Pittsburgh Teens to Compete for Top Prizes at Fourth Annual High School Environmental Film Festival

Pittsburgh Teens to Compete for Top Prizes at Fourth Annual High School Environmental Film Festival

PITTSBURGH, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Bayer Corporation:

WHO &
WHAT:

Nearly 50 of Pittsburgh's "green" filmmakers from 16 area high schools will walk the red carpet at Carnegie Science Center's Science Stage as they compete in the fourth annual C.A.U.S.E. Challenge(TM) High School Film Festival.

The festival will showcase the short films by Pittsburgh teens on the theme "Mutual Impact: The Environment and You." (See attached film list.)

These student filmmakers then have the chance to compete for $11,500 in cash and other prizes, both for themselves and their schools at the C.A.U.S.E. Challenge Film Festival and Awards Ceremony. Special this year is an award in honor of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary.

Presented by Bayer Corporation, Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Initiative and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, C.A.U.S.E. stands for "Creating Awareness and Understanding of our Surrounding Environment." Its purpose is to provide a platform for high school students who are not necessarily on a science track to become more scientifically and environmentally aware using the non-traditional, yet powerful tool of film or video. In the filmmaking process, students develop their creative voice, master basic skills - such as researching, reading, writing and speaking - and build important science literacy skills like critical thinking, problem solving and team working.

WHEN:
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:00 - 9:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Carnegie Science Center
One Allegheny Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

TO ATTEND, PLEASE CONTACT:
Bryan Iams
Bayer Corporation Media Line
412-777-5200

Fourth Annual C.A.U.S.E. Challenge(TM) High School Film Festival

Presented by Bayer Corporation, Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Initiative

and Pittsburgh Filmmakers

THE FILMS... THE AUTEURS... THE SCHOOLS

A Green Cleaner Choice
Ben Kepner
Dylan Morris
Benjamin Swanson
Andrew Benton
Hampton High School

An Inconvenient Spoof
Brett E. Wagner
Kenneth Thomas Deemer
Wagner/Deemer Independent Homeschool

Building a Green Future
Landon Kijowski
Nick Fiorentino
St. Joseph High School

Calm Like a Bomb
William Coury
Shawn Benish
Kris Litmer
Scott Schiraj
Mt. Lebanon High School

Do You Know Planet Earth
Adriane Beckman
Fox Chapel Area High School

Do Your Part
Kevin Johnson
Mt. Lebanon High School

Don't Be a Zero
Michael Shahen
Gregory Pohodich
Scott Mulvihill
Bethel Park High School

Environmental Tag
Tiffany Frombach
Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy

Global Impact
Melissa Clyde
Hampton High School
Global Warming #1
Jonathan Schmid
Joe Forgoros
Mt. Lebanon High School

Global Warming #2
Cassie Drozynski
Shani McDonald
Katie Zytka
Jessica McDonald
Samuel Oshlag
Mt. Lebanon High School

Greener Steps
Juliana Stricken
CAPA High School

Help Rewind
Taylor Culbertson
Winchester Thurston School

If Trees Could Talk
Jayme Jennings
Chris Cichra
Mt. Lebanon High School

In Your Hands
Selina Breiner
Moon Area High School

Keeping Pittsburgh Beautiful
Abbie Ferry
Franklin Regional High School

Living on the Riverfront
Jessica Johnson
Quaker Valley High School

Mt. Lebanon, Trashy or Clean
Julian Schwartz
Mt. Lebanon High School

Polluted Waters
Christian Johnson
Pine Richland High School

Reflecting on Our Actions
Kseniya Lian Guryeva
Mt. Lebanon High School

Silent Cities
David Korotky
Moon Area High School

Speaking of Goodbye
Laura Quinn
Chartiers Valley High School

Step by Step
Patrick Tutka
St. Joseph High School

Stop Waiting for the World to Change
Austin Wright
Mt. Lebanon High School

Sum and Difference
Joshua Weis
North Allegheny Senior High School

Transport Alternatif
Hunter Blackwell
George Cessna
CAPA High School

We Have the Sun
David Korotky
Moon Area High School

When Less is More
Praveen Tummalapalli
Fox Chapel Area High School

Your Opinion of Green
Amanda Ogg
Caitlin Kroeger
Central Westmoreland Career
and Technology Center

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Source: Bayer Corporation

CONTACT: Bryan Iams of Bayer Corporation, +1-412-777-5200

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