var s_awards = '<br /><strong>Only honors or recognitions received personally or awards won and collected on behalf of a production personally by Mr. Kharas are listed here.&nbsp; Awards received by others&nbsp;on productions directed or produced by Mr. Kharas, such as Genies,&nbsp;are not listed here but are in the program&nbsp;or film listings under the relevant credits.&nbsp; <br /><br /></strong>Official Selections, Nominations and Finalists in festivals and competitions are too numerous to list.<strong><br /><br />In alphabetical order:<br /></strong><br /><strong>Aegis Awards (6)<br /></strong><br /><img width="40" height="80" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Aegis2006_WinnerPhoto_medium.jpg" alt="" style="width: 49px; height: 88px;" /> <img width="40" height="80" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Aegis2006_WinnerPhoto_medium.jpg" alt="" style="width: 48px; height: 87px;" /> <img width="40" height="80" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Aegis2006_WinnerPhoto_medium.jpg" alt="" style="width: 48px; height: 87px;" /> <img width="40" height="80" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Aegis2006_WinnerPhoto_medium.jpg" alt="" style="width: 48px; height: 87px;" /> <img width="40" height="80" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Aegis2006_WinnerPhoto_medium.jpg" alt="" style="width: 48px; height: 87px;" /> <img width="40" height="80" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Aegis2006_WinnerPhoto_medium.jpg" alt="" style="width: 48px; height: 87px;" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>&ldquo;ALL STAR&rdquo; Endorseme</strong><strong>nt<br />Coalition for Quality Children\'s Media&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="104" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Awards%20update_doc_m49aaf085.jpg" alt="" style="width: 93px; height: 89px;" /> </strong><img width="85" height="25" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/awardsupdatedocm2d81f3f4.jpg" alt="" style="width: 89px; height: 24px;" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Aurora Awards <br />Platinum Best of Show (4)<br />Gold (2)<br /></strong><br />&nbsp;<img width="45" height="125" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Aurora%20Award.jpg" alt="" />&nbsp;<img width="45" height="125" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Aurora%20Award.jpg" alt="" /><img width="45" height="125" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Aurora%20Award.jpg" alt="" /><img width="45" height="125" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Aurora%20Award.jpg" alt="" /><img width="45" height="125" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Aurora%20Award.jpg" alt="" /><img width="45" height="125" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Aurora%20Award.jpg" alt="" /><br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong><br />President of the International Jury </strong>and<strong><br />Special Retrospective</strong><br /><strong>2009 Cairo International </strong><strong>Film Festival</strong> <strong>For Children</strong><br /><br /><img width="150" height="136" src="/userfiles/Image/Cairo Intl Children Film Fest.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>First Prize<br />Children\'s Jury<br />Animated Television Production<br />Chicago International Children\'s Film&nbsp;Festival <br /></strong><br /><img width="105" height="135" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/CICFF%20Web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>CINE Golden Eagles</strong><strong> (4)&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HP_Administrator/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/CINE%20trophy.jpg" alt="" /><img width="99" height="107" alt="" src="/userfiles/Image/CINE trophy.jpg" /><img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HP_Administrator/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/CINE%20trophy.jpg" alt="" /> <img width="99" height="107" alt="" src="../../userfiles/Image/CINE%20trophy.jpg" /> <img width="99" height="107" alt="" src="../../userfiles/Image/CINE%20trophy.jpg" /> <img width="99" height="107" alt="" src="../../userfiles/Image/CINE%20trophy.jpg" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>CINE Special Jury Award<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="88" height="116" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-CINE-sj.jpg" alt="" />&nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Chris Statuette<br /></strong><br /><strong><img height="150" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Awards%20update_doc_m307b43b7.jpg" alt="" /> </strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Chris Bronze Plaque<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="160" height="126" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Awards%20update_doc_m68b58312.jpg" alt="" style="width: 122px; height: 97px;" /> </strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Chris Honorable Mention (2) </strong><br /><strong><img width="138" height="150" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/awardsupdatedoc2788d544.jpg" alt="" style="width: 131px; height: 101px;" /> </strong>&nbsp;<img width="138" height="150" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/awardsupdatedoc2788d544.jpg" alt="" style="width: 120px; height: 101px;" /><strong> </strong><br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><br /><strong>Opening Presentation<br />Short Cuts Cologne<br /></strong><br /><img width="162" height="107" src="/userfiles/Image/cologne.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><strong><br />Communicator Awards (4)<br />Crystal Awards of Excellence<br />Crystal Award of Distinction<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="62" height="72" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-crystal-of-excellance.gif" alt="" style="width: 65px; height: 73px;" /> </strong><strong><img width="62" height="72" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-crystal-of-excellance.gif" alt="" style="width: 65px; height: 73px;" /></strong><strong> </strong><strong><img width="62" height="72" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-crystal-of-excellance.gif" alt="" style="width: 65px; height: 73px;" /></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe"filled="f" stroked="f"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /></v:formulas><v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /><o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /></v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style=\'width:46.5pt;height:54pt\'><v:imagedata src="file:///C:DOCUME~1HP_ADM~1LOCALS~1Tempmsohtml1
