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2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Award Finalists Announced!
An extraordinary line up of a talent will be showcased on the big screen at this year’s ATOM Awards MELBOURNE – Wednesday 6 August, 2008 – Despite the cool July winds in Melbourne, the heat was really on for this year’s ATOM Awards judges as they tried to work out the finalists for the ATOM Awards program, staged by the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM).
The reputable ATOM Awards program is in its 26th year and the bar was raised yet again by the outstanding quality of entered productions. The annual ATOM Awards recognise excellence in over thirty categories of Film, Television, Animation and Multimedia (including video games) and celebrate the very best of Australian and New Zealand production. The competition was open to anyone who had produced a short film, documentary, animation, electronic game, educational resource, television program or innovative new media work in the past twelve months.
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GENERAL
Best Animation (5 finalists)
Mutt
Victoria - Glen Hunwick and Beth Frey Circe Films and Glen Art Productions
Ephemeral
NSW - Tony Radevski and Jongsu Oh Runtime Pictures
Father
NSW - Sebastian Danta Second Sight Productions
Chainsaw
Victoria - Dennis Jungle Pictures
Culture Shock
ACT - Mei-Lynn Wilkinson Narrabundah College
Best Children’s Television Production (5 finalists)
Animalia - Ep 18 ‘What’s The Good Word?’
Victoria - Ewan Burnett and Murray Pope Animalia Productions Pty Ltd in association with Porchlight Entertainment
H2O - Just Add Water - Series 2
Victoria - Jonathan M Shiff Jonathan M Shiff Productions
FARMkids
Qld -
FARMkids Pty Ltd
Play Along With Ollie
NSW - Mick Elliot 9executive producer) and Katrina Sutton Nickelodeon Australia
Dust Echoes (Series 2)
Victoria - ABC Innovation in conjunction with the Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
Best Documentary General (5 finalists)
Ayen’s Cooking School For African Men
SA - CathySieh Mchawala and Cathy Beitz Vida Films
Donkey in Lahore
Qld - Faramarz K-Rahber (producer, director) Faraway Productions
Maverick Mother
NSW - Janet Merewether Screen Culture Pty Ltd
The Oasis
NSW - Ian Darling Shark Island Productions
Temple of Dreams
NSW - Tom Zubrycki Jotz Productions
Best Documentary Human Story (6 finalists)
Maverick Mother
NSW - Janet Merewether Screen Culture Pty Ltd
The Oasis
NSW - Ian Darling Shark Island Productions
Fat Chance
NSW - Yuka Skiguchi and Nicki Roller Fat Productions
Rare Chicken Rescue
Vickie Guest (producer), Randall Wood (director), Mark Hamlyn (exec producer FA, Trish Lake (exec NSW Film Australia in association with Freshwater Productions)
One Of The Lucky Ones
Victoria - Wendy Chandler
In Her Father’s Eyes
Belinda Hawkins, Elena Christie & Mara Blazic - ABC TV Australian Story
Best Documentary Science, Technology & The Environment (5 finalists)
Australia Land of Parrots
Victoria - David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Over My Dead Body
Qld - Vickie Gest and Ian Walker Viz Poets
Sleek Geeks ‘Forces’
NSW - Cordell Jigsaw Productions
The Burning Season
NSW - Cathy Henkel and Jeff Canin Hatchling Productions
Seed Hunter
Victoria - Sally Ingleton 360 Degree Films
Best Documentary Short Form (<30 mins) (5 finalists)
Casualties of War
SA - Jeni Lee Carousel Media
Halal Mate
Victoria - Jeni McMahon Rebel Films
White Sound
NSW - Sarah Tracton Metro Screen Roller Derby Dolls Vickie Gest (producer), Phoebe Hart (director) Mark Hamlyn, Trish Lake NSW Film Australia in association with Freshwater Productions
Rare Chicken Rescue
Vickie Guest (producer), Randall Wood (director), Mark Hamlyn (exec producer FA, Trish Lake (exec NSW Film Australia in association with Freshwater Productions
Best Documentary Social & Political Issues (4 finalists)
The Sounds of Aus - The Story of the Aussie Accent
Victoria - Yael Bergman and Lawrie Zion Princess Pictures
The Oasis
NSW - Ian Darling Shark Island Productions
Hope
Victoria - Steve Thomas and Sue Brooks Flying Carpet Films
The Burning Season
