The Aurora Awards recognizes media creators around the world who demonstrate the great ability to captivate audiences by their creative displays of grand execution and brilliant content. Our stars appear as independent, corporate, freelance, broadcast, instructional and educational production groups large and small.
The Aurora Awards is a professional filmmaker’s recognition company designed to recognize brilliance internationally in the media industry. Identified by a professionally recognized standard and semi-annual competitions, and is distinguished for offering valuable feedback to film creators. We reflect color and light of the best creators by endorsing, promoting and guiding them with visionary and innovative concepts and tools that create value for their own business and others.
The Aurora Award is a top-tier industry award for motion media (which are not broadcast nationally on all 5 major U.S. networks). It represents international, independent filmmakers, corporate video, multi-media in marketing, entertainment, and educational film works creating excellent film and video for their clients who as a result also win.
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2015 AURORA AWARDS PLATINUM BEST OF SHOW WINNERS
The films and videos listed below have been judged nationally and have met our highest achievement of Platinum Best of Show for:
PROFESSIONAL EXECUTION, EXCELLENT CONTENT, & SUPERB CREATIVITY
Production Company Winners
BusinessVideos.com link
DFW Airport Fire Training Research Center
E02 - External Communications: Corporate ID/Image
A04 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Cinematography/Videography
Client: Dedo
Team Training – Make the Most of Missed Calls
F06 - Internal Communications: Policy/Regulation
Client: OrthodonticMarketing.net
Dental Staff Kickstart Training – Part 1 of 8: Phone Fundamentals
F02 - Internal Communications: Employee Relations/News/Blog
Client: DentalMarketing.net
Contrast Creative, Inc link
Wonder Woman Walking
F03 - Internal Communications/Training: Health/Hygiene
Client: Duke University Hospital
Live Fearless: Kay Yow
F05 - Internal Communications: Motivational
Client: BCBSNC
Digital Chop House link
Behind the Scenes: The Filmmaker's Journey
B30 - Entertainment: Film Extra/Bonus
Client: TC Christensen
Inside Room 4: The Survivor's Testimonies
B30 - Entertainment: Film Extra/Bonus
Client: TC Christensen
Discovery Latin America link
VIDAS INVENCIBLES
C42 - Commercials: Campaign
Client: REXONA
Georgia-Pacific Television & Photography link
Collateral Consequences - "Re-Entry"
I07 - Internal Communications: Issue Awareness/Training
Client: Koch Companies Public Sector
Green Leaf Productions, Inc link
IMT - Jacksonville
G05 - Sales/Productivity: Sales Promotion
Client: International Machine Transport
MarketVision Media link
Action Target Overview
E02 - External Communications: Corporate ID/Image
Client: Action Target
Media Fusion Inc link
Tech Transfer
E12 - External Communication: Public Relations/Awareness
Client: NASA
Mindflow Media
Visions of the Past: Wessyngton Plantation
B15 - Documentary: Historical Event
Client: Tennessee State Museum
Passion Film link
Celebrating The Spirit of Philately
E02 - External Communications: Corporate Identity/Image
Client: Shakti Bhog Foods Limited
The Story of Liquid Gold
G08 - Sales/Productivity: Product Overview
Client: BL Agro Oils
Plumgood Productions link
The Soul of Athens: A History of the Morton Theatre
B21 - Documentaries: Low Budget
Client: Morton Theatre Corporation
SIGNAL2NOISE link
Technip - Blockbuster
G04 - Sales/Productivity: New Product/Service Introduction
Client: Technip Umbilicals
