MEDIA CITY 18 AWARD WINNING FILMS

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Media City’s International Competition Jury announced the award-winning films from the 18th edition at the festival’s closing party on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Congratulations to the winners!

The winners are:

GRAND PRIZE

River Rites by Ben Russell (USA, video, 11.5 min, 2011)

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SECOND PRIZE

This Harmonic Condenser Enginium by Bruce McClure (USA, 2 x 16mm, 18 min, 2012)

THIRD PRIZE

differently, Molussia by Nicolas Rey (France, 16mm, 81 min, 2012)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

The Corridor by Sarah Vanagt (Belgium, video, 4 min, 2011)

CAESARS WINDSOR BEST LOCAL FILM AWARD

Contact by Gerald McKay (Pinckney, video, 4 min, 2011)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

It’s a Fine Day by Iain Maitland (Detroit, video, 3 min, 2012)

Vanishing Acts by Scott Northrup (Detroit, video, 6.5 min, 2012)

The Jury:

Maria Palacios Cruz (Spain / London, UK)

Norbert Pfaffenbichler (Vienna, Austria)

Jonathan Walley (Ohio, USA)

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MEDIA CITY 18 MEMBERSHIP DRAW

Congratulations to Karl Jirgens and Nathalie Roy, winners of the festival’s 2012 membership draw!

Congratulation Karl Jirgens, you’ve won a Caesars Windsor Getaway Package:

 
• Overnight stay at Caesars Windsor’s four-diamond hotel
• $100 Restaurant Certificate
• Two tickets to a concert of your choice in the Colosseum

 

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Congratulations Nathalie Roy, you’ve won the VIA Rail Corridor Prize:

• Includes two round-trip VIA Rail tickets to Toronto
 
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