GSTA 2005 Award Winners

Written by: Giant Screen Theater Association
Date: October 31, 2005

September 30, 2005, St. Louis, MO -- The Giant Screen Theater Association (GSTA) held its final conference in Boston, MA, USA. September 19-23 with more than 500 delegates from 27 countries in attendance, and hosted an awards gala on the last night to pay tribute to filmmakers and marketers in the industry. The GSTA and the Large Format Cinema Association (LFCA) will unify and emerge as a new organization on January 1, 2006. Held at the Boston Park Plaza Imperial Ballroom association members who had voted earlier this year learned of their choices.

Here are the outcomes of the membership voting.

Best Film produced exclusively for Giant Screen Theaters
Forces of Nature: Natural Disasters
Graphic Films
National Geographic

Best Film produced non-exclusively for Giant Screen Theaters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros.

Best Soundtrack
Mystery of the Nile
MacGillivray Freeman Films

Best Cinematography
Mystery of the Nile
MacGillivray Freeman Films

Best Film for Learning
Forces of Nature: Natural Disasters
National Geographic
Graphic Films, Inc.

Special Achievement in Film
Greg MacGillivray and Jordi Llompart
Mystery of the Nile

Best Distributors Marketing Campaign was awarded to both IMAX and Warner Bros. for The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience; and to MacGillivray Freeman Films for Mystery of the Nile

Best Film Launch by a Theater was awarded to The Ontario Science Centre for their launch of Forces of Nature: Natural Disasters

Big Idea
Celebration Cinema Grand Rapids for The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience
Gateway Durban, South Africa for Straight Up!: Helicopters in Action