MHz NETWORKS Announces the 6th Annual Shortz Film Festival Call for Entries.FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- SHORTIE short·ie n. & adj. Variant of shorty. is back as the superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. of student filmmaking, bursting toward his deadline goal with a new super suit, slick new hair, and awards for outstanding student and teacher filmmaking. SHORTIE, a popular icon feeding student imagination, ignites and inspires creativity by celebrating the cinematic worldview of students and teachers throughout the globe. Deadline for submission: March 16, 2007. Commemorative and collectible t-shirts and posters are available to the first ten entries. For entry forms, guidelines, and details, visit the SHORTZ SHORTZ Short-Term Terrain Model FILM FESTIVAL website: http://www.mhznetworks.org/eat/filmfestival. After entries are received, a juried panel will follow, with the announcement of winners at the 6th Annual MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. SHORTZ FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS, held this year on June 3, 2007 at the George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. in Washington, DC. Making A Film: Process to Product - MHz EAT (Education Arts Technology) is a program designed to encourage scriptwriting and filmmaking and foster the development of student creativity. Students and teachers can access resources such as winning films, classroom workshops, and a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. with an accompanying detailed teacher's guide on the EAT website. For more info visit http://www.mhznetworks.org/eat Findings from a four-year study of the EAT curriculum, blogs, and scholarly articles will be added to the MHz site as they are published over the next several months. Partial funding from the Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement continues to sponsor new grants in school, charter, and after school programs. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii MHz Shortz Student Film Festival is produced by MHz NETWORKS. MHz NETWORKS is an independent, noncommercial, television network dedicated to promoting a broader perspective of the world. MHz provides news, foreign films and diverse cultural programming from around the world for a globally minded audience. Serving the Washington, DC area's 4.9 million residents, MHz NETWORKS features international programs unedited, directly from the source, on air and online in more than 20 different languages. Owned by the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that is the group owner of PBS, ethnic TV, and radio stations in Virginia. Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation is based in Richmond, Virginia. headquartered in Richmond, VA, MHz NETWORKS has studio facilities in Falls Church, VA and at the Ronald Reagan Building The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. Additional information about MHz NETWORKS is available at http://www.mhznetworks.org. |
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