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C.A.U.S.E. Challenge™ High School Film Fesitval -
Where Our Winners Are Now!
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Pictured far left - Areya Simmons past winner of the Viewer's Choice Award seated 2nd from the right;
Pictured far right - Austin Wright previous Grand Prize Winner standing 2nd from the right.
Below is an exerpt from an interview for Carnegie Magazine with Areya and her mom.
For the complete article visit Areya's story p.7 .
Areya recalls that "the best part was the Bayer C.A.U.S.E. Challenge in 2005 (a high school film festival
with a science and technology focus). I got involved by making a five-minute documentary about the
effects of mercury contamination on the environment, and discovered I had a passion for helping to make
people's lives better through filmmaking."
That short film had a big effect on her life. After winning the "Viewer's Choice" award during a screening at the
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Harris Theater, Areya entered the work at the International Indigenous Film Festival in
Denver, where it was viewed by 1,500 fellow Native American youngsters. Today, Areya's pursuing her passion
as a film and television production major at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, thanks to a
fully funded scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Below is a note from Austin addressed to SciTech.
Dr. Rosen, whom he mentions, was his high school mentor.
Hello Geri,
Dr. Rosen asked me to send you an email to follow up with you.
Before I start talking about me, congrats to you and the entire Bayer Sci-Tech program this year. I am happy to
see what a success this film festival has become. This is such a great way for the students to make movies, but
also to create awareness about our environment and science.
Sounds like Dr. Rosen summed up my life pretty well. I am currently living in Los Angeles working for Disneyland
in an Entertainment position, as well as working for HD NET a national television station with a base here in LA.
Life has really evolved since the Sci-tech win. I am currently enrolled at the University of Arizona and
studying Broadcast Journalism and law.
I would love to help you in any way possible in the future. I love the concept of this program and would love to see
it be as big as the cannes film festival one day.
Thanks for inspiring me and so many other kids not only with this program but with the Science Center in general.
--Austin Wright
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