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Best Family Movies of 2008 Receive Crystal Dove Seal
Best Family Movies of 2008 Receive Crystal Dove Seal

April 1, 2009 (Grand Rapids, MI) - The Dove Foundation announced today the winners of the CRYSTAL DOVE SEAL, an award designed to highlight Hollywood’s film-making achievements for the vast and diverse family audience. The CRYSTAL DOVE SEAL pays special tribute to those companies that have demonstrated increased awareness in the value of providing the huge family audience with more appropriate choices.

Dove posted a ballot on its website at www.dove.org during the month of February inviting visitors to cast a vote for their favorite Dove Approved movies in seven categories, Comedy, Drama, Action/Adventure, Animated Feature, Documentary, Musical, and Limited Release. Thousands of online voters selected the “best of the best” Dove Family-Approved movies for 2008.

Dove Foundation co-founder and CEO, Dick Rolfe just returned from Los Angeles where he presented the solid crystal trophies for the following movies. “These outstanding films represent the highest examples of quality storytelling combined with positive values that most Americans hold dear,” Rolfe said.

Best Drama – Fireproof– Sherwood Pictures, Sony/Provident Entertainment 
    Accepting the award was Kris Fuhr, Senior Vice President of Marketing
Best Action Adventure - Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Walden Media’s 
    President Micheal Flaherty accepted the award.
Best Comedy – Bedtime Stories – Walt Disney Pictures
Best Animated Feature – WALL-E – Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Pictures
Best Musical – High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Walt Disney Pictures 
    Accepting for the three Disney winners were Dick Cook, Chairman and Mark Zoradi, President.
Best Documentary – Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed – Premise Media’s 
    Vice President of Marketing Lance Sticksel accepted the award.
Best Limited Release – All Roads Lead Home – Waldo West Productions 
    Producer/Director Dennis Fallon accepted the Crystal Dove Seal trophy.

“Dove Family Approved movies are all winners where profits are concerned,” said Rolfe.

“Films that elevate rather than denigrate the human spirit are bound to appeal to a wider audience. It is a win-win scenario – the movie-going public has a wider variety of appropriate movies to choose from and the film industry has the potential for larger revenues garnered through the distribution pipeline.”

Crystal Dove Seal
The Dove Foundation is a nonprofit family advocacy organization headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Since 1991 Dove has publicly recognized motion picture storytelling that exemplifies positive and uplifting values with its familiar blue and white Dove FAMILY APPROVED Seal. The Foundation review board awarded its Seal to 48 feature films representing a wide variety of genres during 2008.

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