Sponsored by the Harris 1st Ward Young Men and Young Women of the Mesa Arizona Central Stake, CTRmovies announces the 1st Annual CTR Film Festival.

We are looking for great short films that we'll all enjoy watching. Here are the nuts and bolts of the festival:

• Movie must be 5-minutes or less.
• Movie must incorporate the YM/YW them for 2007. Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distill upon thy soul as the dews from heaven. D&C 121:45
• The plot of the movie must include a specific prop. This years prop is a Pool Noodle. Be creative!
  
• The movies submitted to this film festival must share a consistent adherence to the standards set forth in the pamphlet "For the Strength of Youth." The youth committee maintains the right to disqualify any movies they feel are inappropriate.

Your ward is invited to submit as many movies as you'd like. For example, your YM may choose to submit a separate movie from the YW. Each 5-minute film submission should be submitted on a DVD, will need to be accompanied by a completed submission form and a $20 entry fee that will be used to host the film festival. All submissions must be in by October 1, 2007.

As part of the entry fee, your group will receive one copy of the 2007 CTR Film Festival DVD. It'll be jam packed with the best movies submitted. (Hopefully they'll all be from your ward or family, right?)

A panel of judges will be assembled to decide 7 CTR Award Winning Films. (Hint, you may want to design your movie with one of these in mind.) Amount of work performed by the youth will be a factor in choosing the winners.

Mesa Film Festival - On October 27, 2007, Fifteen of the top movies will be shown to hundreds in Mesa, AZ! Exact location TBD. Award winners will be recognized. You don't have to be present to win.

Online Festival - On October 31, 2007, we'll be launching our online film festival with all the submissions available to view on this website. Award winners will be noted. Additional online voting in the first couple weeks will crown the "People's Choice" award.

Please RSVP so we can have a feel as to how many submissions we'll be expecting. Send your name, ward, city & state, and the number of movies you expect your group will submit. Send RSVPs (and any questions) to keatonallen@hotmail.com.