We were thrilled to attend this year’s ‘Screen It‘ Awards at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) last week. Screen It is a fantastic moving image competition that encourages primary and secondary school kids to create animated films, live action films and videogames. This year’s theme was ‘mystery’.
Age groups: Foundation to Year 4 (Junior), Year 5 to Year 8 (Middle), and Year 9 to Year 12 (Senior).
As ACMI puts it: ‘Screen It is designed to educate, encourage and foster the next generation of young moving image makers. It’s fun and, best of all, it’s free!’
We always love a visit to ACMI at Melbourne’s Fed Square
A red carpet for the finalists was a nice touch
Red carpet student stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #ScreenIt2016 pic.twitter.com/IMNIR26Nth
— ACMI Education (@ACMI_Education) November 17, 2016
There was an excellent turnout and the room was buzzing with excitement!
The awards were hosted by Good Game‘s Bajo and Hex, who were joined by Academy Award winner Adam Elliot and actress Bethany Whitmore.
Bajo and Hex
With Adam Elliot…
… and Bethany Whitmore
Can you tell which Pokemon is Hex’s favourite? (Answer: Jigglypuff!)
We were incredibly impressed by all the finalists’ work – but we were, of course, most interested in the videogame category:
Junior (Foundation – Year 4) Videogame
Encouragement Awards:
- The Mysterious Cannonball; Essex Heights Primary School; Mount Waverley, VIC
- Basketball; Hallett Cove South Primary School; Hallett Cove, SA
- The Mystery of Harold Holt; Mentone Grammar; Mentone, VIC
Middle (Year 5-8) Videogame
Winner: Day One; Kingswood Primary School; Dingley Village, VIC
Special Mention: Mots’ Mansion; Doreen Primary School; Doreen, VIC
Finalists:
- End of the Line; Stuart C; Aldgate, SA
- Down to Earth; Mosman High School; Mosman, NSW
- Day One; Kingswood Primary School; Dingley Village, VIC
- Mots’ Mansion; Doreen Primary School; Doreen, VIC
Middle (Year 5-8) winner ‘Day One’
Congratulations to ‘Day One’ creators from Kingswood Primary School
Special Mention: ‘Mots’ Mansion’ – Doreen Primary School
Finalist: ‘Down to Earth’ Mosman High School
Finalist: ‘End of the Line’ Stuart C
Senior (Year 9-12) Videogame
Winner: The Adventures of the Lost Treasure; Bialik College; Hawthorn, VIC
Finalists:
- Dark Hours Forgotten Paths; Mansfield State High School; Mansfield, QLD
- The Adventures of the Lost Treasure; Bialik College; Hawthorn, VIC
- The Chilling Chase; Ursula Frayne Catholic College; Victoria Park, WA
- Out of the Darkness; Endeavour College; Mawson Lakes, SA
Senior (Year 9-12) winner ‘The Adventures of the Lost Treasure’
Congratulations to ‘The Adventures of the Lost Treasure’ creator from Bialik College
Finalist: ‘Dark Hours Forgotten Paths’ Mansfield State High School
Finalist: ‘The Chilling Chase’ Ursula Frayne Catholic College
Finalist: ‘Out of the Darkness’ Endeavour College
The theme for the 2017 Screen It competition was announced too:
Aaaand the theme for 2017 is … Time!
After party snacks
A BIG thank you to our #ScreenIt2016 Ambassadors @Bessieboohoo, Adam Elliot, @bajopants & @hexsteph & of course the amazingly talented kids! pic.twitter.com/KNXDvrEbRs
— ACMI (@ACMI) November 18, 2016
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