- Valerie Saunders announcing her/the ten commandments
sponsorship / mentor program for the winners of the International Young Film Makers Award 2009
Deeply impressed by the incredible creativity of the films she saw as a member of the jury for the international competition of u-a-c 2009, Valerie Saunders (managing director and producer / representative of Norway in the film production company 
ZENTROPA) announced the following at awards ceremony:
ZENTROPA Norway will take charge of a sponsorship / mentor program in script consulting for the next two years for the 3 winners of the International Young Film Makers Award as well as for the film maker who received an ‚honorable mention’.
ZENTROPA Norway will act as consultants, offering the film makers advice about the script development of their future film projects.
Awarded films:
A DAY IN A LIFE, Kwok Zune, China
BABA AB DAD, Mahdi Jafari, Iran
MOON CHILDREN, Ursula Ulmi, Switzerland
ZAV, Veronica Kedar, Israel (honorable mention)
To all winners of the International Young Film Makers Award 2009: please follow the 10 commandments (list of moral standards), Valerie Saunders announced at the awards ceremony of u-a-c 2009, on 22nd November 2009, in Hannover.
For the next 2 years, ZENTROPA Norway is your GOD.
Don’t just talk about what you want to do or how good you do it – just do it!
Be generous and all good things will come back to you.
Think positive – optimism is free and doesn’t hurt.
The good story doesn’t care who came up with it, but be responsible and conscious of the stories you tell.
Be loyal to your ideas and intuition.
Pay attention to the world around you and tell us what you see.
Don’t steal other’s ideas, music, literary work. Clear all copyrights of properties which don't belong to you.
When you win your next prize – thank your mother – always remember your mom.
Exercise, eat, sleep and make love – but go to bed early.
