THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4. 31 DAYS LEFT !

Do you have a short film ready to be aired or the irresistible desire to produce one? Great idea ! You could win big by entering the Roots Challenge, Radio Canada International's brand-new short film and multimedia competition.

There are 13,000$ in prizes to be won including a Sony professional camera and a 27 inch iMac computer. You must be 18 years or older, and a Canadian citizen or permanent resident to enter. Just follow the Roots theme and fill-out the submission form on-line. Amateurs and professionals alike. just submit a 3 to 8 minute piece of work that speaks of your roots and touches on a part of your history or culture. Entries can come in any form: fiction, report, documentary, animation, cartoon, slam, photomontage . . . Anything unique, original, touching, or even surprising!

Click on it www.rcinet.ca/roots