Contact: Bryan Iams, Bayer Corporation, 412-777-5200

PITTSBURGH, April 7 /Standard Newswire/ -- The following is being issued by Bayer Corporation:

Nearly 50 of Pittsburgh's "green" filmmakers from 16 area high schools will walk the red carpet at Carnegie Science Center's Science Stage as they compete in the fourth annual C.A.U.S.E. Challenge(TM) High School Film Festival.

The festival will showcase the short films by Pittsburgh teens on the theme "Mutual Impact: The Environment and You." (See attached film list.)

These student filmmakers then have the chance to compete for $11,500 in cash and other prizes, both for themselves and their schools at the C.A.U.S.E. Challenge Film Festival and Awards Ceremony. Special this year is an award in honor of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary.

Presented by Bayer Corporation, Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Initiative and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, C.A.U.S.E. stands for "Creating Awareness and Understanding of our Surrounding Environment." Its purpose is to provide a platform for high school students who are not necessarily on a science track to become more scientifically and environmentally aware using the non-traditional, yet powerful tool of film or video. In the filmmaking process, students develop their creative voice, master basic skills - such as researching, reading, writing and speaking - and build important science literacy skills like critical thinking, problem solving and team working.

What: Fourth Annual C.A.U.S.E. Challenge(TM) High School Film Festival, Presented by Bayer Corporation, Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Initiative and Pittsburgh Filmmakers

When: Wednesday, April 23, 2008; 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Where: Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15212

To Attend, Please Contact: Bryan Iams, Bayer Corporation Media Line, 412-777-5200

  THE FILMS... THE AUTEURS... THE SCHOOLS

  A Green Cleaner Choice

  Ben Kepner

  Dylan Morris

  Benjamin Swanson

  Andrew Benton

  Hampton High School

  An Inconvenient Spoof

  Brett E. Wagner

  Kenneth Thomas Deemer

  Wagner/Deemer Independent Homeschool

  Building a Green Future

  Landon Kijowski

  Nick Fiorentino

  St. Joseph High School

  Calm Like a Bomb

  William Coury

  Shawn Benish

  Kris Litmer

  Scott Schiraj

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Do You Know Planet Earth

  Adriane Beckman

  Fox Chapel Area High School

  Do Your Part

  Kevin Johnson

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Don't Be a Zero

  Michael Shahen

  Gregory Pohodich

  Scott Mulvihill

  Bethel Park High School

  Environmental Tag

  Tiffany Frombach

  Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy

  Global Impact

  Melissa Clyde

  Hampton High School

  Global Warming #1

  Jonathan Schmid

  Joe Forgoros

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Global Warming #2

  Cassie Drozynski

  Shani McDonald

  Katie Zytka

  Jessica McDonald

  Samuel Oshlag

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Greener Steps

  Juliana Stricken

  CAPA High School

  Help Rewind

  Taylor Culbertson

  Winchester Thurston School

  If Trees Could Talk

  Jayme Jennings

  Chris Cichra

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  In Your Hands

  Selina Breiner

  Moon Area High School

  Keeping Pittsburgh Beautiful

  Abbie Ferry

  Franklin Regional High School

  Living on the Riverfront

  Jessica Johnson

  Quaker Valley High School

  Mt. Lebanon, Trashy or Clean

  Julian Schwartz

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Polluted Waters

  Christian Johnson

  Pine Richland High School

  Reflecting on Our Actions

  Kseniya Lian Guryeva

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Silent Cities

  David Korotky

  Moon Area High School

  Speaking of Goodbye

  Laura Quinn

  Chartiers Valley High School

  Step by Step

  Patrick Tutka

  St. Joseph High School

  Stop Waiting for the World to Change

  Austin Wright

  Mt. Lebanon High School

  Sum and Difference

  Joshua Weis

  North Allegheny Senior High School

  Transport Alternatif

  Hunter Blackwell

  George Cessna

  CAPA High School

  We Have the Sun

  David Korotky

  Moon Area High School

  When Less is More

  Praveen Tummalapalli

  Fox Chapel Area High School

  Your Opinion of Green

  Amanda Ogg

  Caitlin Kroeger

  Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center