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Results from the 18th RPS International Audio-Visual Festival

Held at the The Royal Agricultural College Cirencester

19th to 21st September 2008

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The International Jury were Ian Bateman - Chairman (UK), Gordon Gray (Northern Ireland)
Christian Brion (France) & Matthias Pfister (Germany)
Chairman of the Jury - Live Report MP3 File 4.13mb 4min 27sec

90 Sequences were entered with 71 accepted for showing
Categories (Entered/Accepted):-
A = Documentary & Tourism - 47/43, B = Theme & Fiction - 22/18
C = Music, Poetry & Song - 9/5, D= Humour - 12/5

Countries (Entered/Accepted):-
UK - 66/49, Belgium - 5/5, France - 4/4, Italy - 4/4, Netherlands - 3/3, Ireland - 3/2,
Norway - 2/2, Switzerland - 2/2, Australia 1/0

This was the First all Digital RPS International

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The Awards - Presented by Dr Barry Senior, President of the RPS
FICS Medal Presented by John Willett, President of FICS


The Judges and The Audience


The College Grounds with Visitors enjoying the Sunshine


Guests at The Gala Dinner


All Photographs © Editors

No./Cat	Sequence	Author	Country	Award
69/B	The Forest of Tane Mahuta	Erhard Hobrecker	Swi	Gold Medal
14/A	This is a Town	Colin Balls	UK	Silver Medal
44/A	Isadora’s Legacy	Eddie Spence	UK	Bronze Medal
			George & Doreen Pollock Medal
9/B	The Red Shoes	Dave & Carol Gillow	UK	Best First Time Entrant
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Category Prizes - RPS Ribbon
54/A	Cousin Jack	Martin Fry	UK	Best Documentary/Tourism
9/B	The Red Shoes	Dave & Carol Gillow	UK	Best Theme & Fiction
31/C	Where the Passion Flower Grows	Dave Wilcox	UK	Best Music, Poetry & Song
28/D	La Femme aux Bas Blancs	Jean Paul Petit	France	Best Humour
Special Awards
33/B	The Red Tear	Herve Segure	France	Best Creative Imagery (The Doug Mullins Award)
63/A	Arctic Dreams	Bill Bruce	Norway	Best Photography (Silver Salver & RPS Ribbon)
37/A	Talbot House	Linda & Edgar Gibbs	UK	Most Creative Soundtrack (FICS Medal & RPS Ribbon)
35/B	A12 - Art	Jake Pursey	UK	Young Persons Special Award (1 years RPS Membership)
Commended - 5 Equally placed
19/A	Les Six de Rodin	Jacques Van de Weerdt & Paul Ghislain	France
57/D	Picasso of the Pier	Richard Brown	UK
58/A	Striped Pyjamas	Ron Davies & Peter Coles	UK
59/B	Stand Proud Brother	Robert Albright	UK
67/A	The Quiet One	Keith Brown	UK
Audience Vote
9/B	The Red Shoes	Dave & Carol Gillow	UK	Session 1
37/A	Talbot House	Linda & Edgar Gibbs	UK	Session 2
44/A	Isadora’s Legacy	Eddie Spence	UK	Session 3
67/A	The Quiet One	Keith Brown	UK	Session 4
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Acceptances - Session 1
1/A	Cantus Polaris	Bill Bruce	Norway
2/C	Memories	Merle Graham	UK
3/A	Nementcha-Algerie 1958	Jean-Marie Coupriaux	France
4/B	The Temptations	Mike Kersting	UK
