"The competition for awards in every possible category, I don't think it's ever been stiffer in history.
But now, the competition for awards takes place in the public eye, and even (as with the wrangling over the authenticity of the script of "Zero Dark Thirty") in the public arena.
Children and young teens — bent over screens and things like Raspberry Pies — get together from all round the world to showcase their projects and go into competition for awards.
The competition for awards season glory is cutthroat at all levels.
In the competition for award of Noyce Scholarship projects, the NSF looks closely at the quality of the program for the STEM majors, the quality of the teacher preparation program, and the interaction between the STEM and education faculty.
It will have question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers and actors after most films; "A Conversation With... .. a surprise celebrity; special presentations, like a master class with the critic Roger Ebert on Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane"; showings of archival films, this time dealing with "Women and Films"; and competitions for awards in fiction features, documentaries and short films.
If your new circumstances qualify you for this pot of money you're in good shape; competition for these awards is less keen than it is for awards for which everyone qualifies.
The festival, housed at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will present 57 new documentaries in competition for 6 awards and 54 films addressing themes and issues, as in "2001: Fast Forward," a study of people and technology.
Ekta Kapoor, producer of "The Dirty Picture," which was the main competition for the award, responds to questions about the outcome: You've picked up many awards this season, including sharing best picture at Screen and the jury award at the Zee Cine awards.
Competition for the awards is fierce.
