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the best films," said Dr. Hoffman,
a former grand prize winner and
winner of two other category awards
himself.
All accepted films, which are 8
minutes or less, are available on-de-
mand during the meeting at com-
puter kiosks in the convention cen-
ter, as well as online. Onsite in 2016,
films submitted for recognition were
viewed 14,000 times. What's more,
attendees said they thought 99% of
scientific films were educationally
valuable.
Find out more about this
year's ASCRS Film Festival Awards
at http://annualmeeting.ascrs.org/
film-festival-awards. EW
Contact information
Hoffman: rshoffman@finemd.com
Judges this year, in addition
to Dr. Hoffman, include Mitchell
Weikert, MD, Houston, chief judge;
George Beiko, MD, St. Catharines,
Canada, international guest judge;
John Hart, Jr., MD, Farmington
Hills, Michigan; Elizabeth Hofmeis-
ter, MD, San Diego; Susan MacDon-
ald, MD, Peabody, Massachusetts;
Neda Shamie, MD, Los Angeles;
Shachar Tauber, MD, Springfield,
Missouri; and Michael Taravella,
MD, Aurora, Colorado.
"The entire ceremony is devoted
to the film producers and their films.
We try to have the ceremony en-
tertaining with regard to the use of
film outtakes and presentations, in
addition to having it somewhat ed-
ucational with viewing of segments
from winning films and the best of
