Awards for The Meatrix II: Revolting

W3 Award for “Excellence in Web Marketing,” 2006

Artivist Film Festival Award for “Best Short Film,” 2006

Poppy Jasper Film Festival Winner for “Best Animation Film,” 2006

Film Festivals

2009

RioFest International Environmental Film Festival – Showing the whole Meatrix series! (Socorro, NM)

2008

Ecocinema International Film Festival Israel – May 15th – May 24th. Showing The Meatrix Series! (Jerusalem, Haifa, and Tel Aviv)

Food For Thought Film Festival – April 5th, 12th, & 19th. They will be screening the whole Meatrix Series on all 3 days! (New York City, NY)

2007

Social Movement Film Festival – Oct. 21st – Dec. 8th. Screening The Meatrix & The Meatrix II: Revolting in Cantonese! (Hong Kong)

FilmColumbia Film Festival, Oct. 18th – Oct. 21st. They will be showing the Meatrix series. (Chatham, NY)

CinemAmbiente- International Environmental Film Festival – October 11th – 16th. The Meatrix series will be shown at this environmental film festival in Italy! (Turin, Italy)

SiliCon Short Film Festival – October 5th- 7th. The Meatrix series will be shown amid many horror shorts! Silicon is a multi-media Horror/Sci-Fi/Comic/Anime convention that benefits Diabetes Research. (San Jose, CA)

Southern Winds Film Festival – September 12th – 16th. The Meatrix series will play in Downtown Shawnee. (Shawnee, OK)

Dorset Festival – Aug.10th – Aug 12th. The Meatrix will be shown along with some great music and comedy acts at Oakley Farm. (Dorset, England)

The Big Green Gathering – Aug 1st- Aug. 5th. The Meatrix will be shown in The Green Room Theatre at this 5 day camping event. (Somerset, England)

Rural Route Film Festival – July 20th – 22nd 2007. The Meatrix series will be shown at Anthology Film Archives in the East Village. (New York City, NY)

Urban Vestige Film Festival – July 17th – July 19th. The Meatrix series will be shown during the NY Hip Hop Festival. (New York, NY)

The Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) – July 12th – 19th 2007. The Meatrix II: Revolting will be one of 100 short films shown over 8 days! (Bellmore, NY)

Daegu Peace Film Festival – July 6th to July 8th 2007. The Meatrix Series will be shown. (Namgu, Daegu, Korea)

4th Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFFIS) – Having shown the original Meatrix, they are excited to follow up with both The Meatrix II & II½ this year! May 17th – May 23rd 2007 (Seoul, Korea)

13th Annual Twin Rivers Media Festival – In addition to being shown at the festival, we also won an award for outstanding efforts in promoting quality media art! May 5th 2007 (Asheville, NC)

9th Annual EarthVision International Environmental Film Festival – April 10th – April 14th (Santa Cruz, CA)

1st annual Ch*Eco*Fest, April 12th- April 15th, 2007. An environmental film festival showing the Meatrix series! Hosted by California State University, Chico. (Chico, CA)

Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival – Shown with The Meatrix II ½! March 30th to April 1st, 2007 (Seattle, WA)

Raw Lifestyle Film Festival- March 16th- 18th 2007 Showing The Meatrix trilogy! (West Hollywood, CA)

Very Short Movies Festival – March 8- 11, 2007 (Hollywood, CA)

Food for Thought Film Festival – March 3rd and 4th, 2007 Playing along side The Meatrix I. (Queens, NY)

2nd Environmental Film Festival- February 24th, 2007 (Davenport, IA)

Big Muddy Film Festival- Feb. 23 – March 4, 2007 (Carbondale, IL)

Golden Star Shorts Fest – February 21 to 25, 2007 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, CA. The has been accepted as a nominee for competition along side of 12 other short films.

Show off Your Short Film Festival – Feb. 9th – 11th, 2007 The Meatrix II: Revolting has been chosen to participate at the First Annual SOYS Film Festival at the Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California.

SmogDance Film Festival – Jan 26th- 28th, 2007 (Claremont, CA)

Tucson Slow Food Film Festival – The Meatrix II has been selected for screening at the Tucson
Slow Food Film Festival, January 13, 2007.

