DVDTECH wins Best Authored DVD of 2003

MEDIA RELEASE 15 March 2004

Once again DVDTECH has proved that it is the most technically precise and advanced DVD production company in Australia. On Friday March the 12th at the third annual Region 4 Magazine Australian DVD Awards, DVDTECH was honoured with the most prestigious technical award of the night, the best authored DVD of the year.

According to both IF Magazine and Region 4 Magazine, DVDTECH ‘came up trumps in all areas of the DVD format's accessibility with Reservoir Dogs: Collector's Edition’. The Cinefile Best Authored DVD of 2003 Award was presented by the founders of Urban Cinefile Andrew Urban and Louise Keller to DVDTECH’s Managing Director Jeff Sunderland for ‘the highest quality of Australian production of a title’s technical implementation, including reponsiveness, compatibility and integration of digital assets.’ Other nominees for this category were Watership Down, (Stream AV), The Wannabes, (Zealot Productions) and Far From Heaven (from Digital Pictures Interactive).


There is an overwhelming amount of exclusive, behind the scenes and value added material surrounding the cult classic Reservoir Dogs. To cope with all the bonus material, this DVD set provides information according to the Writer/ Director/ Actor focused on in each special feature. Along with many other features on this Two Disc Set (including an easter egg entitled ‘Reservoir Dolls’) the complex authoring is shown off by the Film Noir Web. The Noir Files consist of 5 categories, 3 of which use cross referenced content pages to allow users to access information depending on particular interests via book and films, writers and directors or characters and actors.

Leon Coningham, the General Manager of Magna Pacific, as the title’s distributer, said “Reservoir Dogs is a number one hit for Magna. DVDTECH, not only rose to the technical challenges of the two disc collectors edition set, but turned the project around for us in less than a week! Truly outstanding service”.

The Awards Night was celebrated by Jeff Sunderland, Managing Director and fellow DVDTECH employees, as the industry leaders clinked glasses late into the night. Jeff Sunderland, Managing Director of DVDTECH was quoted as saying; “This is a fantastic win for DVDTECH, as we strive for excellence in DVD Authoring. I am particularly pleased as it was a team effort and my heartfelt congratulations go out to the whole team, especially our Senior Author. It was our Senior Author’s expertise that perfected the intricate authoring of Reservoir Dogs: Collectors Edition in a way only a true professional can; by making a complex and challenging job look easy.”
After winning the Most Inventive Special Feature with Dinotopia last year and entering the Hall of Fame with a third in a row win at the US DVDA awards, this best 2003 Australian authored DVD adds another industry accolade to a company with youthful energy who keep going from strength to strength.