We all know that kindness is part of Rotary’s DNA, however, when two extraordinary stories of kindness emerged from Castlemaine Rotary’s 34th Truck Show held in late 2022, a short 6-minute film was produced to promote better understanding of the event.
Photo: Winning entry: Jeremy Evans
Encouraged to enter the Castlemaine Documentary Festival LOCAL’S competition, held on 16th June, Rotary Castlemaine was delighted to be awarded equal first prize based on an audience vote of 200 people.
An elderly resident prepares for a train trip...
300 trucks converge on Castlemaine...
A Rotarian makes a difficult decision...
“Our aim was to get the film short listed and up on the big screen to help our local community understand what the Truck Show achieves for our town,” said Rotarian Kerry Anderson. “It was a totally new audience that wouldn’t normally be interested in Rotary or the trucking industry.
Winning was totally unexpected as we were competing against some popular groups and professionally produced entries. Given the warm response, we are confident that more acts of kindness have been encouraged and that we will see more spectators at the 2023 Truck Show on 25-26 November.”
Watch the film at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlgsO7UNgZU