Radius Digital Science link
Arginine Vasopressin and Hyponatremia Animation
J11 - Technical Information: Medical
Client: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
RenLane Renal Denervation System Animation
G04 - Sales/Productivity: New Product/Service Introduction
Client: Cordis Corporation
Tech TV link
Kickstarter Promo
C38 - Commercial: Technology
Client: Mokibox
Kier Services Corporate Documentary
B12 - Documentary: Corporate
Client: Kier Services
White Rain Films link
Masterpiece :30 - Masterpiece
C40 - Commercial: Travel/Tourism
Client: Viking Cruises
Brandon O'Larey
Stories of Transformation: How a 45-Minute Operation Can Change a Life Forever
D08 - Art/Human Values/Religion: Non-Profit/Charity Request
Client: ReSurge International & RealSelf
In-House Representation - Corporate Winners
Ball State University link
The Healing Wall
B15 - Documentaries: Historical Event
Also won Gold Award in Directing & Editing
Golden Era Productions link
Scientology: Welcome to the Age of Answers
C25 - Commercial: Public Service/Non-Profit Sponsor
The Heartland Media Foundation link
Humor, Heart & Hope: Women Living With Cancer
B14 - Documentary: Project
In partnership with the Cancer Support Community
Igniting Performance link
CUPPA HOFF - (6-Pt Series) Becoming a Person of Influence
E14 - External Communications: Self-promotion/Demo Reel
Also Gold Award in
I08 & I:16 - Instructional Training Programs: Sales Training
Scientology: How We Help
C25 - Commercial: Public Service/Non-Profit Sponsor
Mutual of America Foundation link
Surgery Weekend Program
D05 & D08 - Art/Human Values: Social Issue/Report & Non-Profit/Charity Request
PPD link
How Wendy Chioji Beats Cancer
C22 - Commercials: Medicine/Pharmaceuticals
F03 - Internal Communications: Health/Hygiene
PrimeMovers SP.z o.o link
The Force of Shared Effort
C18 - Commercials: Corporate Promotion/Image
E02 - External Communications/PR: Corporate Identity/Image
TD Ameritrade link
Investools: Investing Basics Series
I09 - Instructional/Education/Training: Financial/Information Handling
Featured: TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
WCOT - City of Tallahassee link
DRVN 850
C42 - Commercials: Campaign
Yamaha Entertainment Group of America link
The Gift
C18 - Commercials: Corporate Promotion/Image
A07 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Original Score/Music
B07 - Entertainment: Music Video/Song
In-House Representation - Entertainment Winners
HEC-TV link
Boats of Opportunity
B08 - Entertainment/Documentary: Sports Program
Featured: St. Louis Rowing Club
New Media, Old Stories
B01 - Entertainment/Documentary: Feature/Short Film
Featured: St. Louis Things
Maryville Talks Books: The Boys in the Boat
B10 - Entertainment/Documentary: News Magazine/Interview
Miracle Channel link
The Leon Show
D11 - Art/Human Values/Religion: Religious Instruction, Adult
NBC25/FOX66 Sinclair Broadcasting link
"A Patriotic Salute" - Music In The Parks
B05 - Entertainment: Music - Live Concert
The Documentary Group link
Magna Carta and The Constitution
B03 - Entertainment/Documentary: Children/Youth
Sponsor: The Annenberg Foundation Trust
Individual/Creative Achievement Winners
Erik Lundmark link
Star Leaf Score
A07 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Original Score/Music
Client: Leomark Studios
Media Fusion Inc link
Great Ships
A10 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Animation
Client: NASA
Mike Field link
Mike Field: The Last of the Summer Days (Official Video)
A07 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Original Score/Music
Also categories Bo7, B21 & A13
Client: Mike Field Jazz Inc.
