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MovieMaker Magazine
Names Accolade Among The
Top 25
Festivals Worth
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MovieMaker Magazine scoured North America to find 25 festival gems, and said “we
do guarantee that the ones (festivals) listed below are worth every penny they
charge for their fee.” Here’s what MovieMaker said about The Accolade. |
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“Accolade” is an appropriate name for this virtual competition, as past
participants can’t stop raving about the professional opportunities
participation in this event has generated for their work. But it’s not just
directors who reap the benefits. In addition to all of the traditional
categories (acting, directing, writing, etc.), the Accolade also recognizes
several aspects of a movie that often go unnoticed – choreography, concept,
creativity/originality, humor, research, title/credit design among them – making
it an equal opportunity competition put on by folks who know their stuff."
Source: MovieMaker Magazine, Issue #74, Volume 15. |
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About the Accolade
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The Accolade is unique; it is an awards competition, not a traditional film
festival. Awards go to those filmmakers, television producers, videographers and
new media creators who produce fresh, standout productions. It is a showcase for
cinematic gems and unique voices.
The Accolade recognizes producers, established and emerging, who demonstrate
exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. Undiscovered and first-time
producers are often recognized.
The Accolade has recognized productions from all over the world including
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China,
Columbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Guam, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States,
Venezuela and Viet Nam.
Annually, a special award is given to a filmmaker, television producer,
videographer or new media creator who makes a significant contribution to social
change or a humanitarian effort.
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The Rules
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Submissions in other than English must be subtitled or include transcript.
Multiple entries are allowed and each entry may be entered in multiple
categories.
The entry fee is $60 per category entered.
Submit on DVD in NTSC or PAL format.
Written comments describing entries are invited.
Entries will not be returned.
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Judging
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Quality and creativity are celebrated in three levels of awards: Best of Show, Award of Excellence and Honorable
Mention.
Best
of Show honors are granted only if worthy productions are discovered.
No more than 15% of entries are granted Awards of Excellence. Notable
artistic and technical productions are recognized at the Award Of Merit award
level.
Like most award competitions the judging is conducted in-house. Staff
is selective.
Entries judged to be potential Best of Show winners may be sent to outside judges for additional review.
The Competition Coordinator's role is to assure consistency across
judging and maintain high standards.
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The Accolade
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Winners are eligible to receive an Accolade statuette. The Accolade statuette is
a constellation of 24K gold-plated stars mounted on a piano finished base of rosewood.
It has been called the most beautiful award in the industry.
The Accolade is manufactured by the company that makes the worlds most prestigious
and celebrated awards, the Oscar, Emmy, Clio and MTV Video Music Awards.
The Accolade is truly a work of art.
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Accolade winners
share their stories |
Talented
and prolific French filmmaker honored by Accolade
By Debbie L. Sklar
Who is among the most honored of Accolade filmmaker ? Answer: French producer
and director Joséphine Mackerras of Onearth Productions. She was once a
struggling filmmaker who could only dream of making such creations, but now she
knows success.
Q: Tell us more about how the stories evolved.
I was frustrated and wanting to move ahead as a filmmaker, but had no money or
script ideas. And then, mentor Elliot Grove, gave me some exercises to do. A
chase scene, a make up scene and a fight scene. Unable to get inspired without
these exercises meaning something, I created a story to joined these three
elements. It became my film,...
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Our award-winning filmmakers share their
stories and lessons learned.
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 It’s All Done with Mirrors:
The making of Mirror, Mirror
By: Laura Lee
Mirror, Mirror, winner of a Best of Show award at the Accolade, was a thesis
project by graduate students Raven Thibodeaux and Cydney Tucker of the Stephen
F. Austin State University’s new Master of Fine Arts in Film making program.
Thibodeaux and Tucker were both inspired by the visual aspects of filmmaking.
They wanted to come up with a story that could serve as a canvas for striking
imagery. They shared a fondness for the work of Tim Burton, the darker side of
Grimm’s fairy tales and the surreal environments of Alice in Wonderland.
The resulting film is a...
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 Columbia
College Students Win Accolades for Final Revision
By Alex A. Kecskes
In the emotionally charged short film Final Revision, a frustrated
screenwriter struggles to find the motivation behind his story about a murder
involving two brothers. Written and directed by Sky Wang, the story unfolds in
flashbacks that peel back the layers of each character. The tightly paced film
explores the tragedy of drug abuse that culminates in the devastation of a
family already teetering on the edge.
Final Revision also poignantly underscores the internal struggles many
writers confront as they "face the white bull," a phrase aptly coined by Ernest
Hemingway. And here is where Final Revision truly excels, dovetailing a
writer's struggle with tightly paced character revelation that unites writer
with story and resolution. A must-see film, Final Revision offers
exemplary....
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 Hard
to Be Me shoots for prime time televsion
By Debbie L. Sklar
Forget all of the other family shows on television Edward Robert Bach and Erik
Cieslewicz are hoping to hook you on their new program. Bach, the creator and
writer, along with Cieslewicz, the director, recently won three Accolades for
their television pilot. They might well be on their way to living their theme
song; Things are on the up and up.
Hard to Be Me is a screenplay Bach wrote is inspired by his own life,
family, and the people in his world. He says he set out to tell a story that
wasn’t already being told and is hoping that the family television series can be
rebooted. “For me, inspiration came from old shows like The Dick Van Dyke
Show, Family Ties, Growing Pains, the Cosby Show, and Gilmore Girls.
Sort of spanning all those great generations of television and dropping the best
elements into Hard to Be Me, giving it our own spin, setting it in the
right now, and of course, in the end, the goal is to launch it into prime-time
television for...
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Ice Neal |
An interview with award-winning filmmaker Ice Neal
Hardworking
British-African actress/filmmaker Ice Neal has been honored by Accolade with
Awards of Excellence for her feature film Eva's Diamond and Awards of
Merit for her performance in a leading role. Just a month ago, the film was
also nominated for best foreign film at San Diego Black Film Festival.
Eva's Diamond is a rich, complex and
compelling mystery thriller, which deals with...
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 Music
Video, The Me You See, wins Accolade
The recent winner of the Accolade’s Best of Show award is a stylishly aggressive
music video with themes of deception. Conceived and directed by Jimmy Sammarco,
The Me You See is an example of what can be done with limited time, a
limited budget and a lot of determination.
Sammarco, who runs the production company Jimmy Makes Movies, Inc, has been in
the film business for more than fifteen years. He has been the recipient of
numerous awards for his work in music video, advertising and corporate
communications. One of his most high profile projects was his work as director
of photography for the documentary Song Sung Blue, which has won nine
major awards...
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 Freudian
Eyebrows: A Different Kind of Film
California Psychologist sets a milestone while producing
By Debbie L. Sklar
If you’re looking for a unique experience from start to finish, you should check
out Dr. Stephen Mouton’s milestone film, Freudian Eyebrow.
Through Mouton Productions LTD., the film set a milestone as a SPIFF production,
which he explains as the “most extreme example of how to minimize impact on the
environment by minimizing production time and maximizing investor return by
improving efficiencies of every minute and every dollar spent.”
“As the director and producer, I felt more like General Patton, except I was in
a battle with time. With such a limited time constraint, I knew everyone needed
a leader that would not settle for...
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