JHWFF 2007 Film Competition Finalists Announced

July 25th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Documentary - Television

JACKSON, Wy. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is pleased to announce the selection of film finalists for its

2007 competition. Over twenty Judges representing the Festival’s Board of Directors chose from 400 films entered into some 700 categories, an approximate 25% increase in submissions. Final judging will take place immediately prior to the Festival and will be announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner Thursday, October 4th. All films entered into competition are eligible for the (Best of Festival) Grand Teton Award sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast.

Best Animal Behavior Program:

“Buddha, Bees, and the Giant Hornet Queen”

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

“Nature: In the Valley of the Wolves”

Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

“The Queen of Trees”

Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET, Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Best Children's Program:

2006 Award Winners for the Exground Filmfest

July 23rd, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Animation-Games

FAIR TRADE by Michael Dreher wins the German Short Film Competition

The audience in the Caligari FilmBühne in Wiesbaden has chosen FAIR TRADE as winner of the 14th German Short Film Competition of exground filmfest. On behalf of director Michael Dreher, Saskia Hanser-Strecker took the prize money of EUR 3,000 from Rita Thies, Head of Cultural Department of the State Capital Wies-baden. WIGALD by Timon Modersohn came in second place – and was awarded with a prize money of EUR 2,000 sponsored by ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. The prize money of EUR 1,000 for the third place went to Christine Lang for her short movie DIE BABYSITTERIN.

In the course of the Award Ceremony for the German Short Film Competition, exground filmfest announced the winners of further competitions of the festival: British director Gemma Burditt won the International ON-VIDEO Competition with her short movie NIGHT SHIFT. The prize money of EUR 1,500 is also donated by the Cultural Department of the State Capital Wiesbaden. Furthermore the international jury gave a special mention to Bogdan George Apetri from Romania for his short film A VERY SMALL TRILOGY OF LONELI-NESS. The short documentary BENIDORM by Carolin Schmitz took the audience award for the best film within the "Wiesbaden Special – Short Film Competition". Film journalist Gerd Klee from exground filmfest’s media partner "Wiesbadener Kurier" handed over the cheque with the prize money of EUR 500 sponsored by Wiesbaden’s most important local newspaper.

Last Saturday a youth jury from Wiesbaden published the winner of the "youth days – International Youth Film Competition": director Florian Gaag got the prize money of EUR 2,500 for his feature film debut WHOLETRAIN, sponsored by the Cultural Department of the State Capital Wiesbaden as well. This award ceremony took place within the second Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition. This audience award went to Maria Bidian, Caroline Löw and Fiona Heib for their short film SCHUH WIE DU. Last, but not least Daniel Meinl won the "Golden exground Cucumber": last Wednesday, the exground jury gave him the highest vote and thus the prize money of EUR 50 and the trophy for his moving amateur movie FEELIN’ SAD.

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2006 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

July 21st, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Gay - Lesbian

Juried Awards

Best Narrative Feature: "WHOLE NEW THING,"

directed by Amnon Buchbinder

Best New Director: Russell P. Marleau, for "THE

CURIOSITY OF CHANCE"

Honorable Mention: Ned Farr, for "THE GYMNAST"

Best Documentary Feature: "PICK UP THE MIC,"

directed by Alex Hinton

Honorable Mention: "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL,"

directed by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt, and Reid Williams

Best Local Film: "STRAIGHT INTO GAY AMERICA," directed by Jennifer Ting

Honorable Mention: "MOM'S APPLE PIE,"

directed by Jodi Laine, Shan Ottey, and Shad Reinstein

Best Short Film: "RAPE FOR WHO I AM,"

directed by Lovinsa Kavuma

Honorable Mention: "JOHN AND MICHAEL,"

directed by Shira Avni

Honorable Mention: DAVID,

directed by Roberto Fiesco

Most Innovative Short Film: "DISPOSABLE,"

directed by Jo Gell, and Robyn Paterson

Honorable Mention: "guy101,"

directed by Ian W. Gouldstone

Audience Awards

Favorite Narrative Feature: "A LOVE TO HIDE,"

directed by Christian Faure

Favorite Documentary Feature: "BOY I AM,"

directed by Sam Feder, and Julie Hollar

Favorite Local Film: "STRAIGHT INTO GAY AMERICA," directed by Jennifer Ting

Favorite Boys' Short: "PEKING TURKEY,"

directed by Michael Mew

Favorite Girls' Short: "BROOKLYN'S BRIDGE TO JORDAN," directed by Tina Mabry

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Awards for the 2007 International Television Festival GOLDEN PRAGUE

