Awards

[caption id="attachment_1456" align="alignnone" width="560"]The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its 38th Annual Student Academy Awards® on Saturday, June 11, in Beverly Hills. Front row (left to right): Hallvar Witzø, Julian Higgins, Avner Geller, Stevie Lewis, Tal S. Shamir, Wonjung Bae and Soham Mehta. Back row (left to right): Theo Rigby, Anthony Weeks, Shawn Wines, Max Zähle, Karzan Kader, Zach Hyer, Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang.[/caption]

Fifteen students from colleges and universities around the world were honored last night (June 11) as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards® competition awards ceremony, which featured as presenters actress Jennifer Garner, Oscar®-nominated animator John Musker, and Academy Award-winning producer Edward Zwick alongside Academy President Tom Sherak at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The 2011 winners are:

Alternative category
Gold Medal*:   “The Vermeers,” Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York
* Only one medal was awarded in the Alternative category.

Animation category
Gold Medal (tie):   “Correspondence,” Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York; and “Dragonboy,” Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang, Academy of Art University, California
Bronze Medal:       “Defective Detective,” Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida

Documentary category
Gold Medal:       “Vera Klement: Blunt Edge,” Wonjung Bae, Columbia College Chicago
Silver Medal:      “Imaginary Circumstances,” Anthony Weeks, Stanford University
Bronze Medal:   “Sin Pais (Without Country),” Theo Rigby, Stanford University

Narrative category
Gold Medal:     “Thief,” Julian Higgins, American Film Institute, California
Silver Medal:    “High Maintenance,” Shawn Wines, Columbia University
Bronze Medal:  “Fatakra,” Soham Mehta, University of Texas at Austin

Foreign Student Film category
Gold Medal:     “Tuba Atlantic,” Hallvar Witzo, The Norwegian Film School, Norway
Silver Medal:    “Bekas,” Karzan Kader, Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden
Bronze Medal:  “Raju,” Max Zaehle, Hamburg Media School, Germany

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 43 Oscar nominations and have won or shared eight awards. At the 83rd Academy Awards earlier this year, 2010 Student Academy Award winner Luke Matheny took home the Oscar for Live Action Short Film for “God of Love.” Tanel Toom, another 2010 Student Academy Award winner, also was nominated in the Live Action Short Film category for “The Confession,” and John Lasseter, a 1979 and 1980 Student Academy Award winner, was a nominee in the Adapted Screenplay category for “Toy Story 3.”

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[caption id="attachment_1447" align="alignnone" width="560"]Adam Bowers writes, directs and stars in the low-budget comedy ‘New Low[/caption]

The 2011 Amsterdam Film Festival Van Gogh Awards announced the winners of the prestigious Van Gogh Awards. The Grand Jury Prize was presented to four films – The Secret Friend directed by Flavio Alves (Brazil), Der Sandmann directed by Peter Luisi (Switzerland), Wish directed by Kyle Milardo (USA) and Happy directed by Roko Belic (USA).

The De grote Prijs van de Jury was presented to New Low directed by Adam Bowers (USA); a film about a neurotic twentysomething struggling to figure out which girl he really belongs with: the best or the worst one he’s ever known.

The Cinematic Vision Award was presented to The Greater Good directed by Chris Pilaro & Kendall Nelson (USA). The Greater Good looks behind the fear, hype and politics that have polarized the vaccine debate in America today. The film re-frames the emotionally charged issue and offers, for the first time, the opportunity for a rational and scientific discussion on how to create a safer and more effective vaccine program.

The Van Gogh Award was presented to Bert’s Plan directed by Yair Shvartz (USA). Bert is a struggling middle-aged writer attempting to get his book published. Downtrodden and plagued with rejection, Bert comes up with a plan. In a twist of hilariously dark, ironic and serendipitous events, Bert’s original plan takes an unexpected turn.

The Prodigy Auteur Prize was presented to Victim, directed by Leon Rowe (USA). Victim is a psychological thriller about a man who is plagued by guilt, anger and vengeance struggling with a decision that will change his life forever.

