Schedule / Deadlines

August/September 2011 Announcement of the Meijer Great Choices Film Festival

September 2011- February 10, 2012 PSA's accepted for competition.
All material must be copyright free or original and relate to character, health or diversity. (Be Careful about showing items with brand names)  Release forms must be submitted with DVD, registration form and registration fee.

Entry fees: $5 per entry if DVD and registration are postmarked by January 18, 2012; or $10 if DVD is postmarked by February 10, 2012. DVD's must be postmarked by the above dates in order to qualify. Entry fees must accompany DVD and registration materials.

All submissions must be on DVD and mailed with application, entry fee and talent release forms to:

"Meijer Great Choices Film Festival"
c/o Van Singel Fine Arts Center,
8500 Burlingame SW,
Byron Center, MI 49315

February-April 2012 Phase 1 judging by college film students, festival, media and underwriter representatives.

Judging will separate PSA's first by target audience, then by Great Choices categories of Character, Health, and Diversity. The judges reserve the right to move an entry to a more appropriate category. Entries will be narrowed to the top ten for each Great Choice categories for a total of sixty semifinalists.* (The judges reserve the right to reduce the number of semifinalists/finalists by category pending adequate number of entries.)

Every entry will receive a written film critique and thank you letter from a Meijer Great Choices Film Festival representative.

May, 2012 Semifinalists will be announced via a letter, email and invitation to the Festival Event tentatively scheduled for June 9, 2012 at Celebration Cinema North in Grand Rapids.

• Top ten finalists and their families for each audience and category will be invited:
• Top 10 PSA's (:30) for heath issues targeted for grades K-6*
• Top 10 PSA's (:30) celebrating diversity, targeted for grades K-6*
• Top 10 PSA's (:30) promoting character, targeted for grades K-6*
• Top 10 PSA's (:30) for heath issues targeted for grades 7-12*
• Top 10 PSA's (:30) celebrating diversity, targeted for grades 7-12*
• Top 10 PSA's (:30) promoting character targeted for grades 7-12*
• Top 10 PSA s (:30) promoting character, targeted for grades 7 12

August 2012 Top Ten PSA's (*Pending qualifications) of each category to be reproduced and distributed on DVD to Michigan schools as tools for their Character Education, Health and Diversity programs.

DVD's will be made available to all Meijer Stores for in-store airing.
DVD's will be made available to all media as requested