The YOUthFILM Project allows students to show off their creativity, knowledge, and skills by producing a short film on civics issues for the opportunity to win awesome prizes!  Top films are screened for the public at the Hollywood Theatre in Northeast Portland during Community Law Week.  Prizes are awarded at the screening by honorary guests, including Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul J. De Muniz.  Prizes include iPod Shuffles™, gift cards to the iTunes Store™, and movie tickets.  All entrants are entered into a drawing for an iPod™ Nano and other prizes.

The 2009 contest celebrates two themes: American Bar Association's 2009 Law Day Theme, A Legacy of Liberty Lincoln's Bicentennial and Oregon's Sesquicentennial of Statehood (otherwise known as the 150th Birthday of Oregon's statehood).

For the 2008 contest, we received nearly 100 applications from throughout Oregon, including Scappoose, Sisters, and Salem.  In 2009  we hope to receive even more applications from cities statewide. 

To kickoff the contest, join the YOUthFILM Project for tips, refreshments and fun on February 7, 2009, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in North Portland. 

For more information, check out the 2009 Registration Packet for details, contest rules, and more! If you have questions, email us at info@theyouthfilmproject.org.