Call for Entries Columbus International Film and Video Festival, aka The Chris Awards
Now with new lower entry fees!

56th Annual Columbus International Film & Video Festival

Call for Entry regulations and Entry Forms are available on our web site:

www.chrisawards.org


JULY 1 Entry Deadline

The Columbus International Film & Video Festival, a.k.a. "The Chris Awards" is one of the most prestigious documentary, educational, business and informational competitions in the U.S., the oldest of its kind in North America and celebrating its 56th year.

Entry deadline July 1 with entries accepted starting March 1, 2008.


Susan B. Halpern, Executive Director
E-mail: info@chrisawards.org
The Film Council Of Greater Columbus
1430 South High Street, rm 322
Columbus, Ohio 43207
www.chrisawards.org
(614) 444-7460

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Streets of Encounter"
Eileen Thalenberg
Stormy Nights Productions, Inc.

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "From The 50 Yard Line"
Doug Lantz
Blake House Media, Inc.

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Double Take Art Exhibition Introduction Film"
Barbara Groth
Big Buddha Baba Productions

and "Bella Figura- Do Singers Have To Be Fat?"
Marieke Schroeder
Pars Media FilmProduction

and "All The Time In The World "
Alister Sanderson

and "Realism: The Artistic Form of the Truth"
Leyla Salem
Films Media Group

CBC Artspots - Artist Profiles
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

HONORABLE MENTION: "Greetings From Asbury Park"
Amber Edwards/ NJN

"Asian Youth Orchestra Hong Kong Concert 2006"
Cheung Wing Tim and Ching Pui Ki
Radio Television Hong Kong

"Gros Morne Time Lines"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Direct Support: A Realistic Job Preview"
Jerry Smith

THE CHRIS STATUETTE- 2006 Community Partnership Award: "New Jersey SEEDS Scholars Program Mutual of America"

BRONZE PLAQUE: "The Ride To Conquer Cancer"
Telling Story, Inc.

and "Journey By Heart"
Michelle Paymar
Michelle Paymar Films

HONORABLE MENTION: "Above and Beyond"
American Signature Inc.

"Eddie Osterland - America’s 1st Master
Sommelier"
Magic Music Productions LLC

"Iceland, Naturally"
Salo Productions

"Humminbird Fish Finder"
Hawthorne Direct Inc.

"Den - Season 1"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Venture’s Dreamers + Schemers: All
About Undies"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CHILDREN & YOUTH

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Anita’s Africa"
Coming Home Films, Inc.

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "The Constitution Project: Key Constitutional Concepts"
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Robe Imbriano

BRONZE PLAQUE: "This Is Daniel Cook; Nature, Science,
and the Environment"
J.J. Johnson
Bullfrog Films

"Face the Music: Copyright, Art, and the Digital Age"
Close Up Foundation

"Discovering the Performing Arts"
Lauren F. Cardillo

"The Sunday Man"
Danielle Shamash

HONORABLE MENTION: "That Incredible State"
Jan Nowina-Zarzycki

"Citizen Quest: A Stronger America"
Argentine Productions

"Cool Voting: It’s Your Vote"
Argentine Productions

2006 Community Partnership Award - New Jersey SEEDS Scholars Program Mutual of America: "Shooting For Change"
Lalita Krishna
Third Element Productions

"Dating Violence: Should We Expect Respect?
Aquarius Health Care Media
Stuart Muszynski

"Fitness Fanatic"
CET

"Ohio Rocks!"
CET
Kim Mlinek

"For Whom The Pit Calls"
Filippo Lubiato
Clip Club

"Yorktown"
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Lina Randulfe

"Kids’ CBC"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy "
(22 mn elementary school release)
City of Burnaby
Robert Broad

EDUCATION & INFORMATION

THE SILVER CHRIS: "John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature"
American Masters

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Dragons’ Den - Where Are They Now?"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Teen Truth: An Inside Look at Bullying and School Violence"
Human Relations Media

"Celebrating Diversity: A Universal Message From The Real Rain Man"
National Professional Resources, Inc.

"The Approach In Action: A Training Video"
The People’s Picture Company Inc.

