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What is CINE? What does it do?
The Competition and CINE Golden Eagle Award
Competitive Awards
Monetary and In-Kind Awards
CINE Honorary Awards
Sponsors
The Organization
Contact Information
Press Releases
CINE Fact Sheet
CINE’s Mission
What is CINE? What does it do?
Renowned for the Golden Eagles it awards for excellence in the production
of film, television, video and new media, CINE celebrated its first half-century
in 2007. Founded in 1957 by a consortium representing business, education,
and government to depict American life and thought realistically for a
global audience, CINE continues to recognize and foster the highest quality
of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual competitions.
Along with these competitions, CINE offers development workshops for established
film and video professionals and students.
The Competition and CINE Golden Eagle Award
The CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competitions, held
each Spring and Fall, involve hundreds of volunteer media and
content specialists who judge entries in several moving-image
genres. Over the years, the judging procedure has evolved into
an efficient multi-stage jury process to determine which productions
are deserving of the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Award.
The CINE Golden Eagle Award acknowledges high quality production in a variety
of content categories for professional, independent and student filmmakers.
Each year, hundreds of jurors judge nearly 1,000 entries in 27 categories.
The names and descriptions of the productions receiving awards can be found
by visiting the winners’ page of this website.
CINE has a remarkable track record for rewarding excellence, particularly
among new and emerging filmmakers. Many prominent members of the film and
television industry have received the CINE Golden Eagle Award, and for
some — such as Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg — it was their first major
award. Ron Howard was a teenager, Robert Zemeckis a college student, and
Mike Nichols a young comic when each won his Golden Eagle, and hundreds
of other distinguished filmmakers, producers and journalists have since
followed in their footsteps, some in CINE’s early years (Mel Brooks, 1963)
and others in the present day (Martin Scorsese, 2006). For members of the
film and television industry, the CINE Golden Eagle Award is an acknowledgment
of excellence and validation by their peers.
Eligible productions receiving a CINE Golden Eagle Award may be selected
for overseas competitions, and CINE can assist producers and sponsors entering
their productions in international film events worldwide.
Competitive
Awards
The Special Jury Awards, The
Masters Series Awards and The Award of Excellence
The CINE Special Jury Award is given annually to the best
film in each of CINE’s 27 categories. All of the Special Jury
Award winners become eligible for the CINE Masters Series Awards
(for Professional Broadcast, Non-Broadcast and Independent
winners) and the CINE Award of Excellence (for the Student
Division). These awards recognize the "best of the best" and
are presented at the CINE Golden Eagle Awards Event, held annually
in Washington, D.C.
Monetary
and In-Kind Awards
At CINE’s 2008 Awards Ceremony, the 2007 and 2008 winners of the
CINE Award of Excellence for the Student Division received the new Chubb/CINE
Student Scholarship, which included a monetary award and a rights clearance
grant from the Chubb Group of Insurers. These student winners also received
a film stock grant from Kodak. The 2007 and 2008 Masters Award winners
in the Independent Division received a generous post-production grant from
CINE’s long-time sponsor, Henninger Media Services.
CINE Honorary Awards
The CINE Lifetime Achievement Award expresses recognition
and gratitude to the pinnacle leaders in the world of film and
video whose lifetime contribution and great service are continuing
to leave a profound impact on our culture. Recent honorees have
included Edward James Olmos, Ted Turner, Sheila Nevins, Sharon
Percy Rockefeller, Roger Ebert and Albert Maysles.
The CINE Leadership Award honors a distinguished person in the film and
video industry who has advanced or enhanced the quality of the media through
outstanding leadership. Recent honorees have included John Hendricks, Tim
Kelly, Pat Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Ken Burns, Stanley Nelson and Bonnie
Hammer.
In addition, CINE presents the Trailblazer Award for unique achievements
within the industry. Past recipients include 2008 honoree Gwen Ifill, Tom
and Dick Smothers, D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, and Alan and Susan
Raymond.
Sponsors
CINE has always been fortunate to partner with organizations that
value CINE’s mission of serving emerging and established film, video and
new media professionals. We are extremely grateful for the generous support
of our current sponsors: History, Henninger Media Services, the Chubb Group
of Insurance Companies, Discovery Communications, CNN and Kodak.
The Organization
A national Board of Directors comprised of over 20 representatives
from the media industry oversees the business of CINE. We have
representatives from major networks, as well as a number of distinguished
independent producers, consultants and media attorneys. Our current
president is Donald Thoms, Vice President of Talent Development
for Discovery Communications. Wendy Revel is the Executive Director
of CINE, and Betsy Walters is the Director of Competitions.
Contact Information
1112
16th Street, NW, Suite 510
Washington, D. C. 20036
Phone: 202-785-1136
Fax: 202-785-4114
info@cine.org
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