The best films in Future Shots share in $9000 in cash and prizes across 10 categories. The Future Shots awards categories are:
Sustainability Victoria Award for Best Film Award details ...
Prize: $2000 cashMelbourne Water's Water-Smart Cities Award details ...
Prize: $1500 cashWaste-Free Victoria Award sponsored by Metropolitan Waste Management Group and Visy details ...
Prize: $1500 cashSmart Energy Film Award sponsored by Planet Savers details ...
Prize value: $2200Walk-through energy audit
Sustainability Starter Kit for schools
CERES Best Film by a School Award
Prize value: $1000CERES worm farm 120L
CERES 'Energy Trailer' one-day visit
Best Film by an individual or team 12 years and under
Prize: $350 cashBest Film by an individual or team: 13-17 years
Prize: $350 cashBest Film by an individual or team: 18-25 years
Prize: $350 cashSustainable Practices in Filmmaking Award details ...
Prize: Dinner for four valued at $200 at the acclaimed sustainable restaurant SlowDown!@HarleyCourt in St Kilda.
People's Choice Award details...
All Victorians can vote for their favorite Future Shots film. Online voting for the People's Choice Award will commence on this website on November 16. To receive an email alert when online voting starts sign up for the Future Shots newsletter
Sustainability Victoria Award for Best Film
This is the major award. Prizemoney will be given to the overall best film as voted by the Future Shots judges.
Melbourne Water's Water-Smart Cities Award
How can we make Melbourne a water-smart city? There is no single answer, no magic bullet to solving Melbourne's water problems. We need lots of ideas!
With more people living and working in Melbourne and less rain, now's the time to think differently about how we manage one of our most precious resources. Your challenge is to make a film exploring ways to ensure a future water supply for Melbourne or wherever you live in Victoria.
When making your film, consider how water impacts the way we live, work and play. How can we be smarter about the way we use, manage, treat, protect and conserve water? Maybe you'd like to highlight what water-smart cities of the future look like. You could film places, programs or what people will be doing in a water-smart city. Where will water come from, what source of water will we use in our homes, in our parks, how will we value our rivers and creeks, what relationship will we have with water?
Inform us, educate us, inspire us!
Waste-Free Victoria Award sponsored by Metropolitan Waste Management Group and Visy
Anything has the potential to become waste if it’s no longer valued or used by us. This award goes to the best film by a young Victorian team or individual aged 25 or under that best tackles the theme of waste and sustainability. Here are some questions you might use to guide and inspire you:
- Look around you – what of kind waste can you find?
- How is waste created?
- How can waste be reduced?
- How can we stop old and unwanted things becoming waste?
- Where does waste end up?
- Why is waste a problem?
Download this PDF (1.9MB) for some ideas and inspiration for your film. You can also access the Metropolitan Waste Management Group's find out more page or its resources page. And for a bit of fun, check out Visy's Enviromaniacs website, which has computer games for school students based around recycling, water, energy, packaging and litter.
Smart Energy Film Award sponsored by Planet Savers
This award will be presented to the film that most creatively and innovatively highlights the theme of energy sustainability.
Sustainable Practices in Filmmaking Award
This award will be presented to the Future Shots entry that was made with the lowest environmental footprint. To be eligible for this award you must provide on your entry form information about the sustainable practices employed during the making of the film. As a guide please see the Future Shots guide to greening your film. This award is open to schools, tertiary institutions, individuals and teams.
The winner receives a sustainable, eco-friendly dinner for four at the acclaimed sustainable restaurant SlowDown!@HarleyCourt in St Kilda. The restaurant features a healthy and sustainable children's menu. Prize value: $200.00.
People's Choice Award
All Victorians will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Future Shots film. Online voting for the People's Choice Award will commence on this website on November 16. To receive an email alert when online voting starts sign up for the Future Shots newsletter