LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Professional Association (www.hpaonline.com) has opened its Call for Entries in the creative categories for the 11th annual HPA Awards. These categories recognize creative artistry in the field of post production.
The HPA Awards promote the achievement of talent, innovation and engineering excellence in the larger professional media content industry. The 11th annual gala awards presentation will be held on the evening of November 17th at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
Submissions are invited for the following competitive categories:
- Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film
- Outstanding Color Grading - Television
- Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
- Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
- Outstanding Editing - Television
- Outstanding Editing - Commercial
- Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
- Outstanding Sound - Television
- Outstanding Sound - Commercial
- Outstanding Visual Effects - Feature Film
- Outstanding Visual Effects - Television
- Outstanding Visual Effects - Commercial
Entries will be accepted between May 16th and July 8th. Early Bird Entries (with a reduced entry fee) will be taken through June 10th. To be considered eligible, work must have debuted domestically and/or internationally from September 9, 2015 through September 6, 2016. Entrants do not need to be members of the Hollywood Professional Association or working in the US.
The previously announced Call for Entries remains open for the Engineering Excellence Award and the HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation. These awards will also be bestowed at the November gala. The deadline for these submission is May 20th.