The Environment Centre NT has launched ‘Wild NT’ – a short film competition celebrating the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. 
Judged by a group of respected film industry professionals and Territory identities, the winners will be announced and winning entries will be screened at the George Brown Botanic Gardens on June 5th and 6th 2010, as part of the Top End Sustainable Living Festival programme.
Wild NT aims to encourage students, teachers and the wider community to reflect on the subject of biodiversity, or the ‘web of life’. Here in the Northern Territory our biodiversity is world-class. We are fortunate to be living in awe-inspiring landscapes and to be sharing our home with many unique plants and animals. The challenge we are putting out to budding film-makers is this: can you showcase an aspect of the Territory’s biodiversity and help people to discover and understand why it is important and how we are all connected with it?
Film-makers are encouraged to focus on themes such as:
* Celebration of the Northern Territory’s unique biodiversity
* The direct connection to and relationship with biodiversity held by people
* The consequences of biodiversity loss and the importance of biodiversity for sustaining our quality of life in the Northern Territory
* Threats to the health and existence of the Northern Territory’s biodiversity
* Local initiatives that support and conserve biodiversity – and the benefits that we all share as a result of these conservation efforts

Films should educate, inspire and motivate Territorians to take action to safeguard our biodiversity. They should weave a link between people, plants or animals, and place.
The competition is open to all and there are two categories for submissions – Schools and Open.  

The winning films from each category will receive cash prizes of $2000 and runner up films will receive prizes of $1000 each.
Film Length: - 3 – 5mins
Desirable Film Format: DVD Pal / 16:9 Widescreen
Deadline for entries : 17th May 2010

For further details or to request an application form with terms and conditions contact:
Melanie Bradley   E:  policy@ecnt.org      T:   8981 1984   3/98 Woods Street   Darwin    NT    0810