Deadline Extended! 2009 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards Nominations

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Due to unprecedented demand the nomination deadline for Music and Film in Motion’s (MFM) sixth annual Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards and Conference (NOMFAC) has been extended. Nominees now have until October 24th at 5 p.m. to enter their submissions for this year’s program.“It’s really incredible the feedback we’ve had this year” says Dennis Landry, MFM’s Executive Director. “There are a lot of people this year that just needed a little extra time to get their submissions in and luckily we’re in a position to accommodate them!”

The Film Award categories for 2009 are Best Film, Best Director, Best Film Editor, Best Cinematography, and Best Screenplay. The Music Award categories for 2009 are Best Album, Best Songwriter, Best Engineer, Best Presenter, and Best Vocal Performance.

To be eligible, submissions must have been released during the Eligibility Period – January 1, 2007 to October 14, 2008 inclusively. Complete eligibility requirements are outlined in the official Guidelines, which are available for download at www.thinknorth.ca

Artists may nominate and submit themselves or be nominated by someone else. The fees are $5 per submission for MFM members and $15 per submission for non-members. All submissions must be received no later than 5 p.m. on October 14, 2008. The winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony to be held in Sudbury on Saturday, April 25th, 2009.

For the purposes of our program, Northern Ontario comprises the territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Temiskaming and the District Municipality of Muskoka.

Full category descriptions, eligibility requirements, entry regulations and submission forms are available online at www.thinknorth.ca. For further questions regarding NOMFAC, please contact MFM at (705) 674-9954, toll-free at 1-866-674-9954 or via e-mail at awards@thinknorth.ca.

Music and Film in Motion (MFM) is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster and promote the development of the music and film industries in Northern Ontario.