From accoladecompetition.org:
“Buskin’ Blues” receives awards in two categories of Accolade Global Film Competition
Local filmmaker Erin Derham received two awards of excellence in the 2014 Accolade Global Film Competition. Her film, “Buskin’ Blues,” was named in the Documentary Feature and Women Filmmakers categories. Derham was among 42 filmmakers from around the world to be honored in the awards of excellence categories.
The Accolade Competition is “is an avant-garde worldwide competition that strives to give talented directors, producers, actors, creative teams and new media creators the positive exposure they deserve. It discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality shorts and new media. The Accolade promotes award winners through press releases to over 40,000 filmmakers, industry contacts and additional media/distribution outlets.”
According to the contest’s website, “judging takes place by in-house staff and a committee of industry professionals including Emmy, Telly and Communicator award nominees and recipients.
“As with the Tellys and regional Emmy Awards, entries do not compete against each other. Instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit and are scored accordingly. Judges score entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded as Awards of Excellence, Awards of Merit or no award.
“Best of Show honors are granted to the top scoring entry for each season. Awards of Excellence are granted to entries with truly exceptional filmmaking. Notable artistic and technical productions are recognized at the Award of Merit award level.”
Derham’s film, “Buskin’ Blues,” documents the lives and art forms of street performers in Asheville. Read about the film here; watch the trailer here:
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