2005 WIN AwardsLos Angeles, California, USASeptember 26, 2005Deadline: May 31, 2005
Women's Image Network produces The WIN Awards to honor media-makers who create films, commercials and television that either feature female leads or are created, directed and/or are written by a woman.
Clio Awards Festival is a celebration of creative innovation in worldwide advertising and design. The event features an awards show, workshops, screenings, galleries, networking opportunities and parties. For more information, visit www.clioinnovation.com.
The Emmys are the Academy of Television Arts & Science highest awards. The Daytime Emmy Awards has been honoring excellence in all fields of daytime television production for 32 years. The Emmy is awarded in 58 categories, including acknowledgements for series, performers and all other technical and creative areas of production. Each year the office of the Daytime Emmy Awards processes more than 5,000 entries and more than 3,000 voter registration forms, culminating with a televised show that pays tribute to the exceptional work of daytime television's elite.
The Emmys are the Academy of Television Arts & Science highest awards. Craft awards are bestowed to the more technical positions on series productions, which also includes animation. Each year the office of the Daytime Emmy Awards processes more than 5,000 entries and more than 3,000 voter registration forms, culminating with a televised show that pays tribute to the exceptional work of daytime television's elite. For more information, visit www.emmyonline.org/emmy/daytime.html.
Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children announced 11 awards in three categories on May 8, 2005, at the Isabel Bader Theatre. Five awards were decided upon by childrens juries, two audience-choice awards were determined by festival-goers of all ages, and four awards for the Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase were decided by a jury of film-industry professionals. The curtain fell on the 8th-annual event with more than 20,000 children and family members, an increase of 20% from last year, seeing 87 films from 26 countries.
SDA Home Entertainment 2005 DVD Technical Awards Las Vegas, Nevada, USAJuly 27, 2005Deadline: May 13, 2005
For the past several years, the Video Software Dealers Association has acknowledged outstanding DVD product through its DVD Technical Awards. It recognizes such features as commentary, supplementary materials, menu features and more. To be eligible, titles must have been released between April 1, 2004 March 31, 2005.
The 26th annual Telly Awards highlights the world's finest local, regional and cable television advertising and non-broadcast film and video productions. Submissions are being accepted for television commercials in categories including Local TV, Local Cable, Regional TV and Multi-Market Cable, as well as for film/video productions in categories such as Non-Broadcast Productions, TV Programs, Segments and Promotional Pieces. The Tellys are one of the most respected and prestigious awards in the industry. This year
Bradford Animation Festival (BAF) 2005Bradford, U.K. November 16-19, 2005Deadline: July 8, 2005
Bradford Animation Festival (BAF) is the U.K.'s largest and longest-running animation festival. The event hosts master classes, seminars, extensive screening programs and special events. The festival concludes with the BAF Awards, a celebration of the very best new animation from around the world and the only annual awards for animation in the U.K. For more information, visit www.baf.org.uk.
Cartoons on the Bay is an international event with awards, workshops, lectures, TV and theatrical previews, and events centering on the ever-changing world of television animation. The Pulcinella Awards Competition is open to all products in animation for television and the Internet, including pilots of series. The Competition is also open to short films.
2nd Annual Zoom In Awards New York, New York, USAOctober 31, 2005Deadline: October 31, 2005
The 2nd Annual Zoom In Awards recognizes exceptional talent in digital production in both student and professional categories for each of the following competition areas: digital editing; digital cinematography; graphics & FX.
A complete list of finalists and winners for all categories can be found at the awards website (zoominawards.com), along with information on submissions and sponsorships.
The Visual Effects Society (VES) joined the American Cinema Editor (ACE) in filing letters of protest last week to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, objecting to this years new time saving Academy Awards telecast for select craftspeople, according to the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
A number of Oscars were handed out to winners seated in the audience or assembled onstage with other nominees, including SPIDER-MAN 2 vfx winners John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier.
The Golden Awards Banquet pays tribute to those who have been in the animation business 50 years or longer. Master of ceremonies Tom Sito will be overseeing the evening's events, which will include vintage film clips, historical displays, introduction of each recipient and the presentation of trophies and specially designed 50-year pins.
The 6th Annual First Boards Awards will honor international emerging talent in the commercial production industry. Winners and runners up will be celebrated at the First Boards Awards party in New York and profiled in the April issue of Boards Magazine.
Talent entered can only have been working in their craft for since January 1st 2003. Awarded categories include Directors, Editors, Composers, Animators, Creative Teams and Designers.
