New Generation of Story-Tellers to Walk the Red Carpet

Below is the list of 20 winning filmmakers for the fifth year of The Outlook for Someday sustainable film challenge. They will be walking the red carpet at Aotea Centre next Thursday evening (Dec 1) and Special Awards will be announced for their remarkable and fresh films. They range in age from primary school to 24 and come from as far as the Hokianga and Dunedin.

MEDIA RELEASE: 24 November 2011

TVNZ 7 Presents THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY Sustainability Film Challenge for Young People

A NEW GENERATION OF STORY-TELLERS TO WALK THE RED CARPET IN FIFTH YEAR OF FILM CHALLENGE

The 20 Winning Films in this year’s The Outlook for Someday film challenge showcase how young people are using film to have their say about sustainability and make a difference to their world

The winning film-makers will gather on Thursday 1 December for The Someday Awards red-carpet ceremony, which is being held for the first time at the Aotea Centre in Auckland’s THE EDGE performing arts and entertainment hub.

“These young people are growing up in the era of cultural creativity,” said David Jacobs, Director of the film challenge. “They are part of a generation which is increasingly using film as an instrument of self-expression, a generation which cares about its future, so sustainability features strongly in its creative portfolio.”

“Our role in running The Outlook for Someday is to support young people in joining a new generation of sustainability story-tellers.”

The Winning Films (listed below with synopses) tackle subjects ranging from pollution and deforestation to the meaning of Kaitiaki and how to be a conscious shopper.

They have been made by individuals and teams ranging in age from 6 to 24 years old from all over New Zealand - including teams from quake-devastated Christchurch and two small Kura Kaupapa Māori schools in Northland.

The Judging Team of media, education, government and business people selected the 20 winners from a record 153 entries which over 600 young people had taken part in making.

The judges described the Winning Films as powerful, thoughtful, funny, clever, informative and intriguing.

As well as winning prizes for their Winning Films the young film-makers will find out at The Someday Awards if they have won one of 12 Special Awards (listed below).

The 20 films can now be watched at The Outlook for Someday website, where there is a vote for The Body Shop Audience Favourite closing on 18 December.

www.theoutlookforsomeday.net

They will also be broadcast in 5 programmes called TVNZ 7 Presents The Outlook for Someday 2011, which will be screened at 6.30pm each night from Monday 12 to Friday 16 December by TVNZ 7 on both Freeview/TiVo (channel 7) and SKY/Telstra (channel 077). Each programme will then be repeated the following day at 12.30pm.

The Outlook for Someday challenge is to make a short sustainability-related film. It can be any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes. Anyone up to age 24 can enter, either individually or in a team.

Entrants are encouraged to interpret ‘sustainability’ in the way that makes sense to them.

Earlier this year The Outlook for Someday was endorsed by UNESCO as a project of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

PRIZES:

Details of the prizes won by the winning film-makers are here:

www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/prizes

JUDGING TEAM:

The members of the Judging Team are here:

www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/prizes/judging-team

DOWNLOADABLE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES FOR MEDIA USE:

High resolution still images from the 20 Winning Films are here:

www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/gallery/2011/winning-films/

The graphic for The Outlook for Someday 2011 is here:

www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/gallery/2011/publicity-images

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

David Jacobs 0274 522 627 dj@connectedmedia.org

Angela Griffen 027 578 0889 angela.griffen@tbwawhybin.co.nz

20 WINNING FILMS:

A Drop in the Ocean by Jordan Williams from Whenuakite Primary School in Whitianga, Coromandel

Genre: Animation

Synopsis: A piece of litter wafting in the wind causes havoc at sea.

Renno by Christopher Williams from Gisborne and a graduate of the University of Waikato

Genre: Animation

Synopsis: Two fiercely competitive neighbours are forced to confront their environmentally unfriendly attitudes.

Make a Tui Feeder by Hamish Hall from Kerikeri Primary School

Genre: How To

Synopsis: An instructive film that demonstrates how to make a tui feeder and maybe even attract The Tweeter Mob.

A Film About Sustainabilitree by Mia Brooke and Kate Bennett from Christchurch Girls' High School

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: A lifestyle presentation showcasing a range of characters and their passion for trees - and the potential hell that awaits us should trees disappear from our lives.

Flows to the Sea by Connor Campbell and Oliver Bromfield from South Wellington Intermediate School

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: A documentary about waterways and the challenge we face if we are to improve our water quality.

Good Morning Sunshine by Anna Prestidge and Aisling Rayne from Burnside High School in Christchurch

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: The simple, everyday ways one person can look after their environment - and the wilderness that awaits the unwary.

Shopping for Our Future by Susan and Andrew Wardell from the University of Otago

Genre: Public Service Announcement

Synopsis: How do our shopping decisions affect the world we live in? What choice do we have?

Outlook for Sumner by Sophia and Lena Hesselgrave from the University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: Following the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011 this documentary discovers that there is more to re-building than bricks and mortar.

