The Producers of the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts announced the final nominees for their 2nd Annual Elan Awards. This year's awards show will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane (FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD) at the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts on Feb. 15, 2008.
The nominees are:
Best Feature-Length Animated Production* BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS - Rainmaker Animation* BARBIE FAIRYTOPIA: MAGIC OF THE RAINBOW - Rainmaker Animation* MAX STEEL: COUNTDOWN - Rainmaker Animation
Best Animated Production (Television Series)* CARL SQUARED - Portfolio Ent.* CLASS OF TITANS - Studio B* EDGAR & ELLEN - Bardel Ent.* STARVEILLANCE - Cuppa Coffee Studios
Best Animated Short Subject* YELLOW STICKY NOTES - Jeff Chiba Stearns * CLANCY WITH THE PUCK - Studio B
Best Direction in a Feature-Length Animated Production* BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS - Rainmaker Animation* BARBIE FAIRYTOPIA: MAGIC OF THE RAINBOW - Rainmaker Animation* MAX STEEL: COUNTDOWN - Rainmaker Animation
Best Direction in an Animated Television Series* CARL SQUARED - Portfolio Ent.* GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE - Studio B* RICKY SPROCKET - Studio B* RUBY GLOOM - Nelvana
Best Male Voice-Over in in Animated Feature or Television Production* Lee Tockar - GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE - Studio B* Louie Chiurillo - JOHNNY TEST - Cookie Jar Ent.* Stewart Stone - CARL SQUARED Episode 32 "Superstar" - Portfolio Ent.
Best Female Voice-Over in an Animated Feature or Television Production* Emily Hampshire - CARL SQUARED Episode #29 "Carl SuperSized" - Portfolio Ent.* Maryke Hendrisk - JOHNNY TEST - Cookie Jar Ent.* Julie Lemieux - WILBUR: WILBUR'S BIRTHDAY - Mercury Filmworks* Tabitha St. Germain - RICKY SPROCKET SHOWBIZ BOY - Voicebox Prods. & Studio B
Best Original Musical Score* BRUNO AND THE BANANA BUNCH - Cuppa Coffee Studios* CARL SQUARED Episode 32 "Superstar" - Portfolio Ent.
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Best Production Design or Art Direction* EDGAR & ELLEN "Crushed" - Bardel Ent.* GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE "Naked Ape Man" - Studio B* MAX STEEL: COUNTDOWN - Rainmaker Animation* WEIRD YEARS "Pipes" - Mercury Filmworks
Best Writing in an Animated Production* CARL SQUARED Episode #44 "Doomsday" - Portfolio Ent.* GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE "Beetle Invasions/Naked Ape Man" - Studio B* RICKY SPROCKET SHOWBIZ BOY "Screen Kiss/Double Crossed" - Studio B* Storm Hawks "Age of Heroes" - Nerd Corps Ent.
Best International Animated Production (Television Series)* AMERICAN DAD - Fuzzy Door Prods.* DEATH NOTE - VIZ Media * DOGSTAR - Media World Pictures* FAMILY GUY - Fuzzy Door Prods.
Game of the Year* ASSASSIN'S CREED - Ubisoft* COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FORCES - Relic Ent.* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* SKATE. - Electronic Arts
Best Console Game* ASSASSIN'S CREED - Ubisoft* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* SCARFACE - Radical Ent.* SKATE. - Electronic Arts
Best PC Game* COMPANY OF HEROES - Relic Ent.* WAR HAMMER 40,000 DAWN OF WAR: DARK CRUSADE - Relic Ent.* POWER RANGERS: SUPER LEGENDS - Disney Interactive
Best Sound Design* CRASH OF THE TITANS - Radical Ent.* NEED FOR SPEED PROSTREET - Electronic Arts* SKATE. - Electronic Arts* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games
Best Original Musical Score* ASSASSIN'S CREED - Ubisoft* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* COMPANY OF HEROES - Relic Ent.* WAR HAMMER 40,000 DAWN OF WAR: DARK CRUSADE - Relic Ent.
Best Character* Commander Shepard (MASS EFFECT) - Bioware/Microsoft Games* Crash Bandicoot (CRASH OF THE TITANS) - Radical Ent.* Death Jr. (SCIENCE FAIR OF DOOM) - Backbone Ent.* Tony Montana (SCARFACE) - Radical Ent.
