Thursday, September 27, 2012

Richard Dean Anderson & Amanda Tapping - Jules Verne Award - Oct 10 '12 (Paris, France)

Source: Jules Verne Festival [follow link for additional information regarding tickets for the award ceremony reception]

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RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON AND AMANDA TAPPING - JULES VERNE AWARD - OCTOBER 10, 2012 - PARIS, FRANCE

The Jules Verne.ORG site was founded in 1991 by award-winning filmmakers/writers Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné.

Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, and visionary explorer Jacques Cousteau, JVA was created to encourage the new generations to discover and preserve our planet, as well as to embrace the spirit of adventure and curiosity through entertainment.

Creating live events The Jules Verne Festival, TV and theatrical adventure productions and exclusive Internet contents, offering educational and conservation programs through a unique concept, Jules Verne Adventures has fashioned the entertaining alliance of Science and Fiction in its own way.

JVA is both a grass-root organization and an internationally respected brand that is based both in Los Angeles, California, and in its hometown Paris, France.

James Cameron, Harrison Ford, George Lucas are among the recipients of the Jules Verne Awards.

Your journey begins as we are about to celebrate the 20th ANNIVERSARY of JVA in 2012.

This year, the Festival pays tribute to Richard Dean Anderson, the legendary heroes of MacGyver and [Jack O'Neill] of Stargate SG-1. The star is at the confluence of two worlds that are at the heart of the Festival and its rationale, in the tradition of Jules Verne: the imaginary and the preservation of nature.

For many years, Richard Dean Anderson has been committed to the environment preservation for protection of the planet, and marine environments. [Mr. Anderson] supports the action Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd. [His} commitment is an example for all those who put their celebrity and their means at the service of a vital cause which we are all, as human beings, the relevant main: Earth.

AMANDA TAPPING
Guest of honour

AMANDA TAPPING will receive a JULES VERNE AWARD for [her] humanitarian commitment. On this occasion, the Festival, in partnership with the Syfy and NRJ 12 string, officially launch the season 4 in France of the SANCTUARY series.

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