The nonfiction-focused event also honored 'The Cave,' 'For Sama,' 'Honeyland,' 'The Great Hack' and 'The Biggest Little Farm,' all of which are on the shortlist for the Oscars' best documentary feature nomination.

American Factory and Apollo 11 topped the Cinema Eye Honors documentary awards, which were handed out in Monday night in New York.

The Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar-directed (and Barack and Michelle Obama-backed) American Factory, which focuses on a shuttered Ohio General Motors plant taken over by a Chinese company, won the awards for best nonfiction feature and best direction, making Reichert and Bognar the first helming team to win either award in Cinema Eye history.

Apollo 11 won for outstanding editing and best original score.

Other films winning prizes at the event at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens included The Cave, For Sama, Honeyland, The Great Hack and The Biggest Little Farm, all of which are on the shortlist for the Oscars' best documentary feature nomination.

Additional notable titles that took home honors included Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir (Heterodox Award), Netflix’s Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (outstanding broadcast cinematography), National Geographic’s Apollo: Missions to the Moon (outstanding broadcast editing) and HBO’s Leaving Neverland (best broadcast film).

Filmmaker Yance Ford, who previously won the Cinema Eye for outstanding feature for Strong Island, hosted the awards. Presenters included Julie Cohen, Alex Gibney, Sheila Nevins and Jehane Noujaim.

A full list of this year's Cinema Eye winners follows.

• Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

  

  American Factory (WINNER)
  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 (WINNER)
  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

  

  Apollo 11 (WINNER)
  Todd Douglas Miller

  17 Blocks
  Jennifer Tiexiera

  American Factory
  Lindsay Utz

  Letter to the Editor
  Alan Berliner

  Mike Wallace is Here
  Billy McMillin
• Outstanding Production

  

  The Cave (WINNER - TIE)
  Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær

  For Sama (WINNER - TIE)
  Waad Al-Kateab

  Aquarela
  Aimara Reques, Sigrid Dyekjær and Heino Deckert

  Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen and Evan Krauss

  Midnight Family
  Luke Lorentzen and Kellen Quinn

  Midnight Traveler
  Emelie Mahdavian and Su Kim

• Outstanding Cinematography

  

  Honeyland (WINNER)
  Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma

  Aquarela
  Victor Kossokovsky

  Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
  Nicholas De Pencier

  Midnight Family
  Luke Lorentzen

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

• Outstanding Original Score

  

  Apollo 11 (WINNER)
  Matt Morton

  American Factory
  Chad Cannon

  Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
  Rose Bolton and Norah Lorway

  Aquarela
  Eicca Toppinen

  Black Mother
  4th Disciple

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

  

  The Great Hack (WINNER)
  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 (WINNER)
  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

• Audience Choice Prize

  

  The Biggest Little Farm (WINNER)
  Directed by John Chester

  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 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
• Outstanding Broadcast Film

  

  Leaving Neverland (WINNER)
  Directed by Dan Reed | HBO

  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

  The Sentence
  Directed by Rudy Valdez | HBO

• Outstanding Broadcast Series

  Tricky Dick (WINNER)
  Directed by Mary Robertson | CNN

  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

• Outstanding Broadcast Editing

  Apollo: Mission to the Moon (WINNER)
  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 (WINNER)
  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

• Spotlight

  Present.Perfect (WINNER)
  Directed by Shengze Zhu

  Always in Season
  Directed by Jacqueline Olive

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

  Dark Suns
  Directed by Julien Elie

  The Raft
  Directed by Marcus Lindeen

• Outstanding Nonfiction Short

  Ghosts of Sugar Land (WINNER)
  Directed by Bassam Tariq

  Crannog
  Directed by Isa Roa

  Fast Horse
  Directed by Alex Lazarowich

  Lowland Kids
  Directed by Sandra Winther

  Stay Close
  Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan

  Subject to Review
  Directed by Theo Anthony
• Heterodox

  

  The Souvenir (WINNER)
  Directed by Joanna Hogg

  Atlantics
  Directed by Mati Diop

  Honey Boy
  Directed by Alma Har’el

  The Infiltrators
  Directed by Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra

  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