______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: film festival Author: [log in to unmask] at SMTP-LINK Date: 11/16/94 8:44 AM I am new to the internet and SCREEN-L, but saw your posting re SCREENsite and thought that both groups would be appropriate places to post the following announcement about a film festival on population issues. The text of the announcement that should run follows. If you have any other ideas for where we should post this announcement, we would be grateful for the information. NOTICE TO ALL SECONDARY AND COLLEGE STUDENTS: CALL FOR ENTRIES! 1995 WORLD POPULATION FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL POPULATION COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, NEW YORK, NY - A UNITED NATIONS AFFILIATE - AND THE SOPRIS FOUNDATION, ASPEN, COLORADO INVITE YOU TO ENTER A PERSONAL FILM OR VIDEO STATEMENT CONCERNING WORLD POPULATION GROWTH RESOURCE CONSUMPTION THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOUR FUTURE CASH AWARDS FOR TOP THREE ENTRIES PRIZE WINNING + HONORABLE MENTION ENTRIES WILL TOUR SCHOOLS + COLLEGES NATIONWIDE, & MAY BE SHOWN ON MTV, VH-1, TURNER, AND/OR PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORKS. ENTRIES DUE: 1 MAY, 1995 PRIZES ANNOUNCED: 30 MAY, 1995 BROADCAST DATES: TO BE DETERMINED CONTACT YOUR FILM/VIDEO OR ART DEPARTMENT FOR DETAILS. FESTIVAL PRODUCED BY: SEARCHLIGHT FILMS, RAWN FULTON, PRODUCER. 46 FOX HILL RD BERNARDSTON MA 01337 TEL413 648 9464 FAX 413 648 9204 eM [log in to unmask] September, 1994 To Whom It May Concern: Population Communications International and The Sopris Foundation are co-sponsors of THE 1995 World Population Film+VideoFestival for secondary and college students during the 1994-95 academic year. We want to encourage students to express themselves about population growth, resource consumption, the environment, and our common global future. Film/video are ideal media for this because both they and these subjects are multi-disciplinary. Looking at these related issues from a personal and global perspective can bring together many subjects - such as world history, geography, current events, environmental studies, religion, statistics, technology, medicine, journalism - unified by vision and creativity into a personal film or video statement. Students are free to use any cinematic form - drama, animation, image-montage, documentary, etc... and their pieces can be long or short, fast or slow paced, etc... To help them get started, we will provide participating schools with list of recommended research materials. Entries to be received by 1 May, 1995. They will be juried by a distinguished panel of environmentalists, population experts, humanists, filmmakers, and broadcast executives who may include Lester Brown, Tim Wirth, Noel Perrin, Donella Meadows, Robert Gardner, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda, Barbara Pyle, and Jacques Cousteau. Winners to be announced on 30 May, 1995. The Festival offers cash prizes to the top three entries: 1st place: $ 1,500; 2nd place: $ 1,000; 3rd place: $ 500. Winners and honorable mention entries will tour secondary schools nationwide, and may be broadcast on MTV, VH-1, Turner, and Public television networks with the collective title: "The Future Through Teenage Eyes." This festival is an extension of an ongoing program begun last year by The Sopris Foundation called "Pop-Ed," in which population-environment experts visit secondary schools, speaking with students and teachers. This will continue in the coming school year, and we are offering this creative film/video challenge to add an "active" component to the learning process - hopefully making it more exciting, enjoyable, and rewarding. Please post the above announcement and make sure potentially interested students are aware of this unique opportunity for independent study and self-expression. For further information - and to let us know which schools are participating - please contact us via mail, fax, or E-Mail at the address below. Thank you for your attention and assistance, which is vital to the success of this project. We look forward to hearing from you soon and to working with you in the coming year. Sincerely, Rawn Fulton, producer The 1995 World Population Film+Video Festival 46 FOX HILL RD BERNARDSTON MA 01337 TL 413 648 9464 FX 413 648 9204 eM [log in to unmask]