The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the call for entries for the sixth annual HPA Awards. Awards will be presented at a gala event at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on November 10th. The HPA Awards invite entries in the following competitive categories: Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process-Feature Film Outstanding Color Grading-Television Outstanding Color Grading-Commercial Outstanding Editing-Feature Film Outstanding Editing-Television Outstanding Editing-Commercial Outstanding Sound-Feature Film Outstanding Sound-Television Outstanding Sound-Commercial Outstanding Compositing-Feature Film Outstanding Compositing-Television Outstanding Compositing-Commercial Engineering Excellence The period of eligibility is September 8 2010 through September 6 2011 and eligible work may have debuted domestically or internationally during this period. Entrants need not be members of the Hollywood Post Alliance or working in the U.S. to submit work for consideration. A list of last year’s winners can be found by visiting www.hpaawards.net. Nominees and winners are selected by judging panels that are drawn from professionals in production and post-production. Entries for the Engineering Excellence Award will be invited to present at a special HPA judging event that will be open to the post community. A call for judges will be announced soon. Nominees will be announced in the fall. Complete rules guidelines and entry information are available at: www.hpaawards.net. Submissions for the creative categories will be accepted May 16 through July 29. Submissions for the Engineering Excellence Award will be accepted May 16 through July 1. Early Bird Entry (reduced fee for the creative categories) applies until July 1.
