TORONTO, (Canada) May 7, 2009 - Peace Point Entertainment Group Inc. cleaned up at this year's spring awards season taking 5 Remi Awards at Houston's 42nd Annual WorldFest in Houston, in addition to single awards from both Chicago's 45th Annual Hugo Television Awards and the prestigious Accolade Award from Los Angeles. Global Television commissioned documentary Real Fight Club: Path of the Warrior Spirit was the big winner with 2 awards including a Platinum Award (Directing) from Worldfest and the Accolade's Award of Merit (Documentary).
"It's been a fantastic start to the Spring Season for Peace Point, with five of our projects from the past year taking home seven awards.", says Executive Producer and Peace Point President Les Tomlin, "This is the third year in a row that Food Jammers , commissioned by Food Network Canada, has been honored at WorldFest, this year with a Bronze for the Lifestyle Series category", he added. The series third season is set to air this fall on Canada’s Food Network. It also airs in Italy (RAI), Brazil (Globosat), Australia (XYZ) and Thailand (UBC).
Other Peace Point series taking home awards at WorldFest were Ed’s Up! with a Gold (Lifestyle Series category), commissioned by OLN and recently sold to several countries including Australia, Russia and Turkey. The series will launch on DVD internationally (excluding Canada) in October. In addition Reality Obsessed, a TVtropolis commission took home Gold (Information, Cultural or Historical Program – Series). Meanwhile Fresh with Anna Olson, commissioned by Food Network Canada, won a Gold (Lifestyle Series category) from WorldFest as well as winning a Hugo Television Award (Certificate of Merit: Cooking Series). "We continue to build upon the international success of Fresh", says Tomlin, "with the release of the series on DVD, a Fresh cookbook and a 2010 Fresh Calendar".The calendar is being produced by Alluvial/Village Lighthouse of Los Angeles, while the cookbook is being published by Vancouver-based Whitecap Books.
Peace Point Entertainment Group is a Toronto-based independent producer of cutting-edge television content for the worldwide market. To date, the company has produced well over 400 hours of television content with distribution in over 35 international markets. Current shows in production and/or airing include Ed’s Up! (OLN Canada), Bump! (OUTtv), Food Jammers (Food Canada), Fresh with Anna Olson (Food Canada), Reality Obsessed (TVtropolis) and Real Fight Club (Global TV). The company creates, finances, produces and distributes popular television programming in a variety of genres including doc, lifestyle, reality and drama. Additionally, Peace Point is a shareholder of OUTtv Canada where Tomlin also sits on the board. OUTtv is a national Canadian digital specialty channel (formerly PrideVision).For more information and video clips, log onto: www.peacepoint.tv
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