Enter your video in the Millers Creek Film Festival 2009!

Make a video about the human connection to the Huron River or any one of its creeks or lakes lakes and win prizes! See your film on the big screen at the Michigan Theater!

People or groups of all ages can submit a five-minute film or a 30-second public service announcement and win prizes at a gala public screening on Friday, March 13 at the Michigan Theater. Deadline for ENTRIES: December 22, 2008.

The contest rules are simple; read them carefully in ENTRY FORM and RULES (be sure it is the Nov. revision). (If you have any difficulty opening these PDF files, you can download the Adobe Reader installer, the software and instructions free from the Adobe Web site.)

The Huron River Watershed Council wants people to learn about their connection to our creeks, lakes and rivers. Help us reach new audiences! Create an entertaining, playful film that inspires people to care about this valuable river and to realize that we affect its future.

Please submit a video that calls attention to the HUMAN CONNECTIONS of any creek, lake or other surface water that is part of the Huron River watershed. Here is an INDEX MAP of the watershed, click on the links to see the detail maps.

Look at the tips for HOW TO MAKE A WINNING FILM and other resources for information. Be sure to read about the HUMAN CONNECTIONS and to help you plan your film.

Dates and location: Winning films will receive prizes and a gala public screening on Friday afternoon, March 13, 2009 at the Michigan Theater. Be there to accept your cash prize.

Qualifying films will also be shown. The deadline for entries is December 22, 2008 with an Entry Fee of $15. (see ENTRY FORM and RULES rev 11/07).

Please help us spread the word about the 2009 Millers Creek Film Festival by posting a FLIER at your place of work or where people gather.

For more information contact Joan Martin at jmartin@hrwc.org or 734/769-5123 x11.

A crowd of about 300 people enjoyed eight entertaining short films about the human connections to all parts of the Huron River system at the third annual Millers Creek Film Festival of locally made films organized by HRWC in the Michigan Theater on Friday, March 14th. Photo at right are the winning students from Northside Elementary.

Milford High School graduate Blair Neighbors took the Millie for best Public Service Announcement. His "Huron River Recognition" was directed at bringing awareness to the river in a creative, artistic way, in order to grab the attention of the viewers in 30 seconds. Blair had won a second prize of $50 in the 2007 Festival. This year he took home $1,000 to help him on his film making career.

28 students of Room 306 at Northside Elementary received a Millie for the "Seven Stories of the Huron River" in stop motion animation. The stories were colorful and captivating vignettes showing that our actions have effects on the river and, thus, on all of us. Their prize was $500.

The Adult category ended in a tie. Two very different films split the $1,000 prize and each one received a Millie.

• "Clancy's Boat Tour" was an engaging insight by Barbara Lucas into the sources of pollution and the frustration of watching them degrade our precious water resources.
• David Merian of Ann Arbor won with his film "Drift" which featured stories of people who have found romance, happiness, contentment and peace along the Huron River. "The river and people, indeed, are as one," he said.

Last Updated: March 2008