"The Lure of Money: Save It, Invest It, Protect It"
Nina Halper, AARP

"It’s Not Worth It! Maritime Pollution Offences"
Videotel Productions
Ron Tanner

"American Trustees"
Annette Strauss Institute for
Civic Participation
Nancy Schiesari

HONORABLE MENTION: "Librarians to the Rescue"
Dwight Bennett, Don Loftus

"Asleep At The Wheel: The Dangers of Drowsy Driving"
Human Relations Media

"The Wise Owl Bully Stopper Kit"
Human Relations Media

"The Power Trip: Bullying In School"
Human Relations Media

"Finding Our Voice "
Jerry Smith

"Wealth Masters - Shopping and Cooking With Deanna For Optimum Health"
Magic Music Productions LLC

"Monster In The Family"
John Kastner

"Strong Men of Nguiu"
Bearcage Productions
Chris Bamford

"Strings of Fear"
Rhonda A. Denny

"Struggle For Identity: Issues In Transracial Adoption & A Conversation Ten Years Later"
Photosynthesis Productions

"You Don’t Want To Live In My House"
Newist / Cesa 7
Dean Thomas

"From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy"
(28 mn secondary school educational release)
City of Burnaby
Robert Broad

"Dominoes"
Bullfrog Films
Daniel Schorr

San Diego Association of Realtors: “The Importance of Disclosures”
Magic Music Productions LLC
Louie Stevens

"Best Practices: Building Blocks for Enhancing School Environment"
Perimeter Productions
Caitlin Hammel

"ADLs for CNAs: Basic Training for Documenting the Activities of Daily Living"
HCPro, Inc.

"The Feral Boys of Glasgow - CBC News: Sunday Night"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Venture’s Dreamers + Schemers: Franchise Fortunes"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Confronting The Past"
Coleen Rajotte

ENTERTAINMENT

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Relative Obscurity"
John Swartz and Jeff Rosenberg

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Dragon Boys"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Michael Checkik

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Little Mosque on the Prairie"
(Episodes 101 & 103)
Westwind Pictures Ltd
Michael Kennedy

"Metal Storm"
Echo Productions, LLC

"Greetings From The Shore"
Greg Chwerchak

"Love Aflame - The Interpretations"
Radio Television Hong Kong

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Endless Knot"
Michael Brown

"Divine Restoration - Series II"
Rui Feliz
VisionTV International

"Gotta Run!" (CBC News at Six)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Birthday Boy"
Violet M. Williams

THE HUMANITIES

BEST OF FESTIVAL: "Becoming A Woman in Zanskar"
ZED

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Come Walk in My Shoes"
Robin Smith - Video/Action Fund

"Marie Antionette"
David Grubin Productions

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey"
Gryphon Productions
Peter von Puttkamer

"Warrior By Birth"
Klaudiusz Jankowski

"Black Samurai"
ZED

"Little Brazil, Gort, Ireland"
RTE

"Writings On The Wall"
Time Of Day Productions

"Titanic’s Final Moments"
Rushmore DeNooyer
Kirk Wolfinger

"Mississippi Cold Case"
MSNBC

HONORABLE MENTION: "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story"
Lee B. Groberg

"A Window Opens - Margaret & Sophie In Ethiopia"
90th Parallel Film & Television
Productions Ltd

"Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo"
WNED-TV/PBS

"The Geometry Of Love"
VisionTV
Paul Carvalho

"From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy"
(47 mn general release)
City of Burnaby
Robert Broad

"A Taste of Shakespeare: Othello"
Bullfrog Films
Dug Rotstein

"A Night of Magic, The Lantern Festival in Taiwan"
The Press Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago
Yuan-tung Wang

"Mississippi Roads #2705"
Mississippi Public Broadcasting

"Kiviuq"
John Houston
drumsong communications inc.

"Bloodlines: Famous Last Words"
yap films / Pauline Duffy and Elliott Halpern
Herrie ten Cate

"The Mother Road"
Lauren F. Cardillo

"The Runner"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBC News: "The National - Return to Shanghai"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Why Do We Marry?"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Land and Sea: Fish Tales"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Back To The Lotus" (CBC News at Six - Saskatchewan)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Confronting The Past"
Coleen Rajotte

"Encounters With Moses"
90th Parallel Film & Television
Productions Ltd

MENTAL HEALTH

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Not Just A Bad Day: Living With
Bipolar Disorder"
Mars Entertainment
Gillian Hrankowski

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear"
Eva Wunderman

"Freefall"
Hand Hammered Films
Pawel Pawelczak

"Put Me Together Again"
yap films / Pauline Duffy and Elliott Halpern
Anna Hall

HONORABLE MENTION: "Where Does Marie Go?"
Societe Radio-Canada Saskatchewan

"Wearing Masks IV: The Spectrum of Intervention and The Challenge of Re-entry"
Rainbow Productions Inc
Dirk Wales

"Talk To Me: teens speak out about sexual violence"
Fanlight Productions
Saun Ellis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: "Happiness"
CNN

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: "Genius"
CNN

"Born in the Wrong Body"
MSNBC

"Through True Eyes: The Process of Recovery from Eating Disorders"
Atlantic Mediaworks Ltd.

"Anti-drug Files – Rove"
Radio Television Hong Kong
Lai Man Yi

PHYSICAL HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Let Them Eat Cake"
Fanlight Productions
Lisa Kaselak

Paula Zahn Now - "Dana Reeve Hour"
CNN

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Rushing, Crashing, Dying: The Meth Epidemic"
Human Relations Media

Anderson Cooper 360: "Hiding in Plain Sight"
CNN

"Living Better with Chronic Pain"
Health Dialog
Tom Kidder

"Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?"
Health Dialog
Tom Kidder

HONORABLE MENTION: "Tobacco and Death: Perfect Together"
Human Relations Media

360 Vision - "Give Me Shelter"
VisionTV

American Morning - "Inside Autism Series"
CNN

"Making Connections"
Aquarius Health Care Media
Leslie Kussmann

"Remaking American Medicine - Health Care for the 21st Century"
Crosskeys Media
Frank Christopher, Matthew Eisen, Marc Shaffer

INTERACTIVE ONLINE

THE SILVER CHRIS: "From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy"
City of Burnaby
Ivana Filipovic

BRONZE PLAQUE: www.dc8.us
The Network DC

"Incident Investigation, Analysis and Reporting
Videotel Productions"
Pat Mitchell

HONORABLE MENTION: "Urban Ministries of Durham Resident"
Testimonial PSAs
MindWorks Multimedia

"Beyond the Solar System: Expanding the Universe in the Classroom"
Clive Grainger
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

"Kiviuq"
John Houston, drumsong
communications inc.

RELIGION

THE SILVER CHRIS: CNN Presents: "After Jesus: The First Christians"
CNN

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "360 Vision - "A Call To Prayer"
VisionTV
Sadia Zaman

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Something About Mary Magdalene"
VisionTV International
Harvey Crossland

'Time for Teens #401: James Christensen “Art of Inspiration”'
BYU Broadcasting

HONORABLE MENTION: "5 Seekers"
VisionTV
Allan Novak

"The Lost Tomb Of Jesus"
Associated Producers Ltd.
Simcha Jacobovici

"Rediscovering Catholicism - Becoming the Best Version of Yourself"
National Cathloic Broadcasting Council
Wayne Moss

"Road to Zion"
BYU Broadcasting

#104: “A House Unto Thy Name”
BYU Broadcasting

"Village of Spirits: Lily Dale"
Cooper Rock Pictures Inc.
Jackie Dzuba

"Underground Reality Vietnam The Voice of the Martyrs"
Ramsey Tripp & Jayson Lobozzo

"Inside Opus Dei" - CBC News: Sunday Night
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"The Pratt Brothers: Builders of Zion"
Stuart Heimdal

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

THE SILVER CHRIS:"Black Diamonds: Mountaintop
Removal & The Fight For Coalfield Justice"
Bullfrog Films
Catherine Pancake

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Some New Tricks With DNA"
Jack Micay

"Tigers Attack"
yap films / Pauline Duffy and Elliott Halpern
Roger Finnigan

BRONZEPLAQUE: "The Leading Edge: Innovation in BC
Knowledge Network"

"Reading The Book Of Life"
Jack Micay

"Light At The Edge Of The World"
90th Parallel Film & Television
Productions Ltd

"Water, Water"
4 Square Productions

"Gabon: Eden On The Edge"
National Geographic Television & Film,
Natural History Unit