2011 VAN GOGH AWARDS:

De grote Prijs van de Jury: New Low directed by Adam Bowers
Cinematic Vision Award: The Greater Good directed by Chris Pilaro & Kendall Nelson
Van Gogh Award: Bert’s Plan directed by Yair Shvartz
Prodigy Auteur Prize: Victim directed by Leon Rowe

Grand Jury Prize: The Secret Friend directed by Flavio Alves
Grand Jury Prize: Der Sandmann directed by Peter Luisi
Grand Jury Prize: Wish directed by Kyle Milardo
Grand Jury Prize: Happy directed by Roko Belic

Best Director: The Story directed by Steve Bellamy
Documentary Directing Award: Lift Up directed by Philip Knowlton & Huguens Jean
Dramatic Directing Award: A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation directed by Stefan Leuchtenberg & Martin Wallner

World Cinema Directing Award: Ronan’s Escape directed by A.J. Carter
World Cinema Directing Award: Unravelling directed by Kuldip Powar

Excellence in Cinematography Award: Out of the Darkness directed by Stefano Levi
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Hipolito directed by Teodoro Ciampagna
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Vous Etes Servis directed by Jorge Leon
Excellence in Cinematography Award: The Big Uneasy directed by Harry Shearer

World Cinema Cinematography Award: Protect The Nation directed by C. R. Reisser
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Small Change directed by Cathy Brady
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Beatboxing – The Fifth Element Of Hip Hop directed by Klaus Schneyder
World Cinema Cinematography Award: The Girls in the Band  directed by Judy Chaikin

Best Documentary Film Editing: I am Nancy directed by Arlene Marechal
Best Dramatic Film Editing: Vicissitude directed by Will Jobe
Best Feature Film Screenplay: Face to Face directed by Michael Rymer
Best Short Film Screenplay: IFAKAT directed by Orhan  Tekeoglu

World Cinema Documentary Film Editing Award: May I Be Frank directed by Gregg Marks, Conor Gaffney, Ryland Engelhart & Cary Mosier
World Cinema Dramatic Film Editing Award: Vento directed by Marcio Salem
World Cinema Screenwriting Award, Feature Film: Behind the Eight Ball directed by Mike Graveline
World Cinema Screenwriting Award, Short Film: DILF directed by Geoff Edwards

Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary: Sharkwise directed by Lieven Debrauwer
Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic: Sofia directed by Shervin Kermani
Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Short: Return directed by Cyd Chartier Cohn
Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Student: Landlocked directed by Jerry Melichar
Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Music Video: Corrupted Scene Behind the Stage directed by Ivan Mena Tinoco
Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Animation: Los Estrandados directed by Derek Evanick
Special Jury Prize, Dutch Documentary: Mila’s Journey directed by Annie Perkins & Rinku Kalsy
Special Jury Prize, Dutch Dramatic: In Transit directed by Kees-Jan Husselman
Special Jury Prize for Originality: How It Ended directed by Gabriel Nussbaum
Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Independence: Streets of Flamenco directed by Marisa Lloreda Saez
Special Jury Prize for Acting, World Cinema: Spinster directed by Pip Satchell
Special Jury Prize for Acting: Sissy directed by Bonnie Root

Jury Prize – Dutch Short Filmmaking: Riding Bikes with the Dutch directed by Michael Bauch
Jury Prize – International Short Filmmaking: Falling Apart directed by Christopher Valori

World Cinema – Experimental Film: Extincion II: La Cuadratura De Los Círculos directed by Fernando Usón Forniés
World Cinema – Animated Film: Searching directed by Hyun Joo Cho
World Cinema – Music Video: Stretch directed by Arturo Cubacub
World Cinema – Student: Mezzanotte Obscura directed by    Lori Petchers
World Cinema – First Time Director: I’m Just Saying directed by Brian Douglas