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Film Festival&nbsp;<br /></strong><div><br /><strong><img width="152" height="95" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-berkley.jpg" alt="" /> </strong><img width="150" height="94" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/Awards%20update_doc_2e49fea0.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><strong><br />Best Animation Film<br />FADE-IN Awards<br /><br /><img width="253" height="55" src="/userfiles/Image/IBFF logo.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /></strong><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong>Honorary Fellow<br />American InterContinental University London<br /><br /><img width="175" height="121" src="/userfiles/Image/Receiving an Honorary Fellowship small.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /></strong><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong>Silver Hugo </strong>and<strong><br />Certificate of Merit<br />INTERCOM <br />Chicago&nbsp;International Film Festival<br /></strong><br /><img width="75" height="155" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-silver-hugo.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Silver Plaque <br />Educational &ndash; Child Audience<br />INTERCOM<br />Chicago International Film&nbsp;Festival<br /><br /><img width="120" height="128" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/Chicago%20Film%20Festval.jpg" alt="" /><br /></strong><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Platinum Award<br />MARCOM</strong><br /><br /><img width="63" height="168" src="/userfiles/Image/marcom_2008_platinum_award_low.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong><br />Medal of the World Federation of United Nations Associations&nbsp;<br /><br /></strong><img width="100" height="103" src="http://kharas.ca/userfiles/Image/WFUNA%20Medal(1).jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><strong><br />Gold</strong> and <strong>Silver World Medals (2)<br />New York Festivals <br /><br />&nbsp;<img width="125" height="125" alt="" src="/userfiles/Image/NYF World Medal - Gold.jpg" /></strong><strong><img width="125" height="125" alt="" src="../../userfiles/Image/NYF%20World%20Medal%20-%20Silver.jpg" /></strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><hr width="100%" size="2" /><br /><strong>George Foster Peabody Award</strong><br /><br /><img width="190" height="173" alt="" src="/userfiles/Image/Peabody Medallions 3.jpg" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>ReelWorld Trailblazer Award<br /><br /></strong><strong><img width="144" height="192" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-reelworld-poster.jpg" alt="" /> </strong><br /><br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><br /><strong>Senate of Canada<br />Statement of recognition </strong><br /><br /><img width="130" height="174" alt="" src="/userfiles/Image/447px-Coat_of_arms_of_Canada.svg.png" /><br /><br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong>Special Presentation<br />Ten Years of Freedom Festival</strong><br /><br /><img width="100" height="62" src="/userfiles/Image/tenFreedomAward.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Platimum REMI Award&nbsp;<br />Animated <br />WORLDFEST, Houston&nbsp;<br /><br /></strong><strong><img width="75" height="172" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-gold-remiestatue.gif" alt="" /> </strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong><strong>Gold REMI Awards (2)<br />Use of Humor </strong></strong>and<strong><strong><br />TV and Cable Productions - Animation<br />WORLDFEST, Houston&nbsp;<br /><br /></strong></strong><strong><img width="75" height="172" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-gold-remiestatue.gif" alt="" />&nbsp; </strong><strong><img width="75" height="172" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-gold-remiestatue.gif" alt="" /> </strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Silver REMI Award<br />Animation <br />WORLDFEST, Houston&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="75" height="89" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-silverstar.gif" alt="" /> <br /><br /></strong><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong><br />Silver Globes (2)<br />World Media Festival<br /><br /></strong><img width="124" height="100" src="/userfiles/Image/globe2007_winner.jpg" alt="" /> <img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/FJK/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.png" /><img alt="" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/FJK/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.png" /><img width="124" height="100" src="../../userfiles/Image/globe2007_winner.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>&ldquo;Special Program&rdquo;<br /></strong><strong>Animation for Children<br /></strong><strong>Hiroshima Animation Festival&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="150" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/awardsupdatedocmb3e09db.jpg" alt="" /> </strong><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Telly Awards (8)&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><img width="35" height="100" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/telly_bronze-1.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>United Nations Peace Medal&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><img width="150" height="150" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/peace.gif" alt="" /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><strong>Silver Screen and<br />Certificates of Creative Excellence&nbsp;(2)<br />US International Film &amp; Video Festival<br /></strong><br /><strong><img width="85" height="83" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/awardsupdatedoc264cfc87.jpg" alt="" style="width: 85px; height: 83px;" /> </strong>&nbsp;<br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong><br /><strong>ZoieFest Award&nbsp;<br /></strong><br /><img width="75" height="99" border="0" src="http://kharas.ca/images/awards/award-zoie-fest4.jpg" alt="" /></strong><u><strong> <br /></strong></u></div>';