'9-11' SUBJECTS DOMINATE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

LOS ANGELES - Productions related to events of Sept. 11, 2001, won four of the five top awards in the Documentary film category of the 2003 U.S. International Film And Video Festival.

The competition received more than 1,500 entries from 28 countries. A total of 64 Gold Camera Awards and 92 Silver Screen Awards were given in 52 categories or sub-categories. The awards are to be presented June 6 during ceremonies in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

In the Documentary category, ABC News in New York received Gold Camera awards for "ABC News Productions: 'History Undercover: Revenge" and "ABC News Special: Barbara Walters 9-11-02 Grief Special."

In the same Category, The Independent Production Fund. Inc. of New York received a Gold for "Muslims," and Radio Telefis Eireann of Galway, Ireland, won a Gold for "September 11th, Stories From The Twin Towers."

The fifth Gold Camera for a Documentary went to Denver Center Media for "Mile High: A Tale of Two Stadiums." The film featured interviews with musicians, sports figures, fans and promoters, exploring the legacy of Mile High Stadium as a Denver icon. The film also followed the construction of the new Invesco Field at Mile High.

Silver Screen awards for documentaries went to: "China in the Red," Ambrica Productions, New York; "Cuba Mia: Portrait of An All-Woman Orchestra," Accent Media Productions, McLean, Va.; "Denan," Dick Young Productions, New York; "Lessons From Ground Zero: Emergency Action Plan," Coastal Training Technologies Corp., Virginia Beach, Va.; "Nat Turner- A Troublesome Property," SUBPIX, Santa Barbara, Calif.; "Wide Angle: Greetings From Grozny" and "Wide Angle: The Empty ATM," both from Thirteen/WNET New York; and "From Despair to Defiance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising," Barna-Alper Productions, Toronto, Ontario.

The competition is in its 36th year and is recognized as one of the world's leading events for Business, Television, Documentary, Industrial, and Informational and entertainment productions.

In addition to the above, the winners by category were:

Advertising, Sales, Sales Promotion, Marketing: Gold Camera -- Mountain View Productions Ltd. of Atlanta, Red Orange of Stuttgart, Germany, and McCann-Erickson Switzerland of Zurich; Silver Screen - Discovery Networks International, Bethesda, Md.; Burning Daylight Productions, Troy, Mich.; Impact Image, Cranleigh, Surry; Jack Morton Worldwide, London; De Kroon, Wissenract & Associes, Amsterdam.

Art, Culture: Gold won by V.I.E.W. Video, New York; Art-Music Videos, Music: Gold won by Music on Earth Productions, London, and Silver Screen awards won by DocuTainment Plus Productions Inc., Toronto, and MPL Communications Inc., New York.

Audio: Silver won by De Kroon, Wissenract & Associes, Amsterdam.

Children's Programming: Gold - Wesdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne, Germany; Jolee TV Corp., New York, and Sesame Workshop, New York; Silver - Epitome Pictures, Toronto, and Signature Communications, Huntingtown, Md.
Cinematography, Videography, Camera Work: Gold won by BM8GmbH, Hamburg.

Community Cable: Gold won by Empty Warehouse Productions, Los Osos, Calif.

Community Development: Gold - World Wide Pictures, London; Silver - Clara Films, Barcelona, Spain.

Corporate Communications: Gold - Dockhouse Film & Television AB, Gothenburg; Clariant GmbH, Sulzbach am Taunus, Austria; Shooting Pictures, London; Jack Morton Worldwide, London. Silver winners were castor-film gmbh, Stuttgart; Razor Productions, Headcorn, Kent, UK; Uden Associates, London; Jacaranda Productions, London; and BM8 Gmbh, Hamburg.

Current Events, Special Events: Silver-Matine Film & Television AB, Falun, Sweden, and Signature Communications, Huntingtown, Md.

Editingv: Gold - Shooting Pictures won a Gold and a Silver; Digital Magic Ltd., Hong Kong, won a Silver.

Education: Gold - Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Ala.; GPN, Lincoln, Neb. ; Committee for Children, Seattle; Educational Productions, Beaverton, Ore.; Thirteen/WNET New York. Silver-California Language Laboratories, Cupertino, Calif.; Thirteen/WNET New York; Omnicron Productions Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand; Intelecom, Pasadena, Calif.; Discovery Global Education Fund, Bethesda, Md.; Educational Productions, Beaverton, Ore.; Simmons Company, Atlanta.

Entertainment: The Simpsons, Los Angeles, won a Silver Screen award.

Environmental Issues & Concerns: Gold -- EMS Films, Woerden, The Netherlands.