July 18th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Documentary - Television

PRI ZE OF the Dagmar and Vacl av Havel Foundati on “VI SI ON 97”

“DANCE FOR ALL”

ZDF/ARTE, Germany

Coproducers/ Koproducenti: InsideOutFilm

CZECH TELEVISION PRIZE:

“THE FIGHT OF CARNIVAL AGAINST LENT”

TVP SA, Poland

Koproducenti/Coproducers

CZECH CRYSTAL:

Category 1: Music or dance programmes made for television

“CAR”

Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS), Netherlands

Koproducenti/Coproducers:

CZECH CRYSTAL:

Category 2: Documentary programmes dedicated to music and dance

“THE PATHÉTIQUE”

13 Production, France

Koproducenti/Coproducers: Arte France

CZECH CRYSTAL:

Category 3: Musical drama /Opera, operetta, musical, dance, ballet, etc./

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO”

ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk,Austria

Koproducenti /Coproducers: ORF/UNITEL Classica in Cooperation, BF Moving Images BR, Salzburger

Festspiele

Grand Prix GOLDEN PRAGUE:

“THE ART OF ENCOUNTERS”

Poorhouse International Ltd., UK

Koproducenti /Coproducers: Senso Films, ARTE France, Compagnie Montalvo

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Awards for the 2007 Plein La Bobine-Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics du Massif du Sancy

July 18th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Children

Competition 1 (for Children 3yrs)

PRIX DU JURY PROFESSIONNEL

“Les aventures de Krickel – Animaux en danger”

Directed by: Michael Zamjatnins

(Germany/2005/Animation)

PRIX DE LA CLASSE JURY

“Les Chasseurs”

Directed by: Janis Cimermanis /Latvia /2007/Animation)

PRIX DU PUBLIC:

“Les Chasseurs”

Directed by: Janis Cimermanis /Latvia /2007/Animation)

Competition 2 (for children 7yrs)

PRIX DU JURY PROFESSIONNEL:

“Le Loup Blanc”

Directed by: Pierre-Luc Granjon

(France / 2006 / Animation)

PRIX DE LA CLASSE JURY

“Deweneti”

Directed by: Dyana Gaye

(Sénégal-France / 2006 / Fiction)

PRIX DU PUBLIC:

“Histoire à la gomme”

Directed by: Eric Blésin

(Belgique-France / 2006 / Animation)

Competition 3 (for Children 12 yrs.)

PRIX DU JURY PROFESSIONNEL:

“Le tatouage de Benny”

Directed by: Lisa Marie Gamlem

(Norvège / 2007 / Fiction)

PRIX DE LA CLASSE JURY

“Kwiz”

Directed by: Renaud Callebaud

(Belgique / 2006 / Fiction)

PRIX DU PUBLIC:

“Kwiz”

Directed by: Renaud Callebaud

(Belgique / 2006 / Fiction)

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SILVERDOCS 2007 Green Initiatives

July 17th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Documentary - Television

Carbon Neutral

SILVERDOCS is the first carbon-neutral documentary festival in North America through a partnership with Clean Currents, LLC, a DC-area sustainably operated clean energy business that is donating carbon offsets.

More info: Cleancurrents.com

Merchandise

At the AFI Silver concessions you can purchase sustainable SILVERDOCS t-shirts from TS Designs and the J.Sac, a bag made from partially recycled plastic bottles, provided by Living Changes: www.living-changes.com.

Publications

SILVERDOCS publications are printed by Harris Lithographics Inc., the first forest stewardship council (FSC)–certified printer in the US. The FSC promotes responsible forest management globally by certifying forest products that meet the most rigorous standards in the world.

Recycling

Please be sure to use the recycling bins found in all Festival venues, including the Cinema Lounge. SILVERDOCS will also be recycling other items such as batteries and CDs/DVDs at the lounge— see SILVERDOCS.com for details.

Online

This year, SILVERDOCS launched new website with a "low-watt web color palette" in order to reduce energy consumption when displayed by computer monitors.

