DVD Critics Awards

Greetings! Home Media Magazine is proud to announce the Fifth annual DVD Critics Awards, presented in conjunction with the Eighth Annual Home Entertainment Summit, to be held in September 2009 (please note date change) in Los Angeles.

Winners will be determined by a panel of judges comprised of DVD critics and industry journalists. There is no entry fee for sponsors of the conference; for all others, the entry fee is $150 per title, per category. There is no limit on the number of entries.

We will be honoring releases that came to market in calendar-year 2008, focusing on the entire disc treatment — sound and picture, menu design, ease of use, navigation, bonus materials, packaging, etc.

This year, for the first time, we will accept submissions based on title, rather than format. Submissions should be DVD releases, or concurrent DVD/Blu-ray releases. We are asking suppliers and producers to nominate entries in the following 12 categories:

1. Best Theatrical Title
2. Best DTV/Non-Theatrical Title
3. Best TV DVD
4. Best Classic/Catalog Title
5. Best Collection/Multidisc Set
6. Best Animation Title
7. Best Kidvid Title
8. Best Non-Fiction Title
9. Best Extended Cut/Director’s Cut
10. Best Special Features/Bonus Materials
11. Best Packaging
12. Best High-Def Title
 

A “Best of Show” award also will be presented to the title that in the judges’ opinion is the best all around from the entire pool of submitted entries. However, best of show is not a category for separate submissions.

Visit HomeMediaMagazine.com/Summit for a complete list of rules and submission guidelines.

Please return the entry form with valid contact information, along with 10 finished-product copies of each submission per award category (e.g. one title submitted in 2 different categories means 20 copies) to:

DVD Awards c/o John Latchem
Home Media Magazine
201 Sandpointe Avenue, Suite 500
Santa Ana, CA 92707

For entries exclusively on Blu-ray, please also include at least one copy of the title on standard-DVD.

The deadline is June 26, 2009. Titles received after this date may not be eligible for consideration. For entries from non-sponsors, please make checks payable to Home Media Magazine, and be sure to note DVD Critics Awards in the reference line and send along with your product copies to the address above.

Winners will be announced at our annual conference (details to be announced). Winning DVD suppliers will receive camera-ready artwork so they can produce stickers heralding their title’s selection as a winner.

For information about submission guidelines and categories, contact John Latchem at jlatchem@questex.com or 714/338-6755.
 

 Awards Guidelines | Submission Form