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Announcing the winners of Childnet Film Competition International category

10 July 2024

We are delighted to reveal the winners of the Childnet Film Competition: International!

For 2024, young people who attend school outside of the UK could enter the competition by submitting a short film on this year’s theme: How would you make the internet a better place?

Entries flooded in from schools in countries around the globe, including Thailand, Kazakhstan, Australia, India, Cyprus, UAE, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Indonesia, Kenya, Russia, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh.

Meet the winners

In First Place is Canadian International School Astana in Kazakhstan with their film ‘How Can We Make The Internet a Better Place?’. Their film covered a variety of online risks, and also included key advice which they delivered at the end in a brilliant rap.

In Second Place is Mathayom Watmai Krongthong School in Thailand, and their film ‘We can make the internet a better place’.

The following schools’ brilliant films were also shortlisted in the 2024 competition:

  • Mavoko Junior Secondary School
  • Tritunggal Christian School
  • West Island School
  • Canadian International School Astana
  • Regional Secondary School of Livadia
  • Gymnasium Xylotimpou

These great films are an invaluable tool for educating young people about online safety, and can be viewed here.

The history of the Childnet Film Competition: International

We started the Childnet Film Competition: International in 2021, to provide a platform for young filmmakers aged 7-18 from all over the world to tell their story and to become part of important conversations around online safety.

The international category is part of our hugely successful Childnet Film Competition, which has been encouraging young people to embrace creativity for the last 15 years. The winners of the Film Competition were announced in June 2024, and can be found here: childnet.com/film/winners

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