Registration/Forms It's Crown Awards time again - time for you to take advantage of this valuable asset to your membership in ICVM. The Crown Awards are designed to recognize excellence in production and content of films and videos that are created to reflect Christian values in a secular world. The following file contains information you will need to submit your film(s) to the Crown Awards: Registration Form (Send this form in along with your film - one form per film, please). (To save a file to your computer, please follow these instructions: - Right-click on the file. - Select Save Target As or Save As - Choose a directory on your computer and click Save or Ok) Nominations Your company must be a 2009 member of ICVM in order to submit an entry. It is the producer's responsibility to nominate his or her own project, regardless of who is the distributor. Thus, a distributor who did not actually make the product cannot nominate a production. (This will avoid confusion over names, categories and other matters that are best left in the hands of the filmmakers themselves.) The exceptions to this rule are distributors who have either an exclusive deal on a particular film for the church market or invested more than 50% of ones budget. Eligibility Any member producer can nominate a film that has recently been officially released to the church. This includes producers all over the world who are working in the visual media in any way. A project can be nominated for any of the applicable categories. Deadline Submissions must be shipped no later than APRIL 1, 2009! No exceptions. Send your entries to the following address: Paul Marks ICVM Crown Awards c/o YFC/USA 7670 S Vaughn Ct. Englewood CO 80112 Submissions: FORMATS: Six (6) DVD (all region or North America) copies of the title. In addition, we are requesting one copy of a 1 minute clip for each category nominated for a given title. If that is not possible, please be sure that at least one DVD is NOT copy protected and marked as such. We need to pull clips for the winning entries and if they are copy-protected, we cannot do it. Please let us know if you require DVDs to be returned to you after viewing is completed. Important Note About Submissions: Be sure to carefully review the qualifications for each category before you submit your production for that category. Some categories have special requirements that must be met to qualify for nomination in that category. NOTE about BEST SERIES Category: When a title is nominated for Best Series, only one tape from the series need be sent. This tape should be the one that you feel best exemplifies the content of the series. Fees A completed application form (one per title) must be submitted clearly showing each category applied for, along with a check in the amount of $75 for each TITLE submitted. Make checks payable to ICVM. Judging/Voting The nominations will be submitted to a panel of 5 professionals chosen by the Awards Committee. The panel decides the top three finalists in each category and their decisions will be announced as soon as the results are in. If there are not enough qualified films in a particular category, the committee reserves the right to hold it over to the following year pending more entries. The winners are determined by a combined vote of the Jurists and ICVM members. The voting will be done on a scale of 1 to 10 in each of the categories shown on the nomination form. Producers who have a title nominated for a given category may not vote for that category. (You are encouraged to vote for all other categories, however.) Absentee voting is allowed, providing one has seen all the productions in each category in which they are voting. A portion of the top three finalists in each category will be shown all day on the first day of the conference. Members will have the opportunity at that time to both view the films and vote on the categories. The entire first day is set aside for viewing, so it is a great time to catch up on the year's best new films. If you are unable to attend early to watch all of the finalists, we will make a room available where you can see any titles you may have missed. Final Notes DON'T FORGET to update the Christian Movie Database with your newest films. Go to www.christianmoviedatabase.com and follow the simple instructions. Contact Rick Garside (sidebyside@aol.com or 626-369-3630) if you have any questions about it. Remember – churches and customers are far more likely to use this resource and buy your products if the web site stays CURRENT and updated. If you have any questions, feel free to call Paul Marks at the ICVM administration office at 303-694-4286 or Rick Garside at 626-369-3630. You may also email your questions to paul.marks@icvm.com. Sincerely, Rick Garside & the Awards Committee