Best Action Film: Slashimi directed by Anthony Powell
Best Avant-Garde Film: Hallucination directed by Christian Jean
Best Biography: Klondike’s Calling directed by Paola Rosà & Antonio Senter
Best Children’s Film: Little Gobie directed by Tony Tang
Best Comedy: The Winking Boy directed by Marcus Dineen
Best Coming of Age Film: Een Kleine Duw directed by Philippe Verkinderen
Best Crime Film: Una Calle Sin Salida directed by Robert Fernandez-Ferreira
Best Drama: The Price of Sex directed by Mimi Chakarova
Best Educational Film: Harvest of Loneliness directed by Adrian Salinas, Gilbert Gonzalez & Vivian Price
Best Environmental Film: Liquid Amber directed by Maggi Payne
Best Fantasy Film: A Complex Villainelle directed by Nathan Billington, Rebecca Forth, Bart Ovaitt & Ryan Porter
Best Horror Film: Message directed by Lee Yat Fung
Best Human Rights Film: Children in Exile directed by Chris Swider
Best Mockumentary: Frontman directed by Ben Hyland
Best Musical: Mr. Foley directed by D.A.D.D.Y.
Best Personal Narrative: Beautiful Enough directed by Claire Oakley
Best Romance: I Love My Woman directed by Otis Kriegel
Best Romantic Comedy: Sombras Nada Mas directed by Max Valverde
Best Sci-Fi Film: Cockpit:  The Rule of Engagement directed by Jesse Griffith
Best Spiritual Film: The Time Machine directed by Mark Kendall
Best Sports Film: One Revolution directed by Amanda Stoddard
Best Student Film: Amanda directed by Michael Tanner Cusumano
Best Urban Film: Storie Urgenti directed by Joseph Edward Rozzo

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS:

Feature Screenplay Competition

First Place: You’re Sick written by Donn Warr Lewis
Second Place: Halfway Home written by David Schroeder
Third Place: The Quarry written by Adam Ford-smith

Short Screenplay Competition

First Place: Push Bike written by Tracey Walker
Second Place: Sunset Fire written by A. Wayne Carter
Third Place: Born as Ghosts written by Mark Skinner

Official Finalists

American Trash written by David Kornfield
Beyond the Horizon written by George Ferris
Borderline written by Joshua Paolino
Courting Death written by Heather Silvio
Cradle of the Stars written by Joey Kent
En Route written by Philip Howe
Neon Cactus written by Philip Sedgwick
Poetease written by Jeffrey Morin
The Kiarsidia written by Bruce Golde
The Only Living Man with a Hole in His Head written by Todd Colby Pliss
There is a Season written by Stuart Creque
Too Fat to Fly written by Anthony Amenta

Honorable Mentions

180 Proof written by Adam Sumner
A Mind of Glass written by Louise Dautheribes McKerl
China Girls written by Gary Riester
Drosselbart written by Effie Bathen
Eaglet written by Eugene Gavrilenko
Ghost Light written by Philip Marcoccio
God’s Architect written by Michael Mares
Happiness in Pieces written by Krzysztof Rostek
Hunting Paradise written by Craig Harwood
Meet Jane Doe written by Jacqueline Gault
Murder in the Lakelands written by Patrick Nash
Pot Shop written by Judah Ray Neiditch
The Parting Glass written by Philip Marcoccio
T.W.I.N written by Malaika Langa
Wrigly & King written by Cornelius Murphy

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[caption id="attachment_1443" align="alignnone" width="560"]Mila’s Journey[/caption]

The 2011 Honolulu Film Awards Ceremony Dinner was held last month at the Sarento’s Top of the “I” restaurant located on the top floor of the beautiful Ilikai Hotel & Suites with breathtaking views of Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Honolulu Film Awards honor the best from around the world in several competition categories including Feature Films, Documentaries, Short Films, Foreign Films, Hawaiian Films, Action Sports Films, Music Videos, Experimental Films, Television Pilots, Environmental Films, Screenplays and more.

Annie Perkins’ “Mila’s Journey” was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and was in attendance to pick up the prize. Mila’s Journey follows Mila & her decision to return to India after more than 30 years. The film juxtaposes modern images with the old 8mm footage & pays homage to romance, adventure, spirituality, freedom and female independence. The film shows one Dutch woman’s attempt to answer the question ‘what would happen if I went back?’

Other winning filmmakers in attendance included Dana Neves, Director, “The Green Tie Affair” – Best of Hawaii; Bret Malley, Director, “Greenwashers” – Best Documentary Short; Mary Piller, Director, “Greenwashers” – Best Environmental Film; and Yurij Luhovy, Director, “Genocide Revealed” – Best Historical Film.

