AWARDS + PRESS
We don't enter our work often, but it's nice to be recognized when we do.
Gold Remi Award and Spotlight Documentary Film Award for our Latest Documentary!
Two Telly Awards for our Latest Documentary!
LUMINANCE PICTURES, "ON THIS HALLOWED GROUND VIETNAM MEMORIAL BORN FROM TRAGEDY", NAMED BEST​ DOCUMENTARY ​IN ​ONLINE AND BEST EDITING IN NON-BROADCAST ​IN THE 40th ANNUAL TELLY AWARDS
Albuquerque, NM​ ​–May 20, 2019​ – ​Luminance Pictures ​announced today it’s ​"ON THIS HALLOWED GROUND, VIETNAM MEMORIAL BORN FROM TRAGEDY" has been named Best ​Documentary in ​Online Media AND Best Editing in Non-Broadcast ​in the 40th Annual Telly Awards.​ The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Vice, Vimeo, Hearst Digital Media, BuzzFeed and A&E Networks.
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"Luminance Pictures is pushing the boundaries for video and television innovation and creativity at at time when the industry is rapidly changing,” said Sabrina Dridje, Managing Director of the Telly Awards. “This award is a tribute to the talent and vision of its creators and a celebration of the diversity of work being made today for all screens.”
Sarah Kanafani, Owner of Luminance Pictures states, "We are truly honored to have won two awards this year! This documentary which took a little over Two years to create was a project we were proud to work on! We hope this film will bring much needed support and visitor's to the memorial."
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Today’s winner’s announcement caps a year-long celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Telly Awards. Throughout 2018-2019, The Telly Awards celebrated four decades of honoring the video and television industry, whether through its inaugural international screening series or its online video interviews with industry experts. This year also saw the continued expansion of new categories further to the awards’ recent initiative to rebuild the honors for the multi-screen era. New categories included serialized Branded Content and expanded Social Video categories.
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Last year, The Telly Awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Condé Nast, Netflix, Refinery29, RadicalMedia, T Brand Studio and Ogilvy & Mather.
Two Telly Awards at the 37th Annual Telly Awards
The Telly Awards has named Luminance Pictures as a Silver winner in the 37th Annual Telly Awards in the category of Branded Content & Entertainment - Promotional Branding for their JetBlue video titled, "JetBlue Veterans Livery Timelapse". Luminance also took home a bronze this year for their achievement in editing on the video titled, "Fairytale Wedding." With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor.
The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.
A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work.
The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video, said Linda Day, Executive Director of the Telly Awards. Luminance Pictures accomplishment illustrates their creativity, skill, and dedication to their craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production.
-2016 March Press Release
Telly Award at the 33rd Annual Telly Awards
The Telly Awards has named Luminance Pictures as a Bronze winner in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards in the category of editing for their piece titled, "Mack Avenue Records MIDEM Promotional Piece". With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor.
The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.
A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work.
The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video, said Linda Day, Executive Director of the Telly Awards. Luminance Pictures accomplishment illustrates their creativity, skill, and dedication to their craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production.
-2012 March Press Release
Cindy Award Winner
CINDY, an acronym for “Cinema in Industry,” began in 1959 as an industrial film awards event. It was created by the Industry Film Producers Association (IFPA), an American non-profit industrial film organization based in Los Angeles. Later, this group became the Informational Film Producers of America and, in 1984, the Association of Visual Communicators (AVC). Since 1998, we have been the International Association of Audio Visual Communicators (IAA-VC). We currently present 14 different CINDY Award events each year honoring the theatrical, broadcast, non broadcast and interactive media professionals around the globe.
Just as the market for the industrial film evolved into video and on-line media over the years, the makeup of the CINDYs continued to change as well. Interactive media was added in 1985, making CINDY the first interactive media awards event in the world. Since 2000, many new interactive media formats and applications have been added. Today, CINDY continues to honor the informational media producer but has expanded to embrace all production professionals working in both linear and interactive media. Director/Editor Sarah Kanafani was awarded a Cindy Award for the documentary of Samuel Worcester, produced by C.H.I.E.F Productions.
PRESS
We are proud to have our work featured in New Mexico's Top Local News Papers
The Albuquerque Journal wanted to feature our latest film, "A Five and Dime Story"
Our First Feature in the Pasatiempo as they honored our iconic film, "On This Hallowed Ground: Vietnam Born From Tragedy"
A recent feature of our Five and Dime Story written in the Santa Fe New Mexican Newspaper.
IMBD For "On This Hallowed Ground: Vietnam Memorial Born From Tragedy"
Our first feature in the Albuquerque Journal on our iconic film "On This Hallowed Ground: Vietnam Memorial Born From Tragedy"
Sarah's Personal IMBD showcasing some of her notable work
ABQ-The Magazine
Luminance Pictures was acknowledged for our Telly Award win in the May issue of Albuquerque, The Magazine.