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PRESS RELEASES
For immediate distribution - Wednesday, August 29th, 2001
2001 Awards of the 32nd Canadian Student Film & Video Festival
After deliberation, the members of the jury have decided to award the following films and video.
Norman McLaren Award for the Best Production ($1000. offered by the National Film Board of Canada):
"PAIN RELIEF" by Jean-Fran�ois Daigle (Concordia University, Montreal)
Kodak Canada Grand Prix for the Best New Canadian Director (value of $5,000. in products for his next production):
"FOUR" by Joseph Baron (York University, Toronto)
For its effective use of sound and images creating a strong visual world within a clear well-structured story.
Awards in the Fiction Category:
Best Fiction film:
"INSIGHT" by Michelle Porter (University of British Colombia, Vancouver)
For making the viewer an active participant in the film through the strong use of point of view and concluding with a poetic ending.
Best Fiction video:
"PAIN RELIEF" by Jean-Fran�ois Daigle (Concordia University, Montreal)
For its corky and unpredictable storyline and audacious use of different styles to convey a thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable film.
Awards in the Experimental category:
Best Experimental film:
"ROUGE SUR FOND BLANC" by Philippe Hamelin (University of Montreal)
For expressing a very strong feeling of loneliness through experimental means.
Best Experimental video:
"R.U.R. (ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS)" by Carmen Z. MacKinley (Concordia University, Montreal)
For a very provocative experience.
Special mention (Experimental Video category):
"INFINITY'S END" by Torrance Hurd (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver)
For creating a unique audio-visual world crafted with great style.
Awards in the Documentary category:
Best Documentary video:
"UNWANTED IMAGES: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA" by Monica Mak (McGill University, Montreal)
For making a film with an important subject matter and for poetically expressing modern horror and through its imagery showing how the horror has affected an entire community.
Special Mention (Documentary Video category):
"TO YOU, I SAY THIS" by Jill Baker (Humber College, Toronto)
For a personal approach to a universal theme.
Awards in the Animation category:
Best animation video:
"SHALETOWN" by Alexandra Myotte (Concordia University, Montreal)
For a well crafted animation film that created a unique and haunting world.
The members of the Jury were:
MARC BERTRAND, producer at the National Film Board of Canada
ANDREW CURRIE, film director from Vancouver
KIRSTEN WINTER, animation film director from Germany.
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