Business screen magazine (1959)

AWARD COMPETITIONS FOR BUSINESS FILMS AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Sponsored by the Educational Film Library Association April 20-23, I960 -V The li1()0 Anifiitiin Film Fostival. sponsored by the KdiU'iitional Film Library Association, representinjr school, university luici public library, and film libraries throujrhout the U.S. will be held on April 20-2:i at tlie lintel Tlarbizon I'laza. New York t'it.w CAT.-kGORIES : 32 major areas of education and information, art and culture, religion and ethics, business and industry, ;ind health and medicine will be offered for final judfrinp by screening groups during the Festival. Selections will have been made by pre-screening juries for final entries. .\WARDS: Blue Ribbon (certificate i Awards to be presented at banquet, Friday, .April 23. Kntries closed on January 20, liKiO. g' 18th ANNUAL SAFETY FILM CONTEST Sponsored by The National Committee on Films For Safety (Entries Close February, 1961) Eligible Films: All mntion pictures and sound slidefilms produced or released during 1960 whose primary objectives are safety or which have important accident prevention sequences. Categories: Motion pictures, theatrical and non-theatrical (16mm,i in each of four fields: L Occupational. 2. Home. 3. Traffic and transportation. 4. General. Sound slidefilms are judged separately. A\v.\RDS : Bronze Plaques will be awarded to top winners in each of the four fields and to top sound slidefilms. Award of Merit Certificates will be given to other films for special reasons of subject treatment, production excellence and or unusual contribution to safety. At the discretion of the judges, awards may be given separately for "Instruction-teaching" and for "Inspirational" purpose films. Presentation: Films winning the Bronze Plaque will be shown in October during the National Safety Congress and Exposition in Chicago, 111. Plaques will be presented at that time to representatives of sponsors of these films by the Committee's chairman. Certificate of Merit winners will receive their awards immediately after the final judging which is in April. All winners will be notified immediately after the final judging. Special Award: The David S. Beyer Award, sponsored by the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, is awarded annually in special recognition of the best theatrical production on highway traffic safety. Information on Awards Program: Write to William Englander, Secretary, National Committee on Films for Safety, 425 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL Illinois. g' National and International Events Judqing and Reviewing Visual Media EIGHTH ANNUAL AWARDS COMPETITION OF THE NATIONAL VISUAL PRESENTATION ASSOCIATION rV Sponsored by the National Visual Presentation Association, Inc., the Eighth Annual XVPA Awards for the "Best Visuals of 1960" will be judged on entries received prior to February 1, 1961. The deadline for awards entries for the "Best Visuals of 1959" was February 1. 1960. The 1959 competition was conducted on the following basis: Scope: Two days of talks and seminars on the use, planning and production of visuals in the many categories listed below. Many of the awards winners will be used during these discussions to illustrate outstanding use of visuals for presentation. Classifications: (li Motion Pictures; (2) Slide Films, Transparencies and Slides (excluding motion pictures!; (3) Graphics . . . including flip charts, brochures, flannel boards, binders, etc. Categories: In the 1959 Awards Competition, the number of categories was increased to include: I li Audiovisual Selling Tools . . . used by salesmen in a presentation to a customer or prospect to sell a product or service, i 2 i Public Relations . . . used to inform or influence a public audience; (3) Educational . . . designed for use in schools; (4) Employee Relations . . . designed to inform or influence employees of a company; (5) Employee training; (6) Sales Training; and i7) Point of Sales. Awards: First and second place w-inners in each category and classification. The awards are made at the Day of Visual Seminar and publicly announced and presented at a special luncheon on May 10th held jointly with the Sales Executive Club of New York. For Information: Write to M. E. Schack. National Visual Presentation Association. 19 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. or Dr. Harold Joseph Highland, Graphic Communications Center, 562 Croydon Road, Elniont. X. Y. FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AWARDS Sponsored by the Freedoms Foundation Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Closing Date for Entries: November, I960 Categories: Consideration is given to all films produced or released during 1960, which are aimed at building a better understanding of the American Way of Life. Awards: A distinguished jury of State Supreme Court jurists and other eminent citizens selects one film for the top award and approximately 10 others for the George Washington Honor Medal recognition. Awards will be announced at Valley Forge on February 22, 1961. To Nominate: Nomination forms are available from Freedoms Foundation, Inc., at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attn : Dr. Kenneth Wells or W. C. (Tom) Sawyer. jg THE TWELFTH ANNUAL SCHOLASTIC TEACHER FILM AND FILMSTRIP AWARDS Sponsored by Scholastic Teacher Magazine (Program and award dates to be announced) Entry Deadline: September I, I960 Board of Judges: Judges are drawn from a panel of 75 out.standing audio-visual education experts — teachers, city and state supervisors, and college teachers. They are nominated by judges on the panel and by Editors of Scholastic Teacher. For impartiality, their names are kept secret. Chairmnn: Mrs. Vera Falconer, Scholastic Teacher Film and Filmstrip Editor 66 West 87th Street, New York, N.Y. Eligible Films and Filmstrips: All films and filmstrips produced for school use (other than college! between Septemijer 1, 19.59 and September 1. 1960. Award and Categories: Certificates are awarded as follows: 10 for sponsored films for grades kindergarten through 12th; 7 for films for grades 3 to 7 ; 7 for films for grades 7 through 12: 7 for filmstrips for grades 3 to 7; 7 for filmstrips for grades 7 through 12. Films and filmstrips must be suitable for school use and fit into school curriculums for grades 3 through 12. Films produced originally for television have received awards in recent years. Entry Information: Write Mrs. Vera Falconer, Scholastic Teacher Film and Filmstrip Editor, 66 W. 87th St., New York, N.Y. Q EIGHTH ANNUAL COLUMBUS FILM FESTIVAL Sponsored by The Film Council of Greater Columbus Wednesday and Thursday May 4th and 5th, I960 The Fort Hayes Hotel Entries Closed: March, I960 Festival Categories Business & Industry: Job Training, Sales Promotion and Training. Industrial Relations. Public Relations and Industrial Safety. Travel: American and Foreign. Informational-Educaiional: Children's Films — Primary, Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High, Geography and History; Science: Miscellaneous; Films for Television; Conservation, Gardening, Home Improvement and Agriculture. Special Fields: (a) Health, Mental Health: (bl Religion; (c') Culture Arts: Fine Arts and Music Theatre Arts; (d) Feature Length Films. Entry: Film producers and sponsors were invited to enter any films they have produced during 1958. 1959 and 1960, provided the films have not been entered previously in the Columbus Film Festival. Entries must be accom.-^ panied by 3x5 cards (for preview committer? (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE 12) 1 0 T H ANNUAL P R O D U C T I O N R E \ I K W