The 2007 Achievement Awards were presented at the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on September 25, 2007. IMAX Corporation also presented awards at the gala.

GSCA Awards


Best Film Produced for Giant Screen Theaters
Best Film for Learning
Best Sound
Hurricane on the Bayou, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Pictured here are Rodney Daniels, Audubon Nature Institute, and Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films.



Best Film Produced Non-exclusively for Giant Screen Theaters
Happy Feet: The IMAX Experience,
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures
IMAX Corporation's Hugh Murray accepted the award.



Best Cinematography
The Alps, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Stephen Judson, MacGillivray Freeman Films; Alexander Biner, 4iS Four Eyes AG; and Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films. 



Special Achievement in Film
Ron Goodman, StarDance Pictures Corporation
Goodman was recognized for his special achievements in aerial cinematography for MacGillivray Freeman's The Alps.



Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor
MacGillivray Freeman Films for Hurricane on the Bayou
MacGillivray Freeman's marketing team: Patty Collins, Lori Rick, Alice Casbara-Leek, and Mary Jane Dodge.



Best Film Launch by a Theater
Ontario Science Centre for Bugs!
Glenn Shaver, Associate Director, Theatre Operations at the Ontario Science Centre accepted the award.



Big Idea Winner
IMAX Theatre Sydney (World's Biggest Screens Pty. Ltd.) for its Big Sceen Business program
Julie Brown, Group Sales and Marketing Manager at the IMAX Theatre Sydney, accepted the award.

Best Educational Program
Saint Louis Science Center
Carol Valenta, Senior Vice President; Doug King, President and CEO; and Jackie Mollet, Director, Theater and Retail.



Big Shoe Award
Richard Mohabir, Vice President, Technical Services, IMAX Corporation
The Big Shoe Award winner is chosen by GSCA staff to recognize the member volunteer (who is not a board member) who steps in and makes the biggest impact on the conference and its success.  Pictured here are 2007 Big Shoe winner Richard Mohabir and GSCA President Gretchen Jaspering.

IMAX Corporation Awards

IMAX Founders Award (presented by IMAX Corporation)
Giant Screen Cinema Association
GSCA Chair Andy Gellis and President Gretchen Jaspering accepted the award.

 
Best Booth Award (presented by IMAX Corporation)
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Denver's IMAX Operations Manager Toby Winsett accepted the award.

Best Booth Award (presented by IMAX Corporation)
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
No photo available.



IMAX Hall of Fame Award (presented by IMAX Corporation)
The Living Sea, MacGillivray Freeman Films
MacGillivray Freeman's Stephen Judson and Greg MacGillivray accepted the award.

 

(Photos by Tim Sasson, Sassoon Film Design. © 2007 Giant Screen Cinema Association.)