Phantoscope Film Festival for High School Filmmakers

Call for entries: Phantoscope* is a film festival especially for high schoolers in East Central Indiana and West Central Ohio. Students in Blackford, Delaware, Henry, Jay, Randolph, and Wayne Counties in Indiana, and Preble and Darke Counties in Ohio are eligible to enter their short films in the competition. The deadline for entries is February 1, 2007. A juried selection of films will have a public screening at the Richmond Art Museum on Saturday, March 24, 2007. Prizes will be awarded, with the maker of the top film receiving a $500 cash prize! Complete festival guidelines and application form can be found online.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Strait, Education Director, (765) 966-0256

* The PHANTOPSCOPE was an early type of motion picture projector, invented by Richmond native C. Frances Jenkins. The first motion picture screening ever was held in 1894 in downtown Richmond, and used a phantoscope.