2006

Animated Dreams Film Festival – November 23rd – 26th, 2006 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Earthvision Fall Celebration – November 9th, 2006 at Santa Cruz’s Del Mar Theater

Artivist Film Festival, held November 9-12, at the Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, California.

Art for Activists November 9 -12, 2006 th th The Meatrix II was awarded the prize for best short film in the Animal Rights category.

Poppy Jasper Film Festival – November 10-12, 2006 in Morgan Hill, California.

Indie-AniFest – October 27-31, 2006 in Seoul Korea. Both of the Meatrix films are being featured in this festival.

La Nuit du Film Militant – October 14th, 2006. The Meatrix II: Revolting will be screened during
this “Night of Activist Films” event in Aubagne, France.

California International Animation Festival (CalAniFest), October 8th, 2006 in Riverbank, CA. The festival will take place at Riverbank’s Galaxy 12 Theatres.

Chas Doc Film Festival – October 6-9, 2006 in Charleston, SC. The film will be showcased along
with the first Meatrix movie.

Meniscus Film Festival – August 31, 2006. Both of the Meatrix films were screened at this event as part of a local arts festival. (Grimsby, England)

Haydenfilms Online Film Festival – August 30th – October 30th, 2006. The film will be posted on the Haydenfilms website, and is in the running for a grand prize of $10,000! petition this year. (Salt Lake City, UT)

Globians Film Festival – August 13-20, 2006. The Meatrix II: Revolting will be screened along side of the first Meatrix film as part of this German festival’s 2006 program.

Gloria Film Festival – August, 2006. The Meatrix II will be participating in the festival’s Animation competition this year. (Salt Lake City, UT)

Animal Rights Film Festival – June 3rd and 4th 2006 in Vancouver, BC. The Meatrix II: Revolting was screened along side of the first Meatrix film.

Annecy International Animation Festival – June 2006 The Meatrix II: Revolting was selected as part of this year’s Internet Selection category.

Planet Earth Film Festival – May 4, 2006 at the historic Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu, Hawaii.

Tribeca Underground Film Festival – May 2-7, 2006. The Meatrix II: Revolting was screened as an official selection for competition. (New York, NY)

Inspiration Film Festival – April 28-30, 2006. (Santa Monica, CA)

True/False West Film Festival – April 24, 2006 in Bellingham, Washington.

Rebel Planet Hollywood Film Festival – April 6th -9th, 2006 Leo, Chickity and Moopheus went to Hollywood! The Meatrix II was awarded with honorable mention in the animation category.

Beyond Factory Farming Coaltion

Beyond Factory Farming Coalition is a national coalition whose mission is to promote livestock production that supports food sovereignty, ecological, human and animal health, as well as sustainability and community viability and informed citizen/consumer choice. The website is written in both English and French.

Les AmiEs de la Terre de Québec

The general mandate of Les AmiEs de la Terre de Québec (ATQ) is to establish an ecological society based on natural auto-regulation, biodiversity, wisdom and equality.

The Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals

The Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals is a national organization working on the issue of farm animal welfare, particularly on battery cage and sow stall use, but also on transportation and slaughter.

Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance

CCAR’s mission is to make Canada an international leader in the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance.

Canadian Health Coalition

Dedicated to preserving and enhancing Canada’s public health system for the benefit of all Canadians. Good source of information for food-related happenings in Canada.

Canadian Organic Growers

Canadian Organic Growers Inc. is Canada’s national membership-based education and networking organization representing farmers, gardeners and consumers in all provinces.

Citizens for the Environment and Future in Eastern Ontario

A citizen group devoted to stopping industrial hog farms and helping to preserve local farming and the environment.

Coalition rurale du Haut Saint-Laurent

The coalition was set up in the Fall of 2001 to fight the invasion of Industrial Hog Operations in our Regional Municipal County (MRC) – Le Haut Saint-Laurent – thirteen rural municipalities in South West Quebec.

Council of Canadians

The Council of Canadians is a citizens’ watchdog organization, comprised of over 100,000 members and more than 70 Chapters across the country. Strictly non-partisan, the Council lobbies Members of Parliament, conducts research, and runs national campaigns aimed at spotlighting issues ranging from social programs, economic justice, renewing democracy, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving the environment.

