The Young Artist Award nominations have just been announced and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian has been nominated for three of them.

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[David] Arnold, a Grammy winner for “Independence Day,” was cited for his score to “Casino Royale.” He composed the music for three previous James Bond films and is on board for the untitled “Bond 22″ plus the animated “Agent Crush” and comedy “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.” Arnold, who is also very busy in the pop world working with such acts as the Kaiser Chiefs, has scored TV’s “Stargate SG-1″ since 1997.

Harry Gregson-Williams won for the Aardman/DreamWorks animated film “Flushed Away” and Tony Scott’s Denzel Washington thriller “Deja Vu.” His credits include such DreamWorks hits as “Antz” (1998), “Chicken Run” (2000), and “Shrek” (2001) with John Powell. He scored “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2005) and is working on “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” due in 2008, both directed by Andrew Adamson for Walt Disney.

2007 BMI LONDON AWARDS

Film Music Awards

“Casino Royale,” David Arnold (PRS)
“Deja vu,” Harry Gregson-Williams (PRS)
“Flushed Away,” Harry Gregson-Williams (PRS)

Harry Gregson-Williams is the composer on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. David Arnold is the composer on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

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“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” took top honors at the 14th annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Thursday at the Beverly Hilton.

“Narnia” captured the John Templeton Foundation Epiphany Prize for most inspiring movie of 2005 and drew the family film prize.

“Madagascar,” “Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story,” “March of the Penguins” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” rounded out the top five family movies.

“Pride & Prejudice” got the nod for films for mature audiences, followed by “Batman Begins,” “Millions,” “The Interpreter” and “The Great Raid.”

Press Release:

14th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala Also Honors PRIDE & PREJUDICE, THE NINTH DAY, Pat Boone, and Deanne Bray of SUE THOMAS

Disney and Walden Media’s THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, the WB’s 7TH HEAVEN, ABC-TV’s EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, and PAX-TV’s SUE THOMAS F.B. EYE won the three biggest honors at the 14th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night.

The glittering event, also dubbed “The Christian Oscars,” was held just days before the 78th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood and attracted more than 150 celebrities, Hollywood executives, producers, writers, and directors and their guests.

The main purpose of the annual event is to honor the studio executives, producers, directors, writers, actors, and actresses making the most morally uplifting, redemptive, inspiring movies and TV programs with Christian values, and to show Hollywood, and the world, that these kinds of movies and TV programs are among the most financially successful and popular every year.

Since the MOVIEGUIDE® Awards began in 1992, the number of movies with positive Christian content and overt references to the Gospel of Jesus Christ has increased 374 percent (from 10.4 percent of the Top 250 movies produced by Hollywood to 49.3 percent of the Top 250)!

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE and the “X-Mas” episode of 7TH HEAVEN took home the two $50,000 John Templeton Foundation Epiphany Prizes for Most Inspiring Movie and Most Inspiring TV Program of 2005. EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, and SUE THOMAS F.B. EYE tied for the First Annual $50,000 Ware Foundation Libertas Prize for Promoting Positive American Values.

Crystal Teddy Bear Awards were flying out the door at the special event. Every winning movie and TV program received one for each producer, executive producer, writer, director, and top studio executive responsible for producing it.

There were also a couple of special Crystal Teddies handed out.

Pat Boone, legendary singing star and actor, received a Special Lifetime Faith & Values Crystal Teddy Bear Award for Dedication to Redeeming the Values of the Mass Media of Entertainment. The Crystal Teddy was given to Pat for his “tireless and superior efforts over many years to redeem the values of the mass media and to present the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the mass media.”

Deanne Bray of SUE THOMAS not only won the Grace Prize for Most Inspiring TV Performance, she also won a special Crystal Teddy for her “winsome, faithful, gracious, and wise efforts to help audiences and entertainers understand God’s Love for the physically challenged.”

David M. Anthony, won the First Bi-Annual $25,000 John Templeton Foundation Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays, for his script entitled “John, The Revelator.” Heather Hughes took the $15,000 prize for second place for her script “Coincidental Miracles.” Finally, Harrison Graham Moes won $10,000 for third place for his script “Men of Iron.”

In addition to his prize money, Mr. Anthony will have his script read by top executives at four of the six major movie studios in Hollywood, including Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., and Fox, plus DreamWorks.

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE was also chosen Best Family Movie of 2005, followed by MADAGASCAR, DREAMER, MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and five other movies.

PRIDE & PREJUDICE was picked Best Film for Mature Audiences of 2005, followed by BATMAN BEGINS, MILLIONS, THE INTERPRETER, THE GREAT RAID, and five other movies.

Below is a list of all the major winners and nominees for the 14th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry.

14TH ANNUAL MOVIEGUIDE® FAITH & VALUES AWARDS WINNERS LIST

Sponsored by the Christian Film & Television Commission™, the John Templeton Foundation and the Ware Foundation.

