The trustees of the annual Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award, connected to the Sydney Film Festival, are calling for nominations for the 2009 Award.
The Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award was established by a board of trustees made up of friends and collaborators of the late innovative Australian filmmaker Peter Rasmussen following his untimely death. The trustees committed to raise the funds in perpetuity for the purpose of awarding a $5,000 cash prize, the Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award, to be presented each year at Sydney Film Festival to an Australian whose work in film, machinima or new media embodies a visionary spirit and a relentless determination in the face of obstacles – financial or otherwise – to create high quality works for the screen.
