A cheeky child’s-eye-view on sustainability has won the top award at this year’s Outlook for Someday film challenge.

Archie by 17-year-old Hollie Cohen from New Plymouth compares the environment to oatmeal, the economy to a tuna and cucumber sandwich, and asks if the earth has clean sheets on Wednesdays too.

Judges praised the 5 minute film as clever, stylish and with classic kiwi humour.

Te Ara Whakamua by 19-year-old Micah Winiata (19) from Tauranga, a documentary viewing the revival of te reo Maori through he sustainability lens, won the New Zealand Film Commission Achievement Award for outstanding creative and technical quality.

The Maori Television Whakatipuranga Award for a film with a Maori indigenous perspective on sustainability went to an Auckland-team of rangatahi for Turangawaewae, a drama that uses spoken word to confront questions about cultural identity.

Outlook for Someday is an annual challenge encouraging young people to make short films about sustainability. The films can be seen at:

Archie: www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/films/2017/023/

Te Ara Whakamua: www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/films/2017/051/

Turangawaewae: www.theoutlookforsomeday.net/films/2017/065/

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