Molly Wild
To celebrate the United Nation’s International Day of Forests and inspired by the theme ‘Forests and Biodiversity: Too Precious to Lose’, OneFortyOne (OFO) announced a Limestone Coast school student film competition and the results are in. Source: Timberbiz
Now in its second year OneFortyOne’s film competition encouraged students to create a short video that showcases the biodiversity of the Green Triangle’s forests.
OneFortyOne received more than 30 short videos from primary and secondary students starring the amazing plants and animals in the Green Triangle.
Owen Lubbe
Entries were assessed by a four-person panel for originality, creativity, time (one minute or less) and relevance. The films highlighted the value Limestone Coast residents place on forests for reasons beyond biodiversity such as shelter for native animals, areas of recreation, building resources and employment.
“The standard of the videos was very high and it’s great that so many kids wanted to show the natural beauty of our forests in a way everyone can relate to,” film panellist and a member of OneFortyOne’s finance team, Megan Jones said.
Panellist Ockert Le Roux, OneFortyOne’s Harvesting and Roading Manager said that a great amount of time goes into planning, filming and editing a video.
“It was such a big effort for our entrants to participate, especially with all their other commitments. Their passion for biodiversity and the wonder of nature really came though.”
Major prizes were awarded to one student in each of the primary and secondary winner categories and coaching/mentoring opportunities awarded to runners-up to nurture their film talents. The videos can be found on OneFortyOne’s Facebook page and www.onefortyone.com.
Winners
- Primary – Owen Lubbe (Reidy Park Primary School)
- Secondary – Molly Wild (Grant High School)
Runners Up
- Primary – Bonny DeNys (Tenison Woods College)
- Secondary – Elijah Bond (St Martins Lutheran College)
