On November 11th, KWN Singapore held an awards ceremony in which a video called "The First Appearance of Light" produced by the Sembawang Secondary School won the KWN Top News Production Award. The winning video surpassed 80 other entries from 41 participating schools. This was the second consecutive year for the school to win the top award. The video emphasized the importance of keeping close ties with families and friends, by quoting a story of a girl whose sister recently committed suicide.

The video "What I Want to Say", which was produced by KWN members living in areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami, was presented at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival. KWN Japan has been offering workshop projects to bring smiles back to the faces of children in schools in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures, the areas hit hardest by the earthquake and tsunami in March. The members' video was produced seven months after the disaster under the theme "What I want to say now will make your smile in 2021," and expresses thanks for relief assistance and emphasizes the importance of life.

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KWN Australia held the KWN New Vision Awards at the Dendy Opera Quays Cinema in Sidney on October 19. The 170 attendees included KWN team members, education officials from local governments and media people.
Mooloolaba State School won the Home Top Prize. Their animated production Grandpa is based on the true story of one member's grandfather, a fisherman shipwrecked in 1982. Their skillful animation earned high praise for its use of modern cinematography techniques. The school had also won the 2008 Australia Contest and the Best Ecology Award at the 2009 Global Contest under the guidance of the same teacher as this year.

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