Wednesday, December 2, 2009

NFB Awarded For Digital Media Excellence...


The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was honoured with two awards at the Canadian New Media Awards December 1, a nextMedia event recognizing accomplishments of individuals and companies in the Canadian digital media industry and TorontoFilm.Net was there.

The NFB also won the 2009 Applied Arts Magazine Interactive Award.


For 'Best Cross-Platform Project', recognizing excellence in interactive enhancement of a television property on digital platforms, the award was given to the NFB's "Waterlife Interactive", a story about the last great supply of fresh drinking water on earth, directly affecting over 350 million people.

"Waterlife Interactive" is produced by the NFB, designed by Jam3Media and inspired by the doc "Waterlife" by Kevin McMahon, a coproduction with Primitive Entertainment and the NFB.

For 'Best Online Video Portal' that distributes video content via the Internet or mobile, the winner was the "National Film Board of Canada: Online Screening Room" providing Canadians with free viewing of over 1,300 productions from the NFB’s archive collection.

The 'Applied Arts Magazine Interactive Award' was awarded to the NFB's "GDP", a year-long participatory interactive Web bilingual doc produced by the NFB, under the direction of documentarian Hélène Choquette, eight field directors and eight photographers based in various locations. Over 250 short docs and photo-essays, combine to create a mosaic of how Canadians experience the economic crisis...

Canadian New Media Awards: The Winners...

The Canadian New Media Awards (CNMAs), Canada's only nationwide competition celebrating the country's best digital media companies, announced this year’s winners at a gala ceremony at the Toronto Design Exchange and TorontoFilm.Net was there.

In its ninth consecutive year, the CNMAs spotlight the local interactive media industry in categories including 'Best Mobile Marketing', 'Best Use of Social Media' and 'Best Web-based Game'.

New categories introduced this year include 'Best Online Video Portal', 'Best Mobile Application' and 'Brand of the Year'.

"We were extremely impressed with this year’s award nominees and their work truly represented some of the country’s best new media strategies," said Mark Greenspan, Executive Producer, nextMEDIA.

"As Canada’s only nationwide new media competition of its kind, we’re proud of the achievements this country’s innovators offer."


The gala celebration was hosted by comedian Seán Cullen, with more than 200 industry leaders in attendance.

Award winners included Cyberplex Inc. as 'Best Company of the Year', BBDO/Proximity Canada for "Doritos" as 'Best Brand of the Year' and Syncapse Corp. as 'Most Promising New Company of the Year'.

Here is the list of all the winners...

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