Date: July 8, 2009 5:10:21 PM PDT
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Subject: Green Shorts Video Contest Winners Announced -- Top Rated Movies Available for Online Viewing
Hello,
Please see the attached Press Release, which announces the Green Shorts Video Contest Winners.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
PRESS
RELEASE - For Immediate Release
Contact: Kent Epperson at 895-6589
Green
Shorts Video Contest Winners Announced. Top Rated Movies Available for
Online Viewing
Santa Barbara, San
Luis and Ventura County, CA (July 1, 2009) - The Community Environmental
Council, in partnership with Samy’s Camera, Santa Barbara Channels Community
Television and thirteen other tri-county organizations, presented awards to
local artists from the tri-county area for the Green Shorts Video Contest, an
annual video-shorts film festival focused on improving our planet, helping our
environment and being green. This year the contest theme was “Life After Oil”
(Santa Barbara’s 2009 Earth Day theme). The 2-minute video shorts are heart
warming, inspiring, funny and sometimes cutting, and are now available online
for viewing at http://vimeo.com/channels/48318 and can be
viewed on Santa Barbara Channel 17 through August. The top finalists were
awarded prizes ranging from a Macbook laptop computer to a $100 Samy’s Camera
gift certificate. The finalists
The following movies
were given awards:
First Place: “One Million Gardens” - The greening of our own life is the key ingredient
to sustainable civilization - start a garden. Directed by William Martin
Second Place: “Worms Not Oil” - Follow a Santa Barbara local on her quest to reduce her
environmental impact with the help of some wriggly red worms. Directed by Lori
La Riva.
Third Place:
“A Humanistic Approach” – By appealing to the sense of responsibility, the movie
encourages viewers to consider their daily activities and be proactive in
making environmentally friendly lifestyle changes. Directed by Rebekah Meredith
and Moonie Shin.
Ages 11 and Under
Student Winner: “Mother Nature” - The delicate balance of nature as seen through the
eyes of one of her creatures. Directed by Coby Kaufer.
Ages
12- 18 Student Winner: “Just Imagine...” - A brief look at the many layers of the problems with oil
consumption that encompass our everyday lives. Directed by Erik Choquette.
College Award: “Spencer the Waster” - Meet Spencer. He wastes anything and everything, but in the end he has a choice.
Directed by Addison Smith.
Viewers Choice Award: “Spencer the Waster” –
Directed by Addison Smith, and “We Will Begin Anew” - Directed by Paul Lynch.
Winners
were selected by a panel of judges including Actor / Director Tim Matheson (Animal House, Black Sheep, West
Wing); Phyllis dePicciotto, founder and former director of the Santa Barbara
International Film Festival; Michael Hanrahan, president and co-founder of The
Ocean Channel; Adam Lundquist, the co-host of the 92.9 KJEE morning show and can be heard
from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.; D.J. Palladino, producer of the Magic Lantern Films series and
former arts editor of the Santa Barbara Independent; John Palminteri, veteran news reporter and a
regular contributor to a half-dozen television, radio, and print media on the
South Coast; and Bob Banner, Editor for HopeDance Magazine.
Green
Shorts Partners Include: Brooks Institute, City of Goleta, City of Santa
Barbara, COAST, Community Environmental Council, Green Business Program, Hope
Dance, MTD, Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control District, Samy’s Camera, Santa
Barbara Bicycle Coalition/Bici Centro, Santa Barbara Channels, SBCAG Traffic
Solutions, SBCC Center for Sustainability, UCSB Carsey-Wolf Center for Film
Television and New Media, UCSB Sustainability programs, and Whiz Kids.
Thank you.
Megan L. Diaz
Energy Program Associate
Community Environmental Council
26 W. Anapamu St., Second Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Office: 805.963.0583 ext. 105