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The FOCAL International Awards 2008

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and the final Nominations are......

 

i), ii), iii) Awards for Best Use of Footage in Factual Productions (3 separate Awards) - NOMINATIONS

 
click Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain – BBC (UK)
click Being Jewish in France (Etre Juif en France) - Kuiv Productions (France)
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Nation on Film - Birth of Local Radio - BBC (UK)

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Ochberg's Orphans - Rainmaker Films (UK)

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Paris Hilton, Inc. - CBC (Canada)

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The Lost World Of The Raj - BBC Birmingham ( UK)

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The Rape Of Nanking -Point Du Jour ( France)

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The Secret Life of the Motorway - BBC (UK)

click Windscale: The Biggest Nuclear Disaster - BBC (UK)
 

Highly commended:

Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn - BBC Arts (UK) click
Cuba, an African Odyssey - Temps Noir (France) click
How To Be Ex Prime Minister - BBC (UK) click
Lights, Camera, The Queen-50 Years of the Queen's Speech - Shine Limited (UK) click

iv) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production - NOMINATIONS

 
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British Film Forever - BBC Entertainment - Manchester (UK)

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Elton John: Me Myself and I - Monkey (UK)

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Memoirs of a Cigarette - Pett Television Ltd (UK)

v) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts, Music or Drama Production - NOMINATIONS
 
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Brasil, Brasil - BBC Music Entertainment (UK)

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Once Upon A Time In New York - BBC Music Entertainment (UK)

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Soul Britannia - BBC Music Entertainment (UK)

vi) Award for Best Use of Wildlife and Natural History Stock Footage - NOMINATIONS

 
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Animal Crackers - Content Mint /Absolutely Wild Visuals (Australia)

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Peter Scott: A Passion for Nature - Available Light Productions Ltd (UK)

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The Nature of Things: Game Over: Conservation in Kenya - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canada)

vii) Award for Best Use of Sports Footage - NOMINATIONS

 
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Aonach Tailteann - Union Films (Ireland)

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Nation on Film: Caribbean Cricket - BBC TV Birmingham (UK)

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UTV Focus - The Cougars - UTV (UK)

viii) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Advertisement - NOMINATIONS

 
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Diesel 78: "Learn Disco Dance" - Hexstatic / Framepool / Diesel (Italy)

click John West Salmon: "Flying Fish Tackle" - John Fife / Grey Advertising (Australia)
click Landmine.de - Wonderboys Film GmbH / Framepool (Germany)

ix) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Short Production - NOMINATIONS

 
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3 Minute Wonder - The Recycled History of Recycling - Honest Injun Films Ltd (UK)

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Don't Watch That, Watch This - Vera Productions Ltd (UK)

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Edwardian Season (Trailer) - Red Bee Media (UK)

x) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Corporate, Training or Education Production - NOMINATIONS

 
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Clowns without Borders (Payasos sin Fronteras) – McCann Erickson, Barcelona / O-Video / Getty Images (Spain)

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Living Political Ideas - The Iranian Revolution of 1979 (Open University) - Angel Eye Media (UK)

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Nokia: Fourth Screen - Jack Morton Worldwide (UK)

xi) Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Production - NOMINATIONS

 
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Chicago 10 - C7 Films (USA)

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Nanking - Agape Partners Multimedia LLC (USA)

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We Want Roses Too (Vogliamo Anche Le Rose) - MIR Cinematografica (Italy)

 

Highly commended:

Children Of The Sun - Lama Films (Israel) click
Joe Strummer; The Future is Unwritten - Nitrate Strummer Ltd (UK) click
Sputnik Mania -Varied Directions Inc. (USA) click

xii) Award for Best Use of Footage on Non-television Platforms - NOMINATIONS

 
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BFI Mediatheque - BFI (UK)

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Film Australia Digital Learning - Film Australia (Australia)

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Focus on Film - The National Archives (UK)

 

Highly commended:

Moving History - 60 Years of Film Australia - Film Australia (Australia) click
Open Vault - WGBH Educational Foundation (USA) click

xiii) Award for Archive Restoration or Preservation Project - NOMINATIONS

 
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Documentary Centenaries - BFI National Archive (UK)

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Jodorowsky Remastered 6 Disc Boxset - Dubbs & Eyeframe / Tartan Films (Spain)

click The Open Championship Official Film 1970 - R&A Archive / IMG Media Archive / Blue (UK)
click Turn of the Tide - Liverpool's Emergence as an Industrial Power (1967) - North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University / PresTech Film Laboratories Ltd (UK)

xiv) The Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award

The winner will be announced on the 21st May 2008

 

xiii) Award for Footage Library of the Year

FOCAL Members will be invited to vote from the list of current FOCAL content library members LIBRARIES

 

xv) Award for Lifetime Achievement

A gift of the FOCAL International Executive - the winner will be announced on the 21st May 2008

 
   

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