2009 KIDS FIRST! Best Nominees

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INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 0-2

 

Cuddlies: Where is Everyone

Baby TV Channel

Emma's Theatre: France

Baby TV Channel

Mr. Snail: Butterfly

Baby TV Channel

 

 

SHORT Shorts AGES 2-5

 

Art

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Boy Who Cried Wolf, The

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Knuffle Bunny Too

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Firefly and the Stars, The

Lightbug Productions

 

 

SHORTS, AGES 2-5

 

Adventures of Walker and Ping Ping: The Chinese Market

Little Emperor LLC

Bali - My New Friend Mateo

Planet Nemo

Global Wonders Around the world

Global Wonders

Magic Woods, The: The Monarch Butterfly

The Magic Woods Inc.

 

 

SERIES, AGES 2-5

 

My Friend Rabbit

Qubo

Pahappahooey Island

Anchor Bay Entertainment/?

Sesame Street

Sesame Workshop

Stuart Little

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/?

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Anchor Bay Entertainment/Bob Boyle

 

 

Feature Film, ages 2-5

 

Elmo's Christmas Countdown

Genius Products/Sesame Workshop

 

 

INDEPENDENT SHORT SHORTS, AGES 5-8

Billy the Squid

Artisans PR/Dan Holguin

Crocs, Pots and Wildebeests

At Last Interactive

Once Upon a Tide

Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

Plastic Perils of the Pacific, The

Brandon Strathmann

Sometimes I'm Sad

Gasoline Productions

 

 

INDEPENDENT SHORT, Animated, AGES 5-8

Little Soul And The Sun

Wakingup Media

Lokum: The Turkish Delight

Compugraf

Tomboy

Coyle Productions Inc.

Wormhead

Koolkidz Television

Zap Squad And the Sands of Time

Digital Tap LLC

 

 

INDEPENDENT SHORT, Live Action, AGES 5-8

Alex's Halloween

Daniel Persitz

Heart Full of Love

A Heart Full of Love LLC.

Magic Ball, The

Serena Kinchla

Tooth Fairy

Craig Addison

 

 

SHORT, AGES 5-8

 

Ish

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Otto Runs for President

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Very Brave Witch, A

Weston Woods/Scholastic

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Wild About Books

Weston Woods/Scholastic

 

 

SERIES, AGES 5-8

 

3-2-1 Penguins!

Qubo

Holly Hobbie

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Jacob Two Two

Qubo

Turbo Dogs

Qubo

Wordgirl

SCHOLASTIC ENTERTAINMENT

 

 

Music Video, Ages 5-8

 

Gustafer Yellowgold's Have You Never Been Yellow

Apple Eye Productions

Trout Fishing in America: My Best Day

Arkansas Educational TV

 

 

independent feature, ages 5-8

 

Heidi 4 Paws: A Furry Tale

4 Paws Entertainment

Hidden Treasure of Wompkee Wood

Wompkee Movies, LLC

No-Sit List

Society Entertainment

Veggie Tales: Abe and the Amazing Promise

Big Idea Productions

 

 

FEATURE FILM, AGES 5-8

 

Barbie and the Diamond Castle

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Barbie and the Three Musketeers

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Barbie in a Christmas Carol

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Barbie Presents: Thumbelina

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Blue Elephant, the

Genius Products

 

 

INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 5-12

 

Adam Avenger

Canadian Film Centre

BookBox Stories From Around the World

Master Communications

Goin' Up

Flexitoon

Mouse Bride, The

Pan Asian Publications

Pudge

Canadian Film Centre

 

 

Educational SHORT, AGES 5-12

 

Bugworld

Al Waller

Captain Jon Adventure - Sharks: Knights Of The Sea

Status Productions

Really Big Field Trip - Turkey

Max Films

Riddle In The Bottle, The

Sisbro Studios, Llc

What Makes A Fish A Fish

Dive into your Imagination

 

 

SHORT, AGES 5-12

 

Goosebumps: The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Grandfather's Journey

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story of the Underground Railroad

Hiawatha

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy

Anchor Bay Entertainment

 

 

INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 5-12

 

Click Clack Jack

Studio 26 Productions Inc.

Etienne

Giacun Caduff

Lilly's Light

Lilly's Light Productions, LLC

Stars in the Estuary, the

Isla Films

Velveteen Rabbit

Anchor Bay Entertainment/Feature Films

 

 

FEATURE Animated FILM, AGES 5-12

 

Dragon Hunters (Chasseurs de Dragons)

Peace Arch Home Entertainment

Igor

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Swan Princess 2

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Tugger: The Jeep 4 X 4 Who Wanted To Fly

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Unstable Fables: Goldilocks

Genius Products/ Henson

 

 

FEATURE Live Action  FILM, AGES 5-12

 

Beethoven's Big Break

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

City Of Ember

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Gooby

monterey media

Meet Dave

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

 

 

Educational SHORT, AGES 8-12

 

Dig Into History With California Jones: Gold Rush

Royal Highway Productions

Frog, Chemical, Water, You

Jennifer Grace

March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed The World

Weston Woods/Scholastic

Medieval Times In China And Beyond

Teaching For Thinking, Inc.

