Winners Of The 2014 Golden Trailer Awards Announced

Playing to a crowd of over 1,100 attendees, 15th Annual Golden Trailer Awards presented 17 awards at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Honorees representing the 58 additional categories that received honors ranging from “Trashiest Poster” to “Best Score” were also on hand.

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Judges of this year’s Golden Trailers Awards included Chris Buck (co-director, Frozen), Adam Driver (Girls, J.J. Abram’s upcoming Star Wars film), Doug Ellin (creator, Entourage), Debi Mazar (upcoming series Younger), Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope), Neil Burger (director, Divergent), and Evan Daugherty (writer, Snow White and the Huntsman). Author/Radio Host/Comedian Jay Mohr was the MC for the evening.

The Golden Trailer Awards were launched in 1999 by Evelyn Brady-Watters and Monica Brady as a way to recognize the best of the best in worldwide motion picture marketing. The event has become one of the most anticipated award shows of the year.

“The Golden Trailer Awards represent the absolute best in marketing innovation and creativity. The show is always a really fun night of celebration and we couldn’t be more proud of the nominees and winners,” said GTA Founder Evelyn Brady-Watters.

Added executive producer Monica Brady, “We had more contest submissions this year than any year in our 15 year history and we keep growing in stature and size. The best is yet to come for the Golden Trailer Awards.”

To view a selection of the winning trailers, please visit http://wdrv.it/1nLq7qC .

The winners of the 2014 Golden Trailer Awards are:

BEST ACTION THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE “World Event” Lionsgate/Trailer Park

BEST ANIMATION/FAMILY FROZEN “Forces First Ped” Disney/Trailer Park

BEST COMEDY BAD WORDS “Red Band Trailer” Focus Features/Mark Woolen & Associates

BEST DOCUMENTARY BLACKFISH Magnolia/Zealot

BEST DRAMA LEE DANIEL’S THE BUTLER The Weinstein Company/AV Squad

BEST FANTASY ADVENTURE MALEFICENT “Dream” The Walt Disney Studios/Open Road Entertainment

BEST HORROR THE CONJURING “Case” Warner Bros./Buddha Jones

BEST INDEPENDENT TRAILER DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Focus Features/Mark Woolen & Associates

BEST MUSIC THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY “Go/Cloud” 20th Century Fox/Transit

BEST ROMANCE THE FAULT IN OUR STARS “A Good Life/Story” 20th Century Fox/Motive Creative

BEST THRILLER GRAVITY “Detached” Warner Bros./mOcean

BEST VIDEO GAME TRAILER ASSASSIN’S CREED BLACK FLAG FREEDOM CRY “Reveal Trailer” Ubisoft/Sunny Side Up Creative

THE DON LaFONTAINE AWARD FOR BEST VOICE OVER THE HEAT “Can You Dig It?” 20th Century Fox/Big Picture Entertainment

GOLDEN FLEECE THE FIFTH ESTATE “The Future” Dreamworks/InSync + BemisBalkind

MOST ORIGINAL TRAILER THIS IS THE END “April Fools Trailer” Columbia Pictures/Vibe Creative, Inc.

BEST SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER TRAILER GODZILLA “Ravaged/Event” Warner Bros./Trailer Park

TRASHIEST TRAILER BAD MILO! Magnet Releasing/Jump Cut

BEST OF SHOW GRAVITY “Detached” Warner Bros/mOcean

------Technical and Non Show Categories ------------ Best Motion/Title Graphics Transcendence “Singularity”, Warner Bros., Buddha Jones

Best Original Score The Hunger Games: Catching Fire “Trailer 4A”, Lionsgate, CARVE

Best Sound Editing Into the Storm “Listen Plane”, Warner Bros. Buddha Jones

Best Trailer – No Movie SHERPA: In the Shadow of the Mountain, Felix Media, The Solid State

--------------Foreign Trailers -------------- Best Foreign Action Trailer Protector 2 “Revenge”, Magnet Releasing, AV Squad

Best Foreign Animation Trailer Ernest & Celestine, GKIDS, Zealot Productions Inc.

Best Foreign Comedy Trailer Hector and the Search for Happiness “International”, Bankside Films, Zealot Productions Inc.

Best Foreign Documentary Trailer Hawking “Trailer”, Vertigo Films, Intermission Film

Best Foreign Drama Ida, Music Box Films, Zealot Productions Inc.

Best Foreign Graphics in a Trailer Journey to the West “Demons”, China Film Group, AV Squad

Best Foreign Horror/Thriller Trailer The Babadook, eOne Entertainment, The Solid State

Best Foreign Romance Trailer Le Weekend, Music Box Films, Zealot Productions Inc.

