Tunnel, Lockie Leonard win interactive media awards

Crowd-funded and soon-to-be-released-online-for-free thriller The Tunnel won Best Use of Social Media, Word of Mouth or Viral at last Friday’s Australian Interactive Media Industry Association Awards.

The Goalpost – TEQUILA\ children’s TV series Lockie Leonard won the Best Cross-Platform category.

The Tunnel was announced as a crowd-funded film to be released online, free of charge.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be acknowledged by the industry and to also be recognised in a category full of esteemed nominees – together with [marketing agency] DLSHS we have clearly created an effective and cut-through social media campaign that has resonated with the online audience,” said The Tunnel writer/producer Enzo Tedeschi. The film will be released online and on DVD on May 19.