Additional Best of Category Winners include:
Special Jury Award: Minnie Loves Junior – Directed By Andy Mullins
Special Jury Award: Lychee Thieves – Directed By Kathleen Kwai Ching Man
Special Jury Award: Little Gobie – Directed By Tony Tang
Jury Prize: OnAir – Directed By Carsten Vauth & Marco J. Riedl
Jury Prize: Down This Road – Directed By Vinz Feller
Jury Prize: The Buck Johnson Story – Directed By Blake McCray
Best Feature Film: 5th & Alameda – Directed By Richard Friedman
Best Actor: Dryerthèque – Lead Actor Trevor Wissink-Adams
Best Actress: An Affair with Dolls – Lead Actress Alexandra Chalupa
Best Animation: For a Fistful of Snow – Directed By: Julien Ezri
Best Cinematography: The Two Escobars – Directed By Jeff Zimbalist & Michael Zimbalist
Best Coming of Age: Fast Times and Fast Food – Directed By Kyle Niemier
Best Director: Das Tub – Directed By James Cunningham
Best Documentary Feature: Hollywood, 90038 – Directed By Jennifer Kes Remington
Best Documentary Short: Greenwashers – Directed By Bret Malley     
Best Drama: Mental – Directed By Joy Gohring
Best Educational Film: Out of the Darkness – Directed By Stefano Levi
Best Family Film: My Father, Joe – Directed By Nikila Cole
Best Foreign Film: Suburbs of Downtown – Directed By Sergio García Locatelli
Best Human Rights Film: Via Gori – Directed By George Barbakadze
Best Independent Short: Apocalypse Story – Directed By Jeffrey P. Nesker
Best Music Video: To The Death – Directed By Danielle French
Best Screenplay: Not Worth A Bullet – Directed By Markus F. Adrian
Best Short Film: Bathing and the Single Girl – Directed By Christine Elise McCarthy
Best Student Film: Falling Apart – Directed By Christopher Valori

Screenplay Competition Winners
1st Place: Finding Thomas written by Jaimee Campbell
2nd Place: Molokai written by Tuesday Rose
3rd Place: Hogwild written by Dayan Paul

Short Screenplay Competition Winners
1st Place: The Wedding Bet written by Vicki Bartholomew
2nd Place: Sunset Fire written by A. Wayne Carter
3rd Place: Assassins written by JimmyLee Smith

Screenplay Official Finalists
180 Proof written by Adam Sumner
Are You Lonesome Tonight? written by Robert Factor
Blink of an Eye written by Anthony Williams
Courting Death written by Heather Silvio
DAM 999 Script written by Sohan Roy
Kill Haole Day written by Shelley Krawchuk
Nisei Warrior written by Sandie Vea
Olohana written by Daniel Fan
On Any Other Day written by Lee Vehe
Pot Shop written by Judah Ray Neiditch
Sedah High written by Mpaki Molapo
The Hickory Horse written by Vicki Bartholomew
The Last Mermaid written by Shanon Culiner
Walking In The Sand written by Curt Lambert
Wrigley & King written by Cornelius Murphy

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[caption id="attachment_1439" align="alignnone" width="560"]Jennifer Garner (pictured) and Oscar®-nominated animator John Musker have been tapped to present at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on Saturday, June 11, at 6 p.m., at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.[/caption]

Jennifer Garner and Oscar-nominated animator John Musker have been tapped to present at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on Saturday, June 11, at 6 p.m., at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.  The awards ceremony is the culmination of a week of industry-related activities and social events that the Academy is hosting for the 15 students from the U.S. and abroad who have been selected as winners this year.

Garner was most recently seen in “Arthur,” released earlier this year.  Her other acting credits include “Valentine’s Day,” “Juno” and “13 Going on 30.”  She will next be seen in “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” due out later this year.

Musker received an Oscar nomination in 2009 for the animated feature “The Princess and the Frog.”  His other credits include “Treasure Planet,” “Aladdin” and “The Little Mermaid,” all of which he co-wrote and co-directed.

[AMPAS]

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[caption id="attachment_1430" align="alignnone" width="560"]Jason Sudeikis hosted the 2011 MTV Movie Awards[/caption]

The offbeat 2011 MTV Movie Awards went down on Sunday night and the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was the big winner taking home a total of five golden popcorn awards including “BEST MOVIE,” “BEST FEMALE” and “BEST MALE PERFORMANCE,” “BEST KISS” and “BEST FIGHT.”

