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What is CINE? What does it do?
The Competition and CINE Golden Eagle Award
Additional Awards
CINE Honorary Awards
The Organization
Press Releases
CINE Fact Sheet
CINE’s Mission
Contact Information
What is CINE? What does it do?
Renowned for the Golden Eagles it awards for excellence in documentary
and other informational film and video production, CINE will celebrate
its first half-century in 2007. Founded in 1957 by a consortium representing
business, education, and government to depict American life and thought
realistically for a global audience, CINE continues to recognize and foster
the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through
its semi-annual competitions. Along with these competitions, CINE offers
development workshops for established film and video professionals, as
well as mentoring programs for students. CINE works closely with the University
Film & Video Association to encourage the work of student producers
in film schools throughout the U.S. Recipients of CINE Golden Eagles include
Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Lasseter, Barbara Kopple, Charles
Guggenheim, Ken Burns, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, Mike
Nichols, Robert Altman, George Lucas, Spike Lee, Mel Brooks and many others
distinguished for their work with the moving image.
The Competition and CINE Golden Eagle Award
The CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competitions, held each
spring and fall, involve hundreds of volunteer media and content
specialists who judge entries in several moving-image genres.
Over the years, the judging procedure has evolved into an efficient
multi-stage jury process to determine which productions are deserving
of the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Award.
The CINE Golden Eagle Award acknowledges high quality professional
production in a variety of content categories, as well as
in student and independent works. Student productions are
created not only in universities or graduate schools, but
also in high schools, and even middle and elementary schools.
Quality independent productions, produced by individuals
who are not affiliated with the media industry are also recognized.
In 2005, more than 400 jurors on over 150 juries judged
over 1,000 entries in 28 categories. The names and descriptions
of the productions receiving awards are included on the Winners page
of this website. All winners receive award notification and
a distinctive certificate by mail. Winners may also purchase
the prestigious Golden Eagle statue for their production.
Eligible productions receiving a CINE Golden Eagle Award may
be selected for overseas competitions, and CINE stands ready
to assist producers and sponsors entering their productions
in international film events worldwide.
Competitive
Awards
The Special Jury Awards, The Masters Series Awards and The Award of Excellence, Special Jury Awards are presented to the best productions in the various CINE categories. All CINE Golden Eagle Award winners automatically become eligible for these awards. All of these winners are announced at the annual Awards Event.
All of the CINE Special Jury Award winners automatically become eligible for the major CINE Masters Series Awards (for Professional Broadcast, Non-Broadcast, News and Independent winners), and the CINE Award of Excellence for the Student Division winner. These awards recognize the "Best of the Best". A specially selected and prestigious judging committee determines these CINE winners. These awards are also announced at the annual CINE Awards Event, and winners are presented with a special trophy.
CINE Honorary Awards
The
CINE Lifetime Achievement Award expresses recognition and
gratitude to the few pinnacle leaders in the world of film
and video whose lifetime contribution and great service
are continuing to leave a profound impact on our culture.
Recent honorees have included Ted Turner, Sheila Nevins,
Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Roger Ebert, and Albert Maysles.
The
CINE Leadership Award honors a distinguished person
in the film and video industry who has advanced or enhanced
the quality of the media through outstanding leadership.
Recent honorees have included John Hendricks, Tim Kelly,
Pat Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Ken Burns, Stanley Nelson, and
Bonnie Hammer.
In
addition, CINE presents special awards for unique achievements
in the industry. Tom and Dick Smothers
received CINE's Trailblazers Tribute Award
for their satiric commentary and career that has spanned
44 years, and for their courageous battles against censorship,
as depicted in a CINE Golden Eagle-winning documentary.
The Trailblazers Tribute Award has also been presented
to D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, pioneers in
cinema verité
documentary filmmaking, and Alan
and Susan Raymond, ground-breaking producers of observational
doumentaries, such as "Police Tapes", and "The
Loud Family Saga."
The Organization
A national board comprised of 26 representatives from the film and video
industry oversees the business of CINE. Our current president is Donald
Thoms, Vice President of Production for Discovery Health Media Enterprises
(DHME). We also have representatives from major networks, as well as a
number of distinguished independent producers. Wendy Revel is Executive
Director of CINE, and Betsy Walters is Director of Competitions.
Contact Information
1112
16th Street, NW, Suite 510
Washington, D. C. 20036
Phone: 202-785-1136
Fax: 202-785-4114
info@cine.org
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