SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS YEAR.
Please watch for notification about next year’s Festival!
Or send us a message on the form at the bottom of https://www.ihsfilmfestival.org and we will notify you.
Whether you are a new or experienced FILM MAKER or PHOTOGRAPHER we call on you to add your touch, your view and your perspective. No matter how small or large your vision is, we welcome you to the International Herb Symposium Film Festival.
Do you have a passion for plants and especially medicinal plants, educating others and addressing the many tough issues? The demand on the global plant kingdom is facing unfathomable challenges and we would like your take on this subject.
Consider producing a film or submitting a photograph with that passion that will help ignite the desire within you and others to contribute to the International Herb Symposium Film Festival.
We are still open and continue receiving submissions until May 21st, 2022.
All winners and official selections will have an opportunity to join our permanent online festival and share your film with our growing audience of IHS-FF members.
TOPICS:
Conservation & Environmental Issues
Diverse Voices / Cultural Stories
Endangered Plants
Forest Bathing / Nature Rx
Growing Herbs
Herbal Supply Chain (Harvesting/Selling)
History of Herbal Knowledge
Indigenous / Ancestral Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Legends of Herbalism
Mushrooms/Mycology
Plant Based Textiles
Plant Conservation
Plant Folklore
Sacred Sites
Traditional Healing
CATEGORIES:
Best in Festival – Any category. Grand Prize GLADSTAR AWARD $5000 USD
Feature – Grand Prize $1000 USD
Short – Grand Prize $1000 USD
Photography - Capture Nature's Art. Grand Prize STEVEN FOSTER AWARD $500 USD
Qualified juries, each composed of recognized figures in the herbal industry, film making, and environmental activism appointed by the Festival’s Direction, will assign official prizes.
BEST IN FESTIVAL - Any category. Grand Prize GLADSTAR AWARD $5000 USD. Rosemary Gladstar Founded the IHS in 1991 bringing together plant lovers & herbalists from around the world, representing many traditions and aspects of herbalism: folkloric, scientific, community outreach & therapeutic applications, farming and gardening, ceremonial and plant spirit teachings and many others.
BEST FEATURE – 60 to 120 minutes. Tell the whole story. Grand Prize $1000 USD, Three runner-ups $250USD.
BEST SHORT – 5 to 30 minutes. Focus on an idea. Grand Prize $1000 USD, Three runner-ups $250USD.
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY - Capture nature's art. Grand Prize STEVEN FOSTER AWARD $500 USD, Three runner ups $125USD.
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Each category has a select number of Official Selections awarded.