Agri-Business Council of Oregon / OR OSHA Safety Video Receives Award
3/23/2009

A project for the Agri-Business Council of Oregon and OR-OSHA was recently awarded a “Gold Award” in the Aurora Awards Issue Awareness category.  The project was a bi-lingual agriculture safety video that utilized storytelling techniques to educate viewers.  The video was made by Oregon-based Lyon Films.  Another project foor PDM International also received the award's top prize, "Platinum Best of Show."

Geoff Horning, Executive Director, Agri-Business Council of Oregon said, “We came to them with little more than a concept, and through their creativity a top-notch bilingual DVD has been developed that is being embraced by the agricultural community.”

“We’re honored to be recognized by the Aurora Awards for our work,” said Devon Lyon, owner of Lyon Films. “These projects represent two different approaches to delivering a message and telling a story, and both illustrate the excellence we pursue with every project.”

The Aurora Awards is an international competition designed to recognize excellence in the film and video industries. Entries have come from across the US, and abroad, such as Russia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Germany, Australia, Mexico, etc. The “Platinum Best of Show” is the highest honor given. Only about one in ten receive this honor, while about two out of ten receive the Gold Award.  The Aurora Awards have been awarded for 12 years.

These awards follow on the heels of Lyon Films recently being selected as a finalist for the national Reed Award.  Lyon Films is a premier Pacific Northwest full service production company based in Portland, Oregon with an established reputation for creative, narrative, commercial and industrial production - on time and on budget. For more information on Lyon Films, visit www.LyonFilms.com.