Calling all high school and higher education students in Pierce County!
No experience or professional equipment is required for submitting to this free film festival!
Theme: “THE CLIMATE OF OUR COMMUNITIES”
Find a creative and unique way to share your story of how Pierce County communities experience climate change. How do we experience joy, hardship, share generational knowledge or envision our climate future?
Although we are all affected by climate change, our experiences may differ or be similar, depending on our own unique situations. Our communities face challenges and opportunities each day that shape our greater Pierce County community.
This film festival is developed by youth for youth to share stories through film about climate change in their community. By sharing these stories, we bring awareness to the various perspectives in our community, learning what is important to each other, connecting us together from Mount Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) to the Peninsula.
Check out piercecountywa.gov/YESS website for information on events leading up to the film festival and resources including how to start developing your story, people to reach out to for interviews or information, and more.
Attend an Information/Inspiration Session on Zoom on March 2nd from 10-12pm. Find out more details by looking at piercecountywa.gov/YESS .
Prizes will be awarded to Best and Runner Up in the Creative Clips and Short Film Category (for each High School Student Tier and Higher Education Student Tier). Amounts of prizes to be announced.
Filmmakers can choose to submit to one of the following categories:
SHORT FILM CATEGORY:
In five minutes or less, put together a short film that shares a story of the theme “The Climate of Our Communities”. Use a video camera and editing software or just a camera phone to put together your film.
High School Student Tier (9-12 grades)
Higher Education Student Tier
The top three films in the Short Films category from the high school student tier and the higher education student tier will be chosen by a panel of youth judges representing different areas of Pierce County. The winning films from each tier will be screened at the Film Festival Event (6 short films in total).
CREATIVE CLIPS CATEGORY:
Share a clear and concise message to the audience in 60 seconds or less. Use your phone or camera to capture a unique message that gets to the theme of “The Climate of Our Communities”.
The top 10 submitted films in the Creative Clips category will be screened at the Film Festival Event and the top three winners will be selected by the audience live at the event.
All films that are screened at the Film Festival Event will be judged based on the following criteria:
ORIGINALITY & CREATIVITY - Using the equipment available to you (phone, device, or video camera), bring us on a journey into your perspective of climate change in your community. Tell your own unique story of the community you are a part of and how climate change plays a role in that community.
PLOT & EFFECTIVENESS OF MESSAGING - The science of climate change doesn't need to be the focus of your film. Both human and more than human communities that we are a part of experience climate change in their own ways. Tell us the story of your community! Your film will be not be judged on the perspective you share, but on the effectiveness of your message on how your community experiences climate change.