Jackson Hole Film Festival announces finalists for 2011 competition

News from the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival:

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is delighted to announce finalists in the Content and Program Categories of its Film Competition. Internationally renowned as the largest and most prestigious competition of the nature genre, this year's Festival competition included 510 films from more than 30 countries entering 800 categories-a record number of submissions competing for 22 special category awards.More than sixty judges from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa participated in the preliminary selections.

Finalists for Best Limited Series and Conservation Hero as well as the Craft and special Peer-Judged Categories, including Sound, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Writing, Earth Sciences, Interactive/New Media and Children's programs will be announced on August 15th. The 2011 award winners will be selected by a distinguished panel in Jackson Hole preceding the five-day industry conference held in Grand Teton Park at the Jackson Lake Lodge October 3-7, and will be announced at a Gala celebration on Thursday, October 6.