2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Award Finalists Announced

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2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Award Finalists Announced!

The high calibre list of ‘future stars’ of the silver screen will gather in October to find out
this year’s ATOM Award winners

MELBOURNE – Thursday 9 August, 2007 – After weeks of intense judging, the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) are thrilled to announce the list of high calibre finalists who are now in the running for a prestigious ATOM award in this, the 25th anniversary year of the program.

Each year, the ATOM Awards recognise excellence in over thirty categories of Film, Television, Animation and Multimedia and celebrate the very best of Australian and New Zealand production.

“We are continually amazed by the calibre and the quantity of entries that we have for the ATOM awards each year and this year was no different. There are so many great productions in this year’s list of finalists, so the winners in each category will be very worthy of their award,” commented Amber Nelson, Event Manager, 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards.

“As this is the 25th anniversary of the program, we have also put out a call to all past winners and finalists to come forward and share their ATOM stories with us and tell us what they’re up to now. Any ATOM winners and finalists out there, we want to hear from you!” she added.

The 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards program is open to the education and industry sectors, students, production companies, independent filmmakers, educational bodies and educational producers in both countries.

The 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards will be presented at a gala presentation event, held in the Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne on Friday 19 October, 2007.

The 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards program is sponsored by EnhanceTV, Adobe Asia Pacific, Victorian Government – Department for Victorian Communities, Avid Australia, Monash University, Encore Magazine, Metro Magazine, Metroscreen, Open Channel and Qpix.

The 2007EnhanceTV ATOM Awards are funded by the Australian Film Commission, South Australian Film Corporation and the New South Wales Film and Television Office.

For more information about the 2007 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards please visit www.atomawards.org

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