Vote is on for Favourite From 20 Winning Films

MEDIA RELEASE: 8 December 2011

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

Vote is on for Favourite From 20 Winning Films to Air on TVNZ 7

The 20 Winning Films from The Outlook for Someday sustainability film challenge in 2011 will be broadcast in 5 programmes presented by actor Jared Turner on TVNZ 7.

Viewers will be encouraged in each programme to vote for The Body Shop Audience Favourite. The maker(s) of the film which wins the vote will receive a laptop computer and 10 randomly-chosen voters will win vouchers for The Body Shop.

The films 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 Dunedin in the South to the Karikari Peninsula in the North. They were chosen from a record 153 entries which over 600 young people had taken part in making.

TVNZ 7 Presents The Outlook for Someday 2011 will be screened at 6.30pm each night from Monday 12 to Friday 16 December. Each programme will then be repeated the following day at 12.30pm.

(See below for details of the films which play in each programme)

TVNZ 7 is on both Freeview/TiVo (channel 7) and SKY/Telstra (channel 077).

The vote runs until 5pm on 18 December at The Outlook for Someday website.

www.theoutlookforsomeday.net

Now in its fifth year, 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.

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

On 1 December the 20 Winning Films were honoured at The Someday Awards red-carpet ceremony, which was held for the first time at the Aotea Centre in Auckland’s THE EDGE performing arts and entertainment hub. Special Guests were actor Robyn Malcolm and Nikki Kaye, MP for Auckland Central.

A call for entries to the 2012 challenge will be made early in the New Year.
.Entries come from individuals and teams from primary, intermediate and secondary schools and tertiary institutions. They are assessed by a Judging Team of media, education, government and business people.
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/

Images from The Someday Awards are here:
www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/gallery/2011/awards

The graphic for The Outlook for Someday 2011 is here:
www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/gallery/2011/publicity-images

20 WINNING FILMS IN 5 PROGRAMMES ON TVNZ 7:

Monday 12 December, 6.30pm (Repeated Tuesday 13th, 12.30pm)

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.

Kua Rahuitia 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.

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?


Tuesday 13 December, 6.30pm (Repeated Wednesday 14th, 12.30pm)

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.

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.

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.

Wednesday 14 December, 6.30pm (Repeated Thursday 15th, 12.30pm)

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.

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.

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.

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.


Thursday 15 December, 6.30pm (Repeated Friday 16th, 12.30pm)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


Friday 16 December, 6.30pm (Repeated Saturday 17th, 12.30pm)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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