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Boston Motion Picture Awards
The Boston Motion Picture Awards are a group of inter- grin."[1], which was featured on CNN, MSNBC, and Inside
national film and screenwriting competitions founded in Edition.
2004. The competitions are Internet-based, and reward
both student and professional filmmakers with money Said Hari Das, the winner of the first BMPA International
and other prizes donated by sponsors. The BMPAs typ- Short-Film Competition, "The BMPA has put together an
ically accept entries during the summer and early fall, awards package that helps both the novice and experi-
and then send out the ten best entries to a panel of guest enced filmmakers. This is because their awards focus on
judges. what filmmakers really want and need. BMPA both en-
ergizes and equips you to make new films while their
Categories friendly, supportive people make you want to have a last-
ing relationship with the agency."[2]
International Short-Film Competition (2004 - Present)
International Spoof-Writing Competition (2007 - Present)
Winners
Judges International Short-Film Competition:
• 1st Place (2006): Danya (Beth Armstrong)
BMPA Judges have included the following celebrities: • 2nd Place (2006): What’s Love Doing in the Mountains?
• Stephen Root (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, (Yunus Emre Firat-erkekkkk:)
Finding Nemo, Office Space, King of the Hill) • 3rd Place (2006): Do You Want the Elephant Music
• Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls, Kim Possible) (Leslie Dektor)
• Trace Beaulieu (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Freaks • 1st Place (2005): The Photo (Hari Das)
and Geeks) • 2nd Place (2005): Necrolog (Steven Addair)
• Siu Ta (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, This Is • 3rd Place (2005): Winter (En Hiver) (Andy Collen)
Wonderland)
• Toddy Walters (South Park, South Park: Bigger, Longer &
Uncut)
External links
• Cirroc Lofton (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Hoop Life) • BMPA Web Site
• BMPA Withoutabox Listing
History • BMPA MySpace Page
The BMPAs were founded in 2004 by Boston-based film-
makers Aaron Howland and Seth Howland of 7 Fluid Oz.
References
Productions LLP. The competition was initially for short [1] Editor. "Rush Transcript: May 20, 2006 - 17:30 ET",
films only, but a writing competition was added in 2007. CNN, 2006-05-20.
Aaron and Seth Howland are best known for their indie [2] Wilkinson, Amber. "Boston Motion Picture Awards
short film The Albino Code, a parody of The Da Vinci Code Calls for Entries", Eye for Film.
that CNN said would be "enough to make the Mona Lisa
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