Actress Reese Witherspoon was honored with this year’s “MTV Generation Award” and took the opportunity to send a not-too subtle message to some fellow female celebrities. “I know it’s cool to be bad, I get it … but it’s also possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show,” Witherspoon said. “When I came up in this business, you made a sex tape and you were embarrassed and hid it under your bed and like if you took naked pictures of yourself on your cell phone, you hid your face.”

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The complete list of winners is as follows:

Best Male Performance
Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”

Best Female Performance
Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”

Best Fight
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”

Best Kiss
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment
Justin Bieber, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” Performance Spectacular

Best Villain
Tom Felton, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”

Best Line From A Movie (New Category)
Alexys Nycole Sanchez, “Grown Ups”: “I want to get chocolate wasted.”

Best Scared-As-Sh*t Performance
Ellen Page, “Inception”

Best Movie
“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”

Best Comedic Performance
Emma Stone, “Easy A”

Best Breakout Star
Chloë Grace Moretz, “Kick-Ass”

Biggest Badass Star
Chloë Grace Moretz, “Kick-Ass”

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12 students from nine U.S. colleges and universities and three students from outside the U.S. have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.  The student filmmakers will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 11, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):

Alternative category
“The Vermeers,” Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York

Animation category
“Correspondence,” Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York
“Defective Detective,” Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
“Dragonboy,” Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang, Academy of Art University, California

Documentary category
“Imaginary Circumstances,” Anthony Weeks, Stanford University
“Sin Pais (Without Country),” Theo Rigby, Stanford University
“Vera Klement: Blunt Edge,” Wonjung Bae, Columbia College Chicago

Narrative category
“Fatakra,” Soham Mehta, University of Texas at Austin
“High Maintenance,” Shawn Wines, Columbia University
“Thief,” Julian Higgins, American Film Institute, California

Foreign Student Film category
“Bekas,” Karzan Kader, Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden
“Raju,” Max Zaehle, Hamburg Media School, Germany
“Tuba Atlantic,” Hallvar Witzo, Norwegian Film School, Norway

The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.  Past Student Academy Award® winners have gone on to receive 43 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards.  At the 83rd Academy Awards earlier this year, 2010 Student Academy Award winner Luke Matheny took home the Oscar for Live Action Short Film for “God of Love.”  Tanel Toom, another 2010 Student Academy Award winner, also was nominated in the Live Action Short Film category for “The Confession,” and John Lasseter, a 1979 and 1980 Student Academy Award winner, was a nominee in the Adapted Screenplay category for “Toy Story 3.”

[source: AMPAS]

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[caption id="attachment_1308" align="alignnone" width="560"]Gorilla in the Greenhouse – Great Pacific Garbage Patch[/caption]

Ninety-one short and feature films met KIDS FIRST!’s standards for combining excellence in filmmaking with pro-social benefits to be selected winners of the annual KIDS FIRST! Best Awards.  Tinkerbell, The Pups of Liberty and Paws and Whiskers; and How toTrain Your Dragon, Shrek: Forever After, Barbie and Wubbzy, were all celebrated as creative and innovative works and winners.

2010 KIDS FIRST! Best Winners    

SERIES, AGES 2-5    
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!     Anchor Bay Entertainment

FEATURE FILM, AGES 2-5    
1     Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas     Universal Studios Home Entertainment
2     Curious George: Follow That Monkey     Universal Studios Home Entertainment

SERIES, AGES 5-8    
1     WordGirl      Scholastic Media
2     Strawberry Shortcake     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

FEATURE FILM, AGES 5-8    
1     Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue     Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
2     Barbie in a Mermaid Tale     Universal Studios Home Entertainment
3     Lego: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers     Universal Studios Home Entertainment

SHORT AGES 5-12    
1     Goosebumps: Go Eat Worms     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
2     Goosebumps: The Blog That Ate Everyone     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
3     Tom & Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes     Warner Home Video

FEATURE FILM, AGES 5-12    
1     How to Train Your Dragon     Paramount
2     Shrek Forever After     Paramount
3     Spy Next Door, The     Lionsgate

FEATURE FILM, AGES 8-12    
1     Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
2     Diary of a Wimpy Kid     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
3     The White Lion     Screen Media Films

INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 2-5    
1     Eco Beeps with Skip & Molly: Plastic Bags     Magic Drawer Productions
2     Tails of Abbygail: Finding Betty     Kid Vid Entertainment
3     Sheepies     NMG

SHORT AGES 5-8    
1     The North Star     Fablevision/Scholastic
2     Great Joy     Weston Woods/Scholastic Productions
3     Safety Smart: In the Water     Disney Educational Productions

INDEPENDENT SHORT AGES 5-8    
1     Pups of Liberty     Picnic Productions
2     Sneeze Me Away     Ryan Grobins
3     Gus Outdoors: Gull Island     Sand Pictures

INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 5-12    
1     Ride of the Mergansers     Steve Furman
2     Great Race, The     Martin Humphreys
3     Beans     Bad Sparkle Productions

INDEPENDENT SHORT SHORTS, AGES 5-12, ANIMATION    
1     Gorilla in the Greenhouse: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch     Sustainlane Media
2     Cuento de la C (The Story of C)     Carlos Navarro
3     Manantial     Gabriel Govela Azuela

INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 5-12, ANIMATION    
1     Lost and Found     Studio AKA
2     Little Spirit: Christmas in New York     Curious Pictures
3     Slap Back Jack “High Five Master”     Mark Newell

INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 8-12    
1     The Wanderer (Dayo)     Cutting Edge Productions, Inc.
2     I Sense Danger     Blind Dog Entertainment
3     Ez Money     Vizmo Films LLC

INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, Short Shorts    
1     Parent-Teacher Night     Ouat Media
2     Decklin and the Dentist     Lance Dumais
3     Brain Zapped – Reason For The Seasons     George Garcia

INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, Over 10 min    
1     Superhuman     Kick The Dog Productions
2     How I Taught My Grandmother To Read     Worldkids International
3     Hollow Tree, The     Cyprus Productions

INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, ANIMATION    
1     El Salon Mexico     Paul Glickman
2     For A Fistful Of Snow     Julien Ezri
3     After Hours     Marshall Fels Elliot

INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, ANIMATION/LIVE ACTION    
1     Planet You     The Health Museum
2     Locally Unwanted Land Usage     Katherine Balsley
3     Jet     V. Sassmannshausen

FEATURE, AGES 12-18    
1     Twilight Saga, The: New Moon     Summit Entertainment

INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY, AGES 12-18    
1     Shi-Shi-Etko     Monkey Ink Media
2     True Insight (Samyaktva)     Worldkids International
3     AutoMorphosis     Harrod Blank

INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY, AGES 12-18    
1     Walking on Water     Walking On Water

INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 12-18    
1     Broken Hill     Audience Alliance Mps
2     Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger     Monterey Media
3     Yeh Khulaa Aasmaan (This Open Sky)     Aaranca Creations

INDEPENDENT SHORT, 12-18    
1     The Naughty List     Rodney Brunet
2     The Day My Parents Became Cool     Eke Pictures LLC
3     The Macabre World of Lavender Williams     Castilian Pirate Productions

INDEPENDENT SHORT, 12-18, ANIMATION    
1     A Long-Distance Call     Joe Chang
2     The Lift     Kohrtoons Studio, Inc
3     FOT-The Next Big Thing     Yukfoo Animation

STUDENT PRODUCTION, ELEMENTARY    
1     Paws And Whiskers     Katie Hoffman
2     The Lion at Home     National Media Museum
3     The Golden Tree     Emma Kenney/Gillian Kenney

STUDENT PRODUCTION, MIDDLE SCHOOL    
1     Ndepawa: I Am Given     Erin Buckley
2     In The Footsteps Of Yellow Woman     Camille Manybeads Tso
3     Sparks in the Night     Ben Kadie

STUDENT PRODUCTION, HIGH SCHOOL    
1     The Complex     Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe
2     Becoming Cephalopod     Reel Grrls, Katherine Nilsen
3     What Lives On     Jesse Rosenberg

STUDENT PRODUCTION, HS, DOCUMENTARY    
1     Mama’s blouse     Profile Productions Ltd
2     Beyond Green: Paper Gardens     Listen Up! Youth Media Network
3     Beyond Green: Toxic Soil Busters     Listen Up! Youth Media Network

STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE Short shorts    
1     Extraordinary Monday of Herman Brumby     Allison Leger
2     I’m In Love With Kimberly Johnson     Adam Johns
3     Night Terrors     Matthew Thompson

STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE Shorts    
1     Harmony Town     Ryan Parma
2     Grown-Up For A Day     Capri Films
3     In This Place     Amy Bench

STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE, ANIMATION    
1     Kidnap     Sijia Luo
2     We Are All Here     Yonghwa Choi
3     Lobster Boy     Tracy Qiu

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 5-8    
1     Blinda     Vicki Bartholomew

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 5-12    
1     Toucan Amazon Adventure, A     Donna Lisa
2     Nuts!     Kevan Peterson

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 8-12    
1     Play Date     John Malkin
2     The Horse of His Dreams     Sabrina Zackery
3     Dressing Up     Hugh Schulze

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“Saturday Night Live” star Jason Sudeikis has been selected as the host of the 2011 MTV Movie Awards taking place on June 5, 2011 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, reports MTV.

The MTV Movie Awards nominees — based on votes at MovieAwards.MTV.com — will be announced on May 3. Voting by the public will then determine the favorite films and stars in categories like Best Fight, Best Kiss, Biggest Badass Star, Best Villain and, of course, Best Movie. Voting will continue through June 4, though Best Movie will remain open throughout the live ceremony on June 5 — meaning viewers will have a chance to affect the night’s biggest prize until the very last minute.

The 20th annual MTV Movie Awards air live Sunday, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET.

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33 students from 22 U.S. colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition in each of four categories: Alternative, Animation, Documentary and Narrative.  The winning filmmakers will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 11, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):

Alternative
“Bitter,” Vlad Korishev, the Art Institute of California – San Francisco
“The Dust Machine,” Damon Mohl, University of Colorado, Boulder
“The Vermeers,” Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York
“Unreal City,” Bryan Bykowicz, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Animation
“The Birds Upstairs,” Christopher Jarvis, New York University
“Correspondence,” Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York
“Defective Detective,” Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
“Dragonboy,” Bernardo Warman, Academy of Art University, California
“The Girl and the Fox,” Tyler Kupferer, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
“Heart,” Erick Oh, University of California, Los Angeles
“The Renter,” Jason Carpenter, California Institute of the Arts
“Swing,” Yen-Ting Kuo, School of Visual Arts, New York
“Treasure,” Chelsea Bartlett, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida

Documentary
“After,” Jeremy Cohen, The New School, New York
“Civil Indigent,” Nicholas Corrao and David Hafter, University of Florida
“Feast & Sacrifice,” Clare Major, University of California, Berkeley
“Imaginary Circumstances,” Anthony Weeks, Stanford University
“Shape of the Shapeless,” Jayan Cherian, City College of New York
“Sin Pais (Without Country),” Theo Rigby, Stanford University, California
“This is Us: Video Stories from Senegalese Youth,” Jeremy Teicher, Dartmouth College
“The Time Machine,” Mark Kendall, School of Visual Arts, New York
“Vera Klement: Blunt Edge,” Wonjung Bae, Columbia College Chicago

Narrative
“The Candidate,” David Karlak, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
“Fatakra,” Soham Mehta, University of Texas at Austin
“Flagpole,” Matt Kazman, New York University
“High Maintenance,” Shawn Wines, Columbia University
“Le Jeu des Soldats,” Lorne Hiltser, American Film Institute, California
“My First Claire,” Lou Howe, American Film Institute, California
“Snovi,” Reshad Kulenovic, Boston University
“Thief,” Julian Higgins, American Film Institute, California
“The Wind Is Blowing on My Street,” Saba Riazi, New York University

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The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, Academy President Tom Sherak announced yesterday.

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Five finalists, selected from 52 entries from 32 countries, will advance in the Foreign Student Film category in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.  Up to three winners, to be selected from this group, will be brought to Los Angeles to join U.S.-based Student Academy Award® winners for a week of industry-related activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 11, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

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52 entries from 32 countries, along with 523 entries from students representing 136 U.S. colleges and universities, are in competition for the 2011 Student Academy Awards.  The competition – now in its 38th year – will culminate in the awards presentation, which will include screenings of the winning films, on Saturday, June 11, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

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