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February 26th, 2010

The Friday Film Quote – February 26, 2010

Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Gene Williams of CINE Sponsor The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (official title: Vice President, Chubb & Son and Worldwide Entertainment Manager for Chubb Commercial Insurance. Whew!)


Boss Spearman: “Sounds like you got it all worked out.”
Charley Waite: “Yeah, except the part where we don’t get killed.”
- Open Range

Life, like business, is often risky. If we are going to accomplish something worthwhile, there is usually a chance that something might go terribly wrong. Thankfully, the downside rarely includes death, but this quote makes the point – very humorously, I think – that sometimes, we just can’t figure out how to make sure we don’t fail. Then we have to just decide to either back out or move forward.

Did you know that film producers who have submitted a production to a CINE competition in the past 24 months are now eligible for enhanced insurance offerings from Chubb on film package and film producer E&O coverages? Or that Chubb sponsors a scholarship and rights clearance grant to the recipient of the Award of Excellence, given yearly to CINE’s top student film? Visit www.chubb.com/cine for details. Click here for articles from Chubb on fair use, the public domain, film package insurance and more.


Do you have a favorite quote? Email it to info@cine.org with the subject “Friday Film Quote” and we’ll see you back here next Friday.

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Previous “Friday Film Quotes”
February 19, 2010
February 12, 2010
February 5, 2010

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February 25th, 2010

What is YOUR PBS?

PBS is hosting the YOUR PBS Video Contest, and they want you to tell them how PBS is no longer your parents’ PBS, but is innovative, engaging and exciting.

Create a short 30-second video to show them how PBS is your PBS. Tell them what you engage in, what surprises you, and how PBS is a part of your everyday life.

The contest runs through April 18th, and the grand prize winner will receive an all-expense paid trip to PBS’ Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, as well as some other cool goodies like a custom Flip cam and PBS swag. There will also be an audience favorite and a few runner up selections, and the winning video may also air on PBS.

Visit the YOUR PBS Video Contest page for more information.

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February 24th, 2010

2010 CINE Special Jury Award Recipients – Clips, Links, Photos and More

Have you checked in on our 2010 Special Jury Award winner pages? If not, you haven’t watched the clip for the remarkable documentary 102 Minutes That Changed America/I-Witness to 9/11, which takes you through the events of September 11 in real time through eyewitness footage; or seen photos from the wrenching doc Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, winner of the People & Places category, and followed links to the film’s website, Netflix page (where you can stream the entire film online) and Amazon listing; or watched a Dutch painting come to life in the clip for Keeping Order: A Fort Orange Court Record, looked at the photos to see how the film was made, then checked out the website of the museum that screens the production daily.

We’re updating the pages frequently, so keep checking back for more content. After the jump, a list of the posted clips, links and pictures, along with a couple of our favorite photos from Special Jury Award-winning films.

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February 19th, 2010

The Friday Film Quote – February 19, 2010

Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Michelle-Marie Polanco, CINE Intern and a senior at the George Washington University.


“A film’s rhythm is its heartbeat. How a film is cut is probably more important than any single aspect… If a film is not properly paced, it will die. If a film is too quickly paced it will have no emotional content.”
- Rob Cohen

I love this quote because I believe it holds true. The editing process can take an excellent filmmaker’s work and either make it better or…not. It can turn a lackluster performance into a masterful performance. Editing is the backbone of film.


Do you have a favorite quote? Email it to info@cine.org with the subject “Friday Film Quote” and we’ll see you back here next Friday.

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Previous “Friday Film Quotes”
February 12, 2010
February 5, 2010

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February 18th, 2010

Sweet!

Kudos to CINE Board Member Mark Finkelpearl, whose six part series Cupcake Sisters has been picked up by TLC. The series will be produced by Doug DePriest, with Finkelpearl, who developed the concept, as Executive Producer.

