The Outlook for Someday Calls for 2010 Entries

MEDIA RELEASE: 22 July 2010
TVNZ 6 Presents THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY Sustainability Film Challenge for Young People

The Outlook for Someday Calls for 2010 Entries

Annual New Zealand Film Challenge
Creating International Reputations

With last year’s Standout Winner a finalist at the Panda Awards (“the green OSCARS®”), the annual The Outlook for Someday film challenge is growing its profile and building international reputations for young New Zealand film-makers.

The Outlook for Somedayis calling for entries to the 2010 film challenge.

Now in its fourth year, the challenge for young New Zealanders is to make a short sustainability-related film, any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes. The entry deadline is 17 September.

Anyone up to the age of 24 can enter, either individually or in a team.

Information and entry forms are on The Outlook for Someday website at www.theoutlookforsomeday.net

The Winning Films are broadcast by TVNZ 6 on Freeview (channel 6) and SKY Television (channel 16).

Last year’s Winning Films included dramas, animations and documentaries by young people aged 3 to 21. Charlee Collins, who made Standout Winner The Break Up in her final year at Kaitaia College, will find out in October if it has won the Jury’s Choice Award at the Panda Awards in the UK.

Supporting the film challenge this year is a group of well known New Zealanders who have become The Outlook for Someday Ambassadors: Kirsten Morrell, Oliver Driver, Te Radar, Lanita Ririnui-Ryan, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Liesha Ward Knox, Olly Coddington and Wendy Douglas.

Each Ambassador has been filmed promoting the film challenge. Their testimonials can be watched at http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/about/testimonials

The focusing statement for 2010 encourages young people to think expansively about the concept of sustainability:
“Sustainability is….
our environment, our biodiversity, our life
community development, social justice, peace
health, human rights, cultural identity
science, innovation, creativity, diversity
leadership, enterprise, citizenship…
LONG WORDS, BIG IDEAS, SHORT FILMS”

Eight films will be chosen from among the 20 Winning Films to receive special awards:

• Connected Media 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 Biodiversity Award
For a film focusing on biodiversity and conservation in New Zealand
• 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 Kokiri Te Reo & Tikanga Maori Award
For a film making use of Te Reo and Tikanga Maori
• WWF Secondary School Film-makers Award
For a film made by young people of secondary school age
• Enviroschools Primary / Intermediate School Film-makers Award
For a film made by young people of primary or intermediate school age

The 20 Winning Films will be celebrated and the Special Awards will be announced at The Outlook for Someday Awards red-carpet ceremony towards the end of the year.

As in previous years the film challenge will conclude with a vote for Audience Favourite.

“After 3 years of road-testing and refinement The Outlook for Someday is coming of age. It has become part of New Zealand’s film landscape and it is also creating a buzz overseas,”said David Jacobs, Project Director. “It is a compelling eco-arts-youth mix, an opportunity for anyone under 25 to contribute their creative voice – via a short film - to the big issue of their time."

THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY:

The Outlook for Someday in 2010 is a partnership between Connected Media, TEAR Fund NZ, the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO (Project Partners) and TVNZ 6 (Screen Partner).

Funding Partners are The Ministry of Youth Development, Te Puni Kokiri and the Department of Conservation, for whom the project is an initiative for 2010 International year of Biodiversity.

The Enviroschools Foundation and WWF New Zealand are Supporting Partners and The Church design agency is Design Partner.

Project Supporters are The Body Shop, Levi’s® Stores, Trade Aid, ecostore, South Seas Film & Television School, Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand, Good Magazine, Tearaway Magazine, Upstart Magazine, Interface Magazine , Orcon, Corporate Consumables, Waxeye and Lothlorien Feijoa Juice.

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