NSW - Cathy Henkel and Jeff Canin Hatchling Productions
Best Experimental (5 finalists)
The Sacrament
ACT - Frazer Bull-Clark, Mei-Lyn Wilkinson, David Proctor Narrabundah College
Remembering Bogle Chandler
Victoria - Rebecca Young RMIT
Four Stories - A Focus On Mental Health
Victoria - Matt O’Donnell and Leigh Ryan Sting Theory Creative
The Eternity Man
NSW - Rosemary Blight, John Wyver, Alex Fleetwood (producers) Goalpost Pictures
Broken Spell
Victoria - Magda Matwiejew
Best Interactive / Video Game (2 finalists)
Order of the Machine
Victoria - Drew McMahon Victoria University
Mayhem Intergalactic
ACT - Chris Pelling Inventive Dingo
Best Multimedia (4 finalists)
The Dynamic Map - The Melbourne Story
Victoria - ENESS Museum Victoria
Remembering Bogle Chandler
Victoria - Rebecca Young RMIT
Mission H2O
Victoria - Stephen Huxley Swinburne University
Immersion
Angela Barnett, Andrew Buchanan, Darren Ballingall, Christian Rubino, Chris MacKellar
Best Multimodal Production (4 finalists)
The Oasis
NSW - Ian Darling Shark Island Productions
Find 815
Hoodlum / ABC (US)
Thursday’s Fictions
Richard James Allen, Gary Hayes and Karen Pearlman. NSW The Physical TV Company, AFTRS LAMP, The Literature Board of the Australia Council
Girl Friday
Victoria - Kylie Robertson Ish Media
Best Short Fiction (5 finalists)
Hugo
Victoria - Rita Walsh, Nicholas Verso, Rachel Bowen Thaumatrope Productions
Twilight
NSW - Joe Circle Theory Collective
Nice Shootin’ Cowboy
NSW - Ben Phelps, John Maynard
Edgar and Elizabeth
WA - Renee Webster / Melissa Kelly Factor 30 Films
Life’s A Giggle
Victoria - Neil Foley / Grant Hardie / Ben Milward-Bason Monkey Business Media
EDUCATIONAL / VOCATIONAL
Best Indigenous Resource (4 finalists)
Desert Heart
Victoria - Jeni McMahon Rebel Films
Courting with Justice
WA - Natalie Bell and Debbie Carmody Taylor Media
Watuwal Malangur Ga Nhina (Living With Dogs)
NT - Gregory Stehle ARDS Inc.
Koori Playgroups
Victoria - Nella Arthur Playgroup Victoria
Best Instructional/training Resource (5 finalists)
OHS Risk Management - for the film, television and commercial production industry
Cathy Miller, Marguerite Grey, Jenny Barltrop, Peter Wasson NSW SPAA, SAVV-E, Team Effort
How to be a TV Star
NSW - Nicholas Piper with Derrick Siu Plop Entertainment in association with Onion Media
Facing Ovarian Cancer
NSW - Kay Stammers Media One
Rollermache
Victoria - Hugh Davies ABC Multiplatform Kids Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Life’s A Giggle
Victoria - Neil Foley / Grant Hardie / Ben Milward-Bason Monkey Business Media
Best Multimedia Learning Resource (5 finalists)
Australian Screen
NSW - Sabina Wynn Australian Film Commission
Making Multicultural Australia for the 21st Century
NSW - Lyndon Sharp Board of Studies New South Wales + Dept of Education New South Wales
Mission H2O
Victoria - Stephen Huxley Swinburne University
Dust Echoes Website
Victoria - Victoria Till ABC Innovation in conjunction with the Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
Rollermache
Victoria - Hugh Davies ABC Multiplatform Kids Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Best Primary Education Resource (3 finalists)
Thinking Globally, Global Perspectives in the Early Years Classroom
Victoria Curriculum Corporation
Eureka Multimedia English Tutor - Spelling
NSW - Anthony Alevras Nodtronics Pty Ltd
Exploring Australian Plants
Victoria Ryebuck Media
Best Tertiary Education Resource (2 finalists)
The Oasis
NSW - Ian Darling Shark Island Productions
Response Ability: Resources for teacher education: early childhood and primary
NSW - Ian Hamilton and Anna Kelly Limelight Films
Best Educational Multimodal Production (4 finalists)
The Oasis
NSW - Ian Darling Shark Island Productions
Exploring Australian Plants
Victoria - Ryebuck Media
Australians in the Vietnam War
Victoria - Ryebuck Media
Australian Women In War
Victoria - Ryebuck Media and Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Best Secondary Education Resource (5 finalists)
Lockie Leonard
Victoria - Bernadette o’Mahony Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Australian Screen
NSW - Sabina Wynn Australian Film Commission
