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Title: Film Contest Looks for Rochester Stories Post by: Donna on 23-Aug-09, 09:11:23 AM To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. The Rochester High Falls International Film Festival is nine months away, but it's on the minds of local filmmakers right now. Festival organizers are holding a bimonthly short film contest with cash prizes and lots of exposure. They enlisted Mayor Duffy to give the invitation. "What's your Rochester story," the mayor asks in an advertisement. "We want to see it." The festival partnered with the city of Rochester for the first contest theme, "Coming Home: Rochester's 175th Anniversary." The mayor says he's even making a film. Well-known film critic Jack Garner leads the panel of judges. The winner gets $1,000. Every other month a new theme will be announced. "The exciting part is that everyone can play," said John Richardson, the executive director of the High Falls International Film Festival. "You can use your cell phone to shoot video, or you can use a real camera, a very sophisticated video camera or you could use film - so any medium works. And, uh, it's accessible enough that we'll have a lot of submissions." The deadline for entries for the first contest is September 25. The winning film will premier at the 175th anniversary gala on October 3, and will be screened at the 2010 Rochester High Falls International Film Festival next May. Get more information on the HF3 shorts contest by clicking on the link below. Rochester High Falls International Film Festival Contesthttp://www.rochestermoviefest.com/hf3shorts/ (http://www.rochestermoviefest.com/hf3shorts/) Maybe someone can do a short film on the Rochester Falcons!!!! It's open to the public. They have different themes every other month... and the prize is $ 1,000....not bad for a short film. Hey, ya never know. Donna |