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See the latest Australian screen talent…
on show at the free ATOM screenings in Federation Square
For the first time, the finalist productions in the short film and animation categories – in the secondary and tertiary fields - will be shown on the ‘BIG’ screen at Federation Square in the lead up to the official ATOM awards presentation to be held in late October.
Date: Thursday 16 October
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Location: Outdoor big screen, Federation Square
Time: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Location: Outdoor big screen, Federation Square
Bring: Something to sit on
Featuring:
Best Secondary Fiction and Animation
Best Tertiary Short Fiction and Animation
Best Short Fiction - General
** There is no need to RSVP to this event… just come along and enjoy the fun!
ATOM Documentary Finalists to be featured on Docoplanet
This year, we are pleased to advise that Docoplanet will be hosting short clips from each of the documentary category finalists in the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards.
The clips will be live by the end of September…so watch this space!
Created in co-operation with Film Victoria, Docoplanet is a free initiative which was created to bridge the gap between independent film makers and well resourced production houses.
As part of this initiative, Docoplanet aims to link with documentary film festivals, such as the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM awards, to create an online festival hub that promotes documentaries festivals into a new online vision.
Whilst UGC domains such as YouTube currently exist, Docoplanet differs from this as it is a community created solely to enable documentary makers to have their work seen by broadcasters and other Docoplanet community members with shared documentary interests.
Broadcasters get involved by opting to receive a bi-monthly newsletter with the latest Docoplanet uploads which encourage them to check back to the website on a regular basis.
Broadcasters get involved by opting to receive a bi-monthly newsletter with the latest Docoplanet uploads which encourage them to check back to the website on a regular basis.
James Boldiston, Executive Producer and Director of NMG – the creator of Docoplanet said, "A passion is required to make a success from what is a non-revenue application. Docoplanet is not about making money, it’s about creating a community where documentary makers can share their work with the world in a central hub.”
Docoplanet is a growing community of documentary makers and broadcasters who all have a common goal… documentary!
To find out more (and stay tuned for our finalists’ footage), visit www.docoplanet.com
Teaching with media in the digital age
Teachers are now using digital technology to store, access and play audiovisual material in the classroom – and with a Screenrights licence, there are no copyright hassles.
Nearly all schools, TAFEs and universities have a Screenrights licence that lets them copy from television and radio, store copies digitally and deliver them over a network. This means teachers can use systems such as Clickview for accessing audiovisual material, and online sharing of copied programs with other licensed schools.
The licence also lets teachers download podcasts and vodcasts of their favourite programs put online by the broadcaster.
Filmmakers are paid for this use of their work, with Screenrights collecting payment from the relevant peak authority and distributing this money to the filmmakers whose works are copied or made available online.
Screenrights also established EnhanceTV, proud sponors of the EnhanceTV ATOM Awards to make using television in teaching easier.
ATOM Finalists being seen and heard …
‘Thursday’s Fictions’, the surreal dance fantasy film, was aired on ABC2 on Sunday 31 August. Created by Dr Richard James Allen and his partner at The Physical TV Company, Dr Karen Pearlman, ‘Thursday’s Fictions’ tells the story of awoman named ‘Thursday’ who finds out she is going to be reincarnated as ‘Tuesday’. Her attempt to cheat the cycle of reincarnation unleashes a terrible beauty that leaves the other ‘days of the week’ in turmoil.
One of the things that makes ‘Thursday’s Fictions’such a unique production is that it is based on an idea about reincarnation which has itself had a number of incarnations.
‘Thursday’s Fictions’ began as a large scale stage production with dancers and actors and elaborate sets and costumes, was then published as a book which was nominated for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and from there evolved into the multi-award-winning film which is now in the running for a 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Award.
Thursday’s Fictions won a 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Award for Best Experimental Production and is a finalist this year in the Best Mulitmodal Production category.
Sarah Tracton’s production, ‘White Sound’, which is a finalist in the Best Documentary, Short Form category has been selected to screen Opening Night of The Other Film Festival.
Director Sarah Tracton will participate in a post-screening Q&A alongside Braindamadj’d's Paul Nadler, at 8pm on Friday 5th September at the Melbourne Museum’s Age Theatre.
