directed by Bassam Tariq

  Lowland Kids
  Directed by Sandra Winther

  Stay Close
  Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan

  Subject to Review
  Directed by Theo Anthony
• Audience Choice Prize

  17 Blocks
  Directed by Davy Rothbart

  The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
  Directed by Ben Berman

  American Factory
  Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

  Apollo 11
  Directed by Todd Douglas Miller

  Ask Dr. Ruth
  Directed by Ryan White

  The Biggest LIttle Farm
  Directed by John Chester

  The Cave
  Directed by Feras Fayyad

  For Sama
  Directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts

  Knock Down the House
  Directed by Rachel Lears

  Maiden
  Directed by Alex Holmes

• Spotlight

  Always in Season
  Directed by Jacqueline Olive

  Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World
  Directed by Hans Pool

  Dark Suns
  Directed by Julien Elie

  Present.Perfect
  Directed by Shengze Zhu

  The Raft
  Directed by Marcus Lindeen

• The Unforgettables (Non-Competitive Honor)

  Advocate
  Lea Tsemel

  The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
  The Amazing Johnathan

  Ask Dr. Ruth
  Dr. Ruth Westheimer

  The Cave
  Dr. Amani Ballour

  The Disappearance of My Mother
  Benedetta Barzini

  For Sama
  Waad and Hamza al-Kataeb

  Hail Satan?
  Lucien Greaves

  Honeyland
  Hatidze Muratova

  Knock Down the House
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

  Maiden
  Tracy Edwards

  Midnight Family
  Juan Ochoa

  Midnight Traveler
  Fatima Hussaini and Hassan Fazili

  Seahorse
  Freddy

  What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire?
  Judy Hill

  XY Chelsea
  Chelsea Manning
• 2020 Shorts List Films

  All on a Mardi Gras Day
  Directed by Michal Pietrzyk

  In the Absence
  Directed by Seung Jun-Yi

  Life Overtakes Me
  Directed by John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson

  St. Louis Superman
  Directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan

• Outstanding Broadcast Film

  Apollo: Missions to the Moon
  Directed by Tom Jennings | National Geographic

  At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
  Directed by Erin Lee Carr | HBO

  Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
  Directed by John Block, Jonathan Alter and Steve McCarthy | HBO

  Homecoming
  Directed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter | Netflix

  Leaving Neverland
  Directed by Dan Reed | HBO

  The Sentence
  Directed by Rudy Valdez | HBO

• Outstanding Broadcast Series

  The Case Against Adnan Syed
  Directed by Amy Berg | HBO

  The Family
  Directed by Jesse Moss | Netflix

  Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
  Directed by Shan Nicholson and Richard Lopez | SundanceTV

  Last Chance U: Season 4
  Directed by Greg Whiteley | Netflix

  Salt Fat Acid Heat
  Directed by Caroline Suh | Netflix

  Tricky Dick
  Directed by Mary Robertson | CNN
• Outstanding Broadcast Editing

  Apollo: Mission to the Moon
  David Tillman | National Geographic

  Homecoming
  Alexander Hammer, Andrew Morrow, Nia Imani and Julian Klincewicz | Netflix

  Leaving Neverland
  Jules Cornell | HBO

  Tricky Dick
  Benji Kast, David Mehlman, Diana DiCilio and Seth Skundrick | CNN

• Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography

  Homecoming
  Mark Ritchie, Julian Klincewicz, Dikayl Rimmasch and Irie Calkins | Netflix

  Into the Okavango
  Neil Gelinas | National Geographic

  Salt Fat Acid Heat
  Luke McCoubrey | Netflix

  Tigerland
  Matt Porwoll and Ross Kauffman| Discovery

• Heterodox

  Atlantics
  Directed by Mati Diop

  Honey Boy
  Directed by Alma Har’el

  The Infiltrators
  Directed by Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra

  The Souvenir
  Directed by Joanna Hogg

  Vitalina Varela
  Directed by Pedro Costa
• Legacy Award

  Koyaanisqatsi
  Directed and Produced by Godfrey Reggio
  Cinematography Ron Fricke
  Editing Ron Fricke and Alton Walpole
  Original Score Philip Glass