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The FOCAL International Awards 2009
Awards for Awards for Best Use of Footage in Factual Productions
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Sponsored by: BBC Motion Gallery
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Sponsored by: INA
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Sponsored by: NFB Images
102 Minutes that Changed America
Siskel Jacobs Productions | USA
New York City, September 11th, 2001. The morning everything changed. Despite the horror and incomprehensibility of what they witnessed, people around the city knew they had a responsibility to document...
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The Night James Brown Saved Boston
David Leaf Productions | USA
April 5th 1968. It's the day after the assassination of Dr. King. America's inner cities are on fire, and Boston officials hope that James Brown can help quiet their city. This documentary focuses...
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The Unseen Alistair Cooke
BBC Bristol Factual | UK
Marking the 2008 centenary of Alistair Cooke's birth, this documentary is a revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th Century. Cooke's story is told through his...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production
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Sponsored by: Fremantle Media
The Great British Sunday
BBC Entertainment and Events Productions | UK
The story of the British Sunday as told by comedian Sean Lock. Wall to wall archive with comedy voice over, the programme is a tribute to a world of window shopping, lunchtime strippers, meeting the relatives...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts, Music or Drama Production
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Sponsored by: Clips & Footage
The Thirties in Colour
BBC Vision (Factual Arts) | UK
The 1930s were a Golden Age for international travel. Wealthier travellers recorded their experiences by using the new colour film technologies. Their home movies captured - often unintentionally - defining...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Wildlife and Natural History Stock Footage
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Sponsored by: Framepool
Clever Monkeys
BBC NHU | Worldwide
David Attenborough opens our eyes to a monkey world filled with intelligence, love, sadness, empathy, language, lying, social manipulation, stress, and humour. In a wonderful romp through the monkey world,...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Sports Footage
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Sponsored by: ITV Sport Archive
Graham Hill (Driven)
Mark Stewart Productions | UK
An intimate, comprehensive and entertaining portrait of one of Britain's greatest racing drivers. Graham Hill achieved the unique feat of winning the Formula 1 World Championship, the Indy 500 and...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in an Advertisement or Corporate Production
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Sponsored by: Huntley Film Archives
Nokia: Days (Advert)
Jack Morton Worldwide | UK
"Days" encapsulates Nokia's vision of Connecting People through new and better technologies. It tells a story of days of change: days that can be challenging and revolutionary, days that...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Short Production
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Sponsored by: PRS For Music
Jay-Z (Intro Film at Glastonbury Festival)
Princess Productions | UK
When Jay-Z was confirmed to perform at Glastonbury there was a furor in the press, particularly from Noel Gallagher from Oasis. He said hip hop would never work at Glastonbury. We were contracted to make...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Training or Education Production
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Sponsored by: Skillset
Mysteries in the Archives
Ina | France
Marseille, Tuesday October 9th 1934. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia arrives in the Port of Marseille for an official visit to France. Several minutes later, he is shot point-blank - killed by a Croatian...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Production
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Sponsored by: ITN Source
Of Time and the City
Hurricane Films Ltd | UK
British film director Terence Davies returns to the town he grew up in to create a love song and a eulogy to his birthplace - Liverpool ...
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Award for Award for Best Use of Footage on Non-television Platforms
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Sponsored by: ENN
CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives (Website)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / la société Radio-Canada | Canada
The CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives Website is a comprehensive collection of 12,000 online television and radio clips that highlight the events, issues and people that have shaped Canada. From political...
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Award for Award for Archive Restoration or Preservation Project
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Sponsored by: BBC Studios and Post Production
Restoration of Kinora Reels From Circa 1911
The R&A Archive/Blue Post Production | UK
Kinora reels were based on the same principles as the Mutoscope. Patented by the Lumiere brothers in 1896, they were first marketed in Britain in 1902 as a moving image system for home use. Each reel held...
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Award for The Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award
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Sponsored by: AP Archive
Award for Award for Footage Library Person of the Year
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Sponsored by: Deluxe Digital
Award for Award for Footage Library of the Year
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Sponsored by: Film London
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Sponsored by: London's Screen Archives
Award for Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Sponsored by: Focal International
On the Night...
