Contact:
Community Environmental Council
Megan Diaz at 963-0583, ext. 105 mdiaz@cecmail.org
Annual Green Shorts Film Festival - Now Open for Entries
Win a Macbook Computer
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, CA.: The Community Environmental Council, in partnership with Traffic Solutions, has opened the annual Green Shorts Film Festival for entries.
The top rated films are eligible to win prizes -- including a Macbook computer. Winners will also be aired on Channel 17 and previewed at a special Screening Event and Awards Ceremony in mid-April (details to be announced). Submissions for the festival are due by Friday, March 26, 2010.
The festival will culminate at the 40th anniversary of Earth Day – the Santa Barbara Earth Day 40 Festival taking place at Alameda Park in Santa Barbara April 17-18. Details on Earth Day, which is also organized by the Community Environmental Council, can be found at www.SBEarthDay.org.
The Green Shorts Film Festival is an annual online film festival about saving our planet, helping our environment and being green. The 2010 contest theme is “Bringing it Home” (also the theme of the Earth Day celebration). Organizers hope to solicit compelling and entertaining commentaries regarding sustainable living, eating and growing local food, sustainable transportation, energy independence and a green future without petroleum. This is a chance for concerned citizens to share the ways in which we can all reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, reduce traffic congestion, protect our environment and reduce our carbon footprint.
Videos are limited to two minutes in length. Only residents of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties are eligible to submit entries to the Green Shorts Film Festival.
General Prize Categories:
Grand Prize: Macbook Computer, sponsored by Samy’s
Second Place Prize: TBD
Third Place Prize: TBD
Student Categories
Ages 11 and under: TBD
Ages 12 – 18: TBD
College Award: TBD
Traffic Solutions Award: Video Camera – This award will be given to any movie that focuses on sustainable transportation such as commuting, bicycling, walking, carpooling, transit, vanpooling or telecommuting. This award will be judged and selected by Traffic Solutions staff.
Winners will be selected by a panel of judges including:
Filmmakers who need access to video, audio and lighting equipment can take advantage of Santa Barbara Channels equipment and studios. Go to www.SBChannels.tv for more information.
For more information about the Green Short Video Contest, visit www.GreenShortsFilmFest.org or call the Community Environmental Council at (805) 963-0583 ext. 105.
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