Student Winners
Regent University - School of Communication and the Arts link
A Pointless Pencil
B20 - Student Entry
Beecher Reuning, Student
Taylor University Media Communication Department link
Circles of Grant County
B20 - Student Entry
Client: Grant County
Grant's Got Talent
B20 - Student Entry
Client: Grant County Economic Growth Council
2015 AURORA AWARDS GOLD AWARD WINNERS
The films and videos listed below have been judged nationally and have met high achievement of Gold Award for:
PROFESSIONAL EXECUTION, QUALITY CONTENT, & GREAT CREATIVITY
Production Company Winners
Ball State University link
All Aboard for the American Dream
A01 & A04 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Writing & Cinematography
Client: Amtrak/Indiana Citizens Alliance for Transit (ICAT)
Indiana Crossrails: A Transit Choice
B16 - Documentary: Issue
A02, A03 & A04 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Directing, Editing & Cinematography
Client: Amtrak/Indiana Citizens Alliance for Transit (ICAT)
The Healing Wall
A02 & A03 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Directing & Editing
Client: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
BusinessVideos.com link
New Customer Welcome Video
E02 - Sales/Productivity: New Product/Service
Client: OrthodonticMarketing.net
Contrast Creative, Inc link
Vision to See
F03 - Internal Communications/Training: Health/Hygiene
Client: Duke University Hospital
Sydney's Strikeout
F03 - Internal Communications/Training: Health/Hygiene
Client: Duke Raleigh Hospital
CraneMorley, Inc link
Yamaha Watercraft Mobile Sales Assistant
G08 - Sales/Productivity: Product Overview
Client: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Star Motorcycles – Marketing the Lifestyle
I08 - Instructional/Training: Sales
Client: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Cresta Creative link
Causeway Capital Management
E02 - Sales/Productivity: New Product/Service
Client: Causeway Capital Management, LLC
Crystal Pix, Inc. link
Catholic Charities Community Services
D08 - Art/Human Values/Religion: Non-Profit/Charity Request
Client: Mason Marketing
QDental
C16: Commercials: Health Care Services
Client: Mason Marketing
Open Door Mission
C25: Commercials: Public Service-Corporate Sponsor
Client: Buell Advertising
DHG Creative link
ACRE: The Cooperative Way
E09 - External Communications/PR: Fundraising
Client: NRECA
Discovery Latin America link
Secretos de Una Mujer Moderna
C12 - Commercials: Food Items/Services
Client: Knorr
La Vida te SonrÍe
C18 - Commercials: Corporate Promotion/Image
Client: Nestle
ID + NISSAN Qashqai
C03 - Commercials: Food Items/Services
Client: Nissan
En El Lugar Equivocado
C09 - Commercials: Financial
Client: DAVIVIENDA
Envision/STS 3D link
You're There Even When You're Not There
F07 - Internal Communications/Training: Security/Safety
Client: Glencore
Flow Production and Post link
Master Your Fate
C07 - Commercial: Personal Care
Client: Club Metro USA
Golden Millennium Productions, Inc. link
Drugs and Emotions
B03 - Entertainment/Documentary: Children/Youth
Client: Friends of Narconon, Int'l
Gyro Productions link
Nordic Lodge
B14 - Documentary: Project/Product
Client: Lodge Productions Inc.
Boomtowners
B16 - Documentary: Issue
Client: Boomtown Creations Ltd.
SUN 2015 60sec
C16 - Commercial: Health Care Services
Client: Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN)
WCB 30sec Distraction
C41 - Commercial: Utilities/Public Services
Client: Workers Compensation Board
Radius Digital Science link
Abilify Maintena Dual Chamber Syringe - Instructions for Use Animation
I16 - Instructional/Educational/Trainin
Client: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Kerydin Mechanism of Action Animation for Health Care Professionals Animation
C22 - Commercial: Medicine/Pharmaceuticals
Client: Sandoz
SAMSCA Mechanism of Action Animation for Health Care Professionals
C22 - Commercial: Medicine/Pharmaceuticals
Client: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Diagnostic & Treatment Overview Animation
J11 - Technical Information/Report
Client: Janssen Biotech, Inc.
Runyon Saltzman Einhorn, Inc. link
Join The Movement
C42 - Commercials: Campaign
Client: California Dept of Health - Nutrition Education Branch
Showreel International, Inc. link
For All the Reasons
C41 - Commercials: Utilities/Public Services
Client: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Meet the People of Edison International
E16 - External Communications/PR: Recruitment
Client: Edison International
Poseidon Desalination Project
E01- External Communications/PR: Community Relations
Client: San Diego Gas & Electric
SIGNAL2NOISE link
Swire HSE Full Circle
F07 - Internal Communications/Training: Security/Safety
Client: Swire Oilfield Services
Stork - Advanced Online Desanding
G03 - Sales/Productivity: Marketing New Goods/Services
Client: Stork (A Fluor Company)
The Great Plains Motion Picture Company link
Live Better
C16 - Commercial: Health Care Services
Client: Avera Health
The San Jose Group link
Encuentra Algo Más / Find Something More
E12 - External Communications: PR/Awareness
Client: Illinois Office of Tourism
Turec Adverting link
In Your Hands
C16 - Commercial: Health Care Services
Client: Club Fitness
White Rain Films link
Masterpiece :30 - World of Viking
C40 - Commercial: Travel/Tourism
Client: Viking Cruises
In-House Representation - Corporate Winners
Advance Concepts, Inc. link
ISET 2015 Opening Video
H03 - Conventions/Meetings: Conference
Birds Nest Foundation link
VH1 Save the Music
D08 - Art/Human Values: Charity Request
Sponsor: VH1 Save the Music Foundation
Crum & Forster link
A Day in the Life: Conway, Arkansas
F02 - Internal Communications/Training
Georgia-Pacific Television & Photography link
GM of Your Business
F05 - Internal Communications/Training: Leadership Management Training
Georgia Tech Cable Network link
Ramblin' Research - Dr. Magnus Egerstedt's Swarm of Robots
J12 - Technical Info/Report: Research
Ramblin' Research - Wienberg Robotic Musicians
J12 - Technical Info/Report: Research
Golden Era Productions link
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death
D05 - Art/Human Values/Religion: Social Issues Documentary/Report
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue link
Forgotten: The Plight of the American Donkey
B21 - Low Budget Documentary
Purdue University link
What is Purdue Extension?
