September 20, 2014—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014 Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in giant screen filmmaking, marketing, and lifelong learning. The awards were announced the evening of September 20 at the opening reception of the GSCA 2014 International Conference and Trade Show at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.
During the reception, which was sponsored by IMAX Corporation, winners of the IMAX Maximum Image Awards were announced as well. GSCA and IMAX also recognized two IMAX theater projectionists for their contributions to the industry: John Giffords for his 41 years of service at Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre, and Peter Herb for 35 years at Detroit Science Center and Michigan Science Center.
The following awards were presented by GSCA.
Best Film, Short Subject
Jerusalem
A 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.
Best Film for Lifelong Learning
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.
Best Film, Feature Length
Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience
Warner Bros. and IMAX Corporation. Producer: Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Best Cinematography
Jerusalem
A National Geographic Entertainment Presentation of a Cosmic Picture/Arcane Pictures Film. Reed Smoot, Director of Photography. Ron Goodman, Director of Aerial Photography. Peter H. Chang & Dustin Farrell, Time Lapse DOPs and additional cinematography.
Best Original Score
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Produced by N3D LAND Films and N3D Land Productions. Distributed by 3D Entertainment Distribution. Original music by Franck Marchal.
Best Sound Design
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Produced by N3D LAND Films and N3D Land Productions. Distributed by 3D Entertainment Distribution. Sound design by Raymond Vermette, RVP Media Inc.; Alexandre Poirier, Comptoir du Son et les Images.
Best Visual Effects
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Produced by N3D LAND Films and N3D Land Productions. Distributed by 3D Entertainment Distribution. Visual Effects by N3D LAND Productions. Stereography and Post Production by Ronan Chapalain.
Best Marketing Campaign by a Distributor
Journey to the South Pacific
MacGillivray Freeman Films and IMAX Corporation. 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
Best Educational Program
Omniversum, The Netherlands, Journey to Mecca
Education team: Ingrid de Groot, Jennifer de Haas, Marina Rijerkerk, Inge van Rooij
Best Film Launch by a Theater
Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, D-Day: Normandy 1944
Marketing Team: Cynthia Skaggs, Jackie Mollet, Danielle Stewart, Margie Walsh, Kristin Johnson
Big Idea (given for the most original and effective idea of a single marketing promotional campaign)
National Geographic Studios for its outreach to the interfaith community to promote the film Jerusalem to their constituents.
Big Shoe
Paul Fraser of Blaze Digital Cinema Works and Alvis Wales. The Big Shoe award recipients are selected by GSCA staff to recognize exemplary volunteers.
Special Commemoration by GSCA and IMAX Corporation
John Gifford for 41 years of service as an IMAX theatre projectionist at Ontario Place and Ontario Science Centre. Peter Herb for 35 years of service as an IMAX theatre projectionist at Detroit Science Center and Michigan Science Center.
IMAX Corporation also presented the following 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.
Best IMAX Booth–Film
IMAX Dome Theatre, McWane Center, Birmingham, Alabama
Best IMAX Booth–Digital
Cinema City IMAX Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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