Screen It

Screen It 2016 Finalists Announced!

This year we had a record number of over 587 entries created by more than 2,521 filmmakers, animators and game designers across Australia! Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to our finalists.

Junior (Foundation – Year 4) Animation

Winner: My Brother’s Bedroom; Table Cape Primary School; Wynyard, TAS

Finalists:

The Mystery of the Missing Sock; Mentone Grammar School; Mentone, VIC
My Brother’s Bedroom; Table Cape Primary School; Wynyard, TAS
Leaf Detective; Junction Park State School; Annerley, QLD
The Identity; Preston West Primary School; Preston, VIC

Junior (Foundation – Year 4) Live Action

Winner: Amazing Mums; St Anthony’s Primary School; Noble Park, VIC

Special Mention: The Genie; Cabramatta Public School; Cabramatta, NSW

Finalists:

The Mystery of the Missing Bunnies; Wooranna Park Primary School; Dandenong North, VIC
Amazing Mums; St Anthony’s Primary School; Noble Park, VIC
Screen It Mystery; Essex Heights Primary School; Mt Waverley, VIC
Random; Home School; South Murwillumbah, NSW
The Genie; Cabramatta Public School; Cabramatta, NSW

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) Animation

Winner: The Black Hood Strikes; The Essington School; Nightcliff, NT

Finalists:

Grandma’s Gift; Table Cape Primary School; Wynyard, TAS
Escape From the East; Ruby B; Leongatha, VIC
The Black Hood Strikes; The Essington School; Nightcliff, NT
Shadow Man; Doreen Primary School; Doreen, VIC
All Washed Up; Yarraville West Primary School; Yarraville, VIC
The Mystery of the Thylacine; Yarraville West Primary School; Yarraville, VIC

Middle (Year 5-8) Live Action

Winner: A Wilted Flower; Blue Mountains Grammar School; Wentworth Falls, NSW

Special Mention: The Professor; Ryan & James T (Home School); Berry, NSW

Finalists:

A Wilted Flower; Blue Mountains Grammar School; Wentworth Falls, NSW
The Professor; Ryan and James T (Home School); Berry, NSW
Dead End; Warracknabeal Secondary College; Warracknabeal, VIC
Take Two; Gleneagles Secondary College; Endeavour Hills, VIC
Flashes; Cecilia C; Yarraville, VIC
Ghosts; Greta L; Subiaco, WA

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

Senior (Year 9-12) Animation

Winner: The Mysterious Mister E; Tom B; Mansfield, QLD

Special Mention: The Ballerina; Takin N; Mount Waverley, VIC

Finalists:

To Be Free; Canterbury College; Waterford, QLD
Soap Opera; North Sydney Girls’ High School; Crows Nest, NSW
The Escape; Alphington Grammar School; Alphington, VIC
Puddle; Narissa A; Mansfield, QLD
The Mysterious Mr E; Tom B; Mansfield, QLD
The Ballerina; Takin N; Doncaster, VIC

Senior (Year 9-12) Live Action

Winner: Extrasensory Perception; Tallulah C; Karrinyup, WA

Special Mention: The Shackles You Cannot See; Robyn F; Karrinyup, WA

Finalists:

Mr Sandman; Mentone Girls’ Secondary College; Mentone, VIC
The Trouble With Time; Mazenod College; Perth, WA
The Shackles You Cannot See; St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ College; Karrinyup, WA
Extrasensory Perception; St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ College; Karrinyup, WA
Hunger; Bialik College; Hawthorn, VIC
Bumps; Kellyville High School; Kellyville, NSW

Senior (Year 9-12) Videogame

Winner: The Adventures of the Lost Treasure; Bailey M; 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

What is Screen It?

Fancy yourself a filmmaker? Think you can match Shaun Tan in the animation stakes? Want to show off your skills as a videogame developer? Then get ready to enter this year's Screen It competition for your chance to create something amazing and win some awesome prizes!

Every year, hundreds of students across the nation enter Screen It – ACMI’s epic moving image competition for Primary and Secondary school students. 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!

Videoconferences and Resources

To find out more about the theme and entry categories, check out our Screen It videoconferences.

Download the Screen It Interactive Gateway for a comprehensive guide to the competition.

Download the Screen It 2016 Theme Kit - Mystery.

Download the Screen It 2016 Production Resource Kit.

Entry Categories

This year entry categories have changed. We have now divided the judging across three age groupings, instead of Primary and Secondary, to make it fairer. You need to be enrolled as a student in one of the years below in 2016 to be eligible.

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Screen It 2015 Winners and Finalists

Congratulations to last year's Screen It Winners and Screen It Finalists! A huge thank you to all who entered.

Questions?

Please contact screenit@acmi.net.au.