Meijer Great Choices
Student Film Festival
Festival Presenter:
Meijer Inc.
Meijer Family Foundation
Character Education
Underwritten by:
M.E. Davenport
Foundation
Celebrating Diversity
Underwritten by:
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Healthy Lifestyles
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Host Site
Provided by:
Celebration Cinema North
Meijer Great Choices
Student Film Festival
Endorsed by:
Celebration Cinema
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Michigan high school students helping Michigan schools
Building Character Celebrating Diversity Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Over $20,000 in cash prizes available for Michigan
High School A/V Students and Film Makers from
The Meijer Great Choices Film Festival
Submission deadline is February 11, 2011
BYRON CENTER, MI (September 1, 2010): Meijer, Inc., The Meijer Foundation,
M.E. Davenport Foundation, The Van Singel Fine Arts Center and Celebration Cinema,
are thrilled to announce the kick off of the third annual Meijer Great Choices Student
Film Festival, offered exclusively for Michigan high school students.
The competition is designed for Michigan high school student filmmakers and
audio/video students to showcase their creative talent in a/v communications.
Participants must submit a :30 Public Service Announcement promoting positive
choices in the areas of Character Education, Healthy Lifestyles, and/or Celebrating
Diversity. There are two different audiences that the A/V students target in their
PSA’s: Kindergarten through 6th or 7th through 12th grades. Deadline for submission is
February 11, 2011 with a $10 registration fee; or submit by January 14 and pay only a
$5 registration fee. Students and their teachers can download registration materials
and guidelines at meijergreatchoices.com.
Audio/Visual students and professors from several Michigan universities are the
preliminary judges and choose the finalists based on specific criteria. The top three
winners from each category will receive prizes of $2,000, $1,000, or $500 in the form
of a gift card to a merchant of their choice (Meijer, Apple, or Dell). There will be
eighteen 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Over $20,000 in cash prizes will be awarded at a VIP ceremony and reception
tentatively scheduled for Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Celebration Cinema North in Grand
Rapids.
The winning PSA’s in each category will be reproduced on DVDs and distributed to
schools across the state as tools for their Character Education, Health Education and
Diversity programs. DVD’s will also be made available to all Meijer Stores for in-store
airing, and to the media.
The purpose of the film festival is to highlight the talent of our state’s audio/visual
students while allowing these students to make a positive impact on our State’s K-12
youth in the areas of Diversity, Character Ed, and Healthy Lifestyles. The film festival
was developed in partnership with Meijer Inc., the Meijer Foundation, the M.E.
Davenport Foundation, Celebration Cinemas and the Van Singel Fine Arts Center.
A complete list of last year’s finalists are on the reverse side of this press release.
For complete details, guidelines, registration information, or to view the 2010 winning
PSA’s, go to www.meijergreatchoices.com.
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Contact: Joyce Bower, 616-878-6135 or jbower@bcpsk12.net
Coordinator for Great Choices Film Festival
8500 Burlingame SW
Byron Center, MI 49315
Administrative: 616.878.6802
Fax: 616.878.6820
www.meijergreatchoices.com
 
Entries must be created during the 2010-20011 school year.
** top ten winning entries of each category will be played at the Meijer check-out lanes throughout the state. |