STAR-STUDDED CAMIE AWARDS HONOR CHARACTER AND MORALITY IN FILMS AND TELEVISION

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In Attendance Were CAMIE Award Winners
Dakota Fanning, Shirley Jones, John Newton, Olivia Hussey and Jeff Hephner

Emcees For The Evening Were Leanza Cornett, Mark Steines and John Schneider

Once again honoring the virtues of exceptional character and morality in contemporary entertainment, the 2007 CAMIE Awards were presented in a gala star-studded ceremony on Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, located in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Plaza in North Hollywood. The emcees were Leanza Cornett, Mark Steines and John Schneider.

Presented to entertaining and uplifting theatrical motion pictures and made-for-TV films that provide positive role models for building character, overcoming adversity and strengthening families, the CAMIE award winning theatrical films of 2007 are: Akeelah and the Bee (Lion’s Gate); Charlotte’s Web (Walden Media, Paramount Pictures); One Night With The King (Gener8Xion); Eight Below (Walt Disney Pictures); and The Nativity Story (New Line Cinema.

The CAMIE recipients in the Made-For-Television category are The Christmas Card (Hallmark Channel); Hidden Places (Hallmark Channel); Mother Teresa (FoxFaith); Candles On Bay Street (Hallmark Hall of Fame); and The Water Is Wide (Hallmark Hall of Fame). Individual solid bronze CAMIE statues are presented to those principally responsible for creating each winning film, which may include producers, directors, writers and leading actors.

In attendance were actors and actresses including Dakota Fanning (Charlotte’s Web); Shirley Jones (Hidden Places); John Newton (The Christmas Card); Olivia Hussey (Mother Teresa); Jeff Hephner (The Water Is Wide); J.R. Villarreal (Akeelah and the Bee); Sean Michael Afable (Akeelah and the Bee); and Tiny Lister (One Night With The King).

Presenters included former CAMIE winning actors and actresses Jon Voight, Josh Flitter, Gabby Soleil, Erin Cottrell and Holliston Coleman. In addition, Marty Ingels presented an award with his wife, Shirley Jones, and John Schneider teamed with Las Vegas based singer and entertainer Sandy Kastel to present the CAMIES for The Christmas Card. R&B producer/songwriter Kashif, and actress Juliette Goglia also presented CAMIES that evening.

CAMIE awards, Inc. was founded by concerned parents and others who recognized a need to help strengthen families and provide parents with a source where they could find wholesome entertainment. As they began working on the project, people from different faiths, cultures and backgrounds became involved. Since the award program’s inception, over 40 films have received CAMIES, including March of the Penguins, Miracle, Toy Story, and Chronicles of Narnia.

The global mission of CAMIE awards, Inc. is to encourage the production and awareness of outstanding, uplifting, and entertaining motion pictures with positive role models for building character, overcoming adversity, correcting unwise choices, strengthening families, living moral lives, and solving life’s problems with integrity and perseverance.