Kate Griffiths, Clearance Matters, with Eric Kulberg
L-R Jacqui Edwards, Paul Gardner with Darlow Smithson colleague
James Hunt and his wife
L-R, Nikki Parrot, Mark Craig, Natasha Dack, Tigerlily Films
Jim Anderson (left) with his wife (right) and Sol Papadopoulos, Hurican Films (centre)
(L-R) Tony Ageh, BBC, Jerry Kuehl, Christine Whittaker and Anthony Wall, BBC Arena
(L-R) Dick Fiddy, Karena Smith, Sue Malden, Murray Weston
(L-R) Steve Bergson, Jacqui Edwards, Alan Bradshaw and Beatrice Read
Jenny Coan, Serena Sharp
Blue Post Production
Steve Bearman, Deluxe Digital London and colleague
L-R Caroline Wright, Tony Ageh, Roly Keating, BBC
L-R Antoinette Chance, Raphael Spagnolo, Serge Vaillet, Jenny Hammerton
L-R Jody Winterbottom, Framepool, James Smith, Adam Smith
Jose Aguilera, Sarah Wallis, Tim Emblem-English, BBC Studios
L-R, Gerry Gedge, Paul Sargent and David Walsh, IWM, David Atkinson and Martin Rogers, blue
Paul Gardner with Darlow Smithson colleagues
Kate Griffiths, Gary Welch plus Andy Harrower, PRS for Music
L-R Perry Foran, Alastair White, British Pathe Ltd (centre) Matt Bowman, TVP (right)
Luke Smedley (left), Clara Torres, Niall Campbell (right) AP Archive
L-R Darren Teale, Junction 15, Viv Mcgrath, Gecko Productions (right)
L-R Jose Aguilera, Sarah Wallis, BBC Studios
L-R Paul Willey, Richard Watson, Gerry Gedge, blue
L-R Lucy Smickersgill, Richard Taylor, Ron Southern, BBC
Peter Wright and colleague, Deluxe Digital London
Alastair White, British Pathe Ltd with Caroline Hart, ITN Source
L-R Veronique Foucault, AP Archive, Paul Sargent, IWM, Angela Saward, Wellcome Trust
L-R Tony Blake, Cambridge Imaging Systems, Murray Weston, BUFVC, Peter Cox, KPM
L-R Simon Wood, ITN Source and guest
Roy Harris with his wife
L-R Andy Burman, ITV Sport Archive, Stephen Kahn, Rita Costantinou, ITV Sport Archive
Anwen Pari-Jones, Jenny Hammerton (centre), John Reed, National Screen
L-R Paul Wright, Diane Lees and Mark Whitmore, IWM
L-R Lawrence Breen, Mark Fletcher, BBC
Caroline Wright, BBC (centre)
L-R Nikki Parrott and Natasha Dack, Tigerlily Films, Sara Hill, blue
L-R Taylor Downing, Flashback TV, Richard Melman, History Channel, Christine Whittaker, Paul Sargent, IWM
L-R Brian Robinson, BFI, Susan Huxley
L-R Jerry Kuehl, Antoinette Chance, Serge Vaillet
Zoe Moore and Chris Gibson, BBC Motion Gallery
L-R Suzanne Gray, Susan Huxley, Declan Smith
L-R Serena Sharp, Jenny Coan, Alison Mercer, Clips
L-R Richard Fish, Deluxe Digital London, Alan Bradshaw, AP Archive, Lord Puttnam
L-R Robin James, BBC Motion Gallery, Richard Melman, History Channel, Lord Puttnam
L-R Gordon Craig, Fremantlemedia, Sophie Milland, Elaine Shepherd, BBC, Lord Puttnam
L-R Jenny Coan, Clips
L-R Jody Winterbottom, Framepool, Mark Fletcher, BBC, Lord Puttnam
L-R Rita Costantinou, ITV Sport Archive, Mark Craig, Lord Puttnam
Eric Kulberg with Lord Puttnam
L-R Amanda Huntley, Huntley Film Archive, Matthew Gidley, Jack Morton Worldwide, Lord Puttnam
L-R Ben Caron, Princess Productions, Andy Harrower, PRS for Music, James Hunt, Lord Puttnam
L-R Serge Vaillet, INA, Dinah Caine, Skillset, Lord Puttnam
L-R Isobel Williams, Hubert Best' publicist, Roy Harris, representing CBC, Lord Puttnam
L-R Jean-Luc Vernhet, INA, Rachel Jardine, Carmen Locke, BBC, Lord Puttnam
L-R Sol Papadopoulos, Hurrican Films, Jim Anderson, Lord Puttnam
L-R Tim Emblem-English, BBC Studios
L-R Veronique Foucault, AP Archive, Paul Gardner, Darlow Smithson, Lord Puttnam
L-R Rebekah Polding, Film London, Jenny Coan, Serena Sharp and Alison Mercer, Clips
L-R Roy Harris, Lord Puttnam
Roy Harris enjoying the moment with his wife
