2003 GSTA Film and MAC Award Winners

Written by: BMZ Staff
Date: September 2003

BEST FILM CATEGORY

WINNER
Coral Reef Adventure (2003/MFF)

OTHER NOMINEES
Bugs (2003/ SK)
The Human Body (2001/NWAVE)
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002/SMM)
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (2002/GSF)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY CATEGORY

WINNER
Bugs (2003/ SK)

OTHER NOMINEES
Coral Reef Adventure (2003/MFF)
The Human Body (2001/NWAVE)
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002/DC)
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (2002/GSF)

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BEST SOUND CATEGORY

WINNER
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (2002/GSF)

OTHER NOMINEES
Coral Reef Adventure (2003/MFF)
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002/SMM)
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002/DC)
Space Station (2002/IMAX)
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action (2002/SK)

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LIFELONG LEARNING CATEGORY

WINNER
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002/SMM)

OTHER NOMINEES
Bugs (2003/SK)
Coral Reef Adventure (2003/MFF)
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002/DC)
Space Station (2002/IMAX)

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GSTA 2003 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

WINNER
Peter Parks, Image Quest 3D for "Bugs!" (2003/SK)

OTHER NOMINEES
Greg MacGillivray for "Top Speed" (2003/MFF)
Mike Slee for "Bugs" (2003/SK)
Michael McDonough for "Texas: The Big Picture" (2003/TSHM) and "Lewis & Clark" (2002/DC)
Howard Hall for "Coral Reef Adventure" (2003/MFF)

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GSTA 2003 MAC AWARDS

Best Film Launch by a Giant Screen Theatre

WINNER
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002/SMM) - Science North, Sudbury (ON)

OTHER NOMINEES
Adrenaline Rush (2002/GSF) - IMAX Old Port of Montreal, Montreal (QC)
Bears (2001/PRIM/NWF) - St.-Louis Science Center, St.-Louis (MO)
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (2002/GSF) - Boston Museum of Science, Boston (MA)
Santa vs. the Snowman (2002/IMAX) - NG IMAX Theatre, Victoria (BC)
Space Station (2002/IMAX) - Moody Gardens, Galveston (TX)
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998/IMAX) - NG IMAX Theatre, Victoria (BC)

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Best Marketing Film by a Distributor

WINNER
SK Films for "Bugs!" (2003)

OTHER NOMINEES
MacGillivray Freeman Films for "Coral Reef Adventure" (2003)
MacGillivray Freeman Films for "Top Speed" (2003)
IMAX Corporation for "Santa vs. the Snowman" (2002)