The Outlook for Someday 2007

The mission for anyone up to the age of 20 was to make a short film, up to 5 minutes, about how you see the future unfolding; to look at your world through a lens of sustainability; to give your personal take on what matters to you, focused on the future.

The Project Partners were Connected Media, the Enviroschools Foundation and the Global Education Centre.

The Screen Partners were Māori Television and TVNZ 6. Māori Television hosted the launch on 21 June. TVNZ hosted The Outlook for Someday Awards on 9 November. Prime Minister Helen Clark gave out the prizes.

There were 20 Winning Films, including one Best Film Containing Te Reo and Tikanga Māori. They were broadcast on TVNZ 6.

Five of the Winning Films - Post No Bills, Tiakina o Tātou Awa, A Sustainable Future, Play Your Part Right and PHASE Promotional Spot - were featured on Māori Television in The Outlook for Someday documentary, a Connected Media production for Māori Television made with funding from New Zealand On Air.

In the documentary, which was presented by Kiritapu Allan, the film-makers showed their films to some of Aotearoa's finest and most influential people from the worlds of hip-hop and art, politics, advertising and film: Prime Minister Helen Clark, Leader of the Opposition John Key, the Māori King Tuheitia Paki, Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes, hip-hop pioneer DLT and advertising heavyweight Toby Talbot.

The vote for Audience Favourite ended in a tie between And Inconvenient Tuth and Life to Scale.

You can watch the Winning Films from 2007 here. They are also available as podcasts on iTunes.

The Winning Films and the Documentary are available on DVD from Connected Media.

The Outlook for Someday 2008

This is what we asked of anyone up to the age of 20 in 2008:
What does sustainability mean for the world and for you?
What does it mean for your community or neighbourhood?
What do you want to say about it?

The Project Partners were Connected Media, the Enviroschools Foundation and the Global Education Centre. The Screen Partner, TVNZ 6, broadcast the Winning Films.

TVNZ hosted The Outlook for Someday Awards on 4 December. This time, as well prizes for the 20 Winning Films, there were 4 Special Awards.

Keisha Castle Hughes presented the awards for the 20 Winning Films and Minister of Youth Affairs Paula Bennett presented the Special Awards.

Mr Box won the Film-making Achievement Special Award

Matariki 2008 won the Sustainable Future Special Award

Sustainability won the Youth Participation Special Award

Te Kume Pahikara (Bike Pooling) won the Te Reo & Tikanga Māori Special Award

Those 4 films plus Inside Ashbuton and It's In The Bag were featured on TV2 in the I AM TV Presents The Outlook for Someday documentary special, a Connected Media production for TVNZ made with funding from New Zealand On Air.

The documentary was presented by Olly Coddington. He showed excerpts from the winning films and put the makers of the featured films through some new sustainability challenges. He was joined by five high-profile New Zealanders: League legend Tawera Nikau, ONE News reporter Jack Tame, Green politician and organic famer Jeanette Fitzsimons, musician Fran Kora and actor Taungaroa Emile.

Mr Box won the vote for Audience Favourite.

You can watch the Winning Films from 2008 here. They are also available as podcasts on iTunes.

The Winning Films and the Documentary are available on DVD from Connected Media.