Catholics in Media Associates (CIMA) 19th Annual Film & TV Awards to Hugo, Modern Family, I Am & The Way at April 29th Awards Ceremony at Beverly Hills Hotel

(Los Angeles, CA, April 2, 2012) —

Martin Scorsese's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(CIMA) 19th Annual Mass and Awards Brunch on Sunday, April 29th will honor the 5-time Academy Award-winning, Martin Scorsese-directed family film Hugo, the Tom Shadyac documentary I Am and ABC Television’s Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Peabody Award-winning series Modern Family.  The Emilio Estevez film The Way, starring Martin Sheen, a previous CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award winner, will receive the CIMA 2012 Board of Directors Award. The 2012 CIMA Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, will include  a 10:00 AM Mass,  brunch and awards ceremony, announced CIMA President Haskell V. Anderson III.  Master of Ceremonies is John McCook, Emmy-nominated star of “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

The CIMA 2012 Film Award will be given to the Martin Scorsese film Hugo, Scorsese’s first 3D film, a family mystery based upon the Brian Selznick novel about a boy who lives alone in a Paris railroad station and the enigmatic owner of a toy shop.

The 2012 CIMA Television Award will be presented to the ABC Television series Modern Family, created by Executive Producers Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan and revolving around three families interrelated thru patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill).

The CIMA 2012 Documentary Award goes to I Am, written, directed and narrated by prolific Hollywood film and television comedy director Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar, Ace Ventura, The Nutty Professor) relating his personal experiences and personal journey following a devastating 2007 bicycle accident.

The CIMA 2012 Board of Directors Award goes to the Emilio Estevez film The Way, starring previous CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Martin Sheen. The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family and friends and navigating the challenges of an ever-changing and complicated world.  The Way was released nationally on DVD on February 21st.

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Founded in 1992 by Catholics in the Hollywood entertainment community,   CIMA recognizes “Films, television programs and other entertainment forms that lift the spirit and help us better understand what it is to be part of the human family.”

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