Short clips ranging from Claymation and music videos to documentary and animated shorts that tell the story of what climate change means to local high school and college students will be shown in a first-ever put on by the UW’s .
Ten of the top three-minute videos will be screened at in Seattle at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15. A panel of judges that includes musical and film talents as well as experts in natural resources will discuss the students’ work and choose winners in each category.
The judges are , executive director of Greenpeace USA; , (a.k.a. DJ Spooky) a composer, multimedia artist and writer; , a scientist-turned-filmmaker; and , dean of the UW’s .
The event is free and open to the public; registration is available .
The contest’s organizers received more than 90 video submissions, most of which were from high school students throughout Washington state. In some cases, entire classrooms were involved in filming and editing the short videos.
Students were asked to creatively express how they feel about climate change and their videos could address impacts, challenges and solutions related to a changing climate at any scale, from an individual’s day-to-day life to a nation or the entire world.
Contest organizers whittled down the entries to 10 finalists, or five in each age category. All 10 films will be shown Friday night, and judges will pick a top winner and runner-up for each age group. The winners will take home a $5,000 prize.
Read more about the contest and judges on the school’s .