Green Docs

ARCTIC TALE

BIG RIG

4 ELEMENTS

GARBAGE WARRIOR

HOW TO COOK YOUR LIFE

IN THE SHADOW OF

THE MOON

NEW HOME MOVIES FROM THE LOWER NINTH WARD

OFF THE GRID: LIFE ON THE MESA

SUPER AMIGOS

THE PRICE OF SUGAR

At the Conference

PROJECT GREENCODE: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTION

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SILVERDOCS ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL WINNERS AND EXTENDS FESTIVAL AN ADDITIONAL DAY TO MEET OVERWHELMING DEMAND

July 17th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Documentary - Television

Sterling Award Best Feature: "PLEASE VOTE FOR ME"

Directed by: Weijun Chen

Special Jury mention: “ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS”

Directed by: Eva Mulvad

Sterling Award Best Short: “LOT 63, GRAVE C”

Directed by: Sam Green

Honorable Mention: “I WANT TO BE A PILOT”

Directed by: Diego Quemada-Díez

Music Documentary Award: “NOMADAK TX”

Directed by: Raúl De la Fuente

The Cinematic Vision Feature Award: “KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON” Directed by: AJ Schnack

The Cinematic Vision Short Award: “MY EYES”

Directed by: Erlend Mo

The WITNESS Award: “THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK”

Directed By: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg

Witness Award Honorable Mention: “THE PRICE OF SUGAR”

Directed By: Bill Haney

SILVERDOCS/American Film Market Award: “BIG RIG”

Directed By: Doug Pray

Beyond Belief Award: “AUDIENCE OF ONE”

Directed By: Michael Jacobs

Feature Audience Award: “SOUVENIRS”

Directed By: Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat

Short Audience Award: “A SON’S SACRIFICE”

Directed By: Yoni Brook

ACE Grant winner: “THE CONCRETE JUNGLE”

Directed By: Rachel Buchanan and Don Bernier

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Award Winners for the 2007 Shanghai TV Festival

July 17th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Documentary - Television

Winner of the Magnolia Award

Documentary Category

Jury's Grand Prix for Documentary:

"Circus School," Shanghai Media Group, China

Juries' Word:

This is a story about competition and struggle. Through the daily lives of those young acrobatic performers, we sense the subtle human experience, which reflects today’s frenetic pace.

Social Documentary Golden Award:

"9 Star Hotel," Eden Production, Israel

Juries' Word:

Filmed under extremely difficult condition, this story is about the mutual support of care amongst the migrant workers in Israel. Facing unknown futures of the country and themselves, the struggle goes on.

Social Documentary Silver Award:

"Paper Cannot Wrap up Embers," CDP/INA, France

Juries' Word:

An intimate portrait of the prostitution world in Cambodia. The film not only addresses the harsh living under the poverty, but also brings out the beauty of small hope.

History & Biography Documentary Golden Award:

"Goering-a Career," History Media GmbH, Germany

Juries' Word:

A powerful examination of an evil man at the center of history’s most evil regime. Objectively, superbly paced, revelatory and sobering.

History & Biography Documentary Silver Award:

"Jungle Rudy, the Chronicle of a Family," Submarine, Netherlands

Juries' Word:

This is a beautifully made film about the western attitude to “grown adult”. Jungle Rudy struggles to break free from his up bring.

Nature Documentary Golden Award:

"Jaglavak, Prince of Insects," ZED, France

Juries' Word:

This is a fable about human and nature, providing a new prospective of interpreting the relations between them. Through symbolic film language, the film expresses a sense of admiration, respect and fear towards nature.

Nature Documentary Silver Award:

"From Pole to Pole," BBC, UK

Juries' Word:

Under the sun, there are enormous rare spectacles. Through the director’s special viewpoint and advanced modern technology, the film brings us into a unique and wonderful natural world.

Asian Documentary Golden Award:

"Bridge Over the Wadi," Heymann Brothers Film, Israel

Juries' Word:

A fresh, insightful glimpse into a seemingly intractable situation. The agonizing dilemma of the adults in visited upon their children, whose honesty and generosity serves only to highlight the dilemma.

Asian Documentary Silver Award:

"Butterflies," Shanghai Media Group, China

Juries' Word:

A light and smileful approach of a very serious topic: the characters struggle to find a life for themselves amidst the social pressure to conform to society when moving from the country to the large cities.

TV Film Category

TV Film Golden Award:

"March of Millions," Team Worx Television & Film GmbH, Germany

Juries' Word:

Portrayed in a majestic sight, integrated with clear details and colorful characters, this film expresses a good will for kindness and a strong power of justice.

TV Film Silver Award:

"Giovanni Falcone the Judge," RAI, Italy

Juries' Word:

Adapted from a real story and directed in a unique perspective, this film vividly displays the role of a brave and considerate judge, who is unforgettable in the audience's minds.

