EUGENE, Ore. – (Feb . 16, 2012) – The University of Oregon Cinema Pacific Film Festival announces its annual call for applicants for the Adrenaline Film Project, the 72-hour filmmaking workshop that culminates in a public screening at the Cinema Pacific Film Festival.

Between April 18 and April 21, the 12 teams of three filmmakers, mentored by professional filmmakers, will write, cast, shoot, edit and premiere their short films.

Now in its third year, the Adrenaline Film Project assigns genres, and provides a prop and one line of dialogue for teams as a starting point.

Applications for Adrenaline 2012 are available online and must be submitted by March 9, 2012.

UO students as well as members of the Eugene/Springfield community are encouraged to enter. UO students have the option of receiving three university credits for participation.

After the short films screening on April 21, the Kalb Jury Award will honor the best of these films, and a “Viewer's Choice” audience award will be announced. Winners will receive cash awards and prizes.

For more information, applications, rules and examples of 2011 short films, please visit http://cinemapacific.uoregon.edu/adrenaline-film-project or email adrenaline@uoregon.edu.

About the University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is among the 108 institutions chosen from 4,633 U.S. universities for top-tier designation of "Very High Research Activity" in the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO also is one of two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities.

MEDIA CONTACT: Julie Brown, UO media relations, 541-346-3185, julbrown@uoregon.edu

SOURCE: Richard Herskowitz, Cinema Pacific Film Festival, 541-729-4516, rhersk@uoregon.edu

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