$50,000 JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION EPIPHANY PRIZE FOR MOST INSPIRING MOVIE OF 2005 – THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Disney and Walden Media

Other Movie Nominees: MILLIONS and THE NINTH DAY

$50,000 JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION EPIPHANY PRIZE FOR MOST INSPIRING TV PROGRAM OF 2005 – The “X-Mas” episode of 7TH HEAVEN, the WB Network

Other TV Nominees: BEYOND NARNIA: C.S. LEWIS and POPE JOHN PAUL II

$50,000 JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION KAIROS PRIZES FOR SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING SCREENPLAYS BY FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITERS:

1. “John, The Revelator” by David M. Anthony, $25,000
2. “Coincidental Miracles” by Heather Hughes, $15,000
3. “Men of Iron” by Harrison Graham Moes, $10,000

$50,000 WARE FOUNDATION LIBERTAS PRIZE FOR PROMOTING POSITIVE AMERICAN VALUES IN 2005 – (Tie) EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION and SUE THOMAS F.B. EYE

Other Nominees: 7TH HEAVEN, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and THREE WISHES

Best Film for Families – THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

TEN BEST 2005 FILM FOR FAMILIES (Best is first, etc.)
1. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
2. MADAGASCAR
3. DREAMER
4. MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
5. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
6. ROBOTS
7. CHICKEN LITTLE
8. THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED
9. SKY HIGH
10. VALIANT

Best Film for Mature Audiences – PRIDE & PREJUDICE

TEN BEST 2005 FILMS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES (Best is first, etc.)
1. PRIDE & PREJUDICE
2. BATMAN BEGINS
3. MILLIONS
4. THE INTERPRETER
5. THE GREAT RAID
6. THE ISLAND
7. THE NINTH DAY
8. CINDERELLA MAN
9. HITCH
10. DOWNFALL

GRACE AWARD FOR MOST INSPIRING MOVIE ACTING IN 2005 – Ulrich Matthes for THE NINTH DAY

Other Movie Nominees: Tom Wilkinson in THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE and Alex Etel in MILLIONS

GRACE AWARD FOR MOST INSPIRING TELEVISION ACTING IN 2005 – Deanne Bray for the “Beginnings and Endings” episode of SUE THOMAS: F.B. EYE

Other TV Nominees: Stephen Collins for the “X-Mas” episode of 7TH HEAVEN, Bruce Greenwood in SAVING MILLIE, and Jon Voight and Cary Elwes for POPE JOHN PAUL II

A Special Lifetime Faith & Values Crystal Teddy Bear Award for Dedication to Redeeming the Values of the Mass Media of Entertainment goes to Pat Boone for his tireless and superior efforts over many years to redeem the values of the mass media and to present the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the mass media.

A Special Faith & Values Crystal Teddy Bear Award for Dedication to Helping People Around the World Understand God’s Love for the Physically Challenged goes to Deanne Bray, star of SUE THOMAS: F.B. EYE, for her winsome, faithful, gracious, and wise efforts to help audiences and entertainers understand God’s Love for the physically challenged.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been nominated by play.com for Best TV & Film of the Year in the British Book Awards.

Use this link to vote:

http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/bba/pnbb_vote.asp

Also, remember to vote for Tilda Swinton in the 11th Annual Moviefone Moviegoer Awards:

Moviefone Moviegoer Awards

Voting is only open until February 24th!

Vilest Villain
Current Leader (As of February 21): Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Other nominees:
Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Tilda Swinton, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Ian McDiarmid, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Elijah Wood, Sin City

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been nominated for two Visual Effects Society Awards. One for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture and the other for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture, for the character of Aslan.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dean Wright, Randy Starr, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
Jim Mitchell, Theresa Corrao, Tim Alexander, Tim Webber

King Kong
Eileen Moran, Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Eric Saindon

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
John Knoll, Roger Guyett, Rob Coleman, Denise Ream

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Aslan
Richie Baneham, Erik De Boer, Matt Logue, Joe Ksander

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Dragon
Steve Rawlins, Eric Wong, Robert Weaver, Steve Nichols

King Kong – Kong
Andy Serkis, Christian Rivers, Atsushi Sato, Guy Williams

From the Rules: The VES Awards are not ‘just another awards show.’

Where else can we, as a community of visual effects professionals, come together to see the most amazing, stunning and excellent work of the year as well as the most subtle and beautiful work too, learn how we all did what we did, trade experiences, say hello to old friends and, most importantly, honor select peers with an award that is truly filled with integrity and meaning?

The point of these awards is to promote excellence in our art and craft by way of recognition where it is deserved. Not just visual effects supervisors – they have many other awards – but also visual effects producers, compositors, animators, models and miniatures creators, technical directors – virtually the entire field of visual effects artisans and craftspeople are eligible in one category or another.

The process by which we select both our nominees and bestow our awards is the most fair, thorough, egalitarian, honest and forthright of any awards program we know of. And that makes the VES Award even more meaningful.

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Narnia Spy Ken sent us a report that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been nominated for three BAFTAs.

COSTUME DESIGN

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Gabriella Pescucci
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – Isis Mussenden
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Colleen Atwood
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Sandy Powell
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Jacqueline Durran

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

BATMAN BEGINS – Janek Sirrs/Dan Glass/Chris Corbould
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Nick Davis/Jon Thum/Chas Jarrett/Joss Williams
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – Dean Wright/Bill Westenhofer/Jim Berney/Scott Farrar
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Jim Mitchell/John Richardson
KING KONG – Joe Letteri/Christian Rivers/Brian Van’t Hul/Richard Taylor

MAKE UP & HAIR

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – Peter Owen/Ivana Primorac
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE – Howard Berger/Gregory Nicotero/Nikki Gooley
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Nick Dudman/Amanda Knight/Eithne Fennell
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Noriko Watanabe/Kate Biscoe/Lyndell Quiyou/Kelvin R Trahan
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Fae Hammond

One of the principal functions of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts is to identify and reward excellence in the artforms of the moving image. It achieves this objective by bestowing awards on those practitioners who have excelled in their chosen field of expertise.

In 1947, the Academy granted three awards. Today, more than one hundred awards are bestowed annually in the fields of film, television and video games. Our five annual awards ceremonies in London are as follows:

The Orange British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Video Games Awards
The British Academy Television Awards sponsored by Pioneer
The British Academy Television Craft Awards
The 10th British Academy Children’s Film & Television Awards in association with Time Warner

The Academy has earned its position as keeper of the gold standard because its engaged voting body is a diverse, expert membership of industry peers. Each Awards process varies, but the coveted BAFTA mask is awarded to individuals via combinations of membership votes, qualified industry chapters and specially selected juries comprising industry practitioners who have reached the pinnacle of their profession in a variety of disciplines.

The BAFTA mask is regarded as the most coveted award among industry practitioners working in all artforms of the moving image.

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Tossing its hat into the ongoing onslaught of nominations, the Costume Designers Guild on Wednesday announced the nominees for its eighth annual Costume Designers Guild Awards.

This year, the guild separated its period/fantasy category into two separate categories. Nominated for fantasy film work are: Lindy Hemming, “Batman Begins”; Gabriella Pescucci, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”; Isis Mussenden, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe“; Nina Proctor, “Sin City”; and Trisha Biggar, “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.”

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been put up for a few awards this year, and is worthy of more. If you are a member of the Academy or other award programs, please consider attending a screening of the film at one of the shows listed here.

Rating: PG

Los Angeles, CA
Wed., Dec. 14 – 7:30 pm – Frank G.Wells
Thurs., Dec. 15 – 7:30 pm – Pacific Design Center
Fri., Dec. 16 – 7:30 pm – Harmony Gold
Sat., Dec. 17 – 11:00 am – Pacific Design Center
Sat., Dec. 17 – 2:00 pm – Pacific Design Center
Sat., Dec. 17 – 5:00 pm – Pacific Design Center
Sun., Dec. 18- 5:00 pm – Harmony Gold
Sun., Dec. 18 – 7:00 pm – Acad. TV Arts & Sciences
Mon., Dec. 19 – 7:30 pm – Pacific Design Center
Tues., Dec. 20 – 7:30 pm – Lions Gate Scr. Room
Wed., Dec. 21- 7:30 pm – WGA Theater
Tues., Dec. 27 – 7:30 pm – Clarity Scr. Room
Thurs., Dec. 29 – 7:30 pm – Frank G.Wells

New York, NY
Wed., Dec.14 – 7:00 pm – Park Avenue Scr. Room
Fri., Dec. 16 – 4:00 pm – Park Avenue Scr. Room
Sun., Dec. 18 – 3:00 pm – Park Avenue Scr. Room
Mon., Dec. 19 – 7:00 pm – Park Avenue Scr. Room
Tues., Dec. 20 – 3:00 pm – Park Avenue Scr. Room
Tues., Dec. 27 – 7:00 pm – Park Avenue Scr. Room

Chicago, IL
Mon., Dec. 12 – 5:00 pm – Lake Street Scr. Room
Thurs., Dec. 15 – 5:00 pm – Lake Street Scr. Room

San Francisco, CA
Fri., Dec. 16 – 7:00 pm – Dolby Laboratories
Tues., Dec. 20 – 7:00 pm – Saul Zaentz Scr. Room

London, England
Fri., Dec. 9 – 7:00 pm – 20th Century Fox
Tues., Dec. 13 – 7:00 pm – 20th Century Fox
Mon., Dec. 19 – 6:30 pm – Soho Hotel

[Information for RSVP]

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