Change The World in 5 minutes is an initiative for filmmakers and new media practitioners to explore how individual and community action can make a difference in simple, achievable ways. We can all do something, whether at home or work, in our neighbourhood or for ourselves.

Film Australia, SBS Digital Media, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) LAMP and the NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) are setting out to explore how individual and community action can make a difference to the world, locally or globally.

We invited individuals or teams of filmmakers and new media practitioners from New South Wales to submit ideas based on, and inspired by, the everyday actions in the book, Change The World For Ten Bucks* published by We Are What We Do, a non-profit organisation that inspires people to use their everyday actions to change the world.

The theme could have been approached trhough documentary, animation, games, comedy, drama, music or mixed media. The deadline for application has now passed and nine projects were selected, including concepts of fish finger energy consumption and shopping trolley makeovers.

The chosen submissions included five-minute documentaries, four-minute dramas and 30-second animations, all with a vision to make a difference to the world locally or globally.

The nine projects are:

A Recipe for Change
Director & Producer: Paul Scott
Format: 5 minute documentary
Synopsis: How an ordinary Sydney woman changed her world through baking.

Every Day at School
Director: Tristan Bancks
Producers: Wendy Gray, Tristan Bancks
Format: 5 x 1 minute documentary
Synopsis: Can a bunch of school kids really change the world in five minutes a day?

Hot Up a Shopping Trolley
Director: Michelle French
Producer: Michelle French, Janine Googan
Format: 30 second animation / stop motion
Synopsis: A grandma’s daggy shopping trolley is transformed into a vehicle of self expression.

Sam & Marni
Director & Producer: Carmen Galan
Format: 4 minute drama
Synopsis: Spending time with people from different generations can be a rewarding experience.

Supervalue
Director: Fiona McGee, Paul Bruce
Producer: George Mackenzie
Format: 5 minute documentary
Synopsis: Do you know how much energy it takes to prepare your dinner?

Surround Sound
Director: Stephen Ramsey
Producer: Jane Ramsey
Format: 5 minute drama
Synopsis: Ruth and Harold have had enough of leaf-blowers, so they take matters into their own hands.

The Thank Tank
Director: Janine Googan
Producer: Michelle French, Janine Googan
Format: 8 x 20 seconds
Synopsis: A simple thank you can go a long way, so who would you thank?

With Every Drop
Directors: Chadia Gedeon Hajjar, Kay Donovan
Producer: Cinzia Guaraldi
Format: 5 minute documentary
Synopsis: In Sydney's drought thirsty suburbs, one water-conscious grandmother draws on her Lebanese upbringing to teach her family the value of every single drop.

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Director: Richard Shepard
Producer: Luke Eve
Format: 5 x 30 second commercials
Synopsis: Two young siblings plot to change the energy habits of their parents.

* Change The World For Ten Bucks, published by We Are What We Do, is available from most booksellers or via the website www.wearewhatwedo.org.au.

Visit www.sbs.com.au/changetheworld to view the films.

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The driving force behind Change the World in 5 Minutes. L to R: Peter Giles (AFTRS), Karen Telfer (NSW FTO), Rod Freedman (Film Australia) Karinn Cheung (Film Australia), Paul Vincent (SBS), Jean-Paul Marin (SBS). Photographer Ross Coffey © Film Australia.

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A co-production between Film Australia, SBS Digital Media, the New South Wales Film and Television Office and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, in association with We Are What We Do.

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