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The Accolade Announces Latest Winners

By Thomas Baker
posted Dec 19, 2007, 10:54

The Accolade Competition is proud to announce the latest winners. The awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries.

The Accolade Competition is proud to announce the latest winners.

The awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is an international awards competition in its fifth year, and is considered a top tier competition. It honors professionals, established and emerging, who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. Annually, a special award is given to a production that makes a significant contribution to social change or a humanitarian effort.

Thomas Baker, Ph.D., who chairs the competition, had this to say about the latest winners, “The Accolade is not an easy award to win. The judges were pleased with the exceptionally high quality of the entries. The goal of The Accolade is to help the winners of this coveted award achieve the recognition they deserve.”

Clips of the Best of Show winners are streamed on The Accolade website at www.TheAccolade.net.

Best of Show Winners

No Best of Show awards granted.

Award of Excellence Winners - Film

Alt Productions (Canada), Cubanos, Life and Death of A Revolution , feature documentary) BasicTV (Norway), Forbidden Future , feature documentary
Clear Films , Despues de la Neblina (When Clouds Clear) , feature documentary Daniela Gontijo (Brazil), Leda de Arte Leda , feature documentary
Daven Production , Signos (The Sign) , feature film
Dreamtime Entertainment , Queen of Swing , feature documentary
Katherine Cunningham-Eves , Murdering Mama's Boy , short film
Kerry Parker , Soul Intentions , short film
Laundry Films, Inc., The Brass Teapot , short film
Mark Hagerling , A Dance for Bethany, original score
Nomadic Wax, LLC , African Underground: Democracy in Dakar , feature documentary Screen Media Films , Canvas , leading actor (John Marion: Joe Pantoliano)
Second Act , Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance , short film
Radio London Films , Things That Hang from Trees , feature film
Sizzling Gambas Productions, Inc. (Australia), Haw Ang , feature film Theatre Company , Henry May Long , feature film
Urban Wolf Productions, LLC , The Garage , feature film

Award of Excellence Winners - Television

Alabama Public Television , Mr. Dial Has Something to Say , feature documentary
Crabby Twin Productions (Hungary), The War Crimes Trial of Harry S Truman , drama program
Decode Entertainment, Inc. (Canada), Planet Sketch II: Episode 16: Dog Lead , animation/cartoon; and The Latest Buzz: Episode 101: The First Dance , arts/cultural/performance/plays
Golden Era Productions , Just Once: Drug Free World PSA , pubic service programming/PSA
LiveTribe Productions , Simpre Pude Ver , music video
LMNO Productions , Anatomy Of A Giant: Sun Ming Ming , documentary; and I Wanna Be A Soap Star: Live Show , live TV events
Maya Vision International, Ltd. (United Kingdom), The Story of India , miniseries
Radio Television Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Designers Abroad: Chinese Designers Series: That's All , arts/cultural/performance/plays
Regent University , Rumor of Angels , religion/ethics
RIT SportsZone , RIT SportsZone Season 5: Episode 16 , post-production overall; and RIT SportsZone Season 6: Episode 5 , viewer impact: content/message
Run Rabbit Run Productions , Conversations With Carlos Watson: Episode 2 , interview/talk show The Clubhouse TV , The Clubhouse , interview/talk show
The War Amps (Canada), Annae's Journey , viewer impact: motivational/inspirational
Trace Pictures (Canada), How The Gimquat Found Her Song , children/family programming
 
Award of Excellence Winners - Videography
 
David Safin , The Comic Life of Calvin Tinker , humor/humorist Mickey Freeman , Presque Isle , cinematography
Panta Rhei Media, Inc. , REMstar Auto M Series , educational/instructional
Projections, Inc. , Modex: Alcan Cable , sales/branding/product demonstration
Saint Vincent College , Robert Mendler: Holocaust Survivor , viewer impact: content/message delivery
 