Jury's Grand Prix for TV Film:

"After Thomas," Hartswood Films, UK

Juries' Word:

Though filmed with a low budget, the film shows great sympathy for the disabled and disadvantaged in the society. Through the excellent directing, plot-arranging and performance, it touches our heart with penetrating charm.

Best Director (TV Film):

Gianfranco Albano, ("The Moon's Child"), RAI, Italy

Juries' Word:

This film has powerfully balanced the usage of scenes, the arrangement of characters and the pace of narration, which contributes to make it more touching and encouraging.

Best Screenplay (TV Film):

Yan Fei, ("Toy Train"), CCTV Movie Channel, China

Juries' Word:

Set in the beautiful countyside, the screen writer successfully combines the characters with surrounding sceneries, which highlights the theme of this film.

Best Actor (TV Film):

Adrian Topol, ("Franz + Polina"), Ugra Film Company, Russia

Juries' Word:

The character of the hero in this film presents the director’s brand new viewpoint towards wars. In the film, Adrian orderly plays his role in a refined way.

Best Actress (TV Film):

Vanessa Redgrave ("The Shellseekers"), Tele-Munchen, Germany

Juries' Word:

A dying lady reminisces about her past life, where she reflects on her children, her life, her sufferings and happiness. Vanessa Redgrave successfully plays her role in the film, which is well paced and deeply sobering.

TV Series Category

Jury's Award for TV Series:

"Living," Beijing Horizon Culture Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

Based on the novel To Live, this series deeply penetrate the spirit of the original novel. It brings lasting sense of moving to the audience and reflects the toughness of life by way of humor.

Best Director (TV Series):

Yan Po ("New Age of Marriage"), China Tiger Movie & TV Factory Co., Ltd and China Television Media, Ltd., China

Juries' Word:

As the director's first production, Yan Po brings us a touching story about the marriage between the people from the countryside and the city, in which all the characters are vivid and their life is poetic.

Best Screenplay (TV Series):

Mai Jia & Yang Jian ("Plot Against"), Beijing Oriental Alliance Film and TV Culture Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

Escaped from conventional narration, the structures and plots in this TV series are well measured and arranged, in which the fates of legendary people are laid freely and unrestrainedly.

Best Actor (TV Series):

Sun Honglei ("Remarriage of a Police Woman"), Nanjin Zijin Mount Audio-Visual Industry Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

Via his extraordinary performance and charm, Sun Honglei superbly plays the role of a unique and vivid man in daily life both externally and internally.

Best Actress (TV Series):

Rene Liu ("New Age of Marriage"), China Tiger Movie & TV Factory Co., Ltd and China Television Media, Ltd., China

Juries' Word:

Although it is difficult for a Taiwan actress to express the marriage life of a Beijing girl, Rene Liu successfully plays the role of Du Xiaoxi and presents her personalities and emotions vividly and smoothly.

Animation Category

Foreign Animation Golden Award:

"The Danish Poet," MIKROFILM, Norway

Juries' Word:

This film tells a warm, romantic and poetic Northern European love story through the use of a very pure and elegant animation technique.

Foreign Animation Silver Award:

"Emilia-Romagna Discovering the Civilization of Ideas," Nouvelle, Italy

Juries' Word:

A clear combination of imagination and amazing artistic execution. The film exhibits to us a wide range of fantastic cultures and historical inspirations.

Animation Golden Award (China):

"Shaolin Wuzang," Shanghai Fantasia Animation Co., Ltd., China

Juries' Word:

An animated film that showcases high-quality animation and cultural characteristics. The film also reflects the unique creativity and strong animation ability of the film makers.

Animation Silver Award (China):

"The Dais," Shanghai Video Production Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

This show is simple and yet trendy and funny. It is very refreshing to see a show with all these qualities.

Best Animation Creation (China):

"Happy Host," CCTV, China

Juries' Word:

A seamless marriage of Chinese crosstalk and animation. The film creates a unique visual experience and explores new techniques of animation that is very charming.

Best Animation Character (China):

"Saving Mother," Shanghai Animation Film Studio, China

Juries' Word:

Chen Xiang, a very well-known animated character, is still remembered by a lot of people after his first appearance twenty years ago. This proves that he is a good design and also becomes a very special character through animation.

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THE MIFA 2007 Headline Report

July 17th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Animation-Games

CITIA, the Festival and Mifa organiser, and its

team would like to thank all the sponsors and participants for helping make the 2007 Festival such a memorable one.

Mifa 2007 headline report

The 17th Mifa took place from 13th - 15th June 2007 With new energy introduced by the organising team 3 recruitment sessions were held (DreamWorks, Disney, Marathon...) along with some very fruitful discussion between artists, directors (Rintaro, Carlos Saldanha, Bibo Bergeron...) and decision-makers.

