At last, your use of that footage with a will be rewarded
The following message is from the Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries. Submission is free, but the deadline is very soon: 31 December 2006.ONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT TO GET YOUR FOOTAGE SUBMISSIONS IN FOR THE:
FOCAL International Awards 2007 in association with AP Archive
Celebrating the use of footage archive images in the creative media!
- Have you supplied, licensed, researched, or used archive or stock footage in any type of production first shown in 2006? Is the production's use of footage worthy of an award?
- Have you handled, restored or preserved remarkable archive or stock footage for delivery in 2006?
- Is there a particular individual worthy of an award for their footage research in a 2006 production, or, for their overall services to the footage archive industry?
If so, then we invite your Submissions NOW!
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 31 DECEMBER 2006
The FOCAL International Awards will be presented on 14th May 2007 at the Savoy Hotel, London by Sir Jeremy Isaacs, together with Lord (David) Puttnam CBE, FOCAL International Chair of Patrons.
If there is a production which you think should be submitted and which does not appear on the submissions list, then it hasn't been submitted yet! We ask you to help by sending us the necessary contacts to get it entered, or, by forwarding this email to the right person to make the submission.
Submissions list:
Award Categories:
i-iii) Awards for Best Use of Footage in Factual Productions (3 separate Awards) - Sponsor CNN ImageSource
iv) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production
v) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts, Music or Drama Production - Sponsor BDFL
vi) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Science or Natural History Production- Sponsor ITN Source
vii) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production - Sponsor ITV SPORT
viii) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Short Production
ix) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Training, Education or Corporate Production - Sponsor BBC Motion Gallery
x) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Production or Film - Sponsor OSF
xi) Award for Best Use of Footage on Non-broadcast Digital Platforms - Sponsors Best Soames + Huntley Film Archives
xii) Award for Archive Restoration or Preservation Project
xiii) Award for Footage Researcher of the Year - Sponsor AP Archive
xiii) Award for Footage Library of the Year - Sponsor TMR Digital
xv) Award for Lifetime Achievement - Sponsor FOCAL International
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 31 DECEMBER 2006
Entry is FREE of charge, unless there are multiple entries of the same title.
TO MAKE A SUBMISSION + CATEGORY DETAILS + RULES OF ENTRY:
All Submissions will be listed on the FOCAL website and the credits will include, where relevant:
Title of Production, Production Company, Producer, Director, Footage Researcher, Top 5 sources of library Footage, Facility Company etc.
For further information:
FOCAL International
(The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries, International)
office: +44 (0)20 8423 5853
fax: +44 (0)20 8933 4826
email: info@focalint.org
News RSS