The GSCA 2013 Achievement Awards were presented at the Canadian Museum of Civilization on September 14, 2013, during the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. IMAX Corporation also presented its Maximum Image Awards that evening. Congratulations to the following award recipients. Photos by James Hyder for GSCA. © 2013 by Cinergetics, LLC.
GSCA Awards
Best Film, Short Subject
Best Film for Lifelong Learning
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score
Best Sound Design
Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor
Flight of the Butterflies, SK Films
Amber Hawtin, Wendy MacKeigan, Jonathan Barker, and Lynne Valiquette (SK Films)
Sound Designers Peter Thillaye and Ed Douglas (Thillaye Productions)
Best Film, Feature Length
The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience
Warner Bros. and IMAX Corporation
Jordan Gregory (IMAX Corporation) and David Keighley (DKP 70MM Inc.)
Best Film Launch by a Theater
Omniversum, The Hague
For its launch of Flight of the Butterflies
Alexandra Van Der Zee (Omniversum)
Big Idea Award
Canadian Museum of Civilization
For the video they produced featuring Commander Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station to promote its launch of the IMAX film
Space Station
Michele Canto, David Henderson, Marie-Claude Vachon (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
Big Idea Award
SK Films and the Maryland Science Center
For their collaboration on the educational materials for Flight of the Butterflies
Jonathan Barker and Wendy MacKeigan (SK Films), Jim O'Leary (Maryland Science Center), Amber Hawtin (SK Films)
Big Shoe
Martin Howe, Electrosonic
Awarded by GSCA staff to recognize an exemplary volunteer
Tammy Barrett (GSCA Executive Director), Martin Howe (Electrosonic), Kelly Germain (GSCA Director of Communications and Membership)
Big Shoe
Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center
Awarded by GSCA staff to recognize an exemplary volunteer
Tammy Barrett (GSCA Executive Director), Diane Carlson (Pacific Science Center), Kelly Germain (GSCA Director of Communications and Membership)
Best Educational Program
Fernank Museum of Natural History Butterfly Bash Family Events
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IMAX Maximum Image Awards
IMAX Corporation also presented its Maximum Image Awards at the GSCA event
Founders Award
MacGillivray Freeman Films
Chip Bartlett, Mary Jane Dodge, Greg MacGillivray, Barbara MacGillivray, Shaun MacGillivray, Meghan MacGillivray, Lori Rick, Bob Harman (MacGillivray Freeman Films)
Hall of Fame
Chronos
Produced by Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, S.E.M. Les Productions La Geode, Magidson Films, Canticle Films Ltd. Distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films. The Hall of Fame award honors a film that is at least 10 years old and is voted on by the IMAX theater network.
Craig Blower (Reuben H. Fleet Science Center)
Best IMAX Booth, Film Based
Omnitheater, Science Museum of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
Becky Kirkpatrick (Science Museum of Minnesota)
Best IMAX Booth, Film Based
Blank IMAX Dome Theater, Science Center of Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Kent Maahs (Science Center of Iowa)
Best IMAX Booth, Digital
Phipps IMAX Theatre, Denver Museum of Nature and Science,
Denver, Colorado
Toby Winsett (Denver Museum of Nature and Science)
Best IMAX Booth, Digital
Cinescape 360º IMAX, Kuwait National Cinema Company
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