Project Wild Thing
Entering
Organization
Green Lions The BRITDOC Foundation
Media Film/Motion Picture
Country/Region United Kingdom

Stop watching TV!! Put your phone away!! Stop playing video games!!! More and more parents around the world are ever more concerned that their children are glued to their screens, and have forgotten what it’s like to play outside, in the natural world. Project Wild Thing is the antidote. A documentary that is wildly unusual–because it is very, very funny. Instead of interviewing experts and monitoring children’s brains, film-maker David Bond decides he will market an alternative product to all those screens and games and apps. His product: Nature. So he appoints himself the Marketing Director for Nature–and takes off on a witty, surprising narrative. There is passion, humor, terrific casting of kids, experts, and collaborators on his campaign–and a willingness to wear a squirrel costume when necessary. The film is thought-provoking–about child-rearing, technology, and media. There are clever graphics, nostalgic memories and a little girl who kisses a frog. Every viewer, of any age, will be educated and entertained by Project Wild Thing.

We at Green Lions are deeply honoured and proud that our film Project Wild Thing has been selected as this year’s winner of The Grand Prix Japan Prize. The film represents the hard work and creative energy of a wonderful crew of filmmakers and activists, and to be recognised in this way is a huge thrill for us all. We are passionate believers in the power of feature documentary as a force for good, and an agent for positive change. Winning the Continuing Education category award is such an important acknowledgment of the film’s ambition to speak to children and adults alike; encouraging viewers to consider their personal relationship with the natural world, in an entertaining and thought-provoking way. We would very much like to thank the organisers and jurors of this year’s prize for their generosity, kindness and belief in our film Project Wild Thing, and our campaign to reconnect children and adults with nature.

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