Climate Change & Young Lions Contest

Climate Change & Young Lions Contest

Posted by Abby on June 19, 2008 - 2:20pm.

The Young Lions Film Competition just announced the challenge for this year, and its a pretty cool one I think. Each team has to create a 60 second video for MTV Switch, a climate change project aimed at teens and young adults. The winning video wont be preachy but will encourage people to have fun without consuming energy. Seems like a good way to get young people involved -- I'll definitely be keeping up with it.

That does seem pretty cool.

by GreenbeanGirl on June 24, 2008 - 4:26pm

That does seem pretty cool. The link didn't work for me, so here is another one, just in case others were having trouble as well: http://www.canneslions.com/festival/yl_competition.cfm

Young Lions Film Competition

by LT_NYC on July 22, 2008 - 3:34pm

I was at Cannes Lion 2008 covering the action during the Young Lions Film Competition. It was amazing to witness the creative process during those crazy 48 hours.

The gold-winning viral video was made by the team from Argentina, with USA capturing the silver and Italy the bronze. The brief was to support MTV Switch and the viral pieces the teams produced (all shot on the Nokia N95) address eco friendly actions people can engage in.

Here is John Jackson from MTV Switch delivering the brief: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSFWFJTbLA

All 26 of the viral videos made by the teams are focused on environmental issues. Check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/YoungLions2008.