CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ACME Launches The 2nd Annual MINDY Awards!

For Immediate Release
February 1, 2006
Contact: Sara Voorhees
movimama@swcp.com

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ACME Launches The 2nd Annual MINDY Awards!

As the MPAA rallies for Oscar nominations, so ACME rallies for nominations to recognize and celebrate deserving Independent Media with the MINDY.

Please help us by nominating what you believe to be the best examples of excellence in the following categories:

Film
Video
Radio
Television
Flash Animation
Print
Blogs
Web Snack: internet short film

To receive a MINDY, all independent media must meet the following criteria.

Mindy Award winners:

ARE FUNDED through independent means, with no direct support from transnational media conglomerates.

ARE ARTISTICALLY INTERESTING, unique or provocative.

PROMOTE CRITICAL THINKING about our media culture and its relationship with society as a whole.

ADDRESS the positive/negative societal effects (social, economic, cultural, geo-political, psychological, spiritual, environmental) of media consumption.

EXPLORE the structural and societal implications of creating, financing, and distributing independent works.

CHALLENGE the current corporately-owned Big Media status quo in a specific, documented, and fearless manner.

NOMINATION BALLOTS

Please nominate independent media that you have seen, heard, or read during calendar year 2005. You may nominate as many as three works in each category, or just nominate works in categories with which you are most familiar.

Excellence in Independent Film

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Excellence in Independent Video

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Excellence in Independent Radio

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Excellence in Television (Cable and network)

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Excellence in Flash Animation

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Excellence in Print

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Excellent Blogs

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Excellence in Web Snacking (30-60 second Internet Short Film)

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Please send your completed ballots by Friday, February 24 to ACME Board member Sara Voorhees at movimama@swcp.com

Final voting will take place between February 21 and February 25, with ACME's 2nd Annual MINDY Awards to be released in time for Oscar night.

Mindy Award winners' work will be promoted through ACME's web site!

No bling.

No combo-limo-SUVs.

Just the best in Media Independence.

VOTE NOW, and send your ballot to movimama@swcp.com