Crash Zone
Mike, Pi, Marcello, Bec and Ram are smart, creative but radically different kids who have just scored part-time jobs testing prototype computer games. It’s a blast, but it’s not just computer programs that are being tested - loyalties, friendships and values are also on the line in the funny, compelling world that is the Crash Zone.
Crash Zone explores the life experiences of a group of young teenagers, in the context of the 21st Century cyber world and the possibilities and dangers that this offers. This is a resource for discussing computer games as stories/texts, artificial intelligence, the Internet and themes of gender, violence and cultural values in computer games.
Episodes
Awards
2000 Chris Awards (USA)
Honourable Mention
2000 Prix Jeunesse International Awards
Nominee: Best Fiction (11-15 Years)
1999 AFI Awards (Australia)
Nominee: Best Children's Television Drama
1999 AFI Awards (Australia)
Nominee: Best Direction in a Television Drama
1999 Golden Chest Awards (Bulgaria)
Special Prize: Drama for Children & Adolescents
1999 Golden Chest Awards (Bulgaria)
Winner: Children's Jury Prize
1999 New York Festival (USA)
Nominee
2002 Logie Awards (Australia)
Nominee: Most Outstanding Children's Program
2002 Prix Jeunesse International Awards (Germany)
Nominee: Best Fiction (11-15 Years)
2001 Chicago International Festival of Children's Films
Nominee
2001 Prix Danube (Slovak Republic)
Nominee
2001 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards
Nominee: Best Children's Television Drama
2001 Museum of Television & Radio: International Children's Television Festival
Nominee: Fiction (11-15 Years)
Sales and Distribution
Running Time
26 x 24 mins
Production Company
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Language
English