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Follow on Google News | Going Green Film Festival LaunchesPromoting environmental awareness, first-ever all-green fest takes place March 2010 in Los Angeles
“More than ever, it is critical for the film industry—whether big budget or independent— Sponsors of the Going Green Film Festival include Fuji Film, 3Degrees Inc., The Daily Green and Google Grants. 3Degrees is providing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for the festival as part of their mission to reduce the magnitude of climate change by funding clean energy and carbon reduction projects like the Going Green Film Festival. Films are being considered for three main categories in the festival: GREEN PRODUCTION, where a film’s production worked to lessen the carbon footprint left on the planet; OUR PLANET, where the film’s topic covers third world issues, ecology, nature or the environment; Submission deadlines are staggered throughout the coming months: - Earlybird: - Standard: - Final: Every REC purchased generates one megawatt-hour of renewable electricity delivered to power grids. A portion of fees collected from every submission will go towards RECs. Films may be submitted via website only at www.goinggreenfilmfestival.com (less paper means more green). International filmmakers are welcome to submit; however, they are not eligible for the grand prize and those winning first place must arrange for the shipping of prizes outside the lower 48 states. The Going Green Film Festival is a fundraiser for the Minorities in Broadcast Training Program (MIBTP), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1992 to provide training opportunities to college graduates in TV/radio news reporting, news management and film/TV production. MIBTP can be reached at 310-652-0271 or at emailus@thebroadcaster.com. More details and news updates on the Going Green Film Festival—as well as best practice guidelines for sustainable filmmaking—can be found at www.goinggreenfilmfestival.com. Anyone subscribing to the Going Green Film Festival e-newsletter at www.goinggreenfilmfestival.com becomes eligible to win ten free all-access passes for the festival. For more information, contact Lisa Y. Garibay at LARGetc. Publicity, 213-840-3517 or lisa@largetc.com End
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