Filmmakers from across the country and abroad will be invited to submit their work in this new category. A selection committee of judges from the Hamptons Festival and including at least four scientists and engineers will make the final decision. The winning film will be showcased widely. The five-day Hamptons Festival attracts a film industry crowd of some 20,000 from both coasts, but especially from New York, including major figures from the studios, networks, agencies, publishing, advertising, and business communities. It receives widespread coverage in the general and film press.
Film distributors attend to identify new emerging talent.
A major new prize for a science and technology film should attract significant attention and serve the Foundation's program to encourage young filmmakers to create more realistic films about science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists and engineers. Denise Kasell, Executive Director.