March 7, 2012 (Grand Rapids, MI) – The Dove Foundation announced today winners of the coveted Crystal Dove Seal for the best Family Approved movies of 2011 in six categories; Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Animated, Documentary and Limited Release.
Movie awards and award shows every spring are ubiquitous. They are bestowed by groups representing virtually every imaginable constituency and ideology.
The CRYSTAL DOVE SEAL is unique in that it is an online ballot available to visitors to The Dove Foundation website, www.dove.org. These people are joined together by one common bond; they love good movies in a variety of genre’, but within the boundaries of good taste and positive values.
“The Dove Foundation has spent the last 22 years informing, empowering, and advocating on behalf of the‘Faith and Family Audience,’” said Dick Rolfe, Dove co-founder and CEO. “We’ve also offered our advice over the years to many grateful filmmakers working to reach this vast, underserved segment of the movie going public that’s looking for more family friendly entertainment choices. And we believe that the soon to be released update of our 2005 Film Profitability Study will again show that creating and producing films that Dove can approve just makes good business sense.”
44 Family Approved movies were nominated from the theatrical films released in 2011 that received the Dove Seal. Over, 2,000 voters cast their ballots, and the CRYSTAL DOVE SEAL goes to…
Comedy: The Muppets – Walt Disney Pictures
Drama: Soul Surfer – Sony Pictures / Affirm Films
Adventure: Hugo – Paramount Pictures
Animated: Cars 2 – Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios
Documentary: African Cats – Walt Disney Pictures
Limited Release: The Frontier Boys – Ferocious Films / Destiny Image Films
“We would like to thank all of the producers of the nominated films for creating wholesome entertainment that families can watch without being exposed to gratuitous content” said Rolfe.
Films nominated for the CRYSTAL DOVE SEAL:
BEST DRAMA: Soul Surfer (Winner), Courageous, Grace Card, War Horse, Snowmen, Dolphin Tale, There Be Dragons, Tree of Life, Seven Days in Utopia, Mighty Macs
BEST LIMITED THEATRICAL RELEASE: Fontier Boys (Winner), The Mothers Love, The Genesis Code, Lord of the Dance 3D, Footprints, Jerusalem Countdown, Doughboy, Alambama Moon, Suing the Devil
BEST DOCUMENTARY: African Cats (Winner), Born to be Wild, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Being Elmo, My Run
BEST COMEDY: The Muppets (Winner), Mr. Popper's Penguins, Hop, Monte Carlo, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
BEST ANIMATED: Cars 2 (Winner), Lion King 3D, Rio, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Arthur Christmas, Lion of Judah, Puss In Boots 3D, Winnie the Pooh, Gnomeo and Juliet, Kung Fu Panda 2, Happy Feet Two, Mars Needs Moms
BEST ADVENTURE: Hugo 3D (Winner), Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, Thor
About The Dove Foundation – Founded in 1991, is a nonprofit, pro-family organization that encourages and promotes the creation, production, distribution and consumption of family friendly entertainment. The Foundation awards its seals of approval in three categories, FAMILY APPROVED, FAITH FRIENDLY and FAITH BASED. Over 200,000 unique visitors each month rely on Dove reviews when making their entertainment choices; whether renting, streaming, or purchasing a movie ticket. Dove Seals appear in nearly every venue, from marketing and promotion materials of theatrical releases to the DVD/BluRay packaging and displays at retail.
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