FOCUS Digital 2020, makers & shakers Awards 2020 and makers magazine will be hitting your screens in December with a range of exciting online events and content hosted on one digital platform. It’s been a crazy year but we are determined to end 2020 with a virtual bang!
The celebration of British work from the last twelve months highlights the production companies, editors, VFX, audio-post and music companies that bring to life the full potential of a script. The awarded work will be highlighted in a session with the APA at FOCUS Digital 2020 on the 15-17 December.
The five finalists are competing to be named best European film location in a vote by the general public. The European Film Commissions Network has revealed the shortlist of locations in Slovakia, Italy, Germany, Lithuania and North Macedonia.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Last Black Man in San Francisco are motion picture winners at the 7th annual LMGI Awards. Perry Mason, Killing Eve, Little America and ZeroZeroZero won in the Television categories. Mask of the Zodiac was awarded outstanding locations in a commercial, and Toscana Film Commission were recognised for the support given to productions.
The seventh Annual LMGI Awards celebrates “2020 Vision: We See It First”. Veronique Vowell, who will join fellow honorees Spike Lee, Christopher McQuarrie, and Gary Sinise. The nominees have already been announced and the virtual awards ceremony will take place on October 24th at https://www.youtube.com/LMGI.
With an all-female jury, the winning entries show clients and interested parties which work resonates with the world’s most powerful consumers as studies show that women make up to 80% of all purchasing decisions globally. 147 entries made the shortlist, with ten entrants from the UK making the CUT.
In what was deemed an ‘exceptional year’ for the Young Directors Award by Jury Chairman Karim Bartoletti fifty awards were awarded during an online ceremony. The year was notable not only because of the impact of Covid-19 which shifted the awards online, but due to the quality of work entered which saw two entries crowned with the Special Jury Award.
The Location Guide is delighted to announce the first panel of judges for the makers & shakers Awards 2020, supported by EQUALS. Selecting the right mix of judges is absolutely vital so we have invited leading professionals, with the range of knowledge, expertise and skills to evaluate excellence in the industry, to join us: