Annually, Project Twenty1 hosts “Earth Hour with GLOW Networking”, an event where film industry professionals “network in the dark” wearing color-coded, reusable LED lights based on their profession (Ex: Green=actor, Purple=musician, Blue=Animator, Red=Filmmaker, Orange=Writer, and Yellow=general movie lover).
The event runs in accordance with global Earth Hour, an event organized by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. In 2008, Project Twenty1 was a part of the grassroots movement that made Pennsylvania the first state to officially celebrate Earth Hour, which allowed the United States to join the other 96 countries on 6 continents in celebration.
The night will start off with an open-mic indie movie screening (“Shots & Shots”), where short films, animations, music videos, and trailers (15 minutes or less, R-rated or less) will be pulled out of a grab bag at random. At 8:30 sharp, the lights will go out for a round of hilarious and fun Glow Networking”. Big gift bags of prizes will be distributed to the best films of the evening (selected by the audience) at the end of the night.
