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While Gotham's first and only spiritual film festival hasn't yet achieved
the famed status of some of the city's other major cinematic celebrations, The
God on Film Festival was an overwhelming success in its first year.
The 2004 Special Jury Prize winner , David Baugnon, thrilled audiences with
a documentary on Matisyahu, New York's best-known Hasidic reggae singer who
expresses his faith through chanting and beat-boxing.
The final deadline for entries is Sunday, May 15, 2005. Cash prizes will be awarded in each
length category.

Some sites accept submissions online, and other require that you send them in by snail-mail.

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This year 's God on Film Festival will be judged by a panel of industry
experts including a writer and producer for several hit television shows over
the last decade, a prominent Broadway actress and a film executive from a top
Hollywood studio, among others.
See the Partnership's Web site for full details about the new program. Survey of parents in
households with children under the age of 18 .

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For more information or to submit your film, visit
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On hand to honor Adnan Touma was Emmy nominated actor and Broadway
star Jaime Farr who played Corporal Klinger on the most watched
television show of all time, M*A*S*H*!
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* Just 51 percent of today's parents said they would be upset if their
child experimented with marijuana. Teens who report learning a lot
about the risks of drugs at home are up to half as likely to use drugs,
according to the data.

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"Today's teens, however, are
exposed to new drugs of abuse -- Ecstasy, GHB, crystal meth and increasingly,
a wide variety of prescription and over-the-counter medications.calottery.

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A screening and awards ceremony will
be held July 11 , 2005 in New York City.

Many of today's parents (those with pre-teens and teens) were high school
students themselves during the late '70s and early '80s -- a period when teen
drug use reached its absolute high point.
All of this adds up to a potentially dangerous convergence in the trends --
one that we must interrupt.
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literacy program called Wee Poets.

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festival's organizers have announced that submissions are now being accepted
for the second annual competition.
"The decision to run the festival for a second year was made during the
night of the first festival last July," said Jason Hatley, executive producer
of The God on Film Festival.(2) In fact, when compared to high
school seniors today, teen drug use rates were significantly higher in the
late '70s and early '80s. Yet 62 percent of teens report having friends
who use the drug. With
his help , these young learners receive high school credit and job
training, and many of these students go on to college to major in
broadcasting.

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"Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana,
cocaine -- parents know these drugs ," he said. Our challenge is getting parents to
look at this issue anew, and in ways that penetrate their current beliefs and
attitudes. The Partnership's State/City Alliance Program
supports The Partnership's mission at the local level.

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"When I submitted my
film, to be honest, I didn't know what to expect. Top-line findings of the nationally
projectable study(1) show:

* Today's parents see less risk in drugs like marijuana, cocaine and even
inhalants , when compared to parents just a few years ago.
While few of today's parents use drugs today (11 percent report smoking
marijuana in the past year), 58 percent have tried marijuana at least once in
their lives, according to the Partnership's study. According to the Monitoring the Future study, conducted by the
University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, under grants
from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Created to recognize and reward filmmakers for the exploration of
spiritual themes, the God on Film Festival accepts original short films in
three length categories: under 30 minutes, under 15 minutes and under 10
minutes.
For 21 years , Touma has been helping at-risk students through
poetry.

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About the God on Film Festival
The God on Film Festival is designed to provide filmmakers from around the
world with the opportunity to showcase their talents and reward them for
excellence in exploration of spiritual themes.

* The number of parents who report never talking with their child about
drugs has doubled in the past six years, from 6 percent in 1998 to 12
percent in 2004.

This category lists pages and sites that feature the writings of children and teenagers.

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In the end, I was impressed
with the whole production and the upbeat crowd made the God on Film Festival
the best experience of any screening I've been to.

* Fewer than one in five parents (18 percent) believe their teen has
smoked marijuana, yet many more (39 percent) already are experimenting
with the drug.

