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About the Accolade
Entering its seventh year, The Accolade is an international, non-traditional, virtual
venue. Awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment,
animation and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is a showcase for cinematic
gems and unique voices.
The Accolade recognizes filmmakers,
large and small, who demonstrate
exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. Undiscovered and first-time filmmakers are often recognized.
The Accolade receives entries from all over the world including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the United States.
Annually, a special award is given to a filmmaker, television producer or videographer
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 maximize distribution and 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 28,000 industry professionals.
An additional advantage of participating in the Accolade Competition is that our awards qualify for listing in the IMDb (Internet Movie Database) when submitted to IMDb by the producers.
We welcome your participation in The Accolade.
Please submit your best work.
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Paper Boys - Feature Film
Going To AFM and NATPE
by Yayoi Lena Winfrey
Paper Boys is a film about a team of young men selling newspaper
subscriptions in Atlanta. Like a family, they all have their own particular
problems; one of which is plagued with the knowledge that his girlfriend
committed suicide in rehabilitation. False bravado and hyper-sexuality amplified
by drugs and painful circumstances provides a recipe for juxtaposition of comedy
and potential tragedy.
The winner of four Accolade awards, Paper Boys is being taken to North
American’s biggest film and television markets...
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 Master Filmmaker Generates Death
Threats
For His Views On Tibet
By Yayoi Lena Winfrey
He didn’t intend to become controversial, but master filmmaker Chris Nebe’s take
on Tibet has generated death threats. His YouTube posting, Tibet: The Truth (A
Political History) has garnered much controversy over its support of China’s
occupation of that country and its criticism of the exiled Dalai Lama...
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 21 Days to Nawroz
Wins Best of
Show
by Andrew Cleary
When Michelle Mama traveled to northern Iraq in March 2008 to interview Kurdish
women about their lives, she knew there would be risks involved. She and her
camera operator, Jennifer Polo, were the only crew, except for a handful of
local translators, guides, and "fixers". She found herself working in an
unstable country far from her Toronto home.
Mama and Polo could adjust to the difficulty of keeping a low profile, even as
she recognized that two women shuttling around Kurdistan with digital cameras
and a boom microphone was...
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 God is American
So say the Tanna Islanders
by Laura Lee
For French filmmaker Richard Martin Jordan, shooting on the remote Pacific
island of Tanna in the archipelago of Vanuatu had a few challenges.
Tiny Tanna is one of the poorest islands in the South Pacific. The 10,000
inhabitants share one telephone. It is a land where women live apart from men,
and some natives still hunt bats with bows. They speak four dialects, and only
two French speakers were available on the island to provide interpretation.
“While filming, a hurricane touched the island of Tanna and...
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 On the Bus
A moving portrait of mental illness
by Alex A. Kecskes
On the Bus, an award-winning short film by Fat Man Media, a New Mexico-based
film production company, unites art, craft and creativity in its no-holds barred
exploration of mental illness. Written and produced by Jonathan Harnisch and
Maureen Cooke, and directed by Willie Ford, On the Bus tautly reveals the
psychological aftermath a traumatic experience can have on an individual during
something as routine as riding a bus...
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