For Immediate Release
Contact: Contact: Jylle Lardaro
Director, Organic Industry
The Organic Summit
(303.998.9387
www.theorganicsummit.com
Ted Quaday
Communications Director
Organic Farming Research Foundation
831.426.6606
www.ofrf.org
First Organic Film "Trailer" Competition Announces Call for Entries
Curt Ellis to host viewing and award ceremony at
Organic Summit, June 3, 2009
BOULDER, CO (Feb. 10, 2009) — The first-ever competition for film trailers addressing organic agriculture and industry has issued a call for entries. The Organic Summit's first annual Organic Film Trailer Competition is an opportunity for filmmakers creating works on organic agriculture and organic food to show their trailers at the premier leadership meeting for organic industry stakeholders.
Trailers from up to 10 work-in-progress films will be shown at The Organic Summit, June 3, 2009 in Stevenson, WA. One trailer will be selected as The Organic Summit's Pick of the Harvest. A cash prize will be awarded and presented at The Organic Summit by Curt Ellis, producer of the award winning documentary King Corn.
The competition seeks to identify promising productions that have not yet premiered and support the most relevant upcoming films addressing topics related to organic agriculture and industry.
"I couldn't be more proud to be a part of the festival. There's a bumper crop of food and agriculture films being developed right now, and it's great to take a moment to show them off," said Ellis, who will be helping to select the film trailers. Narrative, animation, and documentary projects are welcome. Films can be in development, production, or post-production, with plans to finish at any length.
"We are seeking independent works whose primary focus is organic agriculture. Special consideration will be given to those films addressing topics featured at the 2009 Organic Summit and/or the purpose and mission of OFRF," said Bob Scowcroft, Executive Director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF), a partner in producing The Organic Summit.
The Organic Summit is a forum for in-depth discussion and learning for leaders in the organic industry. New Hope Natural Media and the Organic Farming Research Foundation have partnered to facilitate these discussions. Participants in The Organic Summit are leaders in the organic industry representing all stakeholder groups. The Organic Summit provides a singular opportunity for these groups to come together and have equal voice. Past conferences have attracted leaders in the slow money conversation, national media representatives and innovative government stewards of our land and legacy.
Trailer submissions should be up to 3-5 minutes in length and submitted in DVD format by March 30, 2009. The Organic Summit Advisory committee will review the films, and up to ten finalists will have their trailer shown at The Organic Summit. Questions regarding the process can be addressed to: Jylle Lardaro, Director-Organic Industry at 303.998.9387.
The Organic Summit is produced by New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media, in partnership with the Organic Farming Research Foundation. New Hope Natural Media (www.newhope.com), a division of the Penton Media, Inc., is the leading media resource and information provider for the natural, organic and healthy products industry with print, in-person/event, and e-business products and services. Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
The Organic Summit (www.theorganicsummit.com) provides leaders in the organic industry as well as top executives from leading conventional food companies a forum for complex discussion of the business issues that impact the future of the organic industry.
The Organic Farming Research Foundation was founded in 1990 to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems. OFRF sponsors organic farming research and education projects, disseminates the results to organic farmers and to growers interested in adopting organic production systems, and educates the public and policymakers about organic farming issues. The majority of OFRF's board members are working organic farmers. Learn more about OFRF's work at www.ofrf.org.