LiveWell Colorado Film Challenge

The LiveWell Colorado Film Challenge is a new statewide competition for short films (1-3 minutes) produced by students at Colorado colleges/universities about barriers to healthy living in Colorado. Colorado is known for its active, healthy lifestyle. But did you know that some Coloradans unfairly face barriers to living a healthy life? LiveWell Colorado works with communities around the state to overcome these issues. An essential part of that work is telling the stories of Coloradans. The LiveWell Colorado Film Competition will give emerging filmmakers a platform for doing what they do best — telling powerful stories — so that more Coloradans can understand and address these barriers in their own communities. The competition asks emerging filmmakers to produce a compelling 1-3 minute film of any genre, including animation, documentary, narrative, and alternative. LiveWell Colorado and the Colorado Film Commission will recognize the top films at a public screening event at Denver's Sie FilmCenter on August 18, 2016, and award $12,000 in cash prizes to filmmakers and their colleges/universities. ABOUT THE CATEGORIES: Did you know that a person’s zip code can be a predictor of how healthy they are? While Colorado is known for its healthy population and active lifestyle, not every community in the state has access to affordable, healthy food or safe playgrounds and parks and paths. These community struggles can have a significant and lasting impact on health. Your 1-3 minute film should illustrate the types of problems described in the three Categories shown in the right column of this webpage. Looking for some inspiration? LiveWell Colorado works with adults and kids who are impacted by barriers to health and those who are working to make positive changes in their communities. Contact us at film@livewellcolorado.org to request an introduction to a community members who will share personal stories. BASIC GUIDELINES: > Create a 1-3 minute film about a barrier to healthy eating and active living in Colorado. > Filmmakers may use any type of equipment available to them — from an iPhone to an Arri Alexa. Production quality is only of significance to judges to the extent that it adds to or detracts from effective storytelling. > Films must be created by a student enrolled in a Colorado college or university that has a degree-granting communications, media or film department, though students majoring in other subjects are still eligible. > The film must be scripted, shot and edited by a student filmmaker. Non-applicants may only play on-screen talent roles or, in the case of school faculty, serve in a behind-the-scenes advisory role.