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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 68 - Kuiv Productions (France)
click 102 Minutes that Changed America - Siskel Jacobs Productions (USA)
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British Style Genius - BBC (UK)

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Menzies and Churchill at War - Screen Australia (Australia)

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Nation on Film: British Transport Films - BBC Television English Regions (UK)

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The Day The Troubles Began - Below The Radar (UK)

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The Lost World of Tibet - BBC (UK)

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The Night James Brown Saved Boston - David Leaf Productions (USA)

click The Unseen Alistair Cooke - BBC Bristol Factual (UK)

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

 
click Almost Famous - BBC Entertainment & Events (UK)
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Comedy Songs - Shine Ltd (UK)

click The Great British Sunday - BBC Entertainment & Events (UK)
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The Most Annoying Couples - Shine Ltd (UK)

v) Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts, Music or Drama Production - NOMINATIONS
 
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Arena: The Agony and the Ecstacy of Phil Spector - Vixpix / BBC Arena (UK)

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Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Northern Light Productions (USA)

click O, Thou Transcendent - Isolde Films (UK)
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The Thirties in Colour - BBC Vision - Factual - Arts (UK)

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

 
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Arena: The Whale in the Museum - Lone Star Productions (UK)

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Clever Monkeys - BBC NHU (UK)

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Sam & Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster - CBBC – BBC Natural History Unit (UK)

vii) Award for Best Use of Sports Footage - NOMINATIONS

 
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Black Power Salute - Tigerlily Films Ltd. (UK)

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Graham Hill - Driven - Mark Stewart Productions (UK)

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Thriller in Manila - Darlow Smithson Productions (UK)

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

 
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EDF (ad campaign series) - EURO RSCG (UK)

click NIKE: Bottled Courage (advert) - Radical Media, Stalkr (www.stalkr.tv)(USA)
click NOKIA: Days (advert) - Jack Morton Worldwide (UK)

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

 

 

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Britain Recut - Mosaic Films in association with the BFI (UK)

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Coldplay: Violet Hill - Between The Eyes Ltd (UK)

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Jay-Z (intro film at Glastonbury Festival) - Princess Productions (UK)

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

 
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Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict - Gecko Productions / Junction 15 (UK)

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Couleurs d'Europe - Ina (France)

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Mysteries in the Archives - Ina (France)

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

 
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Man on Wire - Icon Film Distribution (UK)

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Of Time and the City - Hurricane Films Ltd (UK)

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The Memories of Angels - National Film Board of Canada (Canada)

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

 
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CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives (website) - CBC/La société Radio-Canada (Canada)

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The Battle of the Somme (DVD release) - Imperial War Museum/Strike Force Entertainment (UK)

click The Four Tops: Reach Out (DVD release) - Historic Music Archive, Inc. (USA)
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WildFilmHistory (website) - Wildscreen (UK)

xiii) Award for Archive Restoration or Preservation Project - NOMINATIONS

 
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David Lean Project - British Film Institute National Archive/ITV Global Entertainment (UK)

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Memoirs of a Pit Orchestra - National Screen & Sound Archive of Wales (UK)

click Restoration of Kinora reels from circa 1911 - The R&A Archive/Blue Post Production (UK)

xiv) The Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award

NOMINEES:

 

Jim Anderson for Of Time and the City

Antoinette Chancé for From Auschwitz to Jerusalem& Palestine, 60 Years of Violence

Paul Gardner for Thriller in Manila

Michelle Sullivan for Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

xvi) Award for Footage Library Person of the Year

NOMINEES:

 

Alan Bradshaw (AP Archive)

Jenny Coan (Clips & Footage)

Jane Fish (Imperial War Museum)

xv) Award for Footage Library of the Year

 

NOMINEES:

 

xv) Award for Lifetime Achievement

A gift of the FOCAL International Executive - the winner will be announced on the 5th May 2009

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