The Antarctica Challenge
Filmmaker's BlogArchive for Film Festivals
Award Win in India
On October 30, 2009, in New Delhi, India, our film won the Best Picture Award in the Climate Change category of the Vatavaran Environmental & Wildlife Film Festival. Here’s what the jury said in handing out the award:
“For its rare images of the majesty and wonder of the frozen continent and the dangers its collapse poses to the world we live in.”
Do We Care?
Mark Terry to Speak at Planet in Focus Symposium
I am participating in a panel discussion called “Do We Care?” at the Planet in Focus Film Festival currently running in Toronto, Friday, October 23 at 3:30 PM at the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto. The panel is being moderated by Paul Lewis, President and GM of the Discovery Channel Canada and will include former head of documentaries for CTV and CBC, Bob Culbert, the director of Sharkwater, Rob Stewart and the Executive Producer of The Nature of Things, Michael Allder.
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Best Envrionmental Film Award
Mark Terry Accepts Award in Ireland
Beating out stiff competition from five excellent American documentaries, The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning won the Best Picture Award in the Environmental category of the International Film Festival Ireland competition held in Tipperary this week.
Jurors from Wales and England selected our film as the first ever winner in this cateogry. The Mayor of Tipperary was also on hand to congratulate me in this unique photo op. In my acceptance speech, all involved were thanked with particular reference made to the film’s dedicatee, Catherine Terry, my mother. It was pointed out that her family had come from “just down the road” in County Cork, a fact that seemed to please the crowd immensely.
International Polar Year Film Festival
The International Polar Year Film Festival
The Canadian Film Institute has invited The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning to participate in this year’s International Polar Year Film Festival to be held in Ottawa September 28 to 30, 2009.
Blue Planet Film Festival
Sept. 4-7 I’ll be in the Los Angeles area for the World Premiere screening of my film The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning at the Blue Planet Film Festival. This is a new environmental film festival that promises to be as much fun as it will be enlightening. If you’re in the LA area, check it out. See why the United Nations chose this special film to participate in the Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen.
Best Picture Nomination
The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning has been nominated for Best Picture in the Climate Change category of New Delhi’s Environmental & Wildlife Film Festival October 27 to 31. Read the rest here: http://cmsvatavaran.org/cmsvata/filmint7.aspx
