2012 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards – nominations

Music and Film in Motion (MFM) have announced the nominees for their 9th Annual Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards. MFM is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster and promote the development of the music and film industries in Northern Ontario.

In the film categories, John Alden Milne's The Standoff
 and Darlene Naponse's Every Emotion Costs

 led with three nominations each. Both were nominated for Film of the Year and Director of the Year. The Standoff
 picked up its third nomination for Editing while Every Emotion Costs

 received its additional nod for Screenwriting.

Dave vs. Death
 rounded out the Film of the Year category. David Lickley and Rob Gagne's Wildfires! A 4D Firefighting Adventure
 filled out the Director category and was the only other multiple nominee for film with a second nomination for Editing.

The music side was led by Cindy Doire who picked up three nominations. She was acknowledged for Album Of The Year by a Solo Artist (Sticks and Mud
), Songwriter Of The Year (Don’t Let The Bastards Bring You Down) and Vocal Performance Of The Year (Too Long
).

Double nominees for music included Kalle Mattson and Faraway Neighbours.

For each category, the nominees were selected by a panel of prominent music and film industry professionals. Submissions came in from communities across the North including Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Timmins, Espanola, Naughton, Atikokan and Elliot Lake.

The winners will be announced at the Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards ceremony to be held on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 in the Great Hall at Laurentian University, Sudbury.

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2012 NORTHERN ONTARIO MUSIC AND FILM AWARDS NOMINEES

Album Of The Year by a Solo Artist
Cindy Doire – Sticks and Mud

Angele Desbois – Singularity

Sunday Wilde – What man? Oh THAT man!!!



Album Of The Year by a Duo or Group
Kalle Mattson – Anchors
Faraway Neighbours – Carry On, Man
Ox – tUCo


SOCAN Songwriter Of The Year
Kalle Mattson – Singing Knives

Angela Evans – Still Hope

Cindy Doire – Don’t Let The Bastards Bring You Down

Vocal Performance Of The Year
Faye Blais – The Ways That I Love You

Cindy Doire – Too Long

Jean-Paul De Roover – Fix



Engineer Of The Year
Faraway Neighbours (for Carry On, Man by Faraway Neighbours)

Cody Allen (for All Is Not Lost by Cody Allen)
Chris Dorota (for Pitch Pipes by Jean-Paul De Roover)

Film Of The Year
Heather K. Dahlstrom – Dave vs. Death

John Alden Milne – The Standoff

Joseph Mansourian – Every Emotion Costs

Director Of The Year
David Lickley and Rob Gagne – Wildfires! A 4D Firefighting Adventure

John Alden Milne – The Standoff

Darlene Naponse – Every Emotion Costs



Film Editor Of The Year
James Lahti – Wildfires! A 4D Firefighting Adventure

Piotr Skowronski and Curtis Jensen – Jean-Paul De Roover’s “You”
John Alden Milne – The Standoff



Cinematographer Of The Year
Dave Clement – Return To Manomin

Damien Gilbert – Wax Philosophic’s “Devil In A Red Dress”
Ben Bruhmuller – Angel Of Death 1883

Screenwriter Of The Year
Lee Chambers – Hugh Jackman Saves The World
Darlene Naponse – Every Emotion Costs
Brad Stephenson – After The Fire