Entries, including title and credits, must have a run time of 26 or fewer minutes.
COMPLETION DATE: Films must have been completed AFTER JANUARY 1, 2023.
The Festival welcomes fiction, nonfiction, documentary, drama, comedy, experimental, underground, animation, sci-fi, and ALL other short-film projects.
Films not in English must contain English subtitles (SRT files).
Eligible films have no premiere requirements or prior screening restrictions. Entries may have been screened at other festivals or exhibitions, broadcast or streamed on television or the Internet, and/or released on any home video or other public distribution platform.
PERMISSIONS
By submitting your Film, you are AGREEING to the following:
(1) While YOU reserve all rights and ownership in your Film, you are granting to the festival organizer, Merlyn Climate Grants, the non-exclusive PERMISSION to exhibit your Film, and/or to license others to exhibit your Film, in and as part of the "Climate Future Film Festival." The Festival begins in Rhode Island in late 2025 and then will travel to other cities internationally. Exhibition may be in physical venues such as performing arts centers, theaters, museums, and on campuses, as well as online, and in other media, at the sole discretion of Merlyn Climate Grants;
(2) You are granting to Merlyn Climate Grants and/or its licensees the non-exclusive PERMISSION to exhibit your Film TRAILER, if provided, and/or brief CLIPS from it or from your Film, without prior notice. This PERMISSION is granted whether the Film is selected for exhibition in the Festival or not selected. Such clips may appear on the Festival's social media pages for the purpose of promoting attendance at the Climate Future Film Festival;
(3) You are granting to Merlyn Climate Grants and/or its licensees the non-exclusive PERMISSION to exhibit any images included with your submission---excepting images that would typically remain offline for privacy (such as a copy of your student I.D., if submitted);
(4) You are giving your assurance to Merlyn Climate Grants that you are the legal and rightful owner of the submitted Film and that you own all copyrights to the Film, and that you have the unconditional right to grant Merlyn Climate Grants the non-exclusive PERMISSIONS detailed above in sections 1, 2, and 3;
(5) If your Film is accepted for screening in the Festival, you agree that it will not be withdrawn from the Festival, except at the sole discretion of Merlyn Climate Grants, once notification of its official selection has been emailed to you via FilmFreeway.
Thank you for making and sharing your film. We look forward to seeing your entry!
Climate Future Film Festival℠
[Updated 1/15/2025]
