University of Otago graduates Guy Ryan and Nick Holmes have won the Platinum Best Film Award at the 2010 Colorado International Film Festival.
The pair produced the winning documentary Carving the Future in 2009, during the final year of their Masters in Science Communication degrees.
The short film follows four young New Zealanders as they lead community-action projects to combat climate change and environmental degradation. Mr. Ryan told the Otago Daily Times that the award had come as a “total surprise” and provided “a huge confidence boost.”
The film was also runner-up for Best New Zealand Film at May’s Reel Earth Film Festival in Palmerston North, and is also one of several documentaries shortlisted for the BBC's Best Newcomer Award at Wildscreen, regarded as the world's most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festival.
Otago Graduates Win Major Film Award
