The International Festival of Cinema and Technology 2004 has announced its winners. The tour was launched this past February in Orlando and festival screenings took place in London, Toronto, New York, Sydney and Brisbane. Festival locations this year included Universal Studios in Orlando, The Fox Studios Screening Room in Sydney, The Canadian Broadcast Centre in Toronto, the Horse Hospital in London among others. In each city, extensive judging took place in each city to determine the award winners. Animated films also were big winners at this year's IFCT 2004 World Tour, the animated documentary EINSTEIN: SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE UNIVERSE won first prize for Best Animation. The U.K. short experimental animation INSIGHT won for Best Experimental Film and German film KANN ICH ABHABEN? (WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?), which uses 15,000 animated photos to tell its story, won the first place award for "Best Use of Special/Visual FX in a Live-Action Short." The complete listing of award winners can be found at http://www.ifct-tour.org/awards.html.
The winners of the tour were selected by a panel of more than 50 judges who are based in London, Toronto, Sydney, Brisbane, New York and Orlando. These judges consisted of film reviewers, magazine editors, music composers, acting teachers, and award-winning directors. For more information on the International Festival of Cinema and Technology Tour, principles, jurors or participating filmmakers contact admin@ifct.org. Details on the festival can be found at www.ifct-tour.org.
Rick DeMott
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