5/A	James, Jet & Dracula	Bob Brisley	UK
6/A	One Life, One Day	Pier Luigi Montali	Italy
7/C	Lakes Of Coolfin	Martin Fry	UK
8/A	Once Upon a Time	Heather Clarke	UK
9/B	The Red Shoes	Dave & Carol Gillow	UK
10/B	Facets of Time	Erhard & Heidy Hobrecker	Switzerland
11/A	Route 66	Maurice & Liliane Dorikens	Belgium
12/B	Cottage Dream	Jack Tompson	UK
13/B	Destiny	Brian Harvey	UK
14/A	This is a Town	Colin Balls	UK
15/B	Gold	Peter Coles	UK
16/A	Valley of the Hoodoo	Andre W Hartensveld	Netherlands
17/C	Quel Giorno	Antonio Mangiarotti	Italy
18/A	John Betjemin's Cornwall	Mike Woolnough	UK
19/A	Les Six De Rodin	Jacques Van De Weerdt & Paul Ghislain	UK
20/A	Lakshmi Of Ranthambour	Frank Martin	UK
21/A	A Face In The Crowd	David Pickford	UK
22/D	The Gasman Cometh	Richard Brown	UK
Session 2
23/A	Alma	Robert Albright	UK
24/A	Unsere Kohle………	Henk-Jan De Weert	Netherlands
25/B	The Colour Thief	Jill K. Bunting	UK
26/A	The Minstrel Boy	Len Deeley	UK
27/A	Hedd Wyn	Ron Davies	UK
28/D	La Femme aux bas Blancs	Jean Paul Petit	France
29/A	Norway	Mark Allen	UK
30/D	Starcows	Christian Hendrickx & Andre Teyck	Belgium
31/C	Where The Passion Flower Grows	Dave Wilcox	UK
32/A	Everest Base Camp	Daan Eksteen	UK
33/B	The Red Tear	Herve Seguret	France
34/A	Scottish Reflections	Howard Bagshaw	UK
35/B	A12 - Art	Jake Pursey	UK
36/B	Scandinavian Dreams	Gys van Gent & Mike Woolnough	NL/UK
37/A	Talbot House	Linda & Edgar Gibbs	UK
38/B	Cabbage Patch Of Life	Heather Clarke	UK
39/A	Slainte Mhath	Keith Leedham	UK
Session 3
40/A	Over The Edge	Dick Williams	UK
41/B	Essai Sur Ma Haine	Jacques Van De Weerdt	Belgium
42/A	A Day On Whistler Mountain	Alan Lyons	Ireland
43/B	Final Destination	Gabriele Pinardi	Italy
44/A	Isadora’s Legacy	Eddie Spence	UK
45/A	Garden Passion	Viv Woolnough	UK
46/A	There's A First Time For Everything	Kate Brown	UK
47/A	Disaster Averted	Mike Hammersley	UK
48/A	Barcelona, Artists & Architects	Raymond Hughes	UK
49/A	All For The Silver Darlings	David Clark	UK
50/B	Where Poetic Champions Compose	Kieran O'Loughlin	Ireland
51/A	Trekking in Nepal	Malcolm Imhoff	UK
52/C	Griot Talk (Paroles de Griot)	Jean-Marie Coupriaux	France
53/A	Parma By Bike	Pier Luigi Montali	Italy
54/A	Cousin Jack	Martin Fry	UK
55/A	Antelope canyon	Maurice & Liliane Dorikens	Belgium
56/A	1 in 3.7	Howard Gregory	UK
57/D	The Picasso of the Pier	Richard Brown	UK
Session 4
58/A	Striped Pyjamas	Ron Davies & Peter Coles	UK
59/B	Stand Proud Brother	Robert Albright	UK
60/A	Honda	Marion Waine	UK
61/B	A Meditation on Colour	Jordan Lee	UK
62/A	Danson	Peter Allen	UK
63/A	Arctic Dreams	Bill Bruce	Norway
64/B	Wistman’s Wood	Valerie Rawlins	UK
65/A	The Sound of Steam	Tony Hill	UK
66/A	Venice	Bob Brisley	UK
67/A	The Quiet One	Keith Brown	UK
68/A	An Independant Woman	Ken Biggs	UK
69/B	The Forest of Tane Mahuta	Erhard Hobrecker	Switzerland
70/A	A Sense of Proprotion	Bryan Stubbs	UK
71/D	The Messiah	John Smith	UK

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