Fundraising: Gold-United Way of America, Alexandria, Va.; Silver--The Salvation Army, Des Plaines, Ill.; Visafric Productions, Toronto.

History, Biography: Gold - ORF-NHU, Vienna, Austria; Barna-Alper, Toronto. Silver - Starz Encore Group, Englewood, Colo., and Barna-Alper.

'How To' and Instructional: One Gold and three Silver awards to Gaiam Inc. Broomfield, Colo.;

In-Flight Presentations: Silver won by Frame By Frame Productions, Jamaica.
Interactive Multimedia (CD-ROM): Gold - BI, Minneapolis; Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Appleton, Wis.; Open Training and Education Network, Strathfield, NSW. BI, Thrivent Financial and Open Training also won Silver Screen awards as did Esras Films Ltd., Dublin, Ireland.

Manufacturing, Engineering, Industrial & Technical Processes: Silver - Office Just, Yokohama, Japan, and E-Motion GmbH, Wildberg, Germany.
Medicine Health: Gold - Palace Digital Studios, S. Norwalk, Conn., and UCL images, London. Silver - Rainbow Productions, Chicago; Red Hawk Inc., Eatontown, N.J., and Writing The Range, Omaha, Neb.

Motivational, Inspirational: Gold - Dockhouse Film & Television AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, Utah. Silver - Image Resource, Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom, and The UPS Foundation, Atlanta.

Politics, Government, World Relations, Civics: Gold - Barna-Alper, Toronto. Silver - American Forces Network Europe and Swiss Armed Forces Film Department, Berne, Switzerland.

Presentations created for Visitor Centers, Museums and other public venues: Gold - Taiyo Kikaku Co. Ltd., Tokyo, and BM8 GmbH, Hamburg/Wedel, Germany. Silver - National Park Service, Harpers Ferry, W.Va., Center; Now Watch It! Ltd., London, and two Silver Screen awards went to GROUP.IE GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany.

Public Relations: Gold - RCI Regine Cardin, Paris; GROUP.IE GmbH, Frankfurt, and Uden Associates, London. Silver - castor-film gmbh, Stuttgart; Clariant GmbH, Frankfurt; The Accidental Film Co. Ltd., London; Dick Young Productions, New York, and United Film & TV AB, Almunge, Sweden.

Recreations, Sports, Hobbies, Crafts: Gold won by intoFX Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., and Silver awards won by Carlton Television, Nottingham, England, and LaSalle Bank Corp., Chicago.

Religion, Ethics, Humanities: Gold - TLC Entertainment, Studio City, Calif., and Inertia Films, Atlanta. Silver - Barna-Alper, Toronto, and Chvala & Company Productions, Omaha.

Safety: Gold - Deco Media Oy Ltd., Helsinki, Finland, and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Va.; a Silver award went to Shooting Pictures.

Sciences, Research, Exploration: Gold - Ellis Vision and Barna-Alper, Toronto. Silver Screen awards went to Image Science Inc., Minato, Tokyo, and COM 4HD, Madrid, Spain.

Short Films, Short Subjects: Gold won by Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne; Silver went to Master Cluster S.L., Madrid.

Social Issues: Gold to Barna-Alper, Toronto, and Silver awards to ABC News, New York, and Direct Current Video Productions, Phoenix.

Specialty Productions: Gold - Pedersen Media Group (two Golds), San Francisco; Red Orange and castor-film gmbh, Germany, and Media Loft Inc., Minneapolis. Silver - BI, Minneapolis; Corporate Vision Communications, Toronto; Razor Productions, Headcorn, Kent, UK; Communicator Ltd., London, and UPS, Atlanta.

Television Advertising: COI Communications, London, received a Gold Camera and two Silver Screen awards; Respond2 Inc., Portland, Ore; received a Silver.

Training & Education - Business, Government: Gold - Seven Dimensions Pty Ltd., South Yarrow, Australia; Take 3 Productions, London, and Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Toronto. Silver - BBDO Detroit, Open Training and Education Network, Australia; Dockhouse Film & Television AB, Gothenburg, Sweden; Video Arts, London; Cohn Creative Group, New York, and Delmar Learning, Clifton Park, N.Y.

Travel, Transportation: Gold went to Osterreichisches Filmservices, Vienna, Austria, and Silver to McCann-Erickson Mexico, Mexico City.

Writing, Concept: Gold - Clariant Gmbh/Germany, and Razor Productions, United Kingdom, won a Silver Screen.

Further information can be obtained from the festival headquarters: 713 S. Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite A, Redondo Beach, Calif. 90277-4233 USA, Phone: (310) 540-0959, Fax: (310) 316-8905, or by e-mail: filmfestinfo@filmfestawards.com.

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