Ascension Soars at Cinema Eye Honors
March 25, 2022
Awards

Huge congratulations to the Ascension team for picking up three awards at the 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score, and Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film.

Plus a special shoutout to AlumNest filmmakers Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, and the In the Same Breath team for their win in the award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Film For Broadcast.

Still from Ascension
Ascension
dir. & prod. Jessica Kingdon prods. Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Jessica Kingdon and Nathan Truesdell

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Dan Deacon

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film Jessica Kingdon

Ascension examines the contemporary “Chinese Dream” through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. In cinematically exploring the aspiration that drives today’s People’s Republic of China, the film plunges into universal paradoxes of economic progress.

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Film For Broadcast

Headshot of a woman with a pony tail, a short sleeve shirt and smiling at the camera
Headshot of a woman with long hair and a fringe smiling at the camera
In the Same Breath
dir. Nanfu Wang prods. Jialing Zhang, Carolyn Hepburn, Sara Rodriguez, Julie Goldman, and Christopher Clements

Take a look at the complete list of award winners by visiting this link.

Two stills of Ascension and Writing With Fire facing each other
Ascension and Writing With Fire Nominated for the 94th Academy Awards!
Graphic: Mariana Sanson
Six Nest-supported filmmakers receive The Spark Fund
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