Eureka Productions won 14 awards this month at the 45th annual Worldfest-Houston International Film festival.

“We are delighted to say that your Remi Award assumes a very special significance this year, as more than 4,200 category entries were competing from 32 countries,” said Hunter Todd, director of Worldfest Houston.

Eureka Productions awards include “how- to” instructional videos, and documentaries about world peace, ‘breaking news,’ sports, fitness and healing, the integration of spiritual teachings in Indian government policies and more.

Eureka has previously won awards for its documentaries on Afghanistan, Central America, the Himalayas, sustainable logging, sustainable farming and more.

Eureka Productions, based in Mendocino and Truckee, Calif. specializes in martial arts, healing, and social issues documentary videos. The company’s martial arts production department focuses on cutting edge presentations of gigong, meditation, healing and the internal martial arts.

Statement from Hunter Todd founding director Worldfest Houston:

“More than 550 international filmmakers attended the 10 day cinema and video celebration and conference with masters classes in various aspects of film production,, finance, and distribution. We were blessed with filmmakers from all over the world; China, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nepal, Nigeria, England, Mexico, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Bosnia, Eritrea, Croatia, Iraq, Iran, Canada, India, Pakistan, Italy, Taiwan, Israel, Japan, Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bermuda, Viet Nam, Serbia, Poland, Greece, England, Poland, and even the good old USA!!!

“WorldFest did give first honors to Spielberg, Lucas, David Lynch, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, Brian De Palma, John Lee Hancock, Randal Kleiser and many more, so it is not only one of the longest-running film festivals in the world, it is also one of the most significant! We hope that we will be adding your name to that wonderful list of WorldFest Alumni very soon! My personal congratulations for a job very well done.”

Awards

On the Road with Shri Vibhu Ji “Tame the Mind”
1. Television Cable & Web-based productions Religion & Spirituality Gold
Ken Anderson: Sharing Tales from the Iditarod Trail
1. Television, Cable & Web-based productions Education Gold

India Welcomes the World
1. Television Cable & Web-based productions Religion & Spirituality Silver

The Marriage of Knowledge & Action with Satpal Maharaj 1. Films & Video Productions Ethic / Cultural: Silver

Masters on the Mountain : “Playing Martial Arts for the Fun of It” winning in 4 categories listed below:
1. Live Action with little or no dialogue: Silver
2. Sports (Television Cable and Web based productions) Bronze
3. Independent short subjects “live action Bronze”
4. Fitness “Commercials and Public Services” Bronze

The Problem is no Problem (with Mahatma Faqiranand)
1. Film and Video Productions Religion /Ethic /Spirituality Bronze
2. Television, Cable and web-based production: Live Events Bronze
3. Religious Programs “Television cable and web-based productions” Bronze

A Testament to Tong Ren
1. Television Cable & Web based “Local Public Service” Bronze
Occupy Wall Street
1. Television, Cable & Web-based productions “Single breaking news story coverage” Bronze

The Deflection, Absorption & Emission of Energy with Sergey Makarenko
1. Television, Cable and Web-based Productions Live Events Bronze

March 31 & April 1, 2012
Truckee, Calif.

RENO FRIDAY NIGHT
“Brave Heart Special”
with James Painter
775-220-2901

FEATURING
‘Uncle’ Bill & HIS POSSE OF HEAVY HITTERS (ALL BIG-TIME TEACHERS)
Stewart Lauper • Daniel Prasetya • Janet Gee • James Painter • Keith Moffett • Chuck Stahmann • Phillip Sailas • Eugene Robinson • Santiago Terrases • Frank Broadhead • Cosme Castanieto • Darca Nicholson  • Chen Kuan Chung • Sergey Makarenko • Wilfredo Gonzalez • Mikel la Chapelle

In Truckee, Calif. Call for address.

$100 for both days—$75 for one day (helps bring in the players who live far away). We will be renting a house for lodging for 3 days (please send $50 to make this happen).

Register by phone (800) 937–3142 or via Paypal below.

Days

2 days $100.00 1 day (Saturday) $75.00 1 day (Sunday) $75.00

This week will see the return of the Sam Edwards’ father, Emmet, to his old home of Elko, Nevada. Not literally, of course.

But at the world-famous National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Sam’s new book, A Cowboy Named Emmet pays homage to his father. It will be read at 2 p.m. Tuesday by Harry Madsen at the Great Basin College theatre.

A Cowboy Named Emmet is a book about a cowboy who saw the early to mid-20th century changes that came to the west he loved as the California he was raised in becomes fenced in: and his move to work in Elko, Nevada where there was still the open range life. The book is by his son, written with a bit of rhythm and a lot of doggerel. Sam Edwards lives in the Sierras-not quite in Nevada or the old time ways.

Buy the book at Amazon in paperback. Or get the ebook for 50% off(only $2.50) through March 1, 2012 at Smashwords.com. Just enter this coupon code: VS84S

Hang and rattle,

– Sam and Crew.

Masters on the Mountain 34 is being held Saturday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, Oct. 16.

The address is 10960 West River Street, Truckee, Calif.

Call 800-937-3142 to register.

MENDOCINO/TRUCKEE, Calif. – Local video production company Eureka Productions won seven awards this month at the 44th annual Worldfest-Houston International Film festival.

“We are delighted to say that your awards assume a very special significance this year, as more than 4,200 category entries were competing from 32 countries,” said Hunter Todd, director of WorldFest Houston.

Eureka Productions’ awards include “how-to” instructional videos, a screen play and a documentary about the world’s largest religious gathering. The complete award list is below, and samples of Eureka Productions videos may be viewed on Youtube.

1. Remi Award: “Fight to Breath Right”   DVD, which examines Russian breathing and movement techniques for health and exercise (and sorry, fighting)
2. Remi Award: “Kumbh Mela” DVD, a documentary of the world’s largest religious gathering every 12 years in India at Haridwar.
3. Remi Award: “I Will Fight No More Forever” DVD, about a Dutch-Indonesian martial arts master featured in Eureka productions award winning “Magus of Denver’
4. Gold Remi Award: “Heart to Heart” DVD, about healing practices for animals (see “Tapping into the Collective Unconscious” Eureka Productions award, winning in 2010).
5. Gold Remi Award: “Cayuga Park” DVD, a short news story about a small park in San Francisco with its unusual artistic achievement of sculptures by Demi, the man who maintained the park for more than 30 years. The Park is now threatened by BART, to be destroyed.
6. Silver Remi Award: “The American Lightwar,” an original screenplay by Sam Edwards
7. Silver Remi Award: “Best of Masters on the Mountain Healings Seminars” volume II.

Eureka Productions, based in Mendocino and Truckee, Calif., specializes in martial arts and healings seminars, social issues and documentary videos. Our martial arts production department focuses on cutting edge presentations of qigong, meditation, healing and the internal martial arts.

Contact Sam Edwards at 800-937-3142 for more information.