Best film by an emerging filmmaker: $1,000
The competition is open to all ages and abilities. This category recognizes and encourages 'emerging' filmmakers. While this category does give consideration to the age of the filmmaker(s), it also supports those who have had little or no prior experience in filmmaking or those who produced their film with entry-level software and hardware.
Best collaborative effort: $1,000
Communities of collaboration will be rewarded. Collaborations across individuals, organizations and generations can yield, not only a more informed audience but also a more cohesive community of those involved in its production. It deepens our understanding of others and ourselves.
Best exploration of an intergenerational legacy: $1,000
In the stories of the Greatest Generation lies a legacy. It is a legacy that continues to this day. How have you, or the broader society, been influenced in good ways or bad? What has been the impact in our state, towns, neighborhoods, families or our own individual lives?
Best depiction of "Boom of the 1950s ": $2,500
Minnesota's Greatest Generation Project is about the life arc of a generation as it passes through the depression, the war, the boom and beyond. In 2008, special emphasis has been placed on exploring how the men and women who returned from World War II participated in, or were influenced by, the 1950s boom (babies, housing, consumer culture).
Best film: $5,000
A filmmaking collaboration drawing upon historical investigation to explore the legacy of the generation who grew up amid the depression of 1930s, came of age during World War II, and participated in the boom that followed in the wake of the war warrants best film honors in Minnesota's Greatest Generation Project.