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February 12th, 2010

The Friday Film Quote – February 12, 2010

Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Charlie Anderson, a 2010 CINE Special Jury Award-winner in the Student Division for his hilarious film Werewolf Trouble.


“I have been and always shall be your friend.”
- Spock to Captain Kirk in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

My relationships with friends and family are the most important things in my life. There are many ways to tell people they can count on your love and support, of course, but Spock says it best in my book… and that movie is just plain awesome.


Do you have a favorite quote? Email it to info@cine.org with the subject “Friday Film Quote” and we’ll see you back here next Friday.

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Previous “Friday Film Quotes”
February 5, 2010

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February 12th, 2010

The 2010 CINE Special Jury Award Winners

Due to severe constant snowstorms in the DC area – and seriously, Mother Nature, not cool at all – we’ve been closed for most of this week. So please excuse our absence; BUT, to make it up to you, we’ll be posting twice today. Our Friday Film Quote will be up this afternoon.

First, though, we’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2010 CINE Special Jury Award. Chosen from among our 2009 Golden Eagle Award recipients, this is an amazing crop of productions. Check out our earlier post to see how the Special Jury Award winners were chosen.

We’ll be spotlighting our Special Jury Award-winners in the weeks to come with Q&As, clips and pictures, but in the meantime, check out the full list here.

And if you can’t wait for clips, here are links to a few of the CINE Award-winning films, in their entirety, online.

  • Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Professional Telecast Non-Fiction – People & Places) on Netflix
  • Reach (Student Entertainment – Animation)  on YouTube
  • The Music Instinct: Science & Song (Professional Telecast Non-Fiction – Arts, Leisure & Lifestyle) on Netflix

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February 8th, 2010

CINE HQ is Closed Today…

Thanks to the Snowpocalypse – no, really, nature gods, thanks for deciding to bury DC under a mountain of snow this year – CINE HQ is closed today. If you have any questions or concerns about the CINE Competition, please call Betsy Walters (who bravely tried to traverse the snowbanks, only to be rebuffed) at 202.257.3066.

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February 5th, 2010

The Friday Film Quote – February 5, 2010

Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Betsy Walters, CINE’s Director of Competitions.


“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”
- The Muppet Movie

I love this quote for the following reasons:

  1. It’s both from a movie AND references movies. I get extra points for that, right?
  2. Jim Henson, besides being brilliant and revolutionary, was a two-time CINE Golden Eagle Award-winner.
  3. Anyone who encourages imagination and curiosity deserves to be quoted as frequently as possible.
  4. The wit and wisdom of the Muppets is eternal.


Do you have a favorite quote? Email it to info@cine.org with the subject “Friday Film Quote” and we’ll see you back here next Friday.

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February 4th, 2010

The CINE Special Jury Award

This week, we’ve been calling our 2010 CINE Special Jury Award winners to notify them of their win. That’s a task that never gets old, frankly. We’ll be posting the complete list of winners soon – and it’s a remarkable crop, watch as many as you possibly can – but until then, we wanted to take a minute to explain what the Special Jury Award is, and why the recipients are so extraordinary.

CINE holds two competitions per year to select recipients of the CINE Golden Eagle Award. The Golden Eagle is bestowed based on the individual merits of the film, and not in competition with the other entries in its category; if a category has 100 entries, there can be 100 Golden Eagle winners or none, depending on the quality of the submissions, and to receive a Golden Eagle, a production must achieve excellence in all facets.

In January, CINE’s Board of Directors meets to select the best Golden Eagle Award-winning film of the previous year for each of CINE’s categories, which become the winners of the CINE Special Jury Award. From the hundreds of submissions that CINE received in 2009, these productions are the 30 (or so) best.

Soon we’ll post clips, pictures and links from the 2010 Special Jury Award recipients, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts about these wonderful films. If you want to see your name in those ranks, enter your production into our Spring 2010 Competition, and hopefully we’ll see you back here next year.

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