FOCAL ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST FOR 2015 FOOTAGE AWARDS

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Culled from a record-setting 265 submissions from 24 countries, FOCAL International announces the shortlist for its annual footage industry awards, celebrating achievement in the use of stock and archival footage across 17 production categories.

Tickets for the gala Awards ceremony, in association with AP Archive, on 21 May 2015, are now available.

London, UK - 10th March 2015

FOCAL International announced today the shortlist of nominations for the twelfth annual FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive. The Awards honour producers, filmmakers and other creative professionals who have used library footage in a documentary, feature film or any other form of production as well as those who preserve and restore our cultural heritage.

The FOCAL International Awards will be presented in association with AP Archive on the evening of May 21, 2015 at a glittering award ceremony hosted by television and radio presenter and former BBC Chief News Reporter, Kate Adie OBE at the Lancaster London Hotel. Tickets are available now.

FOCAL International received a record-setting 265 submissions from 24 countries for its 12th FOCAL International Awards.

"With so many amazingly good submissions, our 50 strong panel of international jurors have had the unenviable job of viewing then agonising over which titles to shortlist. Take the Best use of Footage in a History Production category, that jury had to whittle 43 submissions down to 3 finalists - it meant being downright brutal," said organiser Julie Lewis. "We owe them all - our jurors, submitters and sponsors - a great debt of gratitude for their time and support for the footage industry."

Now in its 12th year, the FOCAL International Awards is firmly established as one of the leading events on the international media awards circuit, as well a much-anticipated social occasion within the stock and archival footage community.

With Night Will Fall and Soul Boys of the Western World prominent amongst the titles, the Shortlisted Nominations represent the very best use of footage across multiple platforms and the highest skills and expertise in production, research and restoration in the world. They are as follows:

Best Use of Footage in a History Production

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Other titles which stood out in their respective categories were: German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (Restoration); All This Mayhem (Sport) ORBI: The Magic of Yellowstone Exhibition (Non TV Platforms) and the following all in the Best use of Footage in a History Production category: Apocalypse, World War I; Britain's Whale Hunters - The Untold Story; Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race; From Scotland with Love; How We Used to Live; Kate Adie's Women of World War I; Mysteries in the Archives: 1940 Eva Braun films Hitler; The Nazi Exiles; Will and Testament.

A full list of all 265 submissions, synopses, and credits can be viewed on the FOCAL International website now at http://www.focalint.org/focal-international-awards/2015/the-focal-international-awards-2015

The Lifetime Achievement Award, as already announced, will be presented to Raye Farr. http://www.focalint.org/industry-news/news/1893/holocaust-and-archive-expert-raye-farr-to-receive-focal-internationals-lifetime-achievement-award

The gala Awards evening on 21 May, at the London Lancaster Hotel, hosted by Kate Adie OBE, includes a drinks reception, three course meal and after party. Ticket prices start at �95.00 for INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS only or �115 for FOCAL International COMPANY MEMBERS and NON MEMBERS with tables of 10 available from �1100.00 (all prices are quoted ex-VAT). Full details of prices and booking information can be found at http://www.focalint.org/focal-international-awards

Those interested in sponsorship opportunities at the Awards ceremony contact Anne Johnson at FOCAL International, [email protected] or +44 (0)20 3178 3535.

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ABOUT FOCAL INTERNATIONAL
The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International is a professional not-for-profit trade association formed in 1985. It is fully established as one of the leading voices in the industry, with a membership of over 300 international companies and individuals. Its purpose is to facilitate the use of library footage, images, stills and audio in all forms of media production; promote its members - libraries selling content plus those whose serve the industry; provide a platform for members to promote themselves and their interests; encourage good practise in the research, licensing, copyright clearance and use of footage; support, promote and educate on the need to preserve and restore footage and content; act as an information resource for the footage and content industry; offer training in key skills and in the broader appreciation of the footage and content industry.

[email protected]
+44 (0)20 3178 3535

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FOCAL International

Julie Lewis & Anne Johnson
+44 (0)20 3178 3535

[email protected]
www.focalint.org