The ATOM Awards are a group of awards offered to

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and

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"professionals, educators and students", honoring achievements in the making of

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradition ...

, and from 2007 multi-modal productions. The Awards were established in the year 1982 by the

Australian Teachers of Media The Australian Teachers Of Media or ATOM is an independent, not-for-profit, professional association that promotes the study of media and screen literacy. The membership of ATOM includes a collective of educators from across all subject disciplin ...

, "an independent, non-profit association to promote media education and screen literacy in primary, secondary and tertiary education and the broader community". Awards are now offered in 36 different categories as of 2005, broken down into awards for ''students'', ''tertiary students'', ''educational resources'', and ''general''. There is also a ''teacher's award. This Award is made at the discretion of the judges, and recognizes the commitment, dedication and inspiration of a teacher or school, and which the judges can observe informing a body of student work as submitted in either the primary, secondary or tertiary categories of the ATOM Awards. The Teachers’ Award can neither be sought nor applied for, and is given solely at the judges’ discretion.'' The awards attract student filmmakers, educational films, and even professional industry practitioners. This makes it one of the only awards of its kind. Entries are open to Australian and New Zealand students and media industry professionals.

2007 ATOM Awards categories

Schools * Best Junior (K-8) Film Video Production. (includes music clips, short drama, documentaries, experimental) * Best Junior (K-8) Multimedia Production * Best Senior (9-12)

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Production. (Multimedia production: combination of image, text, audio, video & interactivity) * Best Secondary Animation (claymation, drawing, cell 2D & 3D) * Best Secondary Documentary ** Images of Age Sub-category (open to Vic residents only)* * Best Secondary Fiction * Best Secondary Music Video Tertiary, A production made by a student or individual enrolled at a tertiary or TAFE institution at the time of the production * Best Short Fiction * Best Experimental * Best Documentary ** Images of Age Sub-category (open to Vic residents only)* * Best Animation * Best Music Video * Best Multimedia (includes web) * Best Interactive Game General * Best Short Fiction (50 minutes or less) * Best Experimental * Best Animation * Best Music Video * Best Children's Television Series * Best Multi-modal production† * Best Documentary Short Form (30 minutes or less) * Best Documentary General ** Images of Age Sub-category (open to Vic residents only)* * Best Documentary Social & Political Issues * Best Documentary Science, Technology & The Environment * Best Documentary Human Story * Best Multimedia (inc. installations and web) * Best Interactive Game Educational/Vocational These category entries will be judged cross platform. Judges will be assessing best teaching/training practice, methodology, suitability to the audience, delivery and content. These entries may be websites, TV programs, videos, film, DVD, CD-ROMs or a convergence of the above, including installations. * Best Primary Education Resource * Best Secondary Education Resource * Best Tertiary Education Resource * Best Instructional/training Resource * Best Multimedia Learning Reference (includes web) * Best Multi-modal production† * Best Indigenous Resource

Notable past ATOM Award nominees and winners

*''Ibrahim'' ** ( Ivan Gaal, Rob McCubbin production; Ivan Gaal direction, Tony Lintermans writing) ** ATOM Best Social Issues Award 1986 ** ATOM Children's Award, Australian Section 1986 *''

Hunt Angels ''Hunt Angels'' is a 2006 Australian docudrama, directed by Alec Morgan, starring Victoria Hill and Ben Mendelsohn. ''Hunt Angels'' was filmed in Sydney, Australia and opened in Australia on 30 November 2006 after premiering at the Melbourne ...

'' **Hunt Angels Productions **ATOM Award winner 2006 *'' The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello'' **2005

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nominee **(Anthony Lucas, 3D Films) **ATOM Award winner 2005 *''

Noah & Saskia ''Noah and Saskia'' is a 13-episode TV program initiated, developed and produced by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) and the BBC as she stepped down after 20 years as Founding Director of the ACTF. The 13 ...

'' **(

ACTF The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) is a national non-profit children's media production and policy hub. The ACTF helps develop children's television policy; distributes and pays for Australian children's television series; ...

) **ATOM Award winner 2005 *

Adam Elliot Adam Elliot (born 2 January 1972) is an Australian stop-motion animation writer, director and producer based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over seven hundred film festivals and have received over one ...

**2003

winner **ATOM Award winner 1998 *''Wildness'' **(Big and Little Films in association with Film Australia) **ATOM Award winner 2004 *''The 20 Cent Quest'' **ATOM Award winner 2003 *''A Wedding in Ramallah'' **(Sherine Salama, Habibi Films) **ATOM Award winner 2003 *''Gulpilil – One Red Blood'' **(Darlene Johnson, JOTZ Productions) *''Martha's New Coat'' **(

Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian

, New Town Films) **ATOM Award winner 2003 *'' Harry’s War'' **(

Richard Frankland Richard Joseph Frankland is an Australian playwright, scriptwriter and musician. He is an Aboriginal Australian of Gunditjmara origin from Victoria. He has worked significantly for the Aboriginal Australian cause. Biography Richard J. Fran ...

, Golden Seahorse Productions) *''Tulip'' **(

Rachel Griffiths Rachel Anne Griffiths (born in 1968) is an Australian actress. Raised primarily in Melbourne, she began her acting career appearing on the Australian series ''Secrets'' before being cast in a supporting role in the comedy ''Muriel's Wedding'' ...

) **ATOM Award Nominee 1999 *''

Wicked Science ''Wicked Science'' is an Australian television series, which debuted on 24 February 2004. The series focuses on Toby (played by André de Vanny) and Elizabeth (played by Bridget Neval), two teenagers who are mysteriously turned into Wizard (fan ...

'' **(Jonathan M Shiff Productions) **ATOM Award winner 2004 *''

Round the Twist ''Round the Twist'' is an Australian children's comedy television series based on stories by author Paul Jennings that follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and develope ...

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'' **(

Working Dog Productions Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, ...

) **ATOM Award Winner 1998

References

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ATOM Film, Television and Multimedia Awards
ATOM Award website
AFC NewsAndEvents

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description of the 2004 Awards, including finalists
Australian Teachers of Media
ATOM official website

download ATOM Awards Call for entries here

2002 article in ''

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2007 ATOM Awards categories

Notable past ATOM Award nominees and winners

See also

References

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