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Fiji Environment Documentary Receives Award

Suva, June, 2011 -  The Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) is pleased to announce that "Miss South Pacific: A Documentary About Climate Change", shot in Fiji last year, won the Audience Award for Best Environmental Documentary and the Grand Jury Award for Best Environmental Film at the Film Festival of Colorado recently.







The documentary is about the impact of climate change on Fiji and other South Pacific Island Nations in a film that tells the story of the 2009 Miss South Pacific pageant and its theme “Preserving Our Environment the Pacific Way”. It was produced by Hawaiian documentary filmmaker, Teresa Tico, and was directed by renowned Hollywood director, Mary Lambert. Ms. Lambert has been responsible for all the creative decisions for the film.







In a statement today, the FAVC said that it is “particularly pleased that this documentary has received such recognition at the Film Festival of Colorado because it not only discusses an issue as topical as climate change which has worldwide interest; but with the exposure that the documentary received, the reputation that Fiji has created in hosting the production of TV shows will no doubt attract other producers with similar productions to Fiji”. Moreover, having the documentary directed by a person of the caliber of Ms. Mary Lambert would definitely have resulted in Fiji being portrayed at its best to the world.








This documentary will next be screened at the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Code, Massachusetts, amongst other film festivals, and plans are also underway for a fundraiser screening for the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation on Oahu in September this year. Through the continued screening of this documentary at these and other film festivals, Fiji will receive great exposure and the potential for spin-offs will be enormous.
 
 
 
 
Hawaiian Documentary filmmaker, Teresa Tico of Kauai Girl Productions with Bob Webb, founder of the Film Festival of Colorado, on the Red Carpet before the screening of “Miss South Pacific: A Documentary about Climate Change”.   
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