Honk, Toot and Swo-Swoosh Wins CINE Golden Eagle

Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) January 11, 2006

Honk, Toot and Swo-Swoosh, a pre-school 3D animated television series, has been awarded a CINE Golden Eagle. The Golden Eagle was awarded in the Children’s Programs category.

Winners in this round include: WGBH, A&E Network, Discovery Channel, Public Television Service Taiwan, National Geographic, Thirteen/WNET, NOVA/WGBH, CNN, History Channel, MSNBC, PBS, Oxygen Media, The News Hour With Jim Lehrar, and Sesame Workshop.

Honk, Toot and Swo-Swoosh is a production of Creative Graphics of Mijdrecht, Holland, in association with Chocolate Moose Media of Ottawa, Canada. Firdaus Kharas of Ottawa was Executive Producer and Scripts and Voice Supervisor. Other Ottawa-based Canadians credited in the production include Robin Smith who was all the voices, Andrew Huggett as music composer, Robin Dumas for audio post and GAPC for voice recording and audio effects. The series is distributed world-wide by CCI Releasing of Toronto and may be ordered through http://www.ccientertainment.com. DVD sales in Canada are handled by Ottawa-based Cinerio Entertainment and may be ordered through http://www.cinerioentertainment.com. Select Loblaw’s Superstores carry the DVD.

The award is presented by CINE, founded in 1957 to distinguish excellence in professional filmmaking. The Golden Eagle is recognized around the world as a symbol of the highest production standards in film and video. Over 300 judges viewed and evaluated hundreds of entries for the awards. Prior recipients of CINE Golden Eagles include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and many others distinguished for their work with the moving image.

Honk, Toot and Swo-Swoosh is Holland’s first 3D animated series. Designed to be the first television series watched by young children, Honk, Toot and Swo-swoosh is an entertaining and educational series for young children the world over. Children in countries as disparate as Holland and India have made this series their favourite.

The series features three enduring friends: Honk the car, Toot the boat and Swo-swoosh the helicopter. The setting is in fictional Springland, a happy, safe and idyllic country environment where Honk and his best friend Swo-Swoosh have lots of adventures and discover how to negotiate the correct way to solve everyday problems. Toot the Boat is an older male character always at hand to help Honk and Swo-Swoosh find the correct solutions.

Through watching the trail and error activities of these playful and charming characters, young viewers are encouraged to develop both logical and lateral problem-solving skills. While being entertained, young viewers are presented with fun-filled, positive examples of how solution thinking can be forged in different everyday situations.

For additional information and interviews please contact:

In Canada: Firdaus J. Kharas. Executive Producer. Tel: (1)(613) 820-6121 Fax: (1)(613) 820-4679.

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