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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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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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 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
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 Three-way with Shelly
By Laurie Smith
Remember as a kid, reading comic books with voracity, and then being sorry that
you did so because you had to wait for what seemed like an eternity for the next
installment? Accolade award-winning, live action short, Three-way with Shelly,
evokes that same sort of feeling, leaving the viewer yearning for more of Shelly
McIntyre, and her quirky world as she....
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