Canis Film festival
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Canis Film Festival

2009 Awards

Last year's grand prize winner

2007 Grand Prize winner
Laura VanArendonk Baugh
and KPCT President
Aaron Clayton.

Submissions can cover any animal species. All submissions will be considered for the Grand Prize Award.

Grand Prize

Most informative and innovative training video, any animal species

  • Winner: $500, commemorative trophy, and contract for video distribution with KPCT
  • Runner-up: $100, a certificate of achievement, and a potential contract for video distribution with KPCT
  • 2nd Runner-up: $50, a certificate of achievement, and a potential contract for video distribution with KPCT

Judging Criteria
All videos should show both the training and the finished behavior. Videos will be judged on a variety of criteria, with emphasis on:

  • Clarity of teaching process and methods
  • Innovation in the end behavior and teaching approach
  • Entertainment value
  • Use of positive training principles, especially those using operant conditioning and a marker
  • Usefulness to target audience
  • Production quality