September 26, 2010--The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) presented its annual Achievement Awards last night at the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show, hosted this year by the Tennessee Aquarium. The winners are as follows:

 

Best Film Produced Exclusively For Giant Screen Theaters
Hubble 3D, IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros.

 

Best Film Produced Non-Exclusively For Giant Screen Theaters
Avatar: An IMAX 3D Experience, Twentieth Century Fox and IMAX Corporation

 

Best Cinematography
Hubble 3D, Director of Photography James Neihouse

 

Best Original Score
Arabia 3D, Steve Wood composer

 

Best Sound Design
Arabia 3D, Supervising Sound Editor Andrew Decristofaro, Re-recording Mixers Ken Teaney-Cas and Todd Orr

 

Best Film for Lifelong Learning
Hubble 3D, IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros.

 

Best Film Launch by a Theater
The Louisville Science Center in Louisville, KY, for its launch of Van Gogh: Brush with Genius

 

Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor
MacGillivray Freeman Films for Arabia 3D

 

Best Educational Program
Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, for its Learning Lab Program

 

Big Idea Award (given in recognition of an exceptional single idea or element in the campaigns of the marketing finalists)
Marbles Kids Museum, in Raleigh, North Carolina, for its Learning Lab Program

Big Shoe Award (chosen by GSCA staff to recognize a person who exemplifies the meaning of “Great Volunteer”)
Jenn Bentz, Pacific Science Center, and Glenn Pedersen, IMAX Corporation.

 

The award ceremony also included a tribute to IMAX co-founder Robert Kerr, who died this year at the age of 81. IMAX Corporation also presented its Maximum Image Awards at the ceremony. Rolling Stones at the Max, directed by David Douglas, was inducted into the IMAX Hall of Fame, and the Best IMAX Booth Award was presented to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

 

The GSCA International Conference and Trade show runs September 25-27, 2010, at the Tennessee Aquarium. Dome Day will be held at McWane Science Center on September 28. This year’s conference, attended by 350 people from 24 countries, features new films, films in production, projects in development, professional development, and the giant screen industry’s only trade show.

 

The core purpose of the Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA^®) is to advance the business of producing and presenting giant screen experiences. Its nearly 300 member organizations include giant screen filmmakers, distributors, exhibitors, suppliers, and students from almost 30 countries. For more information visit www.giantscreencinema.com.