[Cwgrad-announcements] FYI - FILM YOUR ISSUE,
national "issue film" competition in partnership
with Microsoft, the U.N., USA Today, Paramount, Disney
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Wed Mar 1 13:13:50 PST 2006
To ALL STUDENT FILMMAKERS!!
> **I would like your help with FYI - FILM YOUR ISSUE, an unprecedented
> "issue film" competition I launched, directed at young Americans 18 to
> 26 -- including 7 million college students on 1200 campuses -- to create
> 30-to-60 second films on any issue, as a way of engaging them in current
> issues, empowering them to add their voices to the public dialogue, via
> film. **
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> **It's ultimately an exercise in democracy and being an engaged,
> informed citizen. **
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> **I want as many students to be as aware of it as possible, to consider
> entering a film, before the ****May 1, 2006**** deadline. Can you
> assist in getting the word out to students?**
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> **This is a powerful, idealistic initiative with the support of media
> partners Microsoft/ MSN Spaces/ MSN Video/ MSNBC.com, USA
> Today, Entertainment Weekly and MTV; organizational partners The United
> Nations, The Humane Society of the United States, ASCAP, The Maui Film
> Festival, The Vail Film Festival; and all the major higher education
> academic organizations. **
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> **We charge no submission fee. The format is live action or animated.
> Length is one minute or less. **
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> * **Six filmmakers -- the top-voted entry in each of the six
> categories -- will be flown to ****Park City****, ****Utah****
> during film festival season in January 2007 where their films will
> presented at a private reception by MSN Spaces **
> * **Six filmmakers and their faculty advisor will be flown to
> ****New York City**** for an Awards Ceremony / Reception at United
> Nations Headquarters, co-hosted by ****USA**** Today and MSN
> SPACES. **
> * **The top-voted entries will be broadcast on mtvU, MSN Video,
> MSNBC.com and showcased at the ****Maui**** Film Festival.
> Top finalists in the music category will be presented by ASCAP at
> an industry showcase. **
> * **The six winners will receive a Motorola RAZR V3 mobile phone and
> Toshiba Qosmio laptop **
> * **The Vail Film Festival will offer a first-look of entries**
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> **The existing website is www.filmyourissue.com
> <http://www.filmyourissue.com>**** where students can get information
> and register. **
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> **The new website, under construction is
> **www.grafytestudios.co.uk/previews/fyiflash/
> <http://www.grafytestudios.co.uk/previews/fyiflash/>
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> **Below is George Clooney's open letter, written to the young
> Americans on behalf of FYI, urging engagement, to be published in
> Entertainment Weekly and USA Today; Walter Cronkite's open
> letter; campus flyer, earlier draft; the next EW / USA Today ad; and
> the February 6 launch press release. **
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> **Best,**
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> **HeathCliff Rothman**
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> **Founder, FYI Film Your Issue**
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> **323 666 6646**
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