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• Grab Your Cameras… • Assemble Your Casts… • Scout Your Locations… • and Shoot Your Films! Compete for more than $2,500, a digital video camera and other great prizes… and also win $1,500 for your school!
C.A.U.S.E. Challenge™ High School Film Festival Presented by Bayer Corporation, Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Initiative and Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Check back for the 2008-9 school year competition packet which will be online for the start of the school year: 2007-2008 Film Festival Information Packet (pdf, 144K) Video Montage of 2008 Entries Video Montage of 2007 Entries WHY: To support and cultivate interest in science and technology. WHO: 9th-12th Graders from the following counties: (Pennsylvania) Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland; (Ohio) Jefferson, Columbiana and Mahoning; (West Virginia) Monongalia, Preston and Marion. TOPIC: "Mutual Impact: The Environment and You" FORMAT: Video of 5 minutes MAX Awards Ceremony: April 2009 at Carnegie Science Center View 2006 winning film: "Redd Up" by Corey Campbell, Chartiers Valley HS: View with Internet Explorer View with Mozilla Firefox
Resources: • Video Toolbox • Environmental Toolbox • Additional Judging Information • U. S. News & World Report: Reporting on the best in high schools - the C.A.U.S.E. Film Festival Students whose parents/guardians are employed by SciTech Spectacular, Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh Filmmakers or any of their affiliates are not eligible to participate in this competition.
For more information please contact: Geri Baker Manager, School Programs and Exhibits E-mail: BakerG@carnegiesciencecenter.org PH: 412.237.1552

C.A.U.S.E. Challenge� High School Film Festival partners (left to right) Andrew Swensen, director, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Linda Ortenzo, executive director, Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Initiative, and Dr. Bob Kumpf, chief administrative officer, Bayer MaterialScience, present Hampton High School students (left to right) Benjamin Swanson (seated), Dylan Morris, Ben Kepner and Andrew Benton (seated) with the evening's Grand Prize at the fourth annual festival and award ceremony for their film "A Greener Cleaner Choice." Other prize winner's include: Pittsburgh 250: "Step by Step," a film by Patrick Tutka of St. Joseph High School Abstract Prize: "Silent Cities," a film by David Korotky of Moon Area High School Narrative Prize: "Stop Waiting for the World to Change," a film by ustin Wright of Mount Lebanon High School Documentary Prize: "Living on the Riverfront," a film by Jessica Johnson of Quaker Valley High School Communicating Science Prize: "We Have the Sun," a film by David Korotky of Moon Area High School The C.A.U.S.E. Challenge Film Festival invites high school students - either individually or in teams of up to four - to write, produce and edit a video or film (5-minute maximum length) on the theme "Mutual Impact: The Environment and You." C.A.U.S.E. stands for Creating Awareness and Understanding of our Surrounding Environment. The fifth annual competition will start with the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. The submission deadline for the competition will be March 2009 and the awards ceremony will be held April 2009 - specifcs dates TBD. Group Photo of Contestants

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