Wednesday, 30 April 2008
At The 41st Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Fest
TORONTO (Canada) – Monday, April 28, 2008 – Les Tomlin, President and Executive Producer of Peace Point Entertainment Group is delighted to announce today that the company’s Food Jammers series (Season II) was honored this past week with a Gold Award at the 41st annual WorldFest Film Festival held in Houston, TX. This is the third year in a row that Food Jammers has been honored at WorldFest, having previously won Silver (’07) and Bronze (‘06). The series is currently in production on it’s third season set to air this fall on Canada’s Food Network. The series is also broadcast in Italy (RAI), Brazil (Globosat), Australia (XYZ) and Thailand (UBC).
"I'm so thrilled that Food Jammers continues to receive recognition by the WorldFest judges. In 2006/07 we built upon our success with the Food Jammer hosts and premiered a new series, Invention Nation for the (Discovery-owned) Science Network in the US," says Tomlin.
Peace Point has now won a total of 3 Gold, 2 Silver, and 4 Bronze awards won over the past four years at Worldfest.
Food Jammers is hosted by three everyday guys, Nobu Adilman, Micah Donovan and Chris Martin, whose real friendships and creative pursuits shine through and appeal to audiences to such a degree that it’s become one of the most original new TV shows in years.
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 this spring 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 or www.foodjammers.com
WORLDFEST was founded in Houston, TX in 1968 and became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. Now in its 41st year, the mission/vision statement of WorldFest is to recognize and honor outstanding creative excellence in film & video and to validate brilliant abilities in the field. WorldFest discovered Spielberg, Lucas, Lynch, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, Robert Rodriguez, Ang Lee and hundreds more. Further details and a full list of this year’s winners may be found at: www.worldfest.org
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