Nominations

The 2009 RAAM Awards Dinner is at the Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London on Wednesday 4th February in support of The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.

The nominations for the 2009 RAAM Awards are as follows;

Movie of the Year 2008

  • Mamma Mia - Universal Pictures International
  • Quantum of Solace - Sony Pictures International
  • The Dark Knight - Warner Bros

Foreign Language Movie of the Year

  • Rab Ne Bana De Jodi - Yash Raj
  • Singh is King - The Indian Film Company - Studio 18
  • The Orphanage - Optimum Releasing

Independently Distributed Movie of the Year

  • Four Christmases - Entertainment Films
  • Sex and the City - Entertainment Films
  • Twilight - E1 Films

Industry Achievement Award - Ireland

  • Paddy Kelly, Paramount Pictures

Distributor of the Year

  • Paramount Pictures International
  • Sony Pictures International
  • Universal Pictures International

Film and Cinema Marketing Campaign

  • Curzon Cinemas - Artificial Eye - Waltz with Bashir
  • SGC Cinema Dungarven - Opera Ireland - Live from the Metropolitan Opera New York
  • Vue Cinema Doncaster - Universal - Mamma Mia

Arts Alliance Media - Innovation in Cinema Award

  • 20th Century Fox - 100-screen premiere of “Shine A Light” transmitted by satellite across the UK
  • Real D - for its clever “light doubler” system to radically improve efficiency of 3D and therefore the size of screen that can be supported
  • Sensio for innovative technology allowing live 3D broadcasts over existing 2D infrastructure

Industry Achievement Award - UK

  • Mike Ewin, Winstone Films

Cinema of the Year - Ireland Sponsored by Coca Cola Bottlers (Ireland) Limited

  • Cineworld Dublin
  • Movies@Dundrum
  • Vue Dublin

Cinema of the Year - UK

  • Cineworld - Glasgow
  • Cineworld - Sheffield
  • Showcase - Bluewater

Industry Achievement Award - International

  • Andrew Cripps, President Paramount Pictures International

Retail Director of the Year Award Sponsored by Britvic UK

Independent Cinema of the Year - Ireland Sponsored by Britvic Ireland

  • Gaiety Cinema Group - Arklow
  • Movies@Dundrum
  • Movies@Swords

Independent Cinema of the Year - UK Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK

  • Ambassador Cinema Woking
  • Everyman Cinema - Belsize Park London
  • Plaza Cinema Truro

Cinema Circuit of the Year

  • Cineworld Cinemas
  • Odeon Cinemas
  • Vue Entertainment

The RAAM International Award

  • Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, EON Productions

Already confirmed to attend the awards dinner are - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK and Ireland - Paramount Pictures International - Cineworld - Movies@ - Odeon - Vue - Apollo Cinemas - Arts Alliance Media Britvic UK tme- Britvic Ireland - Coca Cola Bottlers Ireland - Coca Cola UK - !nBev - Variety - BARCO - Cinema Exhibitors’ Association - Pearl & Dean - Cinema Solutions.

Book your table now online or by email tmeehan@raammanagement.com or call +44 (0)141 357 1991 RAAM has arranged an overnight guest rate at the Millennium Hotel - double occupancy including breakfast £186.97+VAT. To make a reservation call +44(0)207 506 3122 - please quote the booking reference C0402RAAM