The below reads like a press release because it sort of is, but all the same you should check this out!

Filmmakers, listen up! A new film festival is in Austin, Texas and wants your
submissions. Lights.Camera.Help., a film festival exclusively for nonprofits
and cause advocates, debuted in 2009 with great success. Lights.Camera.Help.
is also a nonprofit organization that functions year-round with educational
programs and a unique volunteer match program that helps connect nonprofit
organizations with creative talent.

The annual film festival unites filmmakers with nonprofits and allows these
organizations to support their missions and tell their stories in the form
of public service announcements, short films, and documentaries. The 2009
festival brought in more than 140 submissions from around the world.

According to Rich Vázquez, Lights. Camera. Help. co-founder, “We believe
that film and video are the best way for nonprofits and other cause-driven
organizations to share their stories with the world. That’s the whole reason
behind the film festival and, ultimately, the nonprofit organization
overall.”

Lights.Camera.Help. creator and co-founder, David J. Neff, adds, “We really
want to foster the growth of this industry and offer a place where people
looking to use their talents for good can collaborate.”

Entries for the 2010 festival will be open until June 30. According to a
press release, “In July, Lights. Camera.Help. will judge the submissions
based on the cinematic quality and the ability to tell the nonprofit’s
story, among other factors.” The submission form can be downloaded at the
Lights.Camera.Help. website (http://lightscamerahelp.org/film-festival).

The festival itself will be held from July 29 through August 1 in Austin,
Texas. The cause-driven films that win will be awarded the proceeds from the
event’s ticket sales. The filmmaker who won the 2009 festival received
$1,000! Whoa.