March 7, 2007 - The R.L. Winston Rod Company today announced the panel of judges for the first flyfishingmovies.com FILM FESTIVAL. The first film festival period has been extended to end June 30, 2007, with interim prizes to be awarded for the top films submitted before March 15. Entries can be easily uploaded on flyfishingmovies.com and the first 100 entries receive a Winston cap.
“It’s exciting to see that several high quality short flyfishing films have already been submitted – even before we’ve announced our jury and the prizes.” said Kevin Turman, the Festival Director. “We hope this becomes a forum for any angler, any amateur or professional filmmaker to share their excitement about flyfishing with anglers around the world. The Festival and prizes honor those who put time into celebrating the aspects of flyfishing we all love. This is a fun way for us to share our fishing stories…” - The Jury will initially consist of 3 judges all of whom have significant film and/or artistic knowledge coupled with a passion for flyfishing.
| , President of Production for Jerry Bruckheimer Films. He has been the Producer or Executive Producer for over 20 movies, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Remember the Titans, Black Hawk Down, National Treasure and Glory Road. Chad has been an avid flyfisherman for the past 30 years since age 12. |
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| , President of Film Finances, Inc., the leading independent film completion bond guarantor. Steve began flyfishing in western Montana over 25 years ago, having learned how to fish on the Beaverhead River in the 1970’s. |
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| , Artist, writer, musician, filmmaker. In addition to being an extraordinarily talented artist and passionate angler, James is a co-founder of World Trout and one of flyfishing’s best-known conservationists. |
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- For the first Festival period ending June 30, 2007.
A grand prize of $1,000 in Winston rods, accessories, etc. (of the winner’s choice) will be awarded to the best film overall.
A Winston graphite rod (of the winner’s choice) will be awarded to the top film in each of the freshwater and saltwater categories (two winners).
$100 in Winston accessories (of the winner’s choice) will be awarded to the best film in each of the freshwater and saltwater categories (two winners).
….when the Jury deems it appropriate, it will present a special award for the “best conservation film” submitted during a festival period.
…when the Jury deems it appropriate, it will present a special certificate of merit for a particularly noteworthy film submitted during a festival period.
For the interim festival period ending March 15, 2007. The jury will award $100 in Winston accessories (of the winner’s choice) to the best film in each of the freshwater and saltwater categories . Interim winners will remain eligible for all awards for the 1st festival period ending June 30, 2007.
flyfishingmovies.com is the world’s first website dedicated exclusively to broadcasting your fly fishing movies. Visitors can watch the movies, post their own movies and win prizes. Prizes will be awarded for movies submitted to flyfishingmovies.com Film Festival every 6 months.
The top films will be designated as “Festival Favorites” and will be posted to a special, honorary section of the site. Films submitted by employees and representatives of Winston and their immediate relatives are not eligible for awards/prizes, though they may submit films. Films submitted by the employees and owners of specialty fly shops, including fly shops which may be Winston dealers will be eligible for awards/prizes, though the Jury will afford them no special consideration.
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