E02 - External Communications/PR: Corporate Identity/Image
TD Ameritrade link
Investools: Understanding IPOs
I09 - Instructional/Education/Training: Financial/Information Handling
UT Health/Salud America link UT / SA link
13-year-old Latina Girl Creates Fitness App for Health, Walking
B14 - Documentary: Project/Product
Client: IHPR/UTHSCSA
In-House Representation - Entertainment Winners
Art Box Collective Media Group link
Heydays Vintage TV
B10 - Entertainment - News Magazine/Interview
A03 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Editing
GBK Hybrid/Bazley Films link
Centurion Resurrection
B01 - Entertainment: Short Film
A02 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Directing
Green Leaf Productions, Inc link
Six Hours
B17 - Documentary: Nature/Environment
HEC-TV link
Miss Jubilee & the Humdingers Perform at the Casa Loma Ballroom
B06 - Entertainment: Music - Variety
Behind the Minds: Education Topics from The Soulard School
B10 - Entertainment/Documentary: News Magazine/Interview
Something In The Water: A Saint Louis Rockumentary
B15 - Documentary: Historical Event
An Honor Flight: The Tom Mohan Story
D02 - Art/Culture: Documentary
Margot's Story
D02 - Art/Culture: Documentary
Pokey LaFarge, Just a Plain Ole Midwestern Boy
B06 - Entertainment: Music - Variety
Kids Rock Cancer
B14 - Documentary: Project/Product
Swing Dance
D02 - Art/Culture: Documentary
Passport Travel link
Masai Mara - Where Lion Is King
B19 - Entertainment/Documentary: Travel
Masai Mara - Land of the Leopard
B19 - Entertainment/Documentary: Travel
Victoria Falls - Smoke that Thunders
B19 - Entertainment/Documentary: Travel
The Documentary Group link
Habeas Corpus: The Guantanamo Cases
B03 - Entertainment/Documentary: Children/Youth
Sponsor: The Annenberg Foundation Trust
Individual/Creative Achievement Winners
Elara Systems, Inc link
How The Heart Works
A10 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Animation
Georgia-Pacific Television & Photography link
Mugsy Episode 4
A12 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Use of Humor
Los Angeles Kings link
Stanley Cup Moments – Episode 8 - Champions
A11 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Use of Specialized Photography
Passport Travel, Inc link
Cape Town - Paradise by the Sea
A01 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Writing & Directing
UT Health/Salud America link UT / SA link
Sugary Drinks
A10 - Individual/Creative Achievement: Animation
Client: IHPR/UTHSCSA
Student Winners
Ava Harness/Morgan Lovell link
Make A Wish
B20 - Student Entry
Client: Make A Wish Foundation
Leeward Community College link
Session 14
B20 - Student Entry
Kemuel DeMoville, Student
Regent University School of Communications link
The Bradbury Hotel - CellMate
B20 - Student Entry
Raquel M. Sangalang, Student
The Dream Machine
B20 - Student Entry
Chelsea Motherwell, Student
University of Mississippi School of Journalism link
Casinos in Mississippi: Worth the Gamble?
B20 - Student Entry