The US International Film and Video Festival 2008 honoured global events company Jack Morton Worldwide recently, awarding the global events agency with Best of Festival (Grand Prix) for Corporate Productions for ‘KPMG Graduate Recruitment Film’.

The accolade was presented at a ceremony held in Hollywood earlier this month and was judged by representatives of the International Quorum of Motion Pictures Producers, an organisation of the world’s top production companies.

“Jack Morton Worldwide achieved the perfect synthesis of story telling and production technique in its quest to help KPMG recruit new college graduates,” said Lee Gluckman Junior, chairman of the US International Film and Video Festival. “Clearly, the film presented KPMG as a dynamic place to work, which means it met its client’s goal, a most important aspect of success.”

Jack Morton received two of the three nominations for the Grand Prix at this year’s festival, the second being for its production ‘IBM Hermitage Film’, which was also awarded a Gold Camera award. Other awards received included a Gold Camera award for ‘IBM Global Innovation Outlook Africa Series’, a Gold Camera Award for ‘Tour for the September 11 Memorial & Museum Exhibit Film’, a Silver Screen award for ‘Nokia 4th Screen’ and a Certificate for Creative Excellence for ‘Statoil Hydro – The Energy Challenge’. This is the third consecutive year that the agency has been honoured at the festival.

“We are thrilled to receive the highest award at this prestigious industry event,” said Jack Morton Worldwide managing director Julian Pullen. “We are very proud of our work in film and video and it is fantastic to receive this level of recognition from the wider industry. We look forward to continuing to develop creative and compelling work in this very exciting field.”