Director Sarah Tracton will participate in a post-screening Q&A alongside Braindamadj’d's Paul Nadler, at 8pm on Friday 5th September at the Melbourne Museum’s Age Theatre.
Having screened at festivals including Byron Bay, St Kilda, ‘White Sound’ will also feature at the Darwin Museum of Contemporary Art's 'Monitor' program in 2009.
‘White Sound’ explores the notion of a soundless existence, as visualised through deaf and hearing impaired perspectives.
‘296 Smith Street’, which is a finalist in the Best Tertiary Short Fiction recently won the Best Australian Short Film and Best Screenplay awards at the Melbourne Film Festival, with the two actors featured in the film being recognised with two special performance citations.
In his daily battle as a pawnbroker, Ahmed deals with the bad, the mad and the sad in order to make a meagre living for his migrant family. During his day, he finds comfort in carving stone ornaments, which reminds us that not everything can be valued. In a nutshell, 296 Smith Street is about ‘One man. One place. One Day’.
Creator and director John Evagora recently participated in a screening and Q&A audience session which was held as part of the festival’s travelling roadshow in Davenport, Tasmania on Friday 29 August.
‘Twilight’, a finalist in Best Short Fiction, was also nominated for International Film Festival of England which was held in July and will be screened at the 'British Film Festival Los Angeles' (BFFLA) early next year.
‘Twilight’ was shot over the course of one January weekend in Sydney and was filmed on a cutting edge RED digital cinema camera, one of the first cameras in the country with 4k resolution and 23.98 fps, enabling true film quality.
‘Twilight’ is set in the near future, when global warming has made Sydney a city that is habitable only by night. The film’s central character, a young man makes a rash decision in an attempt to create a better life.
The film's epic scale and cinematic quality is a testament to the strength and versatility of this new cutting edge technology in the hands of independent film makers.
If you’re ‘being seen and heard’, tell the Editor about it and we can share your news in the newsletter.
Meet Adam Elliot, this year’s Master of Ceremonies
This year, the ATOM Awards team is thrilled to have Academy Award ® winning Director, Oscar winner and past ATOM Award winner, Adam Elliot on board as the official Master of Ceremonies for our awards presentation on Friday 24 October.
Adam Elliot, has become one of the worlds most celebrated animators. For almost a decade, his films, UNCLE, COUSIN, BROTHER and HARVIE KRUMPET, have been viewed by millions of people around the world and have participated in over five hundred film festivals.
They have won over one hundred awards and in 2003 HARVIE KRUMPET, won the Oscar ® for best animated short film, eclipsing the work of the Disney,Pixar and Fox studios.
All Adam’s films have been eligible for Academy Award ® consideration and in total have won five Australian Film Institute Awards from six nominations; more AFI Awards than any other Australian director.
In total, the films have accumulated over $170,000.00 in prizes and have been translated, sold and distributed to broadcasters, airlines and theatres around the globe. The DVD of his films has been released in Europe, Asia and America, with sales of over 40,000 copies in Australia alone.
In 2006, HARVIE KRUMPET was included in Variety’s top 100 animated films of all time.
In 1999 Adam was made Young Victorian of the Year and has been honoured with many industry distinctions. He has been made an ambassador and patron for various institutions and charities and is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
He also travels the world as a juror at international film festivals and is in constant demand as a public and corporate speaker. The appeal of Adam’s films is universal. Infused with a balance of humour and pathos, his simple and endearing characters touch a nerve with so many people from all walks of life. Adam has a passion for human observation and his films are highly personal and detailed explorations of the human spirit.
We look forward to having Adam with us to recognise and celebrate the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Award winners and finalists.
Come along and find out who makes it onto the big screen this year… at the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards gala presentation!
Anyone who has produced a short film, documentary, animation, electronic game, educational resource, television program or innovative new media work was encouraged to enter their production in the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM awards, which celebrate and recognise excellence and achievement in these important media…and put winners’ names up in lights and their work on the big screen!
Awards will be presented at the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards gala presentation:
Date: Friday 24 October, 2008
Time: 8.00pm – late (doors open 7.30pm)
Venue: Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne.
