The Media Innovation Awards event is being run in association with the University of Plymouth and South West RDA and event sponsors include: Pyramid, South West Screen, PR Dogs, Plymouth College of Art, Northcliffe Media, and South West Design Programme. Award sponsors are listed below.

Companies from all over the South West have been shortlisted for awards, with Plymouth and Bristol gaining strong representation in a number of categories.

The awards recognise the innovative use of media and design in the region, and members of the creative industries from Cornwall through to Dorset and Gloucestershire were invited to enter the awards.

The nominations are:

TELEVISION – Sponsored by Silverstream TV*

• Sari Stories- A Sequoia Films production, commissioned by Al Jazeera English for the Witness strand, presented by Rageh Omaar (Dorset)
• On Thin Ice – Produced by Twofour for BBC Two (Plymouth)

DVD/CD

• Live with a Healthy Heart – Produced by Twofour for the British Heart Foundation (Plymouth)
• Living Memory Lab – Produced by Plymouth & District Racial Equality Council, a co-production with Maniac Films in association with Real Ideas Organisation and BBC South West and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (Plymouth)
• Someone Who Listens – Produced by Company of Designers, a co-production with Routeways in association with Plymouth College of Art and Sunridge and funded by Plymouth City Council (Plymouth)

COMMUNITY WEB USE

• England Live – Produced by Beef for England Live (Bristol)
• Dott Shot – Created by Gendall Design, a co-production with SEA Communications commissioned by Dott Cornwall supported by the Design Council, Cornwall Council and University College Falmouth (Cornwall)
• The Blue Gym – Created by The Blue Gym, a Peninsula Medical School initiative and delivered by A Grain of Sand, Magic Lantern, Nixon Design and Sound View Media (Plymouth)

CORPORATE WEB USE – Sponsored by Business Link

• Drytac – Produced by Beef for Drytac (Bristol)
• Exeter Family Website – Produced by Twofour for Exeter Friendly (Plymouth)

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS – Sponsored by Tamar Science Park
WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE GALA DINNER

INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO – Sponsored by Plymouth City Council

• Tera Toma –Produced by Syndrome Pictures (Exeter)
• Uncomfortable – Directed by David Salas, supported by an Exeter Phoenix Media Centre Short Film Bursary in association with Devon County Council (Exeter)
• Sea Front –A Sundog Media Production (Plymouth)

MULTI-PLATFORM PROJECT – Sponsored by Pyramid
WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE GALA DINNER

PRINT GRAPHICS – Sponsored by Out Of Hand

• Bright Brochure – Produced by Mytton Williams Ltd, Creative Director Bob Mytton, Designer Keith Hancox, Copy by Ink Copywriters and Printed by Emtone Print for Bright Event Management (Bath)
• University College Falmouth Prospectus 2010 – Produced by Gendall Design for University College Falmouth with Copywriting by Stranger Collective, Photography by Matt Jessop with supporting student photography by Helen Flanagan, Thomas Jenkins, Michael Langford and Mathew Taylor (Cornwall)

PHOTOGRAPHIC – Sponsored by Bristol City Council

• British Design 2010 – Photographs by Joakim Borén. Commissioned by Taxi Studio for BIS Publishers (Plymouth)
• Routeways Centre Ltd – developed by Routeways Equal Voices, Stonehouse Youth Project, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary – Plymouth Youth Team and Plymouth Children and Young People’s Trust (Plymouth)

BRANDING – Sponsored by Tell

• Gap Medics – Produced by Beef for Gap Medics (Bristol)
• Lowd and Klea Viral Advert – Produced and Directed by David Aspinall for Lowd and Klea (Gloucestershire)
  
  LIVE EVENT
• Seth Lakeman: Live at the Minack – A Televisionary Production for EMI Records (Devon)
• The Extended Theatre Experience – A research project co-produced by Bristol Old Vic, Watershed and Hewlett-Packard Labs, in collaboration with director Sally Cookson and filmmaker Geoff Taylor. With support from the Technology Strategy Board (Bristol)
• The Streamliner – Produced by HMC Interactive, a co-production with Twofour and commissioned by Audi UK (Plymouth)

COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESS & YOUNG PEOPLE – Sponsored by icci

• 4YP Bristol – Produced by Beef and commissioned by Connexions (Bristol)
• Growing Live! – A collaboration between Silverstream TV, The Herald and students Jason Hill, Callum Alexander, Adam Hill, Alex Alawode and Adam Bartlett (Plymouth)

NEW TALENT/NEW BUSINESS-Sponsored by Formation Zone

• Mutant Labs (Plymouth)
• Tom Mansfield from Glorious (Bristol)
• Misha Vertkin (Exeter)

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION – Sponsored by City College Plymouth

• Paul Tarplee Managing Director Twofour Digital (Plymouth)
• David Pritchard (Plymouth)

Other sponsors are University College Falmouth, Audio Network, Fentongollan, Skillset and Foot Anstey.

Bookings are now being accepted for the gala dinner; tickets cost £40 each or you can book a table of 10 for £360. The event includes a drink on arrival, a 3 course meal, coffee and entertainment.

To book please call 01752 346530, email info@pm-p.com or register online at www.mediainnovationawards.com where you can find out more information about the awards.