The professional conferences attracted large numbers of public from the first day, whether for topics to do with feature fi lm making, writing for animation or ‘making-ofs’ (Persepolis, Surf’s Up, Shrek III).

Running in parallel with Mifa, various other happenings punctuated the three day gathering: opening party sponsored by Fondation Groupama Gan for the cinema, Creators party sponsored by Autodesk, Mifa opening party co-organised with the Benelux (Film Fund Luxembourg, Flanders Image, NIAF and Wallonie Buxelles

Images), Cocktails (Imaginove, Arte, Argentine Film Commission, Nerima, Marathon...), “Les Espoirs de l’animation” (Canal Junior/ SPFA), and a press conference held by Joann Sfar about his Le Chat du Rabbin feature film project...

The next Festival paying tribute to India will take place from 9 to 14 June 2008.

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Awards for the 2007 Annecy Animation Festival

July 17th, 2007 by FFW WorldPulse Festival Newswire - Animation-Games

The Annecy Cristal: “Peter & The Wolf”

Directed By: Suzie Templeton

(United Kingdom)

Special Distinction: “The Tale Of How”

Produced By: The Blackheart Gang

(South Africa)

The Canal+ Award: “Premier Voyage”

Directed By: Grégoire Sivan

(France)

Junior Jury Award For A Short Film: “Même Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis”

Directed By: Samuel Tourneux

(France)

Audience Award: “Peter & The Wolf”

Directed By: Suzie Templeton

(United Kingdom)

Fipresci Award: “The Runt”

Directed By: Andreas Hykade

(Germany)

Jean-Luc Xiberras Award For A First Film: “Devochka Dura”

Directed By: Zojya Kireeva

(Russian Federation)

Sacem Award: “L'homme De La Lune”

Directed By: Serge Elissalde

(France)

Jury's Special Award: “The Pearce Sisters”

Directed By: Luis Cook

(United Kingdom)

The Cristal For Best Feature: “Slipp Jimmy Fri”

Directed By: Christopher Nielsen

(Norway)

Special Distinction: “La Traversée Du Temps”

Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda

(Japan)

Audience Award: Max & Co”

Directed By: Samuel Guillaume And Frédéric Guillaume

(Switzerland)

The Cristal For Best Tv Production: “Shaun The Sheep ‘Still Life’"

Directed By: Christopher Sadler

(United Kingdom)

Special Award For A Tv Series: “Charlie And Lola "I Will Be Especially, Very Careful’”

Directed By: Kitty Taylor

(United Kingdom)

Tv Special Award: “The Wrong Trainers”

Directed By: Kez Margrie

(United Kingdom)

Unicef Award: “The Wrong Trainers”

Directed By: Kez Margrie

(United Kingdom)

Educationnal, Scientific Or Industrial Film Award: Bloot "Seks"

Directed By: Mischa Kamp

(Netherlands)

Advertising Or Promotional Film Award: United Airlines "The Meeting"

Directed By: Wendy Tilby And Amanda Forbis

(United States)

Award For Best Music Video: Gérald Genty "Plaire"

Directed By: Patrick Beraud Dit Volve

(France)

Graduation Films

Ex Æquo Special Distinction: “Beton”

Directed By: Ariel Belinco And Michael Faust

(Israel)

Ex Æquo Special Distinction: “The Wraith Of Cobble Hill”

Directed By: Adam Parrish King

(United States)

Junior Jury Award For A Graduation Film: “Welcome To White Chapel District”

Directed By: Marie Vieillevie

(France)

Award For Best Graduation Film: “T.O.M.”

Directed By: Tom Brown And Daniel Benjamin Gray

(United Kingdom)

Jury's Special Award: “Milk Teeth”

Directed By: Tibor Banoczki

(United Kingdom)

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JHWFF 2007 Film Competition Finalists Announced

2006 Award Winners for the Exground Filmfest

2006 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Awards for the 2007 International Television Festival GOLDEN PRAGUE

Awards for the 2007 Plein La Bobine-Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics du Massif du Sancy

SILVERDOCS 2007 Green Initiatives

SILVERDOCS ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL WINNERS AND EXTENDS FESTIVAL AN ADDITIONAL DAY TO MEET OVERWHELMING DEMAND

Award Winners for the 2007 Shanghai TV Festival

THE MIFA 2007 Headline Report

Awards for the 2007 Annecy Animation Festival

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