Residents gathered at Google for the announcement of the winners of a video contest that challenged residents to convey the I-House mission in YouTube videos. Residents Kirsty Buck and Eliana Capitani won the $1,000 award for their entry: Life at I-House: A Glimpse. The Google celebration was arranged by Board member Kristin Weissman (IH 1989-90) a Google attorney and Lisa McIntire (IH 2002-03), a Google staff member. Kristin and Lisa joined alumnus Charles Ferguson (IH 1973-76) to judge the entries. Ferguson’s own film, No End in Sight, was nominated for a 2008 Academy Award in the Best Documentary category.

More than 30 residents enjoyed a tour and reception at Google for the announcement of video contest winners and screening of top selections.
The Resident Council and Alumni Office collaborated on the contest and provided the $1000 prize. View the films on I-House Berkeley YouTube channel, http://youtube.com/ihouseberkeley.
The contest was created to engage residents in multimedia documentation of the I-House mission: to foster cross-cultural respect, understanding, lifelong friendships and leadership skills for the promotion of a more tolerant and peaceful world.
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1st place and winner of $1,000 prize
"Life at I-House: A Glimpse"
by Kirsty Buck and Eliana Capitani
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MYnrZZXH4vw
2nd place
"Search and Find"
by Usree Bhattacharya, Niels Hansen, Diogo Oliveira E
Silva, Cristoph Roling, Tom Zimmerman
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-TjrcUjlSbA
3rd place
"Citizens of the Planet"
by Aditya Rametra
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D9UqhHMjLQI
4th place
"International House"
by Deborah Cullinan and Ishbel Begg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WhNdVkukc2M
5th place
"House Planet"
by Renato Fajardo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wpX2RHJnZLc
Most humorous:
"I-House Video Contest Submission"
by Frederik Hjorth
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MB0iwNbMQWU
To see more videos, visit the YouTube contest page:
http://youtube.com/group/ihousecontest
We thank all ten video submission teams, each of which is listed here (PDF).
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