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Welcome to CINDYs. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about entering the International CINDY Competitions. Besides background on the awards and how they got started, you’ll find entry guidelines, a table of deadlines, and information about media categories, fees and entry forms. You can enter online, download an entry form, or request one by mail or fax. There are also lists of previous winners and links to professional organizations that may be of interest.

About the CINDY Competitions

CINDY, an acronym for “Cinema in Industry,” began in 1959 as an industrial film competition. It was originally created by the Industry Film Producers Association (IFPA), an American professional organization. Later, this group became the Informational Film Producers of America and, in 1984, the Association of Visual Communicators (AVC). Today the twice-a-year CINDY Awards are proudly presented by the International Association of Audio Visual Communicators (IAAVC), a non-profit group representing theatrical, broadcast, non-broadcast, and interactive media professionals throughout the world.

As the market for industrial films has evolved into video and other media formats over the years, CINDY has changed dramatically. Interactive media was added in 1985, making CINDY the first interactive media competition in the world. Today CINDY continues to honor the informational media producer but has expanded to embrace all production professionals.