MELBOURNE \u2013 Thursday 20 August, 2008 \u2013 ATOM (the Australian Teachers of Media) is pleased to announce the impressive list of finalists for the 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards, which recognise and celebrated the excellence displayed by Australian and New Zealand productions for the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite the doom and gloom of the global financial crisis, it seems that our media industry is still bursting at the seams with creativity and innovation, as was illustrated by the extraordinary number of outstanding productions entered into this year\u2019s ATOM Awards,\u201d commented ATOM Awards Spokesperson, Amber Nelson.<\/p>\n
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 screen production. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ATOM Awards are designed to award productions that are created for the screen \u2013 be it the cinema screen, television, PC, games console or even mobile phone screen and our judges were not disappointed with what they saw this year,\u201d Mrs Nelson advised.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to congratulate everyone who entered for their dedication to this industry and to highlight the amazing list of finalists for this year\u2019s ATOM Awards program, our judges felt privileged to be able to view and judge this year\u2019s entries,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
The 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards will be presented at a gala presentation ceremony, held in the Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne on Friday 23 October, 2009.<\/p>\n
The 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards program is presented by ATOM and EnhanceTV.<\/p>\n
The 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards program is sponsored by Madman, QANTM College, Monash University, Deakin University, Encore Magazine, Celtx and is supported by SBS Independent, Open Channel, Qpix, MetroScreen, Wide Angle and Netagi.<\/p>\n
The 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards are funded by Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, the New South Wales Film and Television Office and Film Victoria.<\/p>\n
For more information about the 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards please visit www.atomawards.org <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MELBOURNE \u2013 Thursday 20 August, 2008 \u2013 ATOM (the Australian Teachers of Media) is pleased to announce the impressive list of finalists for the 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards, which recognise and celebrated the excellence displayed by Australian and New Zealand productions for the screen. \u201cDespite the doom and gloom of the global financial crisis, it<\/p>\n