Young film makers respond to the call!

The winning film “Il gioco della vita” (“The game of life”) makes a strong link between a wooden puzzle and the life of a young man who is injured in a work accident. The puzzle collapses and can be rebuilt but you can’t easily rebuild a human life.
An independent Jury of experts in communications, safety and health evaluated 27 entries nominated by EU Member States. The Jury considered the films under three criteria - effectiveness of the message, treatment of the subject and the overall impression.

According to the Chairman of the European Film Jury, Peter Rimmer, “We were looking for a good storyline and compelling images that would grab our attention The Jury agreed that this five-minute film was a powerful, emotional story where the music and the gentle pace were sympathetic to the storyline. The film has no dialogue or voiceover which means that it is transferable, and can be used widely across Europe to demonstrate the consequences of paying insufficient attention to safety and health at work.”

Three other films were presented with runners-up awards in the competition.
The Jury awarded a runner-up prize to students from Lycée professionnel du Nivolet in France for their film "Les risques cachés" about the dangers of dust in the workplace. “Dust kills!” was a powerful message with good opening shots and interesting camera angles to capture attention. The film has no dialogue or voiceover which means that it is transferable, and the graphics are clear and well executed.

Lack of attention to safety at work can have serious consequences for the rest of your life. This was the message from four students from Zespół Szkół im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza w Nowej Sarzynie in Poland in their film “Don’t destroy dreams” (“Nie niszcz marzeń”). The film shows two boys on their first day at work. One pays attention to the safety instructions and safety notices, the other does not. He is injured in a woodcutting machine accident and loses an arm which means that he can no longer join his fiends in the break-dancing he loves.

Finally, two minutes of safety in the kitchen impressed the judges with its simple and direct communication as young catering trainees from CEUS, Center for Erhverv og Uddannelse Storstrøm, in Denmark showed the wrong (unsafe) and the right (safe) ways to go about their work in the film, “Right or Wrong? – How to behave in the kitchen”
The competition was open to schools and to young people under the age of 19 as individuals or working as a team.
The four videos are available to view on the Safe Start website at http://ew2006.osha.europa.eu/awards/video

Press enquiries:
Andrew Smith, Head of Communication and Promotion Unit, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work,
email:
tel: +34 94 479 43 60

or
Marta Urrutia, Communication and Promotion Unit,
email:
tel: +34 94 479 4376

Other enquiries:
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work,
Gran Via 33,
E-48009 Bilbao, Spain,
email:
fax: +34 94 479 4383


Notes to editors:
1.    The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work was set up by the European Union to help meet the information needs in the field of occupational safety and health. Based in Bilbao, Spain, the Agency aims to improve the lives of people at work by stimulating the flow of technical, scientific and economic information between all those involved in occupational safety and health issues.

2.    The European Week for Safety and Health at Work is an annual information campaign designed to raise awareness and promote activities to make Europe a safe and healthy place to work. It is coordinated by the European Agency and was run in the Member States, as well as EFTA and candidate countries. The European Week 2006 was dedicated to the safety and health of young people under the slogan ‘Safe Start’.

More information is available at http://osha.europa.eu/youngpeople
 

Overall winner – Gold Award
Istituto Técnico Industriale Statale “Nullo Baldini”, Ravenna, Italy
“Il gioco della vita” (“The game of life”)
A wooden puzzle can be rebuilt but not a human life.The film makes a strong link between a wooden puzzle and the life of a young man who is injured in a work accident; the collapse of the puzzle and the collapse of a human life.
5 minutes
Produced by: Andrea Vecchi, Diego Tamburini and Massimo Piadelli
Contact:
Carla Laghi
Tel: +390544 404002
E-mail: itbaldini@racine.ra.it
Ravenna, Italy

Runner-up – Silver Awards (three)
Lycée professionnel du Nivolet, France
"Les risques cachés" (“Hidden risks”)
Dust kills! Good opening shots and interesting camera angles capture attention, and the graphics are clear and well executed. The film has no dialogue or voiceover which makes it transferable,.
4 minutes
Contact:
Irène Facchinello
Tel: 04.79.69.68.76
Email: irene.facchinello@wanadoo.fr

Zespół Szkół im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza w Nowej Sarzynie, Poland
“Nie niszcz marzeń” (“Don’t destroy dreams”)
Lack of attention to safety at work can have serious consequences for the rest of your life. The film shows two boys on their first day at work. One pays attention to the safety instructions and safety notices, the other does not. He is injured in a woodcutting machine accident and loses an arm, and he can no longer join his fiends in the break-dancing he loves.
4 minutes
Contact:
Barbara Żak
Tel: 048 17 241 13 50
Email: zs@sarzyna.pl

CEUS, Center for Erhverv og Uddannelse Storstrøm, Denmark
“Right or Wrong? – How to behave in the kitchen”
Safety in the kitchen - catering trainees show the wrong (unsafe) and the right (safe) ways to go about their work. A good concept with clear messages and a simple storyline which uses humour.
2 minutes
Contact:
Joan Sund Christensen - jmo@ceus.dk or
Kenneth Ovesen - keo@ceus.dk