Clooney puts New Zealandfilmmaker on the shortlist
A short film made by an up and coming New Zealand filmmaker Haydn Butler has reached the final of the prestigious
Current TV eco spot competition. The competition was open to entries from around the world and the shortlist judged by
the likes of Cameron Diaz and George Clooney.
Haydn's film, 'The Bags', was shot in London and encourages recycling through the chilling vision of a city drowning in
its own waste. The Bags is the only finalist from a New Zealand filmmaker. The general public can now watch the
finalists and select the winning films at Current TV's website www.current.com/ecospot/ Get voting now!
Background
ABOUT HAYDN BUTLER
Haydn is a young director and writer from Kawerau currently living in London. His short films have won various awards
around the world including the best film and the audience prize at London's UpOverDownUnder film festival.
ABOUT CURRENT TV
Current is the world's first and only Emmy award winning peer-to-peer news and information network. Current empowers
viewers to create, influence and determine the content they want to see. This is the destination where content and
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-Fasted growing television network—over 50 million homes worldwide since 2005
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ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Current and the Alliance for Climate Protection challenged people from around the world to make provocative ecospots,
short video messages designed to inspire people to get involved in solving the climate crisis. Hundreds upon hundreds of
ecospots were submitted, and George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Orlando Bloom, Rihanna, among other celebrity judges, picked
23 semifinalists. The contest has now entered its open voting phase--the community is choosing the winners at
www.current.com/ecospot. (Voting closes Friday November 9th at 12:01 PST / 3:01pm EST.)
The top four ecospots as chosen by the community will be broadcast internationally on Current TV, showcased on MySpace's
Impact Channel and featured in the Alliance 's national campaign. Having users choose the winners empowers the audience
to help shape how the world thinks about the climate crisis, while also helping to spread the message virally.
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