On April 2, Nickelodeon hosted its 18th annual Kids Choice Awards, which was hosted by Ben Stiller. For favorite cartoon, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS took home the prize. Winning favorite movie was Brad Birds superhero send-up THE INCREDIBLES. Will Smiths performance in DreamWorks SHARK TALE earned him the favorite voice from an animated movie. Though SHREK 2 lost out in the favorite movie category, the game SHREK 2 took home favorite game.
Oscar-nominee THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE won the Best Film prize at the 25th Genie Awards, Canada's top film award, which was held on March 21, 2005, in Toronto.
Seamless visual effects drama HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, starring Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz and Stuart Townsend, directed by John Duigan, took home the most awards for the categories of editing, costume, score and cinematography.
In the animation front, Chris Landreths Oscar winner RYAN won for animated short.
The Crystal Vision Awards 2005World Wide WebMay 1, 2005Deadline: May 1, 2005
The Crystal Vision Awards honors the best in film, television, corporate and video production. Industry judges will review shows for creativity, originality, directing, technical excellence and copywriting and then award point that possibly earn entries either a gold or silver award. Winners will be notified via e-mail if they have won. For more information, visit www.crystalvisionawards.com.
Nickelodeon has announced the nominees for the 18th Annual Kids Choice Awards, which will take place April 2 (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT) and will be hosted by Ben Stiller.
Were thrilled to welcome Ben Stiller as a first-time host of Nickelodeons Kids Choice this year, said Marjorie Cohn, evp, Nickelodeon development and original programming. Hes hilarious, beloved by kids and a movie veteran of the kind of irreverent mayhem that is the hallmark of our slime-meets-stars Awards.
FUNimation Prods. properties DRAGON BALL GT, DRAGON BALL Z, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, CASE CLOSED AND YU YU HAKUSHO ruled the "Best of Anime" awards in the inaugural 2005 Anime Awards at About.com.
HALF-LIFE 2 and Eugene Jarvis took top honors in the 5th annual Game Developers Choice Awards given by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) at a ceremony the evening of March 9, during the 2005 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.
The big guns at the show were 3: HALO 2 (from Bungie/Microsoft), HALF-LIFE 2 (Valve/Vivendi) and WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Blizzard) all of them huge budget productions with great visuals and sound, but a surprising audience favorite was KATAMARI DAMACY (Namco), which was simple, but very creative.
Bryan Cranston, star of the FOX series MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, will emcee the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundations 26th Annual College Television Awards at 7:00 pm on March 13, 2005, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. The winning entries will be showcased at the annual College Television Awards Festival, hosted by Martin Bruestle, producer, THE SOPRANOS, on Monday, March 14 at 7:00 pm at the Television Academys Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, which is open to the public.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors presents its Golden Reels for the best in sound. The awards will be presented at the 52nd Annual "Golden Reel" Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Legendary sound editor and mixer Walter Murch will present the Inaugural Filmmaker's Award to George Lucas, and supervising sound editor Richard Hymns will present the Career Achievement Award to Gary Rydstrom. For more information, visit www.mpse.org/goldenreels/goldenreels.html.
THE AVIATOR has won four BAFTAs at the Feb. 12, 2005, Orange British Academy Film Awards. Martin Scorseses Howard Hughes biopic received awards in the categories Film, Actress in a Supporting Role for Cate Blanchett, Make-Up & Hair and Production Design. The effects on the film were done by Camera e-Motion, New Deal Studios and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards the best in film at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, which will be broadcast on BBC ONE. In recent years, the Orange British Academy Film Awards have grown significantly in stature, cementing its position within the awards calendar as the largest globally recognized international film awards ceremony outside of the United States. The BAFTA Awards, voted for by the British Academy's 5,000 film voting members, recognize excellence among the 400 or so films shown on British cinema screens in the previous year.
Since 1930, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has conducted a program for honoring the artisans whose contributions have made it possible for an industry known as "The Movies" to exist. Recognition of ingenuity, efficiency and economy toward achieving the end result is the basic purpose of the Scientific and Technical Awards. Any device, method, formula, discovery or invention of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures -- and employed in the motion picture industry during the awards year -- can be considered for recognition.
Cartoons On The Bay 2005Positano, ItalyDeadline: February 15, 2005
The deadline is a week away to enter Cartoons On The Bay 2005 for the Pulcinella Awards 2005. The 9th International Festival on Television Animation welcomes new animated series, pilots, TV specials, short films, social and educational programs.
Take part in the Pulcinella Awards 2005 and send your programs by Feb. 15, 2005. Regulations and the entry form are available on the festival Website www.cartoonsbay.com and may be sent online.
