Building upon three wildly successful showing, the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition is proud to bring the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour, one of the largest environmental film festivals in North America, back to Houston for the third time for two nights: January 24 & 25, 2018!
WSFF provides a selection of about 75 short films, from which CEC will choose about 20 for the two night showing in January. While most of the films that the CEC chooses to show at the festival have some relevance to the environment in the Houston/Gulf Coast region, none to date have told a local environmental story. WSFF guidelines allow the CEC to show one local film each night, which the CEC has done, featuring films about environmental justice, the Katy Prairie, and the Houston Zoo’s efforts to protect the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. These films have been among the most meaningful films at the events.
CEC would like to use this festival to tell local environmental stories, highlight the work of CEC’s member organizations, and to inspire our residents and visitors to make a difference in the environment and quality of life. To that end, in partnership with the Houston Green Film Series, CEC will host a one-night screening of local environmental films on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, to help select the local films that will be shown each night at the January WSFF On Tour. In addition to selecting the local films to include in January, CEC hopes to expose a wider audience to local environmental stories and to honor the top films. Films should be specific to the Houston/Gulf Coast Region.
You can view local films and some of the films that were shown at last year’s festival, including films by the Houston Zoo and Katy Prairie Conservancy, on CEC’s YouTube channel.
If your film is invited to be a part of the fall 2017 selection screening, you will be treated like the VIP that you are! You will receive a variety of perks which include:
festival passes
A screening of your film on the big screen
Marketing of your film in the CEC YouTube page, other social media, the CEC website, and in the CEC’s weekly email newsletter, which is sent to almost 5000 people
opportunities to meet with press
free entry into other CEC events
the potential opportunity to be chosen to be part of the January 2017 screening of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour
Selected films will be shown at a screening at the Houston Green Film Series on November 15, 2017, at Rice University's Media Center.
If your film is selected to be screened in January, you will have an opportunity to speak briefly about your film.