Innoversity Summit, (Toronto) October 24,
2006 – Two of Canada’s hottest
filmmakers, David ‘Sudz’ Sutherland and Jennifer Holness received the $5,000 FORscene Trailblazer Award at
the closing ceremonies of the Innoversity Summit today at the Toronto Marriott
Downtown Eaton Centre.
Sutherland
and Holness, partners in Hungry Eyes Film and
Television won for their project, Through
Our Eyes which introduced filmmaking to over 28 youth in grades 6, 7 and 8,
some of whom were in the “at risk” category. They worked with the youth over a
four month period to produce seven mobisode films.
“We are both excited and pleased to be
considered trailblazers in this area. Mobisodes
have taken us into new territories and it’s wonderful that Through Our Eyes allowed us to venture here. Working with the
wonderful kids from Jane and Finch made this project a joy. We plan to
continue this filmmaking initiative showing how kids from all walks of life and
neighbourhoods can become voices of the future,” said Holness
on accepting the award.
Sutherland and Holness
have been awarded $5,000 of usage on the revolutionary new web-based off-line
editing platform, FORscene, which allows users to
upload footage, log, review, assembly edit and publish frame-accurate footage
to the web, ipod or smart phone anywhere in the world.
UK-based Forbidden Technologies,
developers of FORscene, sponsored the $5,000 award through Toronto-based
Formidable Technologies Inc., its licensed distributor. They decided to launch the FORscene
Trailblazer Award in keeping with its own innovative, trailblazing technology
that provides a professional logging, editing and publishing suite that is
accessible over the internet. “It is
now possible to edit anywhere – anytime simply by having access to a high speed
internet connection,” said Stephen Streator creator of FORscene.
The FORscene Trailblazer Award is given to
a person or company in the film, television or broadcast industry who has
chartered new territory and has done it with integrity, vigor,
vision and for the good of the industry.
“We are pleased to give David Sutherland
and Jennifer Holness the FORscene Trailblazer Award
for their commitment to the industry and for having the heart and foresight to
initiate such a worthwhile endeavour and to follow-through with their time and
talent,” said Streater.
FORscene, which has been taking Europe and
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Source: "Dr. Peggy Geddes" drpeggygeddes@rogers.com
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