Sunday 9pm | OCT. 19 CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS CELEBRATION PRESENTED BY BIG SOUL PRODUCTIONS Doors open at 9pm The Mod Club Theatre 722 College Street
Join us for the Closing Night Awards where winners of the 2009 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will be announced! Celebrate this year’s incredible talents with our hosts Jennifer Podemski, an award-winning, Gemini Award-nominated actress, co-founder of Big Soul Productions and founder of Redcloud Studios and Doug “Plex” Bedard, an MC, artist and the president of record and entertainment label New Leaf Entertainment. Doug “Plex” Bedard & Jennifer Podemski
Winners will be announced in the following categories: Canwest Mentorship Program
Best Short Documentary
2009 Mentoree Introduction by Susan Alexander (Mentor), Production Executive, Drama Content, Canwest Broadcasting
Presented by CBC News $1,000 cash award
Best Radio Drama Pitch Prize Presented by APTN Supported by William F. White $5,000 Development Deal with APTN and $2,500 voucher for services at William F. White
Presented by Astral Media Radio $1,000 cash award
Best New Media Presented by Vtape $1,000 cash award
Documentary Pitch Prize Presented by CBC Newsworld Supported by William F. White One-month use of CBC’s 3CCD 1080i HDV Camera and $2,500 voucher for services at William F. White
The Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent
Best Music Video
Best Indigenous Language Production Award
Presented by imagineNATIVE $500 cash award
Presented by the Canadian Television Fund $1,000 cash award
Best Experimental
Best Dramatic Feature
Presented by Images Festival $1,000 cash award
Presented by CTVglobemedia $1,500 cash award
Presented by Cynthia Lickers-Sage on behalf of Vtape $1,000 cash award
Best Canadian Short Drama Presented by Urban Rez Productions $1,000 cash award
Best Short Drama Presented by Big Soul Productions $1,000 cash award
The Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award Presented by Alanis Obomsawin on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada $1,500 cash award
Thank you to our jury members who have dedicated numerous hours to the selection of imagineNATIVE’s 2009 award winners, and congratulations to this year’s winners!
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