OTTAWA, July 6, 2009 - War Amps CEO Cliff Chadderton has been notified that two of the Association's productions have won top awards at U.S. Film Festivals.

WEBMASTERS, a three-minute vignette about a new War Amps program that provides training in the field of Web development for "Super Champs" - children with multiple amputations – advanced to and won the Special Jury Award at the 2009 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The Festival receives more than 4,000 international entries, with only ten Special Jury Awards given. The vignette can be seen at waramps.ca/champ/jump.html

The documentary Jeff Nicklin: Hero of the Gridiron and the Battlefield received Platinum Awards in both the Documentary and History/Biography categories at the 2009 EMPixx Awards. Based in the U.S. and founded in 2008 by seven-time Emmy and two-time Clio Award winner David E. Carter, the EMPixx Awards is an innovative competition for professionals in video.

The Nicklin film tells the story of Lt-Col Jeff Nicklin -- an all-star with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers who was killed in action while leading the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion on the drop into the Rhineland in March1945.

A vignette based on the film called the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy also won a Gold Award at the 22nd Annual International Mercury Awards in New York City, later advancing to and winning in the Grand Award category. This competition featured more than 980 entries from 20 countries.

Like all War Amps productions, Jeff Nicklin: Hero of the Gridiron and the Battlefield was funded by corporate donations and can be purchased at a cost-recovery price of $11 (DVD) by calling toll-free 1 800 250-3030 or at www.waramps.ca.

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