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As we move towards the United Nations Conference on Climate Change of Montreal, the Quebec-vert-Kyoto Coalition launches a national and international short film competition on climate change : Caméra verte/Green Camera

Caméra verte/Green Camera is open to professional and amateur filmmakers who are asked to submit films between 30 seconds and 5 minutes in length that deal with the theme, “Climate change: problems and solutions”. Films must be submitted before November 14th 2005. Camera verte/Green Camera will conclude with a mini film on November 26th 2005, in Montreal.

We look forward to your submissions!

Sincerely,

The Organising Committee of Camera verte/Green Camera
info@cameraverte.org
Caméra verte/Green Camera

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PRESS RELEASE…

For Immediate Release

The Québec-vert-Kyoto Coalition launches CAMÉRA VERTE/GREEN CAMERA, a national
and international short film competition giving filmmakers a unique opportunity to express views on the problems of climate change.

MONTREAL, September 21, 2005 – Filmmakers, grab your cameras!

As part of its preparations for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which takes place in Montreal in late November, the Québec-vert-Kyoto Coalition of environmental groups is proud to announce the launch of Caméra verte/Green Camera, a national and international competition of short films.

Many organisations linked to cinema and television are partners of the event, which will conclude with a mini film festival during the Rendez-vous Citoyen Kyoto 2005 on November 25th and 26th in Montreal.

For documentary filmmaker Magnus Isacsson, who chairs the competition, this is a golden opportunity for emerging filmmakers to challenge their senior colleagues.

“Young people are used to making films quickly and this is the chance of a lifetime to apply their skills to a topic that couldn’t be more pressing, and that will become even more as we move towards COP 11.”

According to Patrick Bonin, spokesman for the Coalition, “The competition gives artists the opportunity to express their views on one of the most important environmental problems of our era.” André Bélisle, president of the environmental group AQLPA, invites filmmakers “to participate in their own way as part of the wider efforts of citizen mobilisation, so that together we halt the growing threat: the warming of our planet.”

The jury for the awards includes several respected local personalities including Oscar-winning animation filmmaker Frédéric Back and popular environmentalist Laure Waridel, author and founder of Équiterre.

Films will be accepted until November 14th 2005.

Awards and honourable mentions are sponsored by organisations such the Parole citoyenne (an Internet initiative by the National Film Board of Canada), the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema of Concordia University, and the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal.

Several selected entries will be screened at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois and a selection of the best short films will be screened at Terrascope, the film festival on sustainable development and environment.

Films submitted from foreign countries are eligible only for the “Award for Best Foreign Short Film.”

Other partners contributing to the organisation of Caméra verte are:
Coalition Québec-vert-Kyoto,
ICI-Mirror
24 Heures
Delirium Environnemental
Kino
Bleuvision
CISM
CHOQ.FM
CIBL-Radio Montréal
and Phos.

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Contact:
Caméra verte/Green Camera: http://www.cameraverte.org
Coalition Québec-vert-Kyoto: http://www.quebec-vert-kyoto.org
Rendez-vous citoyen Kyoto: http://www.rendezvouscitoyenkyoto.org (will be
available soon)

Patrick Bonin, spokesman of Coalition Québec-vert-Kyoto, 514-979-8378
André Bélisle, spokesman of Coalition Québec-vert-Kyoto and president of
AQLPA, 418-642-1322, 418-386-6992
Sébastien Malo, coordinator, 514-961-8724, coordination@cameraverte.org

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[ originally posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 at 10:31 am and is filed under Communication, Events, Everything, Media, On Places and Identities. ]