Young movie makers ages 8 to 22 are invited to enter their films in The Young Media Makers seventh annual Big Screen Showcase. The showcase
provides an opportunity for youth to have their movies viewed by the
general public, learn more about their career opportunities and talk
with media teachers and other filmmakers about future projects.
All movies that are submitted by the deadline, March 14, will be
eligible to compete for prizes in the selected category, and for the
grand prize of having the movie go to Chicago.
Winners from the Big Screen Showcase are automatically entered into the Chicago Film Festival. Last year, three movies from the 2005 Big Screen Showcase
were selected for screening at the Chicago Film Festival. This is quite
an honor, as films are solicited from all over the world and only 581
submissions were accepted worldwide.
Of those 581 movies, Humboldt County-based Chisa Hughes won a
Certificate of Merit for her first movie, “Working to Survive Behind
Barbed Wire: The Nisei Interned.” Her documentary portrays the living
conditions for Japanese Americans in the internment camps set up in the
United States during World War II.
Entries should be submitted on mini DV tape or DVD and can be no longer than 10 minutes in length. Submit them to The Young Media Makers Big Screen Showcase, 790 Riverside Park Road, Carlotta, CA 95528.
Categories include commercial, educational, documentary, animation, experimental and narrative trailer.
The competition will commence on May 5 at College of the Redwoods Forum Theater, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka.
For more information, call Barbara Domanchuk at 768-1738 or go to www.TheYoungMediaMakers.org.