MC: Adam Elliot, Oscar winner, past ATOM Awards winner and creator of ‘Harvie Krumpet’.
Dress: Cocktail
Price: Adults - $77.00 (inc GSTS). Juniors (under 15) - $35.00 (inc GST)
The awards presentation will be followed by an after party, with drinks & canapes for all attendees. The evening will conclude at 12 midnight.
To book: www.ticketek.com.au or 1300 795 012.
Seating is general admission.
For more about the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards, visit www.atomawards.org
Onion Media to turn the camera on the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards
The 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards team is pleased to advise that Onion Media will be shooting footage of the awards night – including red carpet vox pops and after party chats with winners and finalists.
So, who are the team from Onion Media – a business that has many layers…
Onion Media Group is a video production company based in the heart of Sydney’s rich production breeding ground of Artarmon.
Onion’s Directors Nick Piper and Joe Thomas come from completely different backgrounds - Nick is a ten-year award-winning former TV presenter, Joe a former Project Manager at the Emirates Group. Both joined forces to create a production company that specialises in offering a quirky, professional and ground-breaking approach to visual production.
“At Onion, our philosophy is to treat our visual production as a measurable process that should be approached logically, creatively and candidly through our core business and specialist services,” commented Nick Piper.
Joe added, “Our delivery is a science, best not left to luck or chance. By setting up proper communication channels with our clients, we endeavor to provide smooth, reliable delivery, value for money and the highest quality of visual production.”
Onion specialises in corporate presentation, training videos, webcasts, trailers and promotional videos in the corporate, broadcast and commercial markets.
Nick added, “We aim to create ideas, deliver creativity and produce quality visual production for all our clients. We always hope that we entertain, inspire and enrich people throughout the business world within different companies, industries and markets to create and nurture defining production values.’
Joe then concluded, ‘By choosing Onion, you also buy into our philosophy of having fun and adding quirk to each and every assignment. We see that it is important to take each client on the creative journey so they learn the processes and are able to play an active role in delivering the final product.”
To find out more about Onion’s many layers, visit www.onionmedia.com.au
Who is Madman?
Madman is a leading independent entertainment distribution and rights management company and sponsor of the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards.
Madman specialises in wholesale distribution of video and DVD movies into retail and rental stores throughout Australia and New Zealand. Other rights management activities undertaken by Madman include theatrical distribution as well as licensing for Television, VOD, Hotel, Airline and Merchandise.
Highly vertically integrated, Madman's operations include one of Australia's leading DVD production studios and a commercial printing operation who are well reputed for their innovative, high quality packaging.
Madman is strongly niche focused and driven by a team of staff that is passionate about Madman’s products.
Madman Entertainment is Australia's leading distributor of Anime (Japanese Animation), Australian and Global Independent film, Asian Cinema, Bollywood, Action Sports and other special interest genres.
Madman Entertainment is Australia's leading distributor of Anime (Japanese Animation), Australian and Global Independent film, Asian Cinema, Bollywood, Action Sports and other special interest genres.
Madman is owned by Funtastic Limited, one of Australia's largest wholesalers of consumer products into retail outlets and is an ASX listed company. Madman is managed by founders and directors Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard. Paul and Tim share management duties within the organisation as joint Managing Directors and both are active in sourcing and signing product for the company.
Madman currently employs around 100 staff across all departments and turns over approximately $50 million in sales annually.
Madman Printing, established by directors Dustin Pullin and Dave Woodland, is today one of the best known and well regarded printing companies in Australia… and have been print sponsor for the 2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards.
For more information about madman, visit www.madman.com.au
For more information about madman, visit www.madman.com.au
Did you know?
- David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. While he spoke all of Vader's lines during filming, he didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.
- Rocky Lane, a cowboy movie hero whose films included King of the Mounties, Red Gulch Renegades and Silver City Kid was the voice of Mr Ed. George Burns also supplied Mr Ed’s voice on at least one occasion.
- While the actual source of the name ‘Oscar’ for the Academy Awards’ statuette remains under debate, it was Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky who first used the nickname - in print - in his column on the sixth Academy Awards in 1934. He was referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first win for Best Actress. It wasn’t until 1939 that the Academy first officially used the nickname.
- The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.
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