Hollywood, Calif. - The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the Call for Entries for the 6th Annual HPA Awards, which will be presented at a gala event at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on November 10, 2011.
The HPA Awards invite entries in the following competitive categories:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process-Feature Film
Outstanding Color Grading-Television
Outstanding Color Grading-Commercial
Outstanding Editing-Feature Film
Outstanding Editing-Television
Outstanding Editing-Commercial
Outstanding Sound-Feature Film
Outstanding Sound-Television
Outstanding Sound-Commercial
Outstanding Compositing-Feature Film
Outstanding Compositing-Television
Outstanding Compositing-Commercial
Engineering Excellence
The period of eligibility is September 8, 2010 through September 6, 2011 and eligible work may have debuted domestically or internationally during this period. Entrants need not be members of the Hollywood Post Alliance or working in the U.S. to submit work for consideration. A list of last year's winners can be found by visiting www.hpaawards.net.
Nominees and winners are selected by judging panels that are drawn from professionals in production and postproduction. Entries for the Engineering Excellence Award will be invited to present at a special HPA judging event that will be open to the post community. A Call for Judges will be announced soon. Nominees will be announced in the fall.
Complete rules, guidelines and entry information are available at: www.hpaawards.net. Submissions for the creative categories will be accepted May 16, 2011 through July 29, 2011. Submissions for the Engineering Excellence Award will be accepted May 16, 2011 through July 1, 2011. Early Bird Entry (reduced fee for the creative categories) applies until July 1, 2011.