Focus For Future 2024 Environmental Film Awards

September 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Free

Focus for Future 2024 Screening and Awards

Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating this year’s entries to the Selwyn Environmental Short Film Competition.

Event Schedule

6:00 PM: Doors Open
6:30 PM: Welcome and Film Screenings
Awards Ceremony:
- Presentation of Certificates
- Category Winners Announced
- Overall Winner Trophy Presentation
Enjoy drinks and nibbles and a chance to talk to the other filmmakers

Registration

Please register with the number of attendees. We look forward to welcoming you to this enjoyable evening of environmental storytelling and recognition!

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Our Generous Sponsors

Ngā mihi maioha. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors for their invaluable support:

Rata Foundation
Selwyn District Council
COGS
Lottery Community
Lincoln University
Creative Communities Scheme

Your contributions make this celebration of environmental awareness possible.

Contact Lincoln Envirotown Trust

+64 3 423 0445

projectmanagerlet@gmail.com

Te Ara Ātea

56 Tennyson Street
Rolleston, 7614 New Zealand + Google Map

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Focus for Future

Environmental Short Film Competition

May 1 @ 9:00 am – August 27 @ 5:00 pm

Free

Into Film? Passionate about the Environment? We challenge you to Focus for Future!

Make a short film (under 5 minutes) about our Environment or highlighting a specific environmental issue you are passionate about. Get creative and send us your film by 5pm, Tuesday 27th August 2024.

The competition is open to all, and you are encouraged to be as creative as you like, using any combination of live-action video, animation, graphics or slides to carry your environmental message.

There will be an Awards Ceremony & Film Screening in September 2024 (date TBA) at Te Ara Atea. Top films will be awarded prizes in multiple categories.

Instructions

Download the instructions and entry forms. – This includes everything you need to get started on your film.
Create your film (5 minutes or less) highlighting an environmental issue. Get creative!
Submit your completed film and entry forms by 5pm, Tuesday August 27th.

Focus for Future and inspire environmental action through the power of film!

Contact Lincoln Envirotown Trust

+64 3 423 0445

projectmanagerlet@gmail.com

Te Ara Ātea

56 Tennyson Street
Rolleston, 7614 New Zealand + Google Map

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Focus for Future – Selwyn Environmental Short Film Competition 2021

September 27 All day

Into Film?

Passionate about the environment?

Do your bit to encourage people to take care of the environment!

Make a film that will stimulate those who view it into taking action!

We challenge you to Focus for Future and make a short film (5 mins max.).

The competition is open to all, and people are encouraged to be as creative as they like, using any combination of animation, video or slides to carry their environmental message.

Deadline for entries is Monday 27 September, 5pm.

There will be an Awards Ceremony & Film Screening, the date for this is yet to be determined..

Prizes are given to winners in each category and the overall winner receives the Kea Trophy.

Note: We welcome all entries but please be aware the majority of entries received are from children and young adults.

Instructions

Download the Instructions & Entry Forms

Everything you need to get going with your film.

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Details

Date:: Monday 27 September, 2021
Cost:: FREE
Event Categories:: Documentaries, Kids
Event Tags:: Environment, film, Film Competition, Short Film
Website:: https://focus-for-future-2021.eventbrite.co.nz

Organizer

: Contact Lincoln Envirotown Trust
Phone:: +64 3 423 0445
Email:: projectmanagerlet@gmail.com

Cancelled – 2040 Documentary Film

Sorry we have decided to cancel this event due to level 2 social distancing rules.
We hope to be able to show this documentary later in the year when we can enjoy it together and discuss over refreshments.

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you late this year!

Take Care
Lincoln Envirotown Trust

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Event description

Enjoy watching the documentary film 2040, followed by a short discussion on the topics raised over refreshments.

Tickets are $10 to cover the cost of the film license and room hire. Any unsold tickets will be available on the night.

About the Film

The 2040 journey began with award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film). Motivated by concerns about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, Damon embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability. Drawing on their expertise, he sought to identify the best solutions, available to us now, that would help improve the health of our planet and the societies that operate within it. From marine permaculture to decentralised renewable energy projects, he discovered that people all over the world are taking matters into their own hands.

This journey is the central premise for the documentary ‘2040’, a story of hope that looks at the very real possibility that humanity could reverse global warming and improve the lives of every living thing in the process. It is a positive vision of what ‘could be’, instead of the dystopian future we are so often presented.

Movie run time approximately 1:32mins.

Our Sponsors

A big thank you to our wonderful sponsors!

We extend our sincere appreciation to all our sponsors, Rata Foundation, Selwyn District Council, COGS, Lottery Community and Lincoln University.

Record Entry into Selwyn Environmental Film Competition

Nineteen films were submitted for this year’s Environmental Film Competition run by Lincoln Envirotown Trust. This marked a substantial increase over previous years and it is to be hoped that it is indicative of people’s concerns about our environment, a willingness to articulate these, and to suggest actions.

A particularly pleasing feature of entries this year was that there were no less than 5 independent entries by adult producers alongside the assorted school age group and individual entries. As the Acting Mayor of Selwyn Councillor John Morten pointed out at the Awards Evening, the number of varied entries greatly enhanced the contest but left the judges with a very difficult task indeed.