The Columbia University National Undergraduate Film Festival is holding its second annual festival on April 8th, 2006 at the Columbia University campus in New York City.

They are now holding a call for submissions from any high school or undergraduate student filmmaker who reside in the United States. All genres are accepted and submitted films are eligible to win awards in any of the 10 following categories: Soundtrack Award for best use of music & sound, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Acting, Best Cinematography, A Frontiers Award for Most Original Film, Best Directed, Best Overall, and an Outreach Award for an outstanding film of a humanitarian nature or a film dedicated to Community Service.

All selected finalists will be eligible to win any of the listed awards and have their films screened by professional filmmakers as well as high-profile individuals already working in the professional film industry. Selected films will be screened at Columbia University's Roone Arledge Cinema of Lerner Hall.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: The film submission postmarked deadline is tentatively set for March 7th.

For further information (about our last year's festival or submission requirements) as well as a copy of the submission form, you may visit their website at http://www.CUfestival.com/

or you may e-mail them at calvindsun@gmail.com.

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