Vote for Day One Challenge: Round Two 2025 People's Choice
Vote for the Day One Challenge Round Two 2025 People’s Choice Award:
We received heaps of amazing entries in our last round and we are happy to announce that we've got 10 shortlisted films who stand to win prizes and awards. We need your help to decide who will win the coveted People's Choice Award.
Now get to voting if you want your fave to win!
Vote for your favourite Day One Challenge Round Two 2025 shortlisted films!
- Each vote = 1 point
- Every 10 views = 1 additional point
Here are our 10 shortlisted films! Voting starts NOW!
Chatterbox Challenge
Directed and Produced by Luna Pollard
WATCH "Chatterbox Challenge": Play a game! Tumble! Count to 10! Do a flip! This film is all about getting active and looking cool while doing it.
Echoes of the Future Classroom
Directed and Produced by Ava McCulloch
WATCH "Echoes Of The Future Classroom": What will the classroom and hands on learning look like in the future when technology advance beyond our grasp?
VOTE for Echoes of the Future Classroom
Plastic Fever
Directed and Produced by Penny Carroll
WATCH "Plastic Fever": What if we, as humans, were disposed of correctly and incorrectly like plastic by a plastic beaurocracy.
Fading Spotlight
Directed by Annabel Aitken and Produced by Amberlee Faavae
WATCH "Fading Spotlight": Without art, what is youth? Creativity is the lifeforce of the community and our youth, and this documentary by Waitakere College explores why.
FACE LUMP
Directed by Emily Robinson and Produced by Isabel Calvi-Freeman
WATCH "Face Lump": Change your mind or let society change you. Is it better to fit in or stand out?
mhm
Directed and Produced by Bradley Mutch
WATCH "mhm": A documentary on the importance of sparking dialogue about mental health because *spoiler alert*, everyone has it.
Echoes in the Wind
Directed and Produced by Yulissa Louw
WATCH "Echoes In The Wind": In order to honour your loved ones, you must first honour yourself. Let your love carry you through the world and all it's wonders.
FrankenAI
Directed and Produced by Madison Janelle Wade
WATCH: "FRANKENAi": A multimedia documentary exploring how artificial intelligence is depicted in fiction since the dawn of storytelling.
Lost and Found
Directed and Produced by Kito Xu
WATCH "Lost And Found": When you lose something you love, what are you really mad at? Losing the thing or being the one that lost it?
Sun Phase
Directed by Ryan Bradley and Emily Ding / Produced by Hattie Adams
WATCH "Sunphase": Beautifully capturing contemporary dance in the bright sunlight of Aotearoa - featuring our local established and rising talents.
VOTE NOW and help us choose a People's Choice award winner! You can vote anytime between now and Wednesday 27 August! 🗓️
We’re announcing Judges’ Favourite and People’s Choice winner in our socials on the same day, so stay tuned!
Day One Challenge is made possible with the generous support of funders like Foundation North, Te Māngai Pāho, Next Gen, Vista Foundation, and Hynds Foundation.