Best Art Direction* ASSASSIN'S CREED - Ubisoft* COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FORCES - Relic Ent.* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* SKATE. - Electronic Arts
Best Handheld Game of the Year* CHICKEN LITTLE: ACE IN ACTION - Disney Interactive* HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SING IT - Disney Interactive* SOCOM U.S. NAVY SEALS: TACTICAL STRIKE - Slant Six Games* SONIC RIVALS - Backbone Games
Best Game Design of the Year* ASSASSIN'S CREED - Ubisoft* MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED - Next Level Games* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* SKATE. - Electronic Arts
Best Mobile/Casual/Arcade Game of the Year* SKATE. - Electronic Arts* CANDACE KANE'S CANDY FACTORY - Gnosis Games
Best Writing for a Game Production* COMPANY OF HEROES - Relic Ent.* COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FORCES - Relic Ent.* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* SCARFACE - Radical Ent.
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming* COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FORCES - Relic Ent.* MASS EFFECT - Bioware/Microsoft Games* SKATE. - Electronic Arts* WAR HAMMER 40,000 DAWN OF WAR: DARK CRUSADE - Relic Ent.
International Video Game of the Year* THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE: SHADOWS OF ANGMAR - Turbine, Inc.* RATCHET & CLANK FUTURE: TOOLS OF DESTRUCTION - Insomniac Games & Sony Computer Ent. America* CRYSIS - Crytek & Electronic Arts USA
Student Animated or Motion Graphic Production of the Year* LEGEND OF BORUTA - Emily Carr Institute - Bartosz Nowakowski* SWING - Vancouver Film School - Estaban Azuela* TURNTALE - Emily Carr Institute - Kora Kosicka* DUELITY - Vancouver Film School - Marcos Ceravolo & Ryan Uhrich
Student Game of the Year* BLOOM - Vancouver Film School - Boring Games; Project Manager: Adrian Audet* CHAMELIO - Vancouver Film School - Chad Sehn, Dave Malmberg, Jefferey Chang, Kayo Wildman* FOAMZILLA - Vancouver Film School - Johan Eickmeyer, Mark Barazzuol* SEAS OF EUROPA - Vancouver Film School - Scott Riesterer, Jordan Ivey
Best Original Sound Design/Musical Score for an Animated Production or Game* LE BUILDING - Vancouver Film School - Doug Woods* CLIMBER - Vancouver Film School - Jessica Lemes da Silva* SNOWMAN - Vancouver Film School - Steve Bigras * HATCHED - The Art Institute of Vancouver - Kevin Webb
Best Student Art Direction - Game Production* HYDRO - School of Interactive Art and Technology (SIAT) SFU - Yohei Shimomae, Scott Ko, Darrell Yeo* INTROSPECT - The Art Institute of Vancouver - Team Leader - Mitchell Lagran* PATCHWORK PLAYGROUNDS - Vancouver Film School - Jimmy Steorts, Sean Bosshardt, Brian Chong, Tom Munro* SEAS OF EUROPA - Vancouver Film School - Scott Riesterer, Jordan Ivey
Best Student Art Direction - Animated Production* 8 - Emily Carr Institute - Jeff Simpson* A MODELLING REEL - Vancouver Film School -Julianna Kolakis* MANSO SINISTRA - Emily Carr Institute - Kate Lee* THE LEGEND OF BORUTA - Emily Carr Institute - Bartosz Nowakowski
Best Student Writing for an Animated or Game Production* CATNIP - Western School of Interactive Art and Technology (SIAT) SFU - Cody Church, Mohammed El Eryan, John Pang* DOCUMENTARY - Vancouver Film School - Lawrence Chung* FOR YOU MY PEOPLE - Emily Carr Institute - Jose Pablo Gonzalez* THE LEGEND OF BORUTA - Emily Carr Institute - Bartosz Nowakowski
Ready To Rocket* Bartosz Nowakowski - Emily Carr Institute * Karl Schmidt, Alex Ting - School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) SFU* Diego Rodriguez - Vancouver Film School* Matt Alder - VanArts
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Rick DeMott
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