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 byPittsburgh 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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