2011 ATOM Awards Finalists

Drum Roll Please… The 2011 ATOM Awards Finalists Are...

STUDENT - STUDENT

Best Primary Film Production

1709
Class 34G (2009)
Glenwood Public School
NSW

The Groundsman
Mayfield State School
Qld

3 GRAVES
Tripp Bianco
Camdenville Public School
NSW

Best Middle School Film Production

Nothing More, Nothing Less
Lucas Haynes
Eltham College
Vic

Falling Petals
Briana Goodchild, Ariella Woods & Ernest Su
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Qld

Shagua De Huangjin
Lithgow High School Film Makers
Lithgow High School
NSW

Best Middle School Animation

Bed Bugs Don't Bite, Monsters Do
James Day, Lizzie Riek, Samantha Rankin, Amy Hutchison, Daniella Willis
Cannon Hill Anglican College
Qld

Whiteboard
Noa Levin
Carmel High School
WA

Floods
Sean Abnett
Immanuel Lutheran College
Qld

Ballmance
Blaize Warden
Caroline Springs College - Lakeview
Vic

Best Senior Secondary Documentary

A Lifestyle at Risk
Ashley Vines & Jarred O'Donoghue
Scotch College
Vic

Falling Petals
Briana Goodchild, Ariella Woods & Ernest Su
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Qld

The Northern Brisbane Rollers
Curtis Black
Anglican Church Grammar School
Qld

Rally
Ashley Davies
Huntingtower School
Vic

Best Senior Secondary Experimental

The Belly of the Machine
Lali Sherwell & Bridget Griffiths
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Qld

The Tale of a Violent Youth
Edie Brimblecombe, Holly Hayes and Thandi Paterson
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Qld

Black Locks
Mateuse Pingol & Emmie Seaton
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Qld

Best Senior Secondary Fiction 

The Locket
Blake Borcich
Xavier College
Vic

Soc Doc
James Vinson
Scotch College
Vic

ALMOST 100
NSW

Closed
Directed by Kristian Michail
Melbourne Grammar School
Vic

The Future of Consumerism
Ryan Walker
Footscray City College Media
Vic

Best Senior Secondary Music Video

5 Years Time
Beth Wilson
Wesley College
Vic

Possible Love
Alchemy Oliver
Wesley College
Vic

Carousel
Caitlin Symon
Wesley College
Vic

Chocolates and Cigarettes
Patricia Rivera
Caroline Springs College – Lakeview
Vic

Radar Detector
Robert McKinstry
Anglican Church Grammar School
Qld

STUDENT - TERTIARY

Best Tertiary Short Fiction

Sushi, I Love You
Griffith Film School
Qld

Mi Hermana
Winnie Diaz Sempio
Sydney Film School
NSW

Stripped
Writer: Andrew Hale
Producer: Ali Roberts
Directors: Geoff Kelso & Kelton Pell
ECU WA Screen Academy
WA

The Family Tree
Writer: Freya Brueschke
Producer: Tase Jaycobs Stefkov
Director: Geoff Kelso
ECU WA Screen Academy
WA

Donald, Duck!
Bhargav Chatterjee
Sydney Film School
NSW

Best Tertiary Animation

Warm Winter
Xin Li
Griffith Film School
Qld

Ink Dance
Zhi-Ming Su
Griffith Film School
Qld

The Show
Rebecca Hayes
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Vic

Best Tertiary Documentary

Bigger Than My Boots
University of Western Australia
WA

General Dang
Joshua Dang
Macquarie University
NSW

Australian Stars
Writer: Ali Roberts
Producer: Suzanne Barton
Director: Geoff Kelso
ECU WA Screen Academy
WA

Paperback Rehab
Catherine Graue
Vic

Carving the Future
Guy Ryan & Nick Holmes
New Zealand

Best Tertiary Multimedia/Games

A Forest in Orange
Andrew Formosa
Victoria University
Vic

Alf's Dungeon
Brandon Grant
Caroline Springs College – Lakeview
Vic

Around the House
Ruby Anriquez-Acevedo
Caroline Springs College – Lakeview
Vic

GENERAL

Best Short Fiction

THE MOMENT
Monkeystack
&
Smoking Gun Productions
SA

Toot Toot
Megan Huitema
Short Focus Films
SA

The Thing About Dolphins
Megan Huitema & Sarah MacDonald
Megan Huitema & KingMac Films
SA

The Missing Key
Jonathan Nix
Cartwheel Partners
NSW

Tethered
Craig Irvin and Ash Harris
Vic

Best Experimental

Ink Dance
Zhi-Ming Su
Griffith Film School
Qld

Augustine Confessions
Giovanni C. Lorusso
Secret Film Society
NSW

Direction
Ethan Bottomley
Deakin University
Vic

Rip, Drip, Tear
Janette Goodey
Vic

Best Animation

Polo's Robot
Peter Lowey
Feather Films
Vic

Sometimes the Stars
The Audreys
Produced by Luke Jurevicius
Directed by Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment
SA

Nullarbor
Directors: Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell
Producers: Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen, Patrick Sarell, Daryl Munton
The Lampshade Collective
Vic

The Missing Key
Jonathan Nix
Cartwheel Partners
NSW

Best Music Video

Grave News
Irina Goundortseva
Vic

Northcote (So Hungover)
Artist: The Bedroom Philosopher
Director: Craig Melville
Producer: David Curry
NSW

Sometimes the Stars
The Audreys
Produced by Luke Jurevicius
Directed by Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment
SA

