Prodigy’s Dael Oates takes out Kodak AWARD New Director of the Year at Blue do last night

TheKodak AWARD New Director winner is Dael Oates from Prodigy FilmsSydney. And the Kodak AWARD New Director – Student or Current Graduatewinner is David Rusanow from the Victorian Collage of The Arts,Melbourne.

Held last night at The Water Bar, Blue Sydney,the sell-out event screened the work of all three finalists for eachcategory in the presence of over 200 people, including the AWARD Awardjudges.

“Recognising the creative and inspiring work of young, emergingfilmmakers is something that Kodak is proud to be involved with. Thewinners reels were very strong and it is exciting to see thishigh-quality work coming from such young directors. We hope the KodakAWARD will help further establish their careers. Congratulations to allthe finalists and winners,” says Johanna Gravelle, Director ofMarketing for Kodak Entertainment Imaging Asia Pacific Region -pictured with AWARD so chairman Michael Ritchie (executive producer,Revolver) and Dael Oates.

Asthe winning Kodak AWARD New Director Of The Year – current commercialdirector, Dael Oates (top left) will be awarded a prize of 10 x 400’loads of 35mm Kodak Motion Picture Film valued at approximatelyAUD4,000.00.

While David Rusanow (top right) – The winningKodak AWARD New Director Of The Year – current student or recentgraduate –  will be awarded 5 x 400′ loads of 16mm KODAK Motion Picturefilm valued at approximately AUD1,300.00

The winners will alsobe introduced and recognised at the AWARD Awards to beheld on November 12th 2009 and attended by up to 800 of the finestindustry members from the region.

Finalists were selected from an impressive collection of entries from six countries across the Asia Pacific Region.

For further details visit awardnewdirector.com