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SHORTLIST:

Find out who has made the shortlist

The following shortlist is a result of the audio industry nominating and then voting on projects in a range of categories and those chosen will now be asked to submit material for judging, with the winners being announced at the awards ceremony on September 25th 2008. The shortlist for the following categories will be announced in early September: Film Facility, TV Facility, Commercials Facility and Newcomer.

The shortlist for each category are as follows:

Commercial of the Year, sponsored by Film London:

  • Cadbury “Gorilla” – Wave Studios
  • Guinness “Tipping Point” – Videosonics & Wave Studios
  • Bob Monkhouse “Prostrate Cancer” – Grand Central Studios
  • VW Golf “Enjoy the Everyday” – Marmalade 

Audio Media Unsung Hero Award, sponsored by Skillset:

  • Nick Laing, Goldcrest
  • Adam Powell, Molinare
  • Smudger, formerly Videosonics

Film Soundtrack of the Year - under £10million, sponsored by AMPS:

  • The Cottage
  • Happy Go Lucky
  • In Bruges 

Film Soundtrack of the Year – over £10million, sponsored by UK Film Council:

  • Atonement
  • Sweeny Todd
  • Stardust 

Audio on TV Drama, sponsored by Whitemark:

  • Ashes to Ashes – Hackenbacker
  • The Curse of Comedy – Most Sincerely: Hughie Green – Breathe
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl – 142 Ascent Media
  • No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency - Soundelux 
  • The Man Who Lost His Head – 142 Ascent Media

Audio on TV/Film Documentary:

  • The Passions of Vaughn Williams – Directors Cut/Noise London
  • Michael Palin’s New Europe – Molinaire
  • Coast – BBC Post Production

Audio on TV Entertainment, sponsored by Prism Sound:

  • Britain’s Got Talent Series 2 – The Farm Group
  • Masterchef 2008 – Molinare
  • The Restaurant - Envy
  • Top Gear: Polar Special - Evolutions

Music Production on Film/TV Project:

  • Sweeny Todd
  • The Passions of Vaughn Williams
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best TV Dubbing Mixer, sponsored by Media Lease:

  • Rowan Jennings – United Audio Project
  • Pip Norton - Breathe
  • Alan Sallabank – 142 Ascent Media
  • Matt Skilton – Envy

Best Film Re-recording Mixer, sponsored by Euphonix:

  • Chris Burdon
  • Mark Taylor
  • Mathew Knights
  • Mike Prestwood-Smith

TV Sound Editor of the Year (editor, designer, dialogue, supervising):

  • Chris Roberts – 142 Ascent Media
  • Paul McFadden
  • Simon Chase – Soundelux

Film Sound Editor of the Year, (editor, designer, dialogue, supervising):

  • James Boyle
  • Nigel Stone
  • Robert Ireland
  • Jeremy Price

Production Sound Mixer of the Year:

  • Sean Taylor
  • Paul Paragon
  • Simon Hayes

Film Facility of The Year, sponsored by Fineline Media Finance:

  • De Lane Lea
  • Hackenbacker
  • Molinare

TV Facility of The Year, sponsored by Scrub:

  • Breathe
  • Hackenbacker
  • Molinare

Commercial Facility of The Year :

  • Angell Sound
  • Grand Central Studios
  • Wave

Newcomer of The Year, sponsored by The Pinewood Studios Group:

  • David Williams, Envy
  • Glen Gathard, Shepperton Sound, part of The Pinewood Studios Group
  • Theo Green

Now in its third year The Conch awards are organised and promoted by the industry trade body UK Screen and reflect the contribution made by UK facilities, sound editors and dubbing mixers to the art of audio post-production in film, TV and commercials.

Tickets are available to purchase through the Conch website http://conch.ukscreenassociation.co.uk

Media Partner:
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Sponsored by
ACJ
Fineline Media Finance Prism Sound
Scrub Digidesign Skillset UK Film Council Lottery Funded Whitemark

Find out more about the Conch nominees and winners at Mediabase