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GSCA 2014 Achievement Awards

The GSCA 2014 Achievement Awards were presented the evening of September 20 at the Ontario Science Centre during the opening reception of the GSCA 2014 International Conference and Trade Show. IMAX Corporation also presented its Maximum Image Awards that evening. Congratulations to the following award recipients.  Photos by James Hyder for GSCA. © 2014 by Cinergetics, LLC.

    GSCA Awards

    Best Film, Short Subject
    Best Cinematography

    Jerusalem

    National Geographic Entertainment Presentation of a Cosmic Picture/Arcane Pictures Film. Written and directed by Daniel Ferguson. Produced by Taran Davies, George Duffield, and Daniel Ferguson. Executive Producers Jake Eberts and Dominic Cunninham-Reid. Reed Smoot, Director of Photography. Ron Goodman, Director of Aerial Photography. Peter H. Chang & Dustin Farrell, Time Lapse DOPs and additional cinematography. Pictured here are  Antonietta Monteleone and John Wickstrom (National Geographic Studios); Daniel Ferguson, Taran Davies, George Duffield, and Dominic Cunninham-Reid (Cosmic Picture); Nikki Lowry, Mark Katz, and Bethany Jones (National Geographic).

     

     

    Taran Davies (Cosmic Picture), Cinematographer Peter Chang (Golden Gate 3D), and Daniel Ferguson (Cosmic Picture). 

    Other nominees in these categories: D-Day: Normandy 1944, Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures, Galapagos 3D: Nature's Wonderland, Great White Shark, Hidden Universe, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, Journey to the South Pacific, Mysteries of the Unseen World, Penguins 3D, Watermelon Magic.

     

    Best Film for Lifelong Learning
    Best Original Score
    Best Sound Design
    Best Visual Effects

    D-Day: Normandy 1944

     

    Produced by N3D Land Films and N3D Land Productions. Distributed by 3D Entertainment Distribution. Written and directed by Pascal Vuong. Produced by Catherine Vuong, Pascal Vuong, and Sylvain Grain. Associate Producer Normand McKay. Stereography and Post Production by Ronan Chapalain. Original music by Franck Marchal. Sound design by Raymond Vermette, RVP Media Inc.; Alexandre Poirier, Comptoir du Son et les Images. Visual Effects by N3D Land Productions. Pictured here are Franck Marchal, Ronan Chapalain, Catherine Vuong, Pascal Vuong, Sylvain Grain, and Raymond Vermette.

     


    Celine Lawson and Francois Mantello (3D Entertainment); Jackie Mollet (Saint Louis Science Center); Franck Marchal (composer); Isabelle Lai (3D Entertainment); Ronan Chapalain, Catherine Vuong, and Pascal Vuong (N3D Land Films); Patricia Brandino (3D Entertainment); Sylvain Grain and Joy Penroz (N3D Land Films); Raymond Vermette (Productions Totale Fiction).

     

    Other nominees in these categories: Galapagos 3D: Nature's Wonderland, Great White Shark, Hidden Universe, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, Jerusalem, Journey to the South Pacific, Mysteries of the Unseen World, Penguins 3D, Watermelon Magic.

     

    Best Film, Feature Length

    Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience

     

    Warner Bros. and IMAX Corporation. Producer: Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman Director: Alfonso Cuarón. Pictured here are Cary Silvera (Warner Bros.) and Thomas Wyss (IMAX Corporation). Other nominees in this category: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: An IMAX 3D Experience, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: The IMAX Experience, The Wizard of Oz: An IMAX 3D Experience. 

     

    Best Film Launch by a Theater

    Saint Louis Science Center
    D-Day: Normandy 1944

    Saint Louis Science Center Marketing Team: Cynthia Skaggs, Jackie Mollet, Danielle Stewart, Margie Walsh, Kristin Johnson. Picture here are Jackie Mollet and Dave Gioia.

    Other nominees in this category: Montreal Science Centre, Great White Shark; Museum of Discovery and Science, Journey to the South Pacific; Museum of Science, Boston, Pandas: The Journey Home; Ontario Science Centre, Jerusalem; TELUS-Spark, Flight of the Butterflies; and World Golf Hall of Fame, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar.

     

    Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor

    MacGillivray Freeman Films and IMAX Corporation
    Journey to the South Pacific

    MacGillivray Freeman Films Marketing Team: Lori Rick, Mary Jane Dodge, Jamie Hinrichs, Kristina Gonzales, Jeff Girard, Jason Paul, Tim Amick. IMAX Corporation Marketing Team: Bernie Paine, Duncan Macdonald, Chase Martin, Jennifer Lang, Lauren Dickerson, Rachel Javellana, Debi Struzan, Keith Sam, Katie Tibbs. Picture here are Mary Jane Dodge (MacGillivray Freeman Films), Thomas Wyss (IMAX Corporation), and Lori Rick (MacGillivray Freeman Films).

    Other nominees in this category: BIG & Digital, Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures; IMAX Corporation, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar; National Geographic Studios, Jerusalem; National Geographic Studios, Mysteries of the Unseen World.


    Best Educational Program

    Omniversum, The Netherlands
    Journey to Mecca Educational Program

     

    Omniversum Education team: Ingrid de Groot, Jennifer de Haas, Marina Rijerkerk, Inge van Rooij. Pictured here are Journey to Mecca producer Taran Davies and Alexandra van der Zee from Omniversum.

     

    Big Idea Award

    National Geographic Studios, Jerusalem 

    The Big Idea Award is given for the most original and effective idea of a single marketing campaign. Marketing campaigns submitted in all categories are considered for this award. National Geographic Studios was given this award for its outreach to the interfaith community to promote the film Jerusalem. Pictured here are Mark Katz, Antonietta Monteleone, Nikki Lowry, John Wickstrom, Bethany Jones, and Brooke Runnette of National Geographic Studios.

     

    Big Shoe Award

    Paul Fraser and Alvis Wales

     

    The Big Shoe award recipients are selected by GSCA staff to recognize exemplary volunteers. Pictured here are GSCA Executive Director Tammy Barrett, Paul Fraser of Blaze Digital Cinema Works, and GSCA Communications and Membership Director Kelly Germain.

     


    Pictured here are GSCA Executive Director Tammy Barrett, Alvis Wales, and GSCA Communications and Membership Director Kelly Germain.

     

    Special Recognition by GSCA and IMAX Corporation

    Projectionists John Gifford and Peter Herb

     

    GSCA and IMAX Corporation gave special recognition to Peter Herb for 35 years of service as an IMAX theatre projectionist at Detroit Science Center and Michigan Science Center. 

     

     

    GSCA and IMAX Corporation gave special recognition to John Gifford for 41 years of service as an IMAX theatre projectionist at Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre. Pictured here are John Gifford and Glenn Shaver of Ontario Science Centre.

     

    IMAX Maximum Image Awards

    IMAX Corporation also presented its Maximum Image Awards at the GSCA event

     

    Hall of Fame Award

    Space Station 3D

    The IMAX Hall of Fame Award goes to a giant screen film that is at least 10 years old and is selected by vote of the IMAX theater network. Pictured here are Associate Producer Judy Carroll; Director, Writer, and Editor Toni Myers; and David Douglas, Director of Photography: Additional Photography.

     

    Best IMAX Booth-Film

    McWane Science Center
    Birmingham, Alabama

    Pictured here is Greg Sanford, Director of IMAX Operations at the McWane Science Center.

     

    Best IMAX Booth-Digital

    Cinema City IMAX Krakow
    Krakow, Poland

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