STUDENT AWARDS EVENING HOSTED BY BEN BRITTON Wednesday 29 October 2014 Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts TERTIARY & INDUSTRY AWARDS NIGHT HOSTED BY BRIAN NANKERVIS Thursday 27 November 2014 Federation Hall, WWW.ATOMAWARDS.ORG Victorian College of the Arts NAMING SPONSOR GOLD PARTNER SILVER PARTNERS BRONZE PARTNERS PROUD SUPPORTERS PRESENTED BY thank you We sincerely thank all our partners and sponsors for their support. welcome For the past thirty-two years, the ATOM Awards have been dedicated to enriching the relationship between the screen industries and the education sector. The Awards have entrenched themselves as an annual highlight for media educators, their students, and established screen content producers across Australia and New Zealand. The 2014 IP Awareness ATOM Awards recognise film and media excellence over two exciting events – the Student Awards Evening and credits the Tertiary & Industry Awards Night. Managing Editor, Publications & Awards: This year we have improved the online entry and judging system, and PETER TAPP received a record number of entries from Australia and New Zealand. ATOM Awards Officer: The Awards judging panel has attracted a large selection of local and JEN FARROW international members from Australia, Brunei, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand and the USA. Online Services Manager: ZAK HAMER This year the ATOM Awards website was further enhanced. We improved Online Services Assistant: our judging and Audience Choice voting systems and made a number WILL ALLEN of changes to the back-end architecture. If you haven’t visited the site Editor, Metro Magazine: yet, I encourage you to do so. Many of this year’s finalist productions are ADOLFO ARANJUEZ available to stream directly through the site. Editor, Screen Education Magazine: GRETA PARRY Also this year, in conjunction with IP Awareness, the My Story My Content Bookkeeper: Short Film Competition returned for its second year. This competition BEV WEBB challenges students across all levels to make a 60-second short film Design: celebrating Australian screen creativity. The theme for this year was STUDIOFANFARE.COM ‘Movies … Make a Difference’. Winners of My Story My Content will be announced and screened at this atom board year’s ATOM Awards events. These events – in combination with the ATOM Awards website and next year’s National Screenings Tour of selected finalist entries – generate Chairperson: exposure for both emerging and established screen content producers. ROGER DUNSCOMBE Winning an ATOM Award, or being shortlisted as a finalist, is now more Assistant Chairperson: rewarding than ever. MELINDA ROBERTS Education Executive Officer: ATOM and IP Awareness would like to congratulate all of this year’s ROBERT YOUNG finalists and winners and thank everyone who took part in the Publications Executive Officer: 2014 IP Awareness ATOM Awards! ANDREW RENAUT Committee Members: LARA ALEXANDER PETER ANSTEE HUGH MASON-JONES KEVIN TIBALDI LISA WORTHY JEN FARROW Education Officer: ATOM Awards Officer KATE McCARTHY FICAI Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) 3 from the chairperson Welcome to the 2014 IP Awareness ATOM Awards, Australia’s leading film and media awards for the education and industry sectors. Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) has actively promoted the study of Media and screen literacy for forty-nine years – we advocate for Media education at a state, national and international level. We produce magazines, study guides, apps and ebooks; organise regular film screenings; and run professional development opportunities for educators. In 2014, the ATOM Awards are proud to welcome back IP Awareness as naming sponsor. This year, the awards received an overwhelming number of entries across twenty-nine categories, and we are immensely proud to be showcasing the four finalists in each category. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of these finalists. I hope you find this experience rewarding, and that it helps further your careers. The awards would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors, the dedication of our judges (from Australia and around the world) and, of course, ATOM Awards Officer Jen Farrow. I would also like to thank the ATOM Board, Managing Editor Peter Tapp, Online Services Manager Zak Hamer, Online Services Assistant Will Allen and, last but by no means least, all of this year’s entrants. I sincerely hope you enjoy this year’s events. We look forward to your continued support. ROGER DUNSCOMBE Chairperson ATOM 4 a message from the IP Awareness Foundation We are very proud to partner with ATOM again this