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About the Accolade
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, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Guam, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hong
Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico,
Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United
Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.
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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Get Involved
It’s a given that filmmakers want to gain as many viewers as possible. The
Accolade is an award well known to buyers and distributors. Winning an
Accolade gives buyers and distributors the confidence that your production
is of high quality. The Accolade is an award recognized for its rigorous
evaluation process.
This competition is designed to help winners achieve the recognition and viewers
they deserve. Accolade staffers frequently share distribution ideas and
industry contacts that help promote the careers of the winning filmmakers. The
Accolade helps generate publicity and buzz. The Accolade has a
strong online presence and shines the spotlight on top winners at The
Accolade website and via press releases to a list of over 25,000 industry
professionals.
An additional advantage of participating in the Accolade Competition is
that our awards qualify for listing in the IMDb when submitted to IMDb by the
producers.
We welcome your participation in The Accolade.
Please submit your best work.
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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.
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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....
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Drawing with Chalk
By Laurie Smith
There’s a new kind of up-and-coming filmmaker in town. Not the dreamy-eyed,
angst-ridden just-out-of-film-school types, but the regular “Joe,” who went to
school 20 years ago, got a regular job, married their college sweetheart, had
kids, and moved to suburbia. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but
first-time filmmakers Todd Giglio and Christopher Springer decided to take a
huge plunge as they neared the big four-oh, and live a long-dormant dream.
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 Filmmaker Tim Carr wins for
Watching the Detectives
Written by Wendy Helfenbaum
Writer/actor/director Tim Carr likes to simplify all of his official titles into
one simple one. “I always call myself a storyteller,” says the creator of the
Accolade award-winning television pilot program, Watching the Detectives, a
quirky comedy about a group of misfit department store security guards trying to
impart their collective wisdom upon a clueless newcomer (played by Carr).
He currently...
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 Broken Dreams
by Yayoi Lena Winfrey
In Broken Dreams, feature film, Johnny (Eddie Navarro) is a documentary
filmmaker whose best friends are about to marry each other. Unfortunately for
Johnny, he’s in love with one of them, Elisabeth (Kelsey Ford). While he helps
Julie (Nicole Gerth), a little person who’s the subject of his film, move past
the trauma of her mother’s death and her fear of open spaces, Johnny also begins
to rely heavily on drugs to mask his own pain.
Writer/director David Crabtree and actress Nicole Gerth share their thoughts
about the making of Broken Dreams...
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