The Greedy Little Huhu Grub by a team from Renwick School (Primary) in Marlborough

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: A concerned tui watches as a destructively ravenous little huhu grub consumes all around him, but Tui has a plan to foil Huhu’s worst excesses. A tale of what greed causes.

The Renewables by a team from Renwick School (Primary) in Marlborough

Genre: Dramation

Synopsis: Dastardly Consumerism Cad’s evil scheme threatens to destroy the planet, but The Renewables are on hand to foil his terrible plans.

Too Much by a team from Manurewa, Papatoetoe and Mangere in Auckland (Homeschooled)

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: An uncaring attitude towards waste disposal leads to events of horror movie proportions.

Gone by Isaac Martin from Gisborne (Homeschooled)

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: In a barren future, a desperate man is driven to communicate with his past self, and finds that a garden-variety household item holds the key to salvation.

Five Ways to Help the Environment by a team from Kauri Park School (Primary) in Auckland

Genre: Animation

Synopsis: A colourful presentation showing some of the simple ways we can aid our environment – at times so vibrant you can almost smell it.

Land-River-Sea by a team from Te Kura o Matihetihe (Primary) in the Hokianga in Northland

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: A documentary about the meaning of Kaitiaki and our responsibility to future generations.

Environmental Man by Nathan Thomas from Auckland and a graduate of AUT University

Genre: Music Video

Synopsis: Environmental Man raps about how to look after the environment while remaining true to your inner green gangsta.

Tight Knit by Zane Pocock and Loulou Callister-Brown from the University of Otago

Genre: Silent Movie

Synopsis: A tug-of-love story about a well-worn, pre-loved jumper whose owner can’t quite face the idea of its demise.

Kua Rahutia Te Reo by a team from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Rangiawhia (Primary) in Northland

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: A frightening future where a repressive regime bans the use of te reo Māori and chaos reigns.

If I Cannot Dance by Hilary Crombie and Charlotte Taylor from the University of Auckland

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: Where provocative art once flourished, bland corporate messages have taken over. An exploration into the background behind some visual images of protest.

Enviro-Travel by a team from Point England School (Primary-Intermediate) in Auckland

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: Professor Ozone’s skill at invention plus an attitude that would make Charlie’s Angels proud enables a group of scientists to solve the climate change riddle.

Changing the Climate by Isabelle Russell and Laura Falkner of Albany Senior High School in Auckland

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: Two roving reporters explore how young people can be instrumental in changing the political climate for themselves.

12 SPECIAL AWARDS:

• Adobe Film-making Achievement Award

For a film with outstanding creative / technical quality

• UNESCO Sustainable Future Award

For a film which promotes dialogue on sustainability through a new perspective and/or critical thinking

• TEAR Fund Social Justice Award

For a film which addresses social justice as a sustainability issue

• Department of Conservation Big Picture Award

For a film focusing on one or more of the Big Ideas and Values in DOC's national strategy to connect young people to the natural world

• Ministry of Youth Development Youth Participation Award

For a film with strong participation by young people among themselves and/or at a community level

• Te Puni Kōkiri Te Reo & Tikanga Māori Award

For a film making use of Te Reo and Tikanga Māori

• International Year of Forests 2011 Forests for People Award

For a film focusing on what forests provide

• Auckland Council WasteWise Award

For a film focusing on waste minimisation

• Auckland Council Film-maker Award

For a film by a film-maker or team from the Auckland region

• Connected Media Sustainable Christchurch Award

For a film focusing on sustainability in Christchurch

• Tearaway Secondary School Film-makers Award

For a film made by young people of secondary school age

• Upstart Primary / Intermediate School Film-makers Award

For a film made by young people of primary or intermediate school age

BACKGROUND ON THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY:

The Outlook for Someday in 2011 is a partnership between Connected Media, TEAR Fund NZ, the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, The Enviroschools Foundation (Project Partners) and TVNZ 7 (Screen Partner)

Funding Partners are the ASB Community Trust, Auckland Council, Department of Conservation, Ministry of Youth Development, Te Puni Kōkiri, and Air New Zealand Environment Trust.

The Body Shop and Adobe are Corporate Partners.

Tearaway and Upstart are Media Partners.

Print and Paper Partners are Image Centre, Rockstock and B&F Papers.

THE EDGE and Austin’s are Event Partners.

Project Supporters are Levi’s® Stores, ecostore, Orcon, Sony, Madman, Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand, South Seas Film & Television School, Waxeye, Cinco Cine, Kingsize Studios, Entirely Sound, The Church, AS Colour, Karousel Screenprinting, Corporate Consumables, Phoenix Organics, Lothlorien Feijoa Juice, LEARNZ and the Inspiring Stories Trust.

The New Zealand Coordinating Committee for the International Year of Forests 2011 includes representatives of the Department of Conservation, Forest and Bird, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand Farm Forestry Association, New Zealand Forest Owners Association, New Zealand Institute of Forestry, New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, Scion and Wood Processors Association of New Zealand.

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