IN MEMORIAM
The film industry and US International Film & Video Festival lost a friend Dec. 6 with the death from cancer of Pim Korver, a Dutch member of the Festival Board and a great documentary filmmaker.
Korver was known as THE maritime film- and photo specialist, according to a posting by TowingLine.com blog. Over 50 years he documented the towage and salvage heritage of Dutch maritime.
Korver was also a journalist on other subjects. He and his talent will be greatly missed.
The film industry and US International Film & Video Festival lost a friend Dec. 6 with the death from cancer of Pim Korver, a Dutch member of the Festival Board and a great documentary filmmaker.
Korver was known as THE maritime film- and photo specialist, according to a posting by TowingLine.com blog. Over 50 years he documented the towage and salvage heritage of Dutch maritime.
Korver was also a journalist on other subjects. He and his talent will be greatly missed.
Historical Best of Festival Winners
| 1968 | "THE THIRD POLLUTION" (USA) Stuart Finley, Inc. |
| 1969 | "AN AMERICAN TIME CAPSULE" (USA) Charles Braverman, U.S.A |
| 1970 | "MAGIC LIGHT" (WEST GERMANY) UFA-Werbefilm GmbH |
| 1971 | "IS IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT?" (USA) Stephen Bosustow Productions |
| 1972 | "ALASKA - THE GREAT LAND" (ENGLAND) Greenpark Productions Limited |
| 1973 | "ON THE NORTH SIDE" (CANADA) Canawest Film Productions |
| 1974 | "PORTRAIT OF A RAILROAD" (USA) Francis Thompson Inc. |
| 1975 | "CONQUEST OF LIGHT" (IRELAND) Louis Marcus Films Ltd. |
| 1976 | "A WALK IN THE FOREST" (USA) Seymour Films |
| 1977 | "UNIVERSE" (USA) Graphic Films Corp. |
| 1978 | "800 MILES OF WINTER" (USA) Calvin Communications Inc. |
| 1979 | "WORK" (FINLAND) Filmiryhma Oy |
| 1980 | "AN ENVELOPING STORY" (USA) R/Greenberg Associates, Inc. |
| 1981 | "LIVING PLANET" (USA) Francis Thompson Inc./New York, NY |
| 1982 | "CONCERTO IN E.A.T." (USA) Field And Wall Associates/New York, NY |
| 1983 | "MICKS PEOPLE" (ENGLAND) The Producers/London |
| 1984 | "BALLET ROBOTIQUE" (USA) Bob Rogers & Company, Inc./Burbank, CA |
| 1985 | "RONALD REAGAN G.O.P. FILM" (USA) Megamedia/Fred Levinson Productions/New York, NY |
| 1986 | "FROM FISHPOND TO FANTASY" (ENGLAND) Image Quest/Oxon |
| 1987 | "CANADA: THE WORLD NEXT DOOR" (CANADA) Boardwalk, Rawifilm & Flashcut, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1988 | "DANISH SYMPHONIE" (DENMARK) Nordisk Film Commercial/Valby |
| 1989 | "THE BLUE SNAKE" (FRANCE) SNCF - Direction de la Communication - Centre Audiovisuel/Saint-Ouen |
| 1990 | "AROMA" (SWEDEN) Sandell-Film AB/Stockholm |
| 1991 | "SCOTCH WHISKY - THE BLENDER'S ART"
(SCOTLAND) SSK Productions/Glasgow |
| 1992 | "KLM, ROYAL TEAMWORK" (THE NETHERLANDS) Henk van Mierlo Film Production BV/The Hague |
| 1993 | "EXTREME SKIING 3, THE SCOT SCHMIDT STORY"
(USA) Warren Miller Entertainment/Hermosa Beach, CA |
| 1994 | "UTRECHT FAST FORWARD" (THE NETHERLANDS) Toonder Studio's BV/Nederhorst den Berg |
| 1995 | "EVERYWHERE I GO" (SWEDEN) Dockhouse Film & Television AB/Göteborg |
| 1996 | "BEAMS AND DREAMS" (SWEDEN) Dockhouse Film & Television AB/Göteborg |
| 1997* | "THE WIND SUBSIDES" (GERMANY) Vuk Jevremovic/München |
| "COMPROMISE" (USA) S. Bryan Hickox Productions/Jacksonville, FL |
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| 1998 | "THE MESSENGERS OF THE GODS - BUTTERFLIES"
(AUSTRIA) Power Of Earth TV & Film Productions/Kirchstetten |
| 1999 | "THE GENESIS OF WINE IN AUSTRIA" (AUSTRIA) Interspot Film GesmbH/Vienna |
| 2000 | "GENERATIONS. THE STORY OF KETEL ONE VODKA"