Honorable Mention Winners - Film

ABL Communications , Ghosts of The Heartland , feature film Alan Williams , Taylor , original score
Alex Flores , God's Children , short film
An Immigrant Film (United Kingdom), Year Of The Underdog , feature documentary Anfinn Skulevold , Stripper Academy , original score/song
Blake+Barncik Design Group , Torn Asunder , experimental Carmen Rozestraten , Breathe Me , experimental
Cinebugfilms , Whirlybird , short film
Clay Brothers Motion Pictures , Interception , feature film Cosmos Kiindarius , The Quickie , short film
Dirty 2 Films Ltd. (United Kingdom), The German Lullaby , short film
Dreamtime Entertainment , Pope John Paul II: A Saint For Our Times , feature documentary Efe Oztezdogan (Turkey), Subtitles , short film
Eric Cheevers , Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo! No. 2 (The Sexist Stores On Earth! No 2) , creativity/originality
Farish Media, Inc., On My Way To Pele , short film
Fortune Films, LLC (Australia), Fortune , feature film, cinematography & lead actor (Gabriel: Scott
Cohen)
Grey Area Media, Inc. (Canada), Binty , short film
Hewlett Packard , Always Connected: Roku's Reward , commercial/training/industrial film & creativity/originality
iladelph west , This Is My Cheesesteak , feature documentary
Irvine Valley College - TV Department , Rhythms of Peace , short documentary & choreography (Marie de al Palme)
Joshua Weigel , Snare , short film
Just A Spark Films , Without Hope , short film
Laughing Dog Pictures , The Delivery , short film
MacGillivray Freeman Films , The Alps , feature documentary
Mario Pochat (Canada), Marcelino And Bartholomeo: Bye-Bye , animation McVey Multimedia, Inc. , Freedom , feature film
Microcosm Films , Keys , short film
Mothership Pictures , Evolution: The Musical! , short film One Hand Clapping, LLC , Growing Out , feature film Paris Tanaka , Deeper , short film
Paulist Pictures , The Big Question , feature documentary
Prairie Dust Films , Standing Silent Nation , feature documentary
Radio London Films , Things That Hang From Trees , cinematography Rebel Zone Films , Arizona Seaside , feature film
Renson Mateo , The Seed , short film
Saturday Night Special Productions , Hi , short film
Second Act , Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance, original screenplay Seung Hyung Lee , Office Mobius , experimental
Shaun Russell , A Purple Heart , short film
Sizzling Gambas Productions, Inc. (Australia), Haw Ang , cinematography
StoneArch Creative , What Does It Take: The Cargill Scholars Approach To Student Focused Intervention , viewer impact: motivation/inspirational
Tell Their Story Films, LLC , The Road Home , feature documentary Twenty Twelve Foot Trees , The Audition , short film
Ultraviolet Pictures , The Addiction of Ethan Lonemyer , short film & leading actor (Character: Ethan Lonemyer)
Urban Wolf Productions, LLC , The Garage , direction
 
Honorable Mention Winners - Television

Bigfoot Entertainment, Ltd. , USS Cooper: Return To Ormoc Bay , feature documentary
Decode Entertainment, Inc. (Canada), Urban Vermin: Episode 120: Ferret Buller's Day Off , animation/cartoon
Lindsay Huff , The High Life , comedy program/series
LiveTribe Productions , From Fire: An Odyssey Of Glass , documentary
Maya Vision International, Ltd. (United Kingdom), The Story of India , cinematography and editing LMNO Productions , I Wanna Be A Soap Star: Season 4 , reality programming
Premonition Pictures , OFD! Mental Ability , student production and leading actor (Steve Thompson)
Radio Television Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Designers Abroad: Chinese Designers Series: Telling Stories With Dots, Lines & Typography , action/adventure
Regent University , The Noble Lie , student production
Run Rabbit Run Productions , Conversations With Carlos Watson: Episode 1 , interview/talk show: and Conversations With Carlos Watson: Episode 2 , on-camera talent (Host)
Trace Pictures (Canada), The Mighty Timoneers , contemporary issues/awareness raising The Clubhouse TV , The Clubhouse , on-camera talent (James Brown)
The War Amps (Canada), Jeff Nicklin: Hero Of The Gridiron And The Battlefield , short documentary University of Texas , Under The Airwaves , movie made for TV
UTVS Television , Husky Productions , student production
VCU TV HD , VCU TV/HD Webisodes , humor/humorist
Wilkins Box Productions, LLC , Summerbirds In The Cellar: Behold The Wolf , music video

Honorable Mention Winners - Videography
 
CSTV , CSTV Road Trip Central , internet site streaming www.cstv.com/roadtripcentral
f-reel pty, ltd. (Australia), Rachel: A Perfect Life , health/medicine
Great Expectations Video Productions , Geico - Bikers for Tykes 2007 , nonprofit/fundraising Insight Creative Independent Digital , The Journey , tourism/travel
iTV Studio - Rutgers University , Douglass Developmental Disability Center , college/university Lumen Catechetical Consultants , The Vocation of the Laity , religion/ethics
MediaInnovations , Cindy & Doug Preparations , wedding
Panta Rhei Media, Inc. , Thrive , health/medicine/science
PCI Communications , The Association: A New Musical Act One ,
entertainment/drama/comedy/variety
Pilates Therapeutics , Scoliosis Management, Part 1 , educational/instructional; and Step-Wise Approach to Post-Natal Restoration , educational/instructional
Pointe Digital , Krissee & Rick's Wedding , wedding
Projections, Inc. , More Than Steel: MacSteel , industrial/technical/business
Radisch Company , Stars Falling On Alabama: We Are Enraptured By the Celestial Fireworks Of The Muses , arts/cultural/performance/plays
Rhino Calls Media Solutions , Coyote Safari Déjà Vu , special purpose video: history/educational Studio Art (Martinique), The Churches of Martinique , history/biographical/travel
Working Pictures, Inc., Chakra: MVP Healthcare , commercial/infomercial

The next Accolade deadline is February 15, 2008.
Go to www.accoladecompetition.org for details.
 
 
Contact:
Thomas Baker, Ph.D., Competition Chairperson
Telephone Number: 858-454-9868
Website: www.theaccolade.net