S.E.VEN Fund Announces Cinema Prosperite Contest

CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
The Social Equity Venture Fund -- S.E.VEN -- (www.sevenfund.org) today
announced a first of its kind film competition, Cinema Prosperite, which invites
filmmakers to submit short films highlighting entrepreneurs. The $35,000 in
prizes will be split amongst the top three filmmakers and the entrepreneurs
they profile. The competition will remain open until September 15, with the
winning
videos being selected in early October by a jury that includes international
businesspeople,development experts, and Academy Award short-listed documentary
filmmakers.

The competition (http://www.sevenfund.org/cinema/) actively seeks short
videos
(two to five minutes) that use the power of film to showcase the story of an
entrepreneur -- to show the story of what odds this person has overcome, what
impact they have had on the world, and how they've managed to achieve their
goals. Profiled entrepreneurs will be engaging in for- profit, sustainable
and ethical business practices.

A grand prize of $20,000 will be awarded to the top-ranked video: $10,000 to
the
filmmaker, and $10,000 to the profiled entrepreneur. A second prize of $10,000
($5,000 to the filmmaker and $5,000 to the profiled entrepreneur), and a third
prize of $5,000 ($2,500 to the filmmaker and $2,500 to the profiled
entrepreneur) will also be awarded. Members of the online Cinema Prosperite
community will select five finalists between September 15 and September 30,
2008.
The winners will be announced on October 7, 2008.

"The competition is meant to share the stories of entrepreneurs who are
thecore of enterprise solutions to poverty," said Andreas Widmer, co-founder of
the
S.E.VEN Fund. "By recognizing these individuals through a powerful medium such
as
film, S.E.VEN also hopes to inspire others."

This competition was funded through a generous grant from the John Templeton
Foundation. For additional information about S.E.VEN Fund and to view other
contests, projects, and previous winners, please visit www.sevenfund.org.

About the S.E.VEN Fund

S.E.VEN (Social Equity Venture Fund - www.sevenfund.org) is a virtual
non-profit
entity run by entrepreneurs Michael Fairbanks and Andreas Widmer whose strategy
is to markedly increase the rate of diffusion of enterprise-based solutions
to poverty. We do this by targeted investment that fosters thought leadership
through books, films and websites; supporting role models -- whether they are
entrepreneurs or innovative firms -- in developing nations; and shaping a new
discourse in government, the press and the academy around private-sector
innovation,
prosperity and progressive human values.

About the John Templeton Foundation

The John Templeton Foundation (www.templeton.org) serves as a
philanthropiccatalyst for discovery in the areas engaging life's biggest
questions. These
questions range from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to
questions on the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness and creativity.

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