(THE NETHERLANDS) De Kroon, Wissenraet & Associates/Amsterdam |
| 2001 | "CLIVE ALIVE" (SWEDEN) Dockhouse Film & TV AB/Göteborg |
| 2002 | "AFRICA: SOUTHERN TREASURES" (USA) Thirteen / WNET New York/New York, NY |
| 2003 | “CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D’INDUSTRIE DE PARIS” (FRANCE) RC 1 Regine Cardin Productions/ Paris |
| 2004 | “CORAL REEF ADVENTURE” (USA) MacGillivray Freeman Films/Laguna Beach, California |
| 2005 | “MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN’S MARCH” (USA) Tell the Truth Pictures/Ojai, California |
| 2006 | “LOST CHILDREN” (GERMANY) Dreamer Joint Venture/Berlin, Germany |
| 2007** | “ACCESSIBILITY NOW”-Corporate (SWEDEN) Animech AB, Uppsala, Sweden |
| “ANTI-DRUG FILES – LOST & FOUND”-Educational (HONG KONG) Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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| “THE OLD WINDMILL SHOP”-Entertainment-(THE NETHERLANDS) DeKroon, Wissenraet & Associés, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| “THE BATTLE OF CHERNOBYL”—Documentary (UNITED STATES) Discovery Networks International, Silver Spring, MD |
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| 2008 | “KPMG Graduate Recruitment Film” – Corporate (UK) Jack Morton Worldwide, London. |
| “Mathematica II: Squaring the Circle” – Education (Japan) NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), Tokyo. |
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| “NATURE: Unforgettable Elephants” – Documentary (US) Thirteen/WNET, New York City (a PBS production) |
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| 2009 | “Supermen of Malegaon” – Documentary (Singapore) MediaCorp Pte Limited, Caldecott Productions International, Singapore |
| "Salamanca Ciudad del Español" – Corporate (Spain) VideoOn, Madrid |
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| “Selma!” – Education (Switzerland) Forster Film LLC, Winterthur |
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| "Stop That Pickle! & Chicks and Salsa" Episode 803 “Between the Lions” – Education (US) WGBH, Boston, Mass.; Sirius Thinking Ltd. , New York, N.Y.; Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Jackson, Miss. |
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| “Nigella Express” – Entertainment (United Kingdom) Pacific Television, London, for Food Network USA |
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| 2010 | “Stop the Nonsense”—Corporate (Germany) brainwaves KG, Munich, for the Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs |
| “Perspectives of Nationalism”—Educational (Canada) The Image Works Alberta Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, for Alberta Education |
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| “Passionate Challenger, Alice Sara Ott: Born to Be a Pianist” – Documentary (Japan) Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Osaka, |
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| “Light of the River” – Entertainment (Japan) NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), Tokyo |
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| 2011 | “Music” – Corporate (Japan) BIS Inc. , Tokyo, Japan, for Honda |
| “The Blood of the Rose” – Documentary (Germany) Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Cologne; production company, Dragonfly Film and Television Productions Ltd., London. |
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| * 1997 DUAL WINNERS ** Began presenting Best of Festival by category |
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