Thailand Students Win Grand Prix for Panasonic KWN Global Contest 2015
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The seven finalist videos focused on topics ranging from impact and interactions through social media, earthquake disasters, to interactions with family members and others. The Grand Prix winning video, which is based on a true story, portrays a visually impaired girl who attends a regular school. While worrying about burdening other students, she overcomes her struggles at school and eventually accepts her situation, which enables her to achieve academic results with her friends’ support. The video conveys a strong message of mutual support to achieve dreams in a diverse society.
KWN is a hands-on video education program that Panasonic operates as part of its efforts to support education. The company lends video cameras and other production equipment to elementary and middle schools participating in the program. Currently, some 5,000 children and teachers around the world are taking part in the program. Since the program began in the United States in 1989, more than 175,000 children have participated.
2015 marks the first time KWN Global Contest Awards Ceremony is held in Southeast Asia.
The event, which coincides with Singapore’s 50th anniversary of its independence, was attended by Mr. Toru Nishida, Managing Director, Panasonic Asia Pacific, as well as dignitaries including Mr. Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower of Singapore; Mr. Ng Ser Miang, member of the International Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Finance Commission; Mr. Duane Kale, Governing Board Member, the International Paralympic Committee; and Mr. Mark Wallace, Head of Production, the Olympic Broadcasting Services
From this year’s application, Panasonic, an Official Worldwide Olympic partner and an Official worldwide Paralympic Partner, will add “sports” to the list of themes of KWN Global Contest, in addition to the existing themes of “ecology” and “communication,” to stimulate children’s interest in sports.
The KWN program honors the video works created by children every year. To produce videos, students choose a theme on their own and then handle all aspects of video-making, from planning and scripting to filming and editing. This year, 553 schools from 19 countries and regions participate in this program. For this KWN Global Contest 2015, the schools submitted five-minute videos themed about either ecology or communication.
This year's Grand Prize winner and the other finalists’ videos can be viewed on the following websites:
- KWN Global Contest 2015: http://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/kwn/contest2015/
Summary of the seven award-winning videos (To view the list, please visit http://goo.gl/g7fi0C)
About Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development of diverse electronics technologies and solutions for customers in the consumer electronics, housing, automotive, enterprise solutions and device industries. Since its founding in 1918, the company has expanded globally and now operates 468 subsidiaries and 94 associated companies worldwide, recording consolidated net sales of 7.715 trillion yen for the year ended March 31, 2015. Committed to pursuing new value through innovation across divisional lines, the company uses its technologies to create a better life and a better world for its customers. To learn more about Panasonic: http://www.panasonic.com/global
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[VIDEO] KWN interviews: https://vimeo.com/kwnglobaloffice
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2021년 9월 22일 13:00