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"The venue was filled to capacity, and we
realized that our festival filled a niche for New Yorkers with a spiritual
curiosity. Whether illustrated through dramas and documentaries or narratives
and music videos, the festival is looking for films that capture the
transcendent in ordinary life -- films that deal with issues of the spiritual
journey. Just as Teens Confront New Drug Threats and Changing Landscape,
New Cohort of Parents Carry Lax Attitudes, Less Concern About Drug Risks
Facing Kids

NEW YORK, When it comes to today's parents and
their views about drugs, it appears old attitudes are like old habits -- they
die hard, and sometimes, not at all. Significant percentages
report trying other illicit substances as well. The program -- called Partnering with
Families -- includes advertising campaigns, a parent -centric Web community,
Web resources for parents and a parent-driven campaign to recruit families
that have dealt with substance abuse to spread the word. All actors in The
Partnership's ads appear pro bono through the generosity of the Screen Actors
Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

It includes personal collections as well as sites that publish original writings online at no charge.

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NEW YORK, New York City plays host to some of the
finest film festivals in the country, including The New York Film Festival,
The Tribeca Film Festival and The God on Film Festival.
Despite their first-hand knowledge about the issue, the Partnership's
study finds that today's parents significantly underestimate the presence of
drugs in their teens' lives.

* Just one in five parents (21 percent) believes their teenager has
friends who use marijuana. Only one
in every 100 parents -- one percent -- believes their teen may have used
MDMA, commonly referred to as Ecstasy. This gives these students a chance to
improve their reading, writing and public speaking skills. The Lottery
partners with celebrities to present these awards which recognize
special individuals who volunteer time and resources to their schools
and communities.

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Only the first
500 films submitted will be considered.godonfilm.
In its 17th annual tracking study of parents' attitudes toward drugs and
teen drug use, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America(R) today reports that
the current generation of parents -- the most drug-experienced group on record
-- sees less risk in a wide variety of illicit drugs, and are significantly
less likely to be talking with their teens about drug abuse, when compared to
moms and dads just a few years ago. "If old habits die hard, the data suggest that lax
attitudes about drugs die even harder . The Partnership
receives major funding from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and financial
support from more than 200 private sector corporations.

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New National Study Reveals Drug-Experienced Parents See Less Risk Talk Less With Teens About Drugs

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Today, the Partnership launched a new, national communications effort
designed to reach parents with new, compelling information about the evolving
nature of the drug problem in America.

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"While the vast majority of parents have left old habits behind, they're
carrying old attitudes and beliefs forward," said Steve Pasierb , president +
CEO of the Partnership.

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SACRAMENTO , Calif.----On May 28,
2005, Adnan Touma, a volunteer from El Cerrito, was presented with the
California Lottery's "Heroes in Education" award on "The Big Spin(R)"
show.

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1 million teens in America -- used
Ecstasy for the first time last year, down from a peak of 12 percent in
2001.
"To be clear, parents don't want their kids using drugs -- any drugs,"
Pasierb said. The Partnership
accepts no money from alcohol or tobacco manufacturers.

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Entering its second year, the
God on Film Festival is New York City's first and only spiritual film
festival.

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The Partnership's tracking data underscore the powerful influence parents
can have on teen decision-making about drugs.
Touma also provides free internships to students who are
interested in learning about television. He teaches them how to
produce, direct, operate technical equipment, and fully edit a show.

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Released today at a press briefing in New York, the 2004 Partnership
Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) surveyed 1,205 parents across the country
(margin of error = +/- 2.drugfree. Best known for
its national, drug -education advertising campaign, The Partnership exists to
help kids and teens reject substance abuse by influencing attitudes through
persuasive information.

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The reality is quite different:
Some nine percent of all teens -- 2. In total,
parents are seeing less risk in a variety of drugs and fewer parents are
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* While most parents believe it's important that parents discuss drugs
with their children, fewer than one in three teens (roughly 30 percent)
say they've learned a lot about the risks of drugs at home. "It's not all that uncommon today to come across
teenagers who've never use drugs who have parents who have," Pasierb said.

Pasierb noted that the drug scene in America is vastly different today
than it was back in the late '70s and '80s. "But the data tell us today's parents don't regard drug use as
seriously as past generations of parents. Conducted by RoperASW for the Partnership. During the program, local students,
who write and submit their own poems, are selected to appear on the
show and recite their work.
Best of all, Touma lets these students learn by actually doing, as
each and every episode of Wee Poets is produced by the students .

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* This perceptual disconnect is even more pronounced when it comes to
drugs that weren't around when today's parents were teenagers.

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (R) is a private, non-profit
coalition of professionals from the communications industry.

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