Most Original Foreign Trailer The Turning, Madman Entertainment, The Solid State

--------------------TV Spots -------------------- Best Action TV Spot Captain America: The Winter Soldier “The World 60”, Disney, Trailer Park

Best Animation/Family TV Spot The Lego Movie “Special Cast”, Warner Bros., TRANSIT

Best Comedy TV Spot Neighbors “Mad Neighbors”, Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative

Best Drama TV Spot Rush “Mark:60”, Universal Pictures, AV Squad

Best Documentary TV Spot The Armstrong Lie “Ride 60”, Sony Pictures Classics, In Sync Advertising

Best Fantasy/Adventure TV Spot Star Trek Into Darkness “Go :30”, Paramount Pictures, AV Squad

Best Foreign TV Spot The Wind Rises “Visionary 30”, Disney/Studio Ghibli, Trailer Park

Best Graphics in a TV Spot The Grand Budapest Hotel “30TV Dynamite”, Fox Searchlight, Giaronomo Productions

Best Horror TV Spot The Conjuring “Event Review”, Warner Bros., TRANSIT

Best Independent TV Spot 12 Years a Slave “Fight Back”, Fox Searchlight, Ignition

Best Music TV Spot Frozen “Let it Go Review” :60, Disney, Trailer Park

Best Romance TV Spot The Great Gatsby “You and Me”, Warner Bros., Wild Card

Best Summer 2014 Blockbuster TV Spot Godzilla “Fight”, Warner Bros., Aspect Ratio

Best Thriller TV Spot Gravity “No Escape, Warner Bros., mOcean

Best Video Game TV Spot Diablo III – Reaper of Souls “Face Off”, Blizzard Entertainment, CARVE

Best Voice Over TV Spot Robocop “60 Infomercial”, Studio Canal, The Editpool

Most Original TV Spot Muppets: Most Wanted “Across the Internet”, Disney, Buddha Jones

---------------Posters--------------- Best Action Poster The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate, Ignition

Best Animation/Family Poster Despicable Me 2 “Side by Side Billboard”, Universal Pictures, Ignition

Best Comedy Poster Neighbors “Teaser One-sheet”, Universal Pictures, Ignition

Best Documentary Poster Muscle Shoals, Magnolia Pictures, Cold Open

Best Drama Poster Gravity, Warner Bros., The Refinery

Best Foreign Poster Roxanne, Good Hands/The Drum

Best Horror Poster You’re Next, Lionsgate, Ignition

Best Independent Poster 12 Years a Slave “One-sheet”, Fox Searchlight, Ignition

Best International Poster Godzilla “International Spine One Sheet” Warner Bros., Ignition

Best Romance Poster About Time, Universal Pictures/Working Title, The Refinery

Best Summer 2014 Blockbuster Poster Godzilla “Main Campaign One Sheet,” Warner Bros., Ignition

Best Teaser Poster The Purge: Anarchy, Universal, Ignition

Best Thriller Poster You’re Next “Comic-Con Poster”, Lionsgate, Ignition

Best Video Game Poster Need for Speed: Rivals “One-sheet”, Electronic Arts, Ignition

Best Wildposts The Hunger Games: Catching Fire “Teaser Outdoor”, Lionsgate, Ignition

Most Original Poster You’re Next “Graffiti Billboard”, Lionsgate, Ignition

Trashiest Poster Lovelace, Lionsgate, Cold Open

Best Motion Poster 2 Guns, eOne Entertainment, Greenhaus GFX

------Standee----- Best Standee for a Feature Film Despicable Me 2 “Whack-a-Minion Standee”, Universal, Ignition

-------------Advertising in Theater & On Screen ------------ Best Pre-show Theatrical Advertising for a Brand White House Down “NCM”, Sony, Mob Scene

----------Original/Experiential Cinematic/Movie Advertising-------------- Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film The Wolf of Wall Street “Marty Party”, Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central

Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game Ninja Gaiden Z “Load of Shit”, Buddha Jones

Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand/Product The Lego Movie “Behind the Bricks”, Warner Bros., Aspect Ratio

Best Vine Sabotage, Open Road, Buddha Jones

Best Viral Campaign Muppets: Most Wanted “Watched the Commercials Extended Online”, Disney, Buddha Jones

-----Film Festival----------- Best Film Festival Trailer New Directors New Films 2014, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jump Cut Creative

Best Film Festival Poster Palm Springs Film Festival, Ignition