All films for the contest during the Handle Climate Change Film Festival 2026 (short for HCCFF) must meet the following conditions:
1. All entries for the HCCFF contest must be original works produced independently by the entrant or team, and subject to approval for the contest by the original producer or team.
2. All entries for the HCCFF contest must contain no content of pornography, violence, or racial discrimination, and be consistent with national laws and regulations and customs of various ethnic groups. This article is subject to the interpretation by the HCCFF evaluation team.
3. The entrants must have the copyright on their submitted films, and guarantee that the music, video images, creative texts, and other elements contained in the works are copyrighted or the copyright owner approves their submission. Plagiarizing and copying are prohibited and subject to definition by the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China and relevant regulations. The entrant shall be held accountable for any consequences and legal liability arising from disputes or controversies concerning copyright.
4. The works for the HCCFF contest are not restricted by genre, theme, form, or region, with a strong preference for films completed after October 2024 and never been submitted to HCCFF before. Global documentary production agencies, broadcast media, documentary producers are encouraged to submit to the contest, which are consistent with the topics of climate change, environmental protection, science & technology exploration, and social documentary, or the public service announcements on environmental protection.
5. Requirements for film length: long film (more than 20 min.); short film (20 min. or less); serial film (program) refers to the film composed of several episodes, with content consistent and connected on the whole, but independent of each other.
6. Non-Chinese language film submissions can include embedded Chinese or English subtitles in accordance with the actual situation. Those films that are not in Chinese or English must be subtitled in English. The full copy of the text, subtitled, should be sent to the Organizing Committee.
7. The entrants are not required to pay for registration and later evaluation of their films, but have to bear the postage for delivery of their works.
8. All entrants must comply with all rules specified by the HCCFF’s organizing committee and assist in the arrangement of the HCCFF activities.
