Adfest Film Craft Lotus: Four out of the five Golds awarded to Australasian production companies

New Zealand and Australian production companies performed well at the Film Craft Lotus Awards, held tonight at Adfest in Phuket.

Four of the five Golds handed out on the night went to Australasia: Gold was awarded to Steve Ayson from The Sweet Shop, Auckland for NZ Lotteries ‘Lucky Dog’ in the Directing category, Gold went to Nathan Price at Capital City Films in the Directing (campaign) category for Sky TV ‘Leaf Blower’, ‘Ride on Mower’, Gold was awarded to The Feds, Sydney for Optus ‘FIFA World Cup Secret Training Camp’ in the Special Effects category and Gold went to singer Ben Lee for his music on the WWF ‘Space Monkey’ spot.

13 Silvers were awarded and 12 Bronze.

Silver went to Mike Maguire at The Directors Bureau in the Directing (campaign) category for Bundaberg Rum ‘Favourable Lie’, ‘Apology’, ‘Apology, Apology’, Silver was awarded to Liquid Studios, Auckland for DB Export ‘The Untold Story’ in the Production Design category; and Silver went to Innocean Worldwide Sydney for Kia Stortage ‘Grow up, not old’ in the Best Use of Music Track category.

Bronze was awarded to Steve Rogers at Revolver for WWF ‘Space Monkey’ in the Directing category, Bronze went to FG Entertainment for Weet-Bix ‘Star Players’ in the Special effects category, Bronze went to The Sweet Shop Auckland for NZ Lotteries Commission ‘Lucky Dog’; and Bronze was awarded to Cutting Edge Brisbane for Boss ‘Alien Jones – History of Humankind’.

In the New Director Lotus, Paola Morabito from Curious won Silver for the Guide Dogs Appeal ‘Interviews’. Only one Gold and one Silver was awarded.

VIEW THE LIST OF WINNERS – Outdoor, Cyber, Direct, Promo, Design, Print Craft, Film Craft and New Director Lotus.