year on the 2014 IP Awareness ATOM Awards, not least because the calibre of films from emerging and established screen content producers is genuinely inspiring. Congratulations to all ATOM Award finalists and winners. We understand how much effort, time, energy and money is needed to make even a short film. We applaud your vision and persistence and wish you well on your path to a filmmaking career. This is a time of unprecedented technological innovation, which presents the screen industries with enormous opportunities, but also some of their toughest challenges. Piracy, or accessing content without paying for it, impacts on the profits of movies and television shows, affecting the ability of producers to fund future projects and threatening the livelihoods of the hundreds of artists, technicians and specialists it takes to make the films and television programs we love to watch. Creative industries contribute more than $90 billion to the Australian economy annually and employ nearly 900,000 people. IP Awareness remains committed to raising consumer awareness of the value of screen content and the impact of piracy. The future viability of the industry is at stake. As two prominent content creators recently said: The truth is you wouldn’t imagine stealing someone’s car or a piece of art they have created. We are poised on the precipice in filmed entertainment – TV and movies – because of the prevalence of piracy the content creators will not get a revenue stream to the point that they won’t be able to create. That is the danger of piracy. Gale Anne Hurd Executive Producer, The Walking Dead 19 June 2014, The Guardian If we get to the pointy end where we as filmmakers get everything right, produce something entertaining, which people love – but the film cannot expect a decent return because pirates steal it – then it’s over. It’s not a viable business and ultimately quality Australian films won’t get made. Nelson Woss Producer, Red Dog 25 August 2014, Sydney Morning Herald The 2014 IP Awareness ATOM Awards are a celebration of your dedication, hard work and talent. We’re honoured to be a part of your creative journey and wish you a wonderful night. 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Holy Family Primary School, Qld Grades 5–6, Millner Primary School Tyler Cornwall, Joshua Greenhill, 4:24 3:29 Millner Primary School, NT Alex Harman and Ethan Hawkins 4:02 Table Cape Primary School, Tas. 2:46 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ROUND 1 JUDGES: Kylie Lipscombe, Ivana Rowley, Robert Young FINALIST JUDGES: Rosie Braye, Leo Faber Best Primary School Film Production ACTION/ROMANCE! AWESOME AUSSIE TOILET WORLD WAANAWAL Saturday Short Stuff KANGAROOS Tuesday Short Stuff Joshua Sanders Filmbites Youth Film School, WA William Filiti and Joshua Hughes Filmbites Youth Film School, WA Lara Primary School, Vic. 3:23 Lara Primary School, Vic. 4:51 1:30 2:08 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ROUND 1 JUDGES: Kylie Lipscombe, Ivana Rowley, Robert Young FINALIST JUDGES: Tessa Crozier, Anna Kamasz Best Middle School (Years 7–10) Animation THE ADVENTURES GIRLFRIENDS IN SPACE REVENGE THE WANDERING SOUL OF LUCY Jordan Siebert, Ryley Park and Henry McDowell Jordan Hsieh Adrian Di Salle Ishaq Ali Brighton Grammar School, Vic. Mansfield State High School, Qld Xavier College, Vic. The Essington School, NT 3:49 01:08 3:39 2:00 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ROUND 1 JUDGES: Kylie Lipscombe, Ivana Rowley, Robert Young FINALIST JUDGES: Peter Allen, Ben Laden 10 STUDENT AWARDS FINALISTS Best Middle School (Years 7–10) Film Production CRIME DOESN’T PAY DEAD END NOTICE ME WEASEL Oscar Cook Year 9 Media Class Shannon Berry and Will Mattock Sam Zagame John Curtin College of the Arts, WA Firbank Grammar School, Vic. Filmbites Youth Film School, WA Vic. 3:35 8:13 7:00 7:23 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ROUND 1 JUDGES: Kylie Lipscombe, Ivana Rowley, Robert Young FINALIST JUDGES: Sandra Gross, Joshua Howard Best Senior Secondary Animation CITERROR DESIRE JOURNEY TO MY ART MY FAMILY Ben Mansur Chevonne Nel Cheng-Yee Choe Shiloh Jarrett Wanganui Park Secondary College, Vic. Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Qld Melbourne Girls’ College, Vic. Centralian Senior College, NT 4:04 4:42 3:31 2:58 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY ROUND 1 JUDGES: Ryan Grobins, Steven Murdoch, Fiona Shepherd FINALIST JUDGES: Helen Gibbins, Emily Harridge Best Senior Secondary Documentary DAVID WILLIAMSON SOUND URBAN EXPLORATION WHEN THE NEEDLE Jake Lofven Emma Meurs Henry Thong DROPS Sunshine Beach State High School, Qld Wesley College, Vic.