In anticipation of the 4th annual HPA Awards, the Hollywood Post Alliance announced that its Call for Entries has just opened. The awards show will take place in Los Angeles  on November 12, 2009.  Launched in 2006, the HPA Awards honor creative and technical excellence in the art, science and craft of post production.

The period of eligibility is September 4, 2008 to September 7, 2009 and eligible work may have debuted domestically hpa-logo-2008or internationally during this period.  Entrants need not be members of the Hollywood Post Alliance to submit work for consideration. Entries for competition are being accepted in the following categories:

•    Outstanding Color Grading using a digital intermediate process-Feature Film
•    Outstanding Color Grading-Television
•    Outstanding Color Grading-Commercial
•    Outstanding Editing-Feature Film
•    Outstanding Editing-Television
•    Outstanding Editing-Commercial
•    Outstanding Audio Post-Feature Film
•    Outstanding Audio Post-Television
•    Outstanding Audio Post-Commercial
•    Outstanding Compositing-Feature Film
•    Outstanding Compositing-Television
•    Outstanding Compositing-Commercial

The HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production, a new category that made its debut during the 2008 Awards, is also open to entries.  This award recognizes “companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence in the application of innovation in a post production process or to the post production industry through the use of new approaches, tools, workflows and ideas that help enhance the post production process from a technical, creative or efficiency perspective.”

Other awards include: the Engineering Excellence Award, for an individual, company or process that advances post production technology; the Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production for  a person, group, company or technology that has made a significant artistic, technological, business or educational impact on Post Production; and the Lifetime Achievement Award for a post production professional for his or her service and commitment.

Nominees and winners are selected by judging panels that are drawn from professionals in production and post-production.  Entries for the Engineering Excellence Award will be invited to present to engineering award judges at a special HPA event that will be open to the post community.

Submissions for the creative categories and for the HPA Judges Creativity Award will be accepted May 1, 2009 through July 31, 2009.  Submissions for the Engineering Excellence Award will be accepted May 1, 2009 through July 1, 2009.    Early Bird Entry (reduced fee) applies until July 3rd, 2009.

A Call for Judges will be announced soon for late summer judging sessions.  Nominees will be announced in the fall.