Calling all young film and video makers!
Grab your camera and put your skills to the test in our “Safe Start...European Young Film Maker of the Year” video competition.
Create a short documentary, drama, TV commercial, news report, music, animation - whatever you think gets the message out about safety and health at work - and send us a copy. Please interpret the brief as widely as you can - don't just think of the obvious. We are looking for compelling images and a good storyline that will grab our attention.
We want you to capture on film the workplace, people at work and some of the potential dangers, risks and hazards at work. The maximum running time is five minutes.
The competition
The competition is open to schools and to young people under the age of 19 on 30 September 2006 as individuals or working as a team. Entries must be made by a teacher or by another responsible person at your school. Entries from individual young people will not be accepted.
The competition is a chance to shoot a video story of your choice. We will award prizes to the producers whose film images catch the eye of our expert Jury.
An independent Jury of experts in communications, safety and health will evaluate all the entries. The task of the Jury is to consider the best films using three criteria - effectiveness of the message, treatment of the subject and the overall impression. The producers - individuals or teams - of the best three films will be awarded the title of “Safe Start … European Young Film Maker of the Year”, and invited to an Awards Ceremony at the Closing Event of European Week 2006 in Bilbao, Spain.
The closing date for the competition is 30 September 2006.
How to submit a video
Send your film (digital DVD format) to us at:
IRELAND
Siobhan Rafter
National Focal Point for Ireland
2 George's Street
Waterford
IRELAND
Tel: + 353 51 311138
Fax: + 353 51 876002
E-mail: focalpoint@hsa.ie
Web: http://ie.osha.europa.eu/
UNITED KINGDOM
HSE Infoline
Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly
CF83 3GG
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 44 (0) 8453 450 055
Fax: + 44 (0) 8454 089 566
E-mail: hse.infoline@natbrit.com
Web: http://uk.osha.europa.eu/
MALTA
Occupational Health and Safety Authority
17 Edgar Ferro Street
Pieta' MSD 07
MALTA
Tel. (356) 21 24 76 77 / 8
Fax (356) 21 23 29 09
E-mail: ohsa.communications@gov.mt
Web: http://mt.osha.europa.eu/
The work must be original [and is open to young people aged under 19 on 30 September 2006 in the 25 member states of the European Union]. Please remember to include in the application form - your name, your email address, your age and date of birth, and some background information as to what the film is about with a copy of the film.
Submissions must be in DVD digital format.
Application form
To enter the competition you must download and fill in the registration form
Terms of use
Films submitted and marked as entries to "Safe Start …European Young Film Producer of the Year” will only be used in conjunction with the competition and any associated promotion.
You agree to grant to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work a non-exclusive licence to use your film for non-commercial purposes. Copyright will remain with the producer.
The Agency cannot guarantee that all films will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments and description.
The jury's decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.
By entering, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these rules.
The Agency's network partner responsible for organising the European Week in your country has more detailed information available.
