Press release from TEC
Total Environment Centre is pleased to announce that stiff competition has resulted in top results for the inaugural Cool Planet Short Film Award.
The short film competition was created in association with Flickerfest International Short Film Festival to encourage more creative communications about recycling. Cool Planet attracted a healthy number of excellent short films from students and others which tackled a range of recycling issues (from worm farms to plastic bottles) in a number of styles (from rap to animation).
The winner of the $500 cash prize for Best Film is Think Outside the Box, from the “Dream Team” students at the Byron Bay SAE Institute. The Audience Award winner of the 12 month “Manage Your Film Production” software subscription prize is the short animation Second Chance, by Gina Prendergast and Jordan Burnett.
“The theme of the competition was about one of our biggest environmental problems – how to reduce waste and increase recycling,” said TEC director, Jeff Angel. “All the entries showed passion and a clear appreciation of what needs to be done. It has certainly encouraged us to keep going with the Cool Planet Short Film Award.”
“I am so happy to have been a partner with TEC in this competition,” said Flickerfest International Short Film Festival director, Bronwyn Kidd. “Flickerfest is passionate about shining the spotlight on films that creatively explore sustainability, and working across various platforms to make sure that timely environmental messages are accessible to all.”
The cool-as panel of judges comprised marketing guru Matt Perry from Republic of Everyone, Jake Southall from Sydney Electric Bikes, Bronwyn Kidd, director of Flickerfest, and Jo Gunawan the Sustainability Communications Manager at Visy.
The theme for the 2012 Cool Planet Short Film Competition will be announced at Flickerfest in January next year.