Multimedia News Release - Winners of the 2004-2005 Boston Motion Picture Awards

Multimedia News Release - Winners of the 2004-2005 Boston Motion Picture Awards

BOSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Motion Picture Awards is pleased to announce the winners of the 2004-2005 competition. The BMPA short film competition, which has three rounds, recognizes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners, as well 7 Finalists and 10 Semifinalists. In Rounds 1 and 2, Aaron Howland and Seth Howland, the BMPA founders, select the Top 20 and Top 10 motion pictures. The Top 10 are then sent to the Round 3 Judges, who vote to determine the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners. In addition to receiving an award certificate, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners receive both a personalized trophy (adorned with the BMPA Seal of Excellence) and funding for future work.

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This year's Round 3 Judges were Sayed Badreya (The Insider, Shallow Hal, T for Terrorist), Hanelle Culpepper (A Single Rose), Hesham Issawi (Saving Egyptian Film Classics, T for Terrorist), and Todd Norwood (Jack Milton: Fairy Tale Detective).

The 2004-2005 winners are as follows: 1st Place: The Photo Written, Produced, and Directed by Hari Das

"Perhaps the brilliance of The Photo is that it is the portrait of an average day. After all, tragedy rarely announces itself before arrival. It usually comes swiftly and seemingly out of nowhere. In short, The Photo is a film that flawlessly captures how easy it is for a child to fall unwittingly into the traps of life that adults try constantly to shelter them from."

-- From a review of The Photo, by the BMPA Founders

2nd Place: Necrolog Written and Directed by Steven Addair Produced by Danielle Addair, Jim Hall

"Necrolog, a dramatic short by Steven Addair, relies as much upon cinematography as it does upon story-as much upon editing as it does upon acting. Necrolog is a complete motion picture that establishes a setting so tactile, and a mood so enveloping, that it could probably hold its own without actors. Lucky for us, though, Steven Addair included them.... With only a six- person crew by his side, and a Canon XL1 in his hands, Steven Addair put together a motion picture that works on every level."

-- From a review of Necrolog, by the BMPA Founders

3rd Place: Winter (En Hiver) Produced and Directed by Andy Collen Written by Amy Blumenstein-Collen and Andy Collen

"This pen-and-ink, animated tale subtly filters this winter morning through the eyes of its main character. Its touching, intimate story, without the inclusion of so much as one spoken word, is both a rarity in modern film and a much-needed reminder that filmmaking is first and foremost a visual medium."

-- From a review of Winter (En Hiver), by the BMPA Founders

For more information about the BMPA Winners, Finalists, and Semifinalists, as well as this year's BMPA Sponsors (including CustomFlix(TM), Creative Screenwriting, Macworld, and financial author Peter Bielagus) please visit: http://www.bostonawards.com/.

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CONTACT: Aaron Howland of Boston Motion Picture Awards, +1-781-942-2836, ext. 2

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