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Uranium documentary triumphs at Atom Awards
Sonya Pemberton.s Uranium — Twisting the Dragon.s Tail won three prizes at the 2015 Atom Awards presented in Melbourne on Thursday night.

The Genepool Productions documentary, which chronicles the cultural, scientific and natural history of uranium, was lauded as best documentary- history, TV factual series and best documentary — science, technology and the environment.

Director Maya Newell and producer Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby was named best documentary-general at the awards for tertiary and general/open categories held at Lux Melbourne on Chapel Street, hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz.

Best documentary- biography went to Remembering the Man, Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe.s. film on Tim Conigrave and John Caleo, whose story was told in Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man.

Gillian Armstrong.s Women He.s Undressed, produced by Damien Parer, was best documentary - arts.

Best docudrama was The War That Changed Us, which chronicled how WW1 impacted the soldiers and their families,...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 11/26/2015
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
Awards for Nowhere Boys, Redesign My Brain
Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys was named best children.s TV series and Mindful Media.s Redesign My Brain took the prizes for best factual series and best documentary, science, technology and the environment, at the 2014 Australian Teachers of Media (Atom) awards.

The best docudrama gong went to Electric Pictures. Enigma Man: A Stone Age Mystery in the awards presented at the Vca in Melbourne on Thursday night. In other documentary categories, Scarlett Pictures. Tender won the prize for general documentary, Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.s JFK: The Smoking Gun collected the history prize and Unicorn Films. Aim High in Creation! won for social and political issues.

Best biography docu went to iKandy Films' 35 Letters and best arts docu was Pop Pictures. Sons and Mothers.

RocKwiz.s Brian Nankervis hosted the event attended by education and screen industry professionals, higher education students, screen funding body reps and sponsors. There were more than...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 11/27/2014
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
Atom awards for First Footprints, Jabbed, Fallout
First Footprints, Jabbed, Fallout and Once My Mother were among the winners of the 2013 Ipaf Atom awards presented in Melbourne on Thursday night.

Founded in 1982 and voted by members of the Australian Teachers of Media, the awards recognise film and media excellence in the education and screen industry sectors.

There were more than 600 entries from Australian and New Zealand media producers in 29 categories. The event was hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz. The Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (Ipaf) was the naming sponsor this year.

Martin Butler and Bentley Dean.s First Footprints, which tells how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments, was named best documentary, general.

Sonya Pemberton.s Jabbed, which poses the questions how do you decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the risks?, took the award for best docu, science, technology and the environment.

Lawrence Johnston.s Fallout, which...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 11/29/2013
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
Sbs reveals 2013-14 programming line-up
Tony Iffland introduces the Sbs slate for 2013-2014..

Sbs revealed its 2013-2014 programming slate at an industry showcase held in The Rocks, Sydney, this afternoon..

Introduced by Sbs Director of TV, Tony Iffland, the slate spanned a number of genres and included a variety of programs; from returning series such as Once Upon a Time, to new content like documentary series Australia.s Secret Heroes, to the free-to-air premiere of international blockbuster drama The Walking Dead.. .2014 is really about more . so it.s about more food, more documentaries, more sport, more drama than ever before,. Iffland said. .On Sbs 1 and 2, we are seeing a 33 per cent increase in Australian commissioned content. We.re very proud of that. It shows how we at Sbs have rearranged our resources, used our scarce funds and really invested that in content.. Sbs was particularly thrilled to announce they will exclusively cover the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 10/30/2013
  • by Emily Blatchford
  • IF.com.au
The Hunter leads Aacta Awards nominations
The Hunter has lead the Aacta Awards with 14 nominations including best film.

The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.

The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.

It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.

The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.

Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.

The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
See full article at Encore Magazine
  • 11/30/2011
  • by Colin Delaney
  • Encore Magazine
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