EXIT FILMS’ AMY GEBHARDT NAMED KODAK AWARD NEW DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Amy Gebhardt from the Exit Films has been named KODAK AWARD New Director Of The Year at a special cocktail party event tonight at The Water Bar at BLUE Sydney, designed specifically for the occasion.

Greg McKibbin, Regional Business General Manager & Vice President, Entertainment Imaging, Eastman Kodak Company announced Gebhardt’s win at the sell-out event, which screened the work of all four finalists in the presence of the AWARD Award judges, who are in Sydney this week. 

Chosen from a list of finalists whose work represented an exceptional standard and an amazing variety of ideas, Gebhardt’s submission included three short film trailers ‘Walnut’, ‘Look Sharp’ and ‘Pleasance’.

“Yet again I am amazed at the extraordinary young talent we have across the Asia Pacific Region,” said McKibbin. “Finding a winner amongst the high calibre work of the finalist’s must have been a challenge for the judges. The short films submitted by the eventual winner highlights an incredible talent and I am sure that we will hear the name Amy Gebhardt for many years to come.”

Gebhardt will receive a prize of 10 x 400’ loads of 35mm Kodak Motion Picture Film valued at around $4,000 and will be introduced and recognised at the AWARD Presentation Evening to be held on November 27th 2008 at The Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney.

Finalists were selected from an impressive collection of entries from thirteen cities from eight separate countries from around the Asia Pacific Region and the following finalists are also to be congratulated:

Dael Oates, Prodigy Films, Melbourne

Sam Peacocke, Robbers Dog Films, Auckland

Rong Soralamp, Phenomena, Bangkok

For further details visit www.awardnewdirector.com.

For more information on Amy Gebhardt, visit www.exit.com.au

Pictured at Blue: Greg McKibbin (Kodak), Amy Gebhardt and AWARD chairman Richard Maddocks (Clemenger BBDO)