David Suzuki Foundation

The Foundation covers a wide range of issues and tackles programs such as free-range farming and BSE.

Eat Well Guide

The Eat Well Guide is a free, online directory of sustainably-raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs from farms, stores, restaurants and online outlets in the US and Canada. Consumers simply enter their postal code to find local products that were raised sustainably, including no antibiotics, no added hormones, pasture raised, grass fed and organic. Scores of new farms and stores are being added on a continual basis.

EatKind.net

Eatkind.net promotes ethical eating by acting as an online source of information on ethical food choices and a worldwide directory of directories of sellers of comparatively ethically produced foods. So long as people eat animal products, a major aspect of Eatkind.net’s mission will be to encourage those people to choose the most humane and sustainable options.

Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario

Educates farmers about ecological methods of farming to create an agriculture which maintains and enhances the health of the soil, the crops, the livestock and the farm community through the understanding of ecological principles.

Environmental Defense Canada

Environmental Defense protects the environment and human health through research, education and campaigns focusing on projects like greening cities.

Hog Watch Manitoba

Hog Watch Manitoba is a coalition of social and environmental groups, farmers, friends of animals, social justice advocates, trade unionists and scientists. The group is concerned about the industrialization of livestock raising in Manitoba.

National Farmers Union

Member families of the Union believe that through an organization that represents all commodities produced in Canada, it is possible to promote the family farm as the most appropriate and efficient means of agricultural production. The NFU’s goal is to achieve agricultural policies which will ensure dignity and security of income for farm families while enhancing the land for future generations.

Sierra Club of Canada

The Sierra Club has been active in Canada since 1969, working on matters of public policy and environmental awareness. There are local activist chapters and working groups in every region of the country. The Club does extensive research on factory farm environmental and health issues.

The Society for Environmentally Responsible Livestock Operations

SERLO works to maintain the sustainability, economic viability and environmental stewardship that has earned Alberta farmers–and their produce–worldwide respect.

Union Paysanne

This organization works to promote small-scale farming by supporting the establishment of an agricultural policy based on the following objectives: food sovereignty, food safety, crop diversity and biological diversity, dynamic land use, protection of the rural environment, and quality of life for farmers, rural residents and consumers. The organization strives to encourage small farms and local marketing of products to halt the industrialization of farms and the depopulation of the countryside; to ensure the quality of food and of the environment; and to restore rural citizenship.

Regional Organizations:

Alberta Farmers’ Market Association (Alberta)

The Alberta Farmers’ Market Association is a provincial organization providing leadership and support to member markets, managers and vendors through education and promotion.

Growing Food Security in Alberta (GFSA) (Alberta)

Engaging Albertans – groups, organizations, business, governments and individuals – in strategies to ensure secure access to adequate amounts of safe, nutritious, culturally appropriate food for everyone, produced in an environmentally sustainable way and provided in a manner that promotes human dignity.

The Society for Environmentally Responsible Livestock Operations (Alberta)

SERLO works to maintain the sustainability, economic viability and environmental stewardship that has earned Alberta farmers–and their produce–worldwide respect.

Farm Folk/City Folk Society (British Columbia)

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society is a non-profit organization that works with food communities toward a local, sustainable food system. FarmFolk/CityFolk Society works on projects that provide access to and protection of foodlands; that support local, small scale growers and producers; and that educate, communicate and celebrate with local food communities.

Stop the Hogs Coalition (Manintoba)

A group of ratepayers of the RMs of Barrier Valley and Ponass Lake who are opposed to the proposal for North East Hogs/Big Sky Farms to establish a 5000-sow mega hog operation in the Tisdale/Archerwill area.

Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (Ontario)

Educates farmers about ecological methods of farming to create an agriculture which maintains and enhances the health of the soil, the crops, the livestock and the farm community through the understanding of ecological principles.

Prince Edward Island Certified Organic Producers Cooperative (Prince Edward Island)

Established in 2002, the PEI Certified Organic Producers Co-op (COPC) is composed of certified organic agriculture producers who wish to see organic agriculture grow within Prince Edward Island. COPC’s vision of the future entails a vibrant, growing organic industry in PEI. COPC is committed to supporting quality healthy food for Islanders, a revitalized rural economy and culture, protecting and enhancing the environment, and a fair income for organic farmers.