Kids Film Competitions World wide

KNN has info on film festivals you can enter.

Have you heard of Aurora in Sydney?

Surfing the Quicksilver Pro Sun, Mar 6, 2011

Sunday is a day of strong currents and challenging conditions at Snapper Rocks at the southern end of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Surfing 16 year old, Matt Banting, from Port Macquarie NSW is the youngest surfer to ever receive a wildcard into the Quiksilver Pro. He is excited to compete against his idols - Kelly Slater, Parko (Joel Parkinson) and Jordy (Jordy Smith.
Banting won the under 16 World Junior Surfing Championship in New Zealand and the Quiksilver King of The Groms title in France in 2010. Good luck Matt.


Surfers at Mavericks photographed by Steve Jurvetson, USA

KNN Enviro Award - Weetangera Primary School Canberra Australia

The inaugural Enviro Award goes to Weetangera School Canberra.

Clean Up Australia sent "A big thank you to students at Weetangera School, Canberra, ACT for their generous donation! The students raised the money by selling home made cup cakes at the school fete." 2010

This is not all that this school is doing to help our beautiful environment. The school is promoting environmental awareness and establishing green practices within the whole school.

Some of what they are doing includes:

• the sustainable schools program - being an “energy wise”school
• adopting “water wise” strategies
• participating in Clean Up Australia Day
• created ecological outside teaching area
• participating in “green” initiatives such as “Tree Day”, “Green voucher” for a water tank
• recycling
• collecting food scraps for composting
• promoting a litter free environment
• student environmental schemes are recognised through certificates and Newsletter

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone at WEETANGERA SCHOOL

Weetangera School currently has 413 students enrolled from preschool to Year 6. The fully integrated Autism specific Support Unit, is currently fully enrolled with 6 students.

Film

Young Australian film makers celebrate win Sydney, 21 October 2010 - Australia's finest young film makers have been recognised at the annual Panasonic Kid Witness News (KWN) New Vision Awards held in Sydney. More at KWN
Young People's Film Festival

National Young Filmmakers' Award 2011 - Call for Entries

Film Leeds Young People's Film Festival is "looking for exciting and innovative films made both FOR and BY children and young people from across the UK and the world. The films can be shorts or features in any genre (fiction, documentary, animation) and in any format..."

Your movie could be watched by audiences of 5000 people!

Kids Witness News has a global contest in video making which also enables on line voting. See 2010 winners here.