"Valley Of The Wolves"
National Geographic Television & Film,
Natural History Unit

"Visions of Taiwan’s Mountains"
The Press Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago
Chiao Ku

"HOT TYPE: The Heat Is On"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBC News: "The National - The Big Thirst"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"The Nuclear Option" - CBC News: Sunday
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Heather Loughran and Carole MacNeil – coproducers

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Real Lost World"
Gryphon Productions LTD

"Clash Of The Caimans"
National Geographic Television & Film,
Natural History Unit

"Planet Carnivore: King Bear"
National Geographic Television & Film,
Natural History Unit

"Swim for the River"
Bullfrog Films
Tom Weidlinger

"Sap Sucking Hoppers" (The Secret World of Gardens, Episode 6)
Bullfrog Films
Susan Fleming

"Toxic Bust: Chemicals and Breast Cancer"
Bullfrog Films
Megan Siler

"Titanic’s Final Moments"
Rushmore DeNooyer
Kirk Wolfinger

"the fifth estate: The Denial Machine"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Land and Sea: Osprey"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"A Winter Day - Lake Mattamuskeet"
The Mattamuskeet Foundation Inc.
Blake Scott

SOCIAL ISSUES

THE SILVER CHRIS: "China Blue"
Bullfrog Films
Micha X. Peled

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "In Search of International Justice"
Bullfrog Films
Judy Jackson

"Rain in a Dry Land"
Bullfrog Films
Anne Makepeace

"SASA! A Film about Women, Violence, and HIV/AIDS"
Chanda Chevannes

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Orange Revolution"
Miriam Zimmerman and Steve York

"The Armenian Genocide"
Two Cats Production
Andrew Goldberg

"No Umbrella: Election Day in the City"
Bullfrog Films
Laura Paglin

"Granny D Goes to Washington"
Bullfrog Films
Alidra Solday

"Arid Lands"
Bullfrog Films
Josh Walleart

"We Feed the World"
Bullfrog Films
Erwin Wagenhofer

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Biologist, The Poet, &
The Funeral Director"
Harvey Edwards

"A Safer Sex Trade"
Cheap and Dirty Productions Inc.

"The Great Health Service Swindle"
(LIFE Series 5, Episode 5)
Bullfrog Films
Kim Hopkins

"Cash Flow Fever" (LIFE Series 5, Episode 10)
Bullfrog Films
James Heer

"Dreaming of Tibet"
Bullfrog Films
Will Parrinello

"Have I Got a Witness"
Benjamin Greene, Corwin Lamm, and Brooke Shuman

"Silences"
Octave Films

"Mississippi Cold Case"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"9/11 Toxic Legacy"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

STUDENT COMPETITION

SILVER PLAQUE: "The Sunday Man"
Danielle Shamash

BRONZE PLAQUE: "One in 2000"
Ajae Clearway

"The Old Son"
Jong Hwang

"Love You Mum"
David Ockenden

"Cancer Treatment"
Brian Wiebe

"A Kid’s Journey of Grief"
Break-an-Egg Productions
Taylor Leach

HONORABLE MENTION: "Go Barefoot"
Matthew Meindle

"Camp Bean, All Things Woodsey"
Michelle Banta Tessier

"Dr. Docatto’s Reprise!!!"
Algorithm Animation Studios
Benjamin W. Neidenthal

"Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night"
Overbite Pictures, LLC
Travis Irvine

"Truck Night at Yankee Lake"
John Jurko II

"This Is Bright"
Nicole Desender

"The Pratt Brothers: Builders of Zion"
Stuart Heimdal

WAR & PEACE

THE SILVER CHRIS: CNN Presents: "Combat Hospital"
CNN

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Homefront"
Ava Karvonen, Franco Dottor
Reel Girls Media

"War Zone Diary"
MSNBC

BRONZE PLAQUE: Anderson Cooper 360: "Dr. Sanjay
Gupta Reports from the Mideast"
CNN

CNN Presents: "In the Footsteps of Bin Laden"
CNN

"For God & Country: A Marine Sniper’s Story"
MSNBC

"The Secret History of 9/11"
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Crazy Eights"
90th Parallel Film & Television
Productions Ltd

"Felons in the Military"
CNN

Anderson Cooper 360 – "PTSD"
CNN