2021 FOCAL International Awards Production Category Nominees Announced
We are please to announce the Shortlisted Nominees for the Production Categories.
The 2021 competition received a wide variety of submissions making it an undeniably rich and diverse contest, a challenge but rewarding deliberation process for our dedicated jurors across the globe; a testament to the continuing and growing power of archival storytelling.
Information for each category with full production details can be found by selecting the Category Title from the list below.
Best Use of Footage in an Arts & Entertainment Production:
Disclosure - Disclosure Film in association with Field of Vision and Bow & Arrow Entertainment for Netflix
To the Moon - Inland Films
Kubrick by Kubrick - Temps Noir, Telemark
Best Use of Footage in Advertising or Branded Content:
Nike 'You Can't Stop Us' - STALKR LTD
Athleta 'Women Run It All' - STALKR LTD
Spike Lee x Montblanc 'What Moves You, Makes You' - The Director's Studio, Wieden and Kennedy Amsterdam, Smuggler
Playstation 'Explorers' - The Director Studio, Adam and Eve, Somesuch
Bumble 'First Moves Forever' - STALKR LTD
Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature:
MLK/FBI - Field Of Vision, Play Action Pictures, Cinetic
Crip Camp - A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke Production in association with Little Punk, JustFilms, Ford Foundation for Netflix
Finding Jack Charlton - Noah Media Group
Ronnie's - Orofena Films, Goldfinch Entertainment
To the Moon - Inland Films
Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production:
Un pays qui se tient sage, 'THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE' - Le Bureau – Jour2fête
American Murder: The Family Next Door - Knickerbockerglory
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty - 72 Films
Spaceship Earth - RadicalMedia
Room 2806 - The Accusation - Le Chaînon Manquant for CAPA Presse
Best Use of Footage in a History Feature:
Crip Camp - A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke Production in association with Little Punk, JustFilms, Ford Foundation for Netflix
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President - Not Just Peanuts LLC, Thunder Moccasin Pictures
MLK/FBI - Feild Of Vision, Play Action Pictures, Cinetic
Vie et Destin du Livre Noir, la destruction des juifs d'URSS (The Black Book) - Les Films du Poisson
Best Use of Footage in a History Production:
Gulag the Story - Kuiv productions
Once Upon a Time in Iraq - KEO films
Baci Rubati (Stolen Kisses) - Istituto Luce Cinecittà
We At War - Private films from Hitler's Germany - History Media GmbH
Best Use of Footage in a Music Production:
Long Hot Summers: The Story of the Style Council - Channel X and Mono Media for Sky Arts
Ronnie's - Orofena Films, Goldfinch Entertainment
The Story of Ready Steady Go! - Whizz Kid Entertainment, eOne, BMG
The Go-Go's - Fine Point Films, Fadoo Productions for Sky Documentaries
Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production:
The Spiritual Exercises - The Documentary Group
North Country - Stept Studios
Revelaciones (Revelations) - TardeoTemprano Films
Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production:
Finding Jack Charlton - Noah Media Group
The Last Dance - A Mandalay Sports Media Production in Association with NBAEntertainment, ESPN Films and Netflix
When the World Watched Brazil 1970 - FIFA Films, Noah Media
Long Gone Summer - ESPN Films in association with Bonfire Films of America
Best Use of Footage on Innovative Platforms:
BBC Motion Graphics Archive - BBC and Ravensbourne University London
HENRI Des films rares de la Cinémathèque française et d'ailleurs à voir en ligne (Rare films from the Cinémathèque française and abroad to watch online) - La Cinémathèque Française
Rewind - BBC Northern Ireland