Australian Women In War
Victoria - Ryebuck Media and Department of Veterans’ Affairs
RESource Website
Victoria - Tony Byrne Catholic Education Office Melbourne
Rollermache
Victoria - Hugh Davies ABC Multiplatform Kids Australian Broadcasting Corporation
STUDENT
Best Middle School (7-10) Multimedia Production (4 finalists)
Beast
Victoria - Sarah Lang 46/3 Seisman Ave
Brucinator
Diuyonshy Dube, Kwabera Anstah, Darry Tam, Joseph Guinto ACT Gold Creek School
The Water Boy
Victoria - Stephanie Leung Mount St Joseph’s Girls’ College
Revenge of the Worm
Victoria - Ebony Sammut Mount St Joseph’s Girls’ College
Best Middle School (7-10) Video Production (3 finalists)
Dropped In
Qld - Alyce Burnett Immanuel Lutheran College
The Feud
WA - Balga SHS SNSP Program Filmbites Youth Film School
Somewhere I Belong
Victoria - James Tan Overnewton Anglican Community College
Best Primary Film Video Production (4 finalists)
Remote
Qld - Nera Skripic-Vuckovic Mayfield State School
Nerdtron Vs Halfdolla
NSW - Samuel Burrows Camdenville Public School
National Hen News
NSW - Miranda Rogers Camdenville Public School
Up, Up and Away
NSW - Harvey Williams Camdenville Public School
Best Primary Multimedia Production (3 finalists)
A Message From The Past
Victoria - Shyamila Deniyage Lyndale Primary School
The Final
Victoria - Year 6 Lyndale Primary School
My Life As A Rain Drop
Victoria - Isabella Horrigan Methodist Ladies College
Best Secondary Animation (4 finalists)
Rut
Victoria - Sarah McConnell Firbank Grammar School
Culture Shock
ACT - Mei-Lynn Wilkinson Narrabundah College
The Lands of Good and Bad
Victoria - Elise Cassar Brentwood Secondary College
Creative Creatures
NSW - Guy Verge Wallace
Best Secondary Documentary (4 finalists)
I’m A Little Teapot
Victoria - Elyse McConnell Melbourne Girls’ College
Trampoline
Victoria - James Purcell Scotch College
UnAustralian
Victoria - Ben Sale Sandringham College
Emancipation
Victoria - Kristen Zekic Overnewton Anglican Community College
Best Secondary Fiction (3 finalists)
Creative Creatures
NSW - Guy Verge Wallace
The Lane Game
Victoria - Isabella Giovinazzo Melbourne Girls’ College
Deception
Victoria - Tom Franke Scotch College
Best Secondary Music Video (2 finalists)
Enough Faker
Frazer Bull-Clark, Daniel Matthews-Hunter, Jake Allan ACT Narrabundah College
Where You’ve Been Hiding
Victoria - Alex Case Wesley College
Best Senior (11-12) Multimedia Production (2 finalists)
Video Instrument Prototype
Victoria - Andy Kitchen Footscray City College
Zest For Life Fitness
Victoria - Sarah McConnell Firbank Grammar School
Best Tertiary Animation (5 finalists)
Animal Instincts
SA - Cameron Edser Bond University GooRoo Animation
Crooked
Victoria - Tali Gal-On Victorian College of the Arts
Lucille
Victoria - Tali Gal-On Victorian College of the Arts
Paper City Architects
Victoria - Daniel Agdag VCA School of Film and Television
Nocturne
Victoria - Rie Takeshima Holmesglen TAFE
Best Tertiary Documentary (4 finalists)
Out of the Black
Victoria - Kylie Plunkett Victorian College of the Arts
Canteen
WA - Dayne Blundell-Camden WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University
Searching for Michael Peterson
NSW - Jolyon Hoff AFTRS
The Oldest Secret
Victoria - Cecilia Condon Open Channel
Best Tertiary Experimental (3 finalists)
3 hot tales
SA - Linda Kennedy Flinders University
He Climbed In
Qld. - Dylan Wiehahn Queensland University of Technology
Theory Of The Game
Victoria - Jasper Montana
Best Tertiary Interactive/Video Game (3 finalists)
Order of the Machine
Victoria - Drew McMahon Victoria University
Catarian Empire
Victoria - Sam Mair Victoria University
Mayhem Intergalactic
ACT - Chris Pelling Inventive Dingo
Best Tertiary Multimedia (3 finalists)
Remembering Bogle Chandler
Victoria - Rebecca Young RMIT
Zodac
Victoria - Yunus Ozmen Victoria University
Mission H2O
Victoria - Stephen Huxley Swinburne University
Best Tertiary Short Fiction (4 finalists)
296 Smith St
Victoria - John Evagora Victorian College of the Arts
Mockingbird
NSW - Hannah Hilliard AFTRS
Close Distance
NSW - Richard Vilensky AFTRS
Plastic
NSW - Sandy Widyanata AFTRS
