Young Maori filmmakers have widened the discussion round sustainability with their entries to this year’s Someday Challenge.
Twenty short films have been selected as finalists for the award which will be presented in Auckland on December 7.
Judge Isla Christensen, who was one of last year’s winners, says the focus is on storytelling rather than technical gloss, and even films made on smartphones have made it into the mix.
She says not everyone has the same outlook on sustainability, and she was particularly taken with the Maori approach.
"Micah Winiata’s film Te Ara Whakamua focuses on te reo Maori and its revival. it was interesting to see that perspective on sustainability not being about the environment but being on culture and its revival, so for me that was a new look on it," she says.
The winning films are now live at Stuff.co.nz, where people can also vote until Monday night for the Audience Choice award.
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