ATOM Finalists announced

Mike Bantick
Thursday, 07 August 2008 12:05

Your IT - Entertainment

It is a big list of finalists – the awards will be given out at the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM awards gala night, held in the Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne on Friday 24 October, 2008.

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
QLD & NSW
Vickie Guest (producer), Randall Wood (director). Executive Producers - Mark Hamlyn (Film Australia) and Trish Lake (Freshwater Productions)
Film Australia in association with Freshwater Productions

One Of The Lucky Ones
Victoria Wendy Chandler

In Her Father’s Eyes
Victoria 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
QLD & NSW
Vickie Gest (producer), Phoebe Hart (director)
Film Australia in association with Freshwater Productions
Executive Producers – Mark Hamlyn (Film Australia) and Trish Lake (Freshwater Productions)

Rare Chicken Rescue
QLD & NSW
Vickie Guest (producer), Randall Wood (director). Executive Producers - Mark Hamlyn (Film Australia) and Trish Lake (Freshwater Productions)
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
Rosemary Blight, John Wyver, Alex Fleetwood (producers)
NSW 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
Victoria 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
Qld 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 Reece Webster / Melissa Kelly Factor 30 Films

Life’s A Giggle
Victoria Neil Foley / Grant Hardie / Ben Milward-Bason Monkey Business Media

Page 3 contains the EDUCATIONAL / VOCATIONAL finalists