HOMEGROWN FILMS SWEEP THE AWARDS AT THE 2011 SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL

PICAROONS would like to congratulate all of the New Brunswick winners of this years Silver Wave Awards Show. There is some serious talent in this province, and we are so lucky to be surrounded by it all. We want to extend a huge thanks to the Silver Wave Film Fest for letting us be a part of this great Festival once again. We already can't wait for next year,

Cheers!

 

Check out the winners below: 

 

 

 

HOMEGROWN FILMS SWEEP THE AWARDS AT THE 2011 SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL  

On Nov. 6, the Annual Silver Wave Awards Show handed out major hardware to filmmakers from all over the world. The big winners ultimately were NB Filmmakers. For all of the nominations please check out: http://www.swfilmfest.com/Awards.html

 

BEST NB SHORT DRAMA

(Open to all short NB dramatic films/videos);

The Winner: Tony Merzetti for Bliss Carman: Divine Force of Nature

 

BEST NB SHORT COMEDY

(Open to all short NB comedic films/videos );

The Winner: D.J. Sweet for Thanksgiving Wishes

EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING IN A NB SHORT COMEDY

The Winner: Chris Fulton for Sing, Muse!

 

EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING IN A NB SHORT DRAMA

The Winner: Tony Merzetti for Bliss Carman: Divine Force of Nature

 

EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NB SHORT FILM

The Winner: Michel Guitard for Hold Fast

 

 EXCELLENCE IN ART DIRECTION IN A NB SHORT FILM

The Winner: Ryan O’Toole for That Cowboy Kid

 

 EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN IN A NB SHORT FILM

The Winner: Samuel Richard for Delivrance

 

 EXCELLENCE IN PICTURE EDITING IN A NB SHORT FILM

The Winner: Nathalie Rayne for Hold Fast

 

 EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION IN A NB SHORT FILM

The Winner: Joel Thompson for Boxface

 

 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A NB ACTRESS IN A SHORT COMEDY

The Winner: Bunthivy Nou in Thanksgiving Wishes

 

 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN NB ACTRESS IN A SHORT DRAMA

The Winner: Sam Kamras in That Cowboy Kid

 

 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A NB ACTOR IN A SHORT COMEDY

The Winner: John Mick in Oznaberg

 

 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A NB ACTOR IN A SHORT DRAMA

The Winner: Wally MacKinnon in The Confrontation

 

 MOST UNIQUE NB SHORT FILM

The Winner: Tim O’Neill for Snowflake

 

 BEST STUDENT SHORT

The Winner: Wild Canada by Pat Bonner, Naseem Yaqzan & Marsha Robertson

 

BEST YOUTH SHORT

The Winner: Kinder garden by 2011 NBFC Kids Film Camp and Childish Fears by Harry Palmer

 

BEST LOW‐BUDGET NB DOCUMENTARY (for Under $20,000) & Errol Williams

Filmmaker Award

The Winner: Greg Hemmings for Sistema Revolution

 

Recognition Award for a person, group or organization who has contributed

significantly to film and video in New Brunswick in a professional capacity;

The Winner: Greg Hemmings

 

Recognition Award for a person, group, or organization who has contributed

significantly to film and video in New Brunswick in a volunteer capacity.

The Winner: Britany Sparrow and Colin Smart

 

 BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Winner: Brendon Culliton for If I Should Fall and Rachel Bower for In The Same Boat

 

BEST CANADIAN SHORT

The Winner: Heather Young for A Night Out

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT

The Winner: Dawn Westlake for A.L.I.C.E.

 

 BEST HORROR SHORT/TRAILER

The Winner: Justin Gaudet for Resurrection

 

 BEST STUDENT FILM FROM AWAY

The Winner: Katerine Lefrancois for Le conte de l’orpheline

 

EXCELLENCE IN FIRST TIME FILMMAKING IN A NB SHORT COMEDY

The Winner: Danielle Anderson

 

EXCELLENCE IN MENTORSHIP IN A NB SHORT COMEDY

The Winner: Danny Thebeau and Donovan Richard, Red Leaf Productions

 

NEW BRUNSWICK JOY ($25,000)

$5,500 in equipment or facilities from the New Brunswick Filmmakers Co‐operative

$1,000 in cash from New Brunswick Filmmakers Co‐operative

$7,500 in post services from thepostman (Moncton)

$10,000 in rental services from PS Atlantic (Halifax)

$1,500 in film stock from Kodak Canada Inc.

Presented by the Linda Joy Media Arts Society and the New Brunswick Filmmakers

Co‐operative

The Winner: Britany Sparrow

 

JANE LEBLANC FILMMAKER AWARD ($1000.00 value)

(for first or second time Filmmakers)

• $200 in workshops/training from the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative (2011)

• $600 cash from Red Leaf Productions & The LeBlanc Family

• $100 (full membership for two years) from the New Brunswick Filmmakers’

Co-operative

• Workshopping of winning screenplay by AHA

(Actors Helping Actors) Members (Fred or Moncton)

Full Mentorship by Red Leaf Productions

Presented by Red Leaf Productions, New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative, The LeBlanc Family and donations from the public

The Winner: Allen Galloway

 

THE CBC/TELEFILM 3-2-1 AWARD ($30,000)

$10,000 cash from the CBC Maritimes

$5,000 cash and $15,000 in services from the New Brunswick Filmmakers’

Co-operative and Telefilm Canada. The Award will aid in the production of a New Brunswick short film, which will be broadcast on CBC Television.

The Winner: Jillian Acreman