ONLY FILMS MADE BY YOUTH AGES 6 to 20 WILL BE CONSIDERED. FILMS MUST BE PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES relating to helping the environment, people, or animals. ALL FILMS MUST BE FAMILY FRIENDLY AND APPROPRIATE FOR VIEWERS OF ALL AGES. If the age of the film director is not clearly stated in the submission then the film will not be considered.
All filmmakers of selected films will be invited to a screening of the films at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia on March 22, 2024. The Discovery Film Festival is free and open to the public. The Discovery Film Festival does not provide accommodations for travel or attendance to the festival. The festival is focused on presenting films created by youth ages 6 to 20-years-old and sharing the point of youth on the environment from different regions of the world. The films can be recent or older and have been screened before. All films should be 5 minutes or less. The films should be uploaded to YouTube and the link sent to marseamermaid@gmail.com with the subject heading: Discovery Film Festival. All filmmakers under 18 years old confirm that they have parental permission to submit their films to the festival. All filmmakers consent to their films also being screened on the Mermaid Goggles social media pages and consent to their name and film being used for publicity for the film festival. Special consideration will be given to filmmakers who reside in the greater Philadelphia area. Please also submit the age of the director, a short bio of the filmmaker and a one sentence description of the film.
The Discovery Film Festival is a youth directed environmental film festival. Films must be no longer than 5 minutes and must promote environmental awareness in your own community. Examples of environmental awareness includes subjects about clean water, water equity, sustainibilty projects, water clean-up projects, etc. The films can be fiction or documentary and animated or live action or even music videos! Be creative! Films submitted by students in the greater Philadelphia region will receive special consideration for selection. If the film is in a non-English language, it must have English subtitles. Films will be screened live on March 22nd. Filmmakers of selected films will receive Discovery Film Festival laurels and if in attendance at the live screening, a gift. Films must be completely family friendly. All who attend the festival as filmmakers or as audience members will receive a certificate published by UN Water. Films should be directed by youth ages 6 to 20. Both new and experienced filmmakers are encouraged to submit.
Deadline is March 9th. 🌊🕊️