Professor Crunch And The Daffies

Ives Street Entertainment

Smalltalk Diaries

Ammonite Ltd

 

 

Asphalt Avengers

River Edge Productions

Folktales From Around The World: Yoshi, The Lantern Maker

Colman Communications Corp

Fridge (Lednice), The

Punk Films

Happy Duckling, The

Gili  Dolev

Legend Of Ol' Goldie

Matthew Snyman

 

 

INDEPENDENT Live Action SHORT SHORTS, AGES 8-12

ALBA/Dawn

Giorgia Farina

Free to Good Home

William Donaruma

Garage Sale, The

Thin Soapy Films

I.F.

Golden Zah Productiona

Ruben's Cube

Dianne Janes

 

 

INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 8-12

 

Adina's Deck: The Case Of The Plagiarized Paper

DMH Productions

Bronx Balletomane, The

Andrew Kriss/Jeremy Joffee

Calendar Confloption

Brice Parker

Girl Who Cried Flowers, The

Auryn

Milagros

Alberto Mares

 

 

Music Video, AGES 8-12

 

Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live

Round River Records

 

 

FEATURE FILM, AGES 8-12

 

Delgo

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Dr. Dolittle: MIllion Dollar Mutts

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Elephant Tales (MGM)

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Luna: Spirit of the Whale

Peach Arch

Roxy Hunter: Myth of the Mermaid

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

 

 

INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 8-12

 

All Roads Lead Home

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Finn On The Fly

Amaze Film and Television

IMAGINARY SUMMER

SPINKY FILMS

Mahek

Children's Film Society, India

UPLOADING TO ANGELS

Command Z films

 

 

INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 12-18

 

How to Be Popular

John Dilley

Joe Limbo's Portal

Met Films

La Lune

Kyung Hee Shon

Life's Journey

James Bowman

Pool

Sharon Louden

Ridin' the Rails to Reno

Flexitoon

Watermelon Man

Clara Bellar

 

 

FEATURE FILM, AGES 12-18

 

Legally Blondes

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Love Takes Wing

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

 

 

INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 12-18

 

Imagine A School…Summerhill

Reflections Media.

Jahmol's Vision For Youth Peace

Tony Bennis

Pollen Nation

Singeli Agnew and Joshua Fisher

Sticks & Stones

Dream Street

 

 

Special award for Peter G.

 

Thump it! Stomp it! And his previous films

Peter Gundling

 

 

STUDENT PRODUCTION, MIDDLE SCHOOL

IN SEARCH OF CAPTAIN KIDD

Caleb Baechtold

Murder at the Pharaoh's Grave

Ben Kadie

Sod Hagibor

B-Tv Lora Batchelor Middle School

Transatlantique

Lucas Foster

Truth and Dare

Orange Studio

 

 

STUDENT PRODUCTION, HIGH SCHOOL

 

Conflict In The Middle Table

Ben Michael Diamont

Thicker Than Water

Reel Grrls

Thoughts In A Hijab

Reel Grrls

To The Brink

Amanda Eakin

Untouchable

Jack Hestin And Justin Levine

 

 

STUDENT Animation  PRODUCTION, COLLEGE

Beatless Nick

Kelly Morrison

Early Nineties, The

Chang-Pei Wu

One Seed

Zachary Ruef

Out of Your Shell

Trisha Hartnett

WALKING WITH GRANDPA

Holly Thorstad

 

 

STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE

 

Drama Kids, The

Danny Diaz

Jukebox Saturday Night

Daniel And Sophia Feldman

My Homework Ate My Dog

Crystal Page

Mystery Badge

Regent University/Jay Black

Plain And Simple

Eye Spy Productions

STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL

Gaining Ground

Marc Brummand

Galactic Girls

Claudia Vasquez Ramirez

Jigsaw Girl

Trinni Franke

Problem With Pets, The

Catriona Craig

What Georgia Doesn't Know

Katelnd Griffin

 

 

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 2-5

 

Elliot Moose: The Windy Creature

Katarzyna Kochany

 

 

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 5-8

 

Kheng Kheng Crocodile

Donna Lisa

Lila Lymphocyte Saves the Day

Dana Wax

Space Race

R. Schweiger/J. Cohen

 

 

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 8-12

 

AilemA

Cecilia Frugiuele

First Dog (2nd version)

Bryan Stoller

George the Dragonslayer

Heather Resatz

Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold

Irin Evers

Magical Kingdom of Naga as Envisioned by the Princess Lena

Tanya Klein

Saardu: The Adventure Begins

Carma Dillon

The McNight Corporation

Deirdre O'Connor

 

 

SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 12-18

 

Diligent Bugs of Kook Bog

Tony Mullen

Futureball (2nd version)

Richard Guimond

Ghost Sonata: The Winged Bridge

Jamie Read

Hickory Horse, The

Vicki Bartholomew

Hunatics Club, The

Jennifer Martin

Joe: The Greatest Story Never Told

Michael Kehoe

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