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from the issue of February 24, 2005
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Real Nebraska night at the movies March 3
BY ANDY SCHADWINKEL, OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS
Student filmmakers will strut the Big Red Carpet at the Real Nebraska Movie Awards show March 3. That's when all eight student-produced movies will screen at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the $1,000 grand prize winner will be announced.
The free awards show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Ross, 313 N. 13th St.
In addition to the grand prize, technical award winners and three $250 runner-up prizes will be revealed. The first 100 attendees will receive free popcorn.
In November, amateur UNL student filmmakers submitted short films based on the theme, "There is No Place Like Nebraska" in the single-elimination, tournament-style bracket competition sponsored by the Office of Admissions. Eight individual and team finalists qualified for the single-elimination tournament.
Through an online tournament-style competition, two entries have advanced to the final four and are qualified for at least a $250 prize. Two additional entries were chosen by a panel of volunteer judges to fill two "wild card" spots and ultimately compete with the online finalists for the grand prize.
The judges were Alan Cerveny, dean of admissions; Danny Lee Ladely, director of the Ross Media Arts Center Director; Trina Creighton, UNL broadcasting instructor; Katie Weichman, ASUN president; and Melissa Lee, editor of the Daily Nebraskan.
The contest is a variation of the popular "Real Nebraska" project developed in the fall of 2003 that featured UNL students on an interactive Web site. Cerveny said the contest was a way to keep the program fresh and exciting. "We have extremely creative students at UNL," he said. "We wanted to tap into that creative energy and provide our students with an opportunity to share their unique perspectives on UNL in interesting and entertaining ways."
For more information about the Real Nebraska Movie Contest, visit http://realnebraska.unl.edu.
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