The Canadian Red Cross will host its fifth annual Pink Day Film Festival on Feb. 27, 2019 and will showcase of as many of the videos as possible created by Manitoba and Nunavut schools.

This year’s format will focus on creating bullying prevention videos that are 30-to-60 seconds in length. The videos will feature the theme of #BeSomeonesHero, which highlights individuals and groups in schools and communities who make a positive difference by promoting respect, kindness and bullying prevention.

The Canadian Red Cross looks forward to celebrating the incredible video creations of student filmmakers throughout Manitoba and Nunavut. As part of that celebration, the Red Cross wants schools to take part in the 2019 Film Festival.

There are different ways a school can take part in the Film Festival. Schools can celebrate by watching past videos on the Red Cross Manitoba/Nunavut YouTube channel leading up to Pink Day 2019 and using the accompanying school activity to talk about bullying prevention.

The Canadian Red Cross also encourages schools to join us on Feb. 27, 2019 and celebrate Pink Day by gathering together to watch all of this year’s submitted videos, after they are posted on the YouTube channel. This will be an exciting way to see the skills of youth from across Manitoba and Nunavut, as well as to see what they have to say about bullying prevention.

Your school can also be a part of the Film Festival by submitting your own video for the event.

Canadian Red Cross Pink Day Film Festival 2019

Details for creating and submitting videos

1. Any student, Kindergarten to Grade 12, from any school in Manitoba and Nunavut, can participate.

2. Put together your team, create a script of 30-to-60 seconds in length. Make sure it is visually captivating at the beginning, as many videos online are first watched without sound. This way, it will get people’s attention.

3. The video must follow one of following themes:• How can students take positive action, both big and small, to make difference for everyone in your school?• As a bystander or witness of bullying behaviour we have a responsibility. What are good ways to stop

bullying that work?• What does it look like, sound like and feel like to Be Someone’s Hero?• How can an everyday hero have a positive impact for someone who has experienced bullying?

4. Submission deadline: Feb. 13, 2019.

5. Complete a submission form and signed information release forms for each individual pictured in the video (a copy of each form is attached) and email the completed paperwork to MB.RespectED@redcross.ca.

6. After submitting your forms, details will be sent on how to send your video to the Red Cross.

7. Remember you cannot use any copyrighted music, as the Red Cross will be posting these videos on YouTube. YouTube does not permit the use of copyrighted music, including popular songs, and will take these videos down. You can get quality, useable music from generic music websites online.

8. After the videos are posted to YouTube, we will encourage people to watch all of them.

9. All students involved in creating videos will receive a certificate of recognition.

If your school is going to make viewing the new videos part of your Pink Day celebrations, we would like to hear about it. Please email us at MB.RespectED@redcross.ca to share the details of your celebration.

To hold a Pink Day Film Festival in your school or classroom, you can go to our YouTube channel, at https://www.youtube.com/user/RedCrossMB, on Pink Day and click on the playlist for the 2019 Film Festival. There will be a welcome video and a closing video, possibly as well some bonus content and the student-made videos. You can watch them in the pre-arranged order on the playlist or in a different order.

Official Pink Day T-shirt ordering will be available starting Nov. 20, 2018 at www.redcross.ca/PinkMB_NU. We also encourage all schools to purchase their Pink Day T-shirts before Feb. 7, 2019 at midnight to have them in time for Feb. 27.

We look forward to having you and your students join us for this incredible celebration of respect and kindness.