Films for the Earth is...
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... an international non-profit organisation, a centre of excellence for environmental documentaries and a network of environmental country sections. Founded as non- profit 2007 and awarded by the UNESCO 2010, we want to reach as many people as possible with selected films, pass on knowledge about sustainability and inspire them to act. Films for the Earth has the ability to bring 100’000 people a year before documentaries.
Our for big non-profit activities are the International Films for the Earth Festival, our comprehensive filmdatabase on https://FILMSfortheEARTH.org/en/films (2500+ long and short films), cinema releases and school campaigns where we provide thousands of students access to films we have the educational rights for.
The International Films for the Earth Festival...
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Since 2011 we do one of the biggest environmental festivals in the German speaking area. At one day in autumn, implemented by 200 volunteers, we present the best environmental films of the year in 20+ cities in Switzerland, Germany and Liechtenstein to a total audience of 18'000 people in more than 40 halls (cinemas and others) and more than 140 screenings. The screenings are surrounded by opening talks, exhibitions of partnering environmental NGOs and many eventisation elements. Schools and adults both have free entries and the festival is maintained by donations, sponsoring and public offices support.
Your Benefits with a Submission...
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- a beautiful trilingual database entry -> visibility on our website and higher discoverability in the Google index
- our analysis of your films leads to a detailed indexing
- social media communication about your film
- other environmental festivals screen our website for new films
- you can sell your film later over our website with no costs (via Vimeo embedded player)
Your Benefits with a Nomination...
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- extra attention in the promotional phase of the festival with a reach of over 10 million views
- possible contract for theatrical, non-theatrical, online and educational in D-A-CH-LI with us or one of our partners
Our Selection Process...
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We select 10 out of 100 films for use in our festival but also other activities and we recommend them during the year and later as the best environmental films of the year. We have very high content requirements, the selection process is therefore very hard and a nomination is award for itself. We search films that movie viewers deeply, lead to behaviour change, have impressive footage and music and uncover new data and topics that are relevant for humanities transition into a sustainable planetary civilisation. We compare your film with very best in this field, as f.e. Rob Stewarts, Louie Psihoyos, Denis Delestrac, Valentin Thurns, Matthew Testas, Davis Guggenheims work. Films for the Earth is considered being a quality label in the German speaking area.
All nominated films will receive an Selection Award.