The GSCA 2017 Achievement Awards were presented the evening of September 26, 2017, at the DoubleTree Magnificent Mile in Chicago during the GSCA 2017 International Conference and Trade Show. IMAX Corporation sponsored the evening and also presented its Maximum Image Awards during the ceremony. Congratulations to the award recipients. All photos by James Hyder of LF Examiner for GSCA. Click here for a list of all films nominated for awards.
GSCA Awards
Outstanding Achievement
George Casey
Sean Casey accepted the posthumous award on his father's behalf.
Best Film-Short Subject (tie)
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Produced and distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films. Directed by Greg MacGillivray. Produced by Shaun MacGillivray. Pictured are Bob Harman, Barbara MacGillivray, Shauna Badheka, Meghan MacGillivray, Lori Rick, Greg MacGillivray, Jason Paul, Shaun MacGillivray, Mary Jane Dodge, Alan Markowitz, Stephen Judson, and Dona Harman.
Amazon Adventure
Produced and distributed by SK Films. Produced by Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Mike Slee, Yuri Sanada, Vera RP Sanada. Directed by Mike Slee. Pictured are Amber Hawtin, Peter Thillaye, Jonathan Baker, Myles Connolly, Mike Slee, and Wendy MacKeigan.
Best Film for Lifelong Learning
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Design
Best Original Score
Amazon Adventure
Produced and distributed by SK Films. Produced by Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Mike Slee, Yuri Sanada, Vera RP Sanada. Directed by Mike Slee. Cinematography by Gerry Vasbenter (Drama), Richard Kirby (Natural History). Sound design by Peter Thillaye. Score composed by Antonio Pinto.
Best Visual Effects
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Visual effects by Alan G. Markowitz (pictured), Mathieu Boucher, and Nick Lerum.
Best Film-Feature Length
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, An IMAX 3D Experience
IMAX Corporation, Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm. Pictured are David Keighley and Gina Glen, IMAX Corporation.
Best Theater Marketing Campaign
Museum of Discovery and Science, Fort Lauderdale, "IMAX with Laser" Rebranding Campaign
Pictured are Marlene Janetos and Theresa Waldron.
Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor
MacGillivray Freeman Films, Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Pictured from the MacGillivray Freeman Films marketing team are Shauna Badheka, Lori Rick, and Mary Jane Dodge.
Best Film Launch by a Theater (tie)
IMAX Melbourne Museum, A Beautiful Planet
Pictured are Kate Piasecka and Richard Morrison. Click here for information about Melbourne's award-winning marketing campaign.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Extreme Weather
Pictured is Amanda Bennett. Click here for information about Denver's award-winning marketing campaign.
Best Educational Program
Carnegie Science Center, Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Pictured are Steve Kovac and Chad Hunter.
Big Idea
National Geographic Extreme Weather Webinar Series
Pictured are John Wickstrom and Antonietta Monteleone.
Big Shoe
The Big Shoe award recipients are selected by GSCA staff to recognize exemplary volunteers who are not GSCA board members.
Daniel Ferguson, Cosmic Picture
Pictured is Daniel Ferguson with GSCA staff Tammy Seldon and Kelly Germain.
David Ripper, Bullock Texas State History Museum
Pictured is David Ripper with GSCA staff Tammy Seldon and Kelly Germain.
IMAX Maximum Image Awards
Hall of Fame Award
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.
Deep Sea 3D
Best IMAX Booth Award (4 winners)
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Pictured is Theaters Technical Manager David Ripper.
Tech Museum of Innovation
Pictured here from The Tech are Michelle Duncan, John Angle, Lara Agulian, and Samantha Robinson.
BFI IMAX, London
No photo available
Filmstaden, Scandinavia and IMAX, Stockholm, Sweden
No photo available
Chief Quality Officer Award of Distinction
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan