Clean River Partners is hosting our 8th Downstream Environmental Film Festival in February/March of 2025. We are an environmental non-profit dedicated to inspiring people and organizations to value, protect, and improve the Cannon River Watershed’s land and water. Our film festival seeks to serve those goals by showcasing local, national, and international short films for our Minnesotan audience. The theme of the 2025 Downstream Environmental Film Festival is "Resilience."

Awards & Prizes

The Downstream Film Festival is a non-competitive event, designed to promote the sharing of ideas and the exploration of thoughtful action. All participants will receive recognition on the Clean River Partners website.

Rules & Terms

1) Films must have a topic that falls into one of the following categories: environment, water, environmental justice
2) Films must address this year's festival theme: Resilience
3) Films must be 5-20 minutes in length
4) Films of any genre are welcome
5) Student films are encouraged
6) Films must be subtitled in English

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  • Jess Lowe

    Heron, the festival organizer was incredibly supportive and communicative. We are so grateful. Thank you Downstream Environmental Film Festival!

    April 2025
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    Response from festival:

    We're so glad you had a good experience with the Downstream Environmental Film Festival! Thank you again for sharing your beautiful film with us. We hope to work with you again someday.

  • Kelly Rundle

    This was a wonderful environmental film festival. We were proud that our documentary "Places to be Wild" was an official selection and that the festival was serious about drawing a large crowd and informing its audience of important environmental issues. Thank you to everyone at Downstream Environmental Film Festival for including our film and for making it such a successful event.

    May 2023
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  • Brendan Harris

    Amazing festival!!
    We were honored to have the second screening of our film This Wild Land at the Downstream Film Festival. The festival was located at a great local brewery and it was a packed house. We were paired next to some amazing short films that all shared a similar message about conservation and protection of the places that we love and cherish. I would recommend any environmental filmmaker to check out Downstream Film Festival!!

    February 2020
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  • Jason Ewert

    An extremely warm and welcoming festival! The team-up with the Cannon River Watershed Partnership and the packed house at Imminent Brewing made for an unforgettable night!

    February 2018
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