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

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