Sparks - Jack Sebastian Northover
By Max Bellamy
New Zealand

Best Children’s Fiction Television Program

Dogstar
Media World Pictures
Vic / WA

Lockie Leonard 2
Goalpost Pictures Australia
NSW

Penelope K, by the way
Michael Bourchier
Blink Freehand
NSW

Dance Academy Series 1
Werner Film Productions
NSW

Best Children’s Factual Television Program

Penelope K, by the way
Michael Bourchier
Blink Freehand
NSW

Stay Tuned
The Feds
NSW

Prank Patrol Series 2
Active TV
Vic

Best Documentary Short Form

Obsessed With Walking
Flaming Star Films
Rosie Jones
Lavinia Riachi
Sharyn Prentice
Vic

Something To Tell You
Pete Gleeson: Producer/Director
Melissa Hayward: Co-producer
Kate Neylon: Associate Producer
Raw And Cooked Media
WA

On Her Shoulders
Caro Macdonald, Kylie Plunkett, Poppy Shmith, Andrea Foxworthy
for UN Women Australia
Vic

UMOJA: No Men Allowed
Elizabeth Tadic
NSW

Best Documentary General

Living the End
Jennifer Peedom
Cordell Jigsaw Productions
NSW

Leaky Boat
The Indian Pacific Picture Company
NSW

The Hungry Tide
Directed and produced and by Tom Zubrycki
NSW

Jandamarra’s War
Electric Pictures & Wawili Pitjas
WA

murundak – songs of freedom
Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham
Daybreak Films
Vic

Best Documentary History, Social & Political Issues

Living the End
Jennifer Peedom
Cordell Jigsaw Productions
NSW

murundak – songs of freedom
Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham
Daybreak Films
Vic

A Common Purpose
Mitzi Goldman
Looking Glass Pictures
NSW

Dancing with Dictators
Hugh Piper and Helen Barrow
Evershine
NSW

Leaky Boat
The Indian Pacific Picture Company
NSW

Best Documentary Science, Technology & the Environment

Immortal
December Films & Pemberton Films
Vic

Project Manta
Gisela Kaufmann & Carsten Orlt
Kaufmann Productions Pty Ltd
NSW

The Silent Epidemic
Beyond Screen Production
NSW

Life at 5
Jennifer Cummins
Heiress Films
NSW

KANGAROO MOB
Sally Ingleton
Producer
360 Degree Films
Vic

Best Documentary Biography

Charles Bean's Great War
John Moore and Lisa Horler
360 Degree Films
Vic

Jandamarra's War
Electric Pictures & Wawili Pitjas
WA

I, Spry
Peter Butt/Anna Grieve
Blackwattle Media
Vic

Life in Movement
Bryan Mason & Sophie Hyde
Closer Productions
SA

Best Documentary Arts

Life in Movement
Bryan Mason & Sophie Hyde
Closer Productions
SA

murundak - songs of freedom
Natasha Gadd and Rhys Graham
Daybreak Films
Vic

Joe Camilleri: Australia's Maltese Falcon
Fiona Cochrane
f-reel pty ltd
Vic

Best Docudrama

Jandamarra's War
Electric Pictures & Wawili Pitjas
WA

I, Spry
Peter Butt/Anna Grieve
Blackwattle Media
Vic

Kapyong      
Arcimeda and Department of Veterans' Affairs
Vic                     

Charles Bean’s Great War
John Moore and Lisa Horler
360 Degree Films
Vic

Best Factual Television Series

Making Australia Happy
Jennifer Cummins
Heiress Films
NSW

Hungry Beast 2011
Zapruder's other films / ABC
NSW

Voyage to the Planets
Essential Media and Entertainment
NSW

Recruits
Series 2
Cordell Jigsaw Productions
NSW

Sex: An Unnatural History
Michaela Perske and Penny Chapman
Matchbox Pictures
NSW

EDUCATIONAL / VOCATIONAL

Best Primary Education Video Resource

Li'L Larikkins: Natural Hazards Children's Program Teacher's Resource
Vic

Democracy in Australia: An Introduction
VEA Group
Michael De Robbio
Vic

Budburra's Alphabet
Cherbourg State School & Budburra Books
Qld

Animalia
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Vic

The Challenge
37 South Films
Vic

Best Secondary Education Video Resource

‘Night Ride'
Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre
Producer: Ricci Bartels
Writer/Director: Barry Gamba
NSW

The Gathering
City of Melville and Heydon Films
WA

Smart & Safe series
Blake Education
Vic

Street Art
VEA Group
Thomas Baricevic
Vic

Todd's Story
Belinda Fitzpatrick
Vic

Best Tertiary Education Video Resource

The Secret Life of Things Life Pscycle-ology
Leyla Acaroglu and Nicholas Kallincos
Eco Innovators Pty Ltd
Vic

Donated to Science
Paul Trotman
PRN Films
New Zealand

Response Ability
Limelight Creative Media and Hunter Institute of Mental Health
NSW

Best Instructional/Training Video Resource

End of Life Care
VEA Group
Michael De Robbio
Vic

Response Ability
Limelight Creative Media and Hunter Institute of Mental Health
NSW

Knee Arthroscopy: Informed Consent Technology
Greg May, Richard de Steiger, Dan May
Surgical Multimedia Services
Vic

‘Back to Basics'
Mike Swinson
Corporate Image Matters
Pete Worland
Knowing Pictures
Tas

Best Indigenous Resource

Stay Connected Stay Strong
Tropic Production
Qld

Animating Jukurrpa
PAW Media and Communications
NT

Anija (alcohol)
Muriel Jaragba, David Hansen, Kylie Lee and Jenni Langrell
NSW

Budburra's Alphabet
Cherbourg State School & Budburra Books
Qld

2011 Teacher’s Award

John Carlson
Carmel High School
WA

John Carozza
Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
QLD

Ashley Hall
Caroline Springs College - Lakeview
Vic

Clinton J. Isle
Mayfield State School
QLD

John Rapsey
ECU WA Screen Academy
WA