Intercolonial by Stephen Oliver
The Outlook for Someday is calling for young people all over New Zealand to change the world with film.
Red-carpet glory, prizes and national recognition are on offer for the winning film-makers, with previous winners also achieving international acclaim.
Now in its 7th year, The Outlook for Someday challenge asks young people 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.
“We’re asking young people to help change the world by changing how we see the world,” says project director David Jacobs. “They have the insight and the stories to make us all pay attention. By creating their own films they can illuminate, inspire and empower a sustainable future.”
The 2013 entry deadline is 13 September.
20 Winning Films will be selected by judges from media, education, government and business. The film-makers and teams behind each film will walk the red carpet and receive prizes at The Someday Awards ceremony in Auckland at the end of the year.
One film will be chosen as The Body Shop Standout Winner. Its director will receive a prize package that includes $8000 worth of courses or film production facilities at Unitec.
There will also be an online popular vote for the Element Audience Favourite.
Winning films will be featured by U Live (TVNZ U), The Erin Simpson Show (TV2), What Now (TV2), Tagata Pasifika (TV One) and Face Television (Sky TV).
Previous winners have gone on to achieve success at international festivals. The Body Shop Standout Winner from 2012, Arboraceous, made by 16 year old Whitby student Natasha Bishop, has been selected as a finalist for the Japan Wildlife Film Festival, the most prestigious festival of its kind in the Asia Pacific region. In August this year it will compete alongside films made by the BBC, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and other international broadcasting giants.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY
Now in its 7th year, The Outlook for Someday is New Zealand’s sustainability film project for young people. It includes an annual film challenge and a national series of sustainability film-making workshops.
34 workshops are being held this year between May and August, supporting more than 700 young people, teachers and youth workers to grow their skills and knowledge as sustainability film-makers.
The culmination of The Outlook for Someday project each year is The Someday Awards red carpet ceremony, which for the last two years has been held at the Aotea Centre in Auckland and attended by more than 350 people of whom half were young people.
The Outlook for Someday film challenge asks young people aged up to 24 to make a short sustainability-related film of any genre, filmed with any camera and any length up to 5 minutes.
598 films have been entered into the challenge since it began in 2007. In 2012 a record 191 films were entered and 955 young people took part in The Outlook for Someday project.
Each year 20 Winning Films are chosen by a judging team of media, education, government and business people. In 2012 the Winning Films were made by individuals and teams from 7 to 24 years old from all over New Zealand, tackling subjects ranging from climate change and recycling to the sustainability of language and culture.
Project Director David Jacobs says sustainability is about balance and respect.
“It’s about having an awareness of environmental and health issues, social and economic development, culture and heritage, human rights and peace. Our relationships with each other and our planet are at the forefront of this project.”
THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY AMBASSADORS:
Giving their support to the project in 2013 are the Someday Ambassadors:
Alun Bollinger, Phil Bostwick, Wendy Douglas, Oliver Driver, Ruud ‘Bugman’ Kleinpaste, Lucy Lawless, Rose Matafeo, Kiel McNaughton, Kirsten Morrell, Te Radar, Lanita Ririnui-Ryan, Fraser St Clair Brown, Jared Turner, Liesha Ward Knox and Tandi Wright
THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS:
The Outlook for Someday in 2013 is based on partnerships between Connected Media Charitble Trust and The Body Shop New Zealand, The Enviroschools Foundation, the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, TEAR Fund NZ, the Department of Conservation, Ministry of Youth Development, Te Puni K?kiri, Auckland Council and the Health Promotion Agency.
Unitec is Tertiary Partner.
Funding Partners are ASB Community Trust, Creative New Zealand's Creative Communities Schemeand the New Zealand Film Commission
Media Partners are TVNZ U, The Erin Simpson Show, What Now, Tagata Pasifika, Face Television,Element Magazine, Tearaway, Upstart and Viewfinder.
Adobe is Digital Partner.
O'Halloran North Shore is Accountancy Partner.
Paper and Print Partners are Rockstock, B&F Papers and Benefitz.
DOWNLOADABLE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES FOR MEDIA USE:
The Outlook for Someday project identity:
http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/gallery/2013/project-graphic/
Images from Arboraceous, The Body Shop Standout Winner of the film challenge in 2012:
http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/gallery/2012/winning-films/The+Outlook+for+Someday+2012+-+Arboraceous+2.jpg.php