Student screenplays sought

Pigasus Pictures, the Indiana-based film company behind feature films “The Good Catholic,” “Ms. White Light” and “The Miseducation of Bindu,” is hosting its annual high school short screenplay competition Project Pigasus.

The winning screenplay will be fully produced by the professional production company alongside students in their hometown.  

For this competition, Hoosier high schoolers should submit a 12-page screenplay, a 1-page description of their film idea and a short intro video to www.projectpigasus.org.  

The submission deadline is Jan. 5, 2020. 

Production of the film will take place over 3 days near the end of the 2019-2020 school year.  The finished film will be screened in Indiana theaters, submitted to film festivals across the country and subsequently made available for online streaming.  

Submissions are currently open to any high school student in the state of Indiana.    



More trees

Swiss Village Retirement Community in Berne is hosting its annual Christmas Tree Showcase during the month of December.

This year the showcase will feature 19 trees.

Visitors are encouraged to pick up maps at the Swiss Village Front Desk and take self-guided tours throughout the holiday season.

Parking is available at the Swiss Village Circle Drive Entrance.

Swiss Village is located at 1350 W. Main St., Berne.