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Ceremony will be March 18 at Gotham's IFC cinema. Web distrib IndiePixFilms.com, producer AJ Schnack and Toronto International Film Fest's docu programmer Thom Powers are behind this inaugural event to honor docus.

The nominees:

International feature
"Ghosts of Cite Soleil"
"Into Great Silence"
"Manufactured Landscapes"
"The Monastery -- Mr. Vig and the Nun"
"Please Vote for Me"

Debut feature
"Billy the Kid"
"Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)"
"The Monastery -- Mr. Vig and the Nun"
"No End in Sight"
"A Walk Into the Sea"

Directing
Philip Groning, "Into Great Silence"
Tony Kaye, "Lake of Fire"
Jason Kohn, "Manda Bala"
Alex Gibney, "Taxi to the Dark Side"
Robinson Devor, "Zoo"

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

Editing
David Zieff, "Crazy Love"
Niels Pagh Andersen, "Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman"
Adam Nielson, "Ghosts of Cite Soleil"
Peter Goddard, "Lake of Fire"
Doug Abel, Jenny Golden and Andy Grieve, "Manda Bala"
Chad Beck and Cindy Lee, "No End in Sight"

Cinematography
Philip Groning, "Into Great Silence"
Tony Kaye, "Lake of Fire"
Heloisa Passos, "Manda Bala"
Petter Mettler, "Manufactured Landscapes"
Sean Kirby, "Zoo"

Graphics and animation
"Chicago 10"
"Helvetica"
"The Prisoner Or How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair"
"The Unforseen"
"Super Amigos"

Audience choice
"Deep Water"
"In the Shadow of the Moon," "Into Great Silence"
"Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten"
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters"
"Manufactured Landscapes"
"No End in Sight"
"Sicko"