New Roads School presents the 2024 Climate Changemaker Film Festival:

CALLING ALL TEEN FILMMAKERS! If you are a middle school or high school student (ages 10-18 years old) that has a climate change-related short film, please submit your film by midnight, March 22, 2024. We are looking for short films that explore climate change-related topics or call-to-action films that inspire viewers to make a change.

All winning films will premiere at the Climate Changemaker Film Festival in April 2024.

CATEGORIES INCLUDE:
Short Films (2 - 5 minutes)
--Narratives
--Documentaries
--Experimental/Avant-garde
--Music Videos

Impact Films (30 seconds - 2 minutes)
--Short films under 2 minutes about Climate Change
--Short films that ideally have a call to action

PRIZES
High School:
Best Short Film - 1st Place: 20 trees planted in your name
Best Short Film - Runner Up: 10 trees planted in your name
Best Impact Film - 1st Place: 20 trees planted in your name
Best Impact Film - Runner Up: 10 trees planted in your name
Audience Choice (High School): 10 trees planted in your name

Middle School:
Best Short Film - 1st Place: 20 trees planted in your name
Best Short Film - Runner Up: 10 trees planted in your name
Best Impact Film - 1st Place: 20 trees planted in your name
Best Impact Film - Runner Up: 10 trees planted in your name
Audience Choice (Middle School): 10 trees planted in your name

RULES:
-All subject matter must be related to climate change.
-Open to U.S. and International Students
-Films must be under 5 minutes
-Films must be made by students in Middle School or Upper School (ages 10-18)
-If you are older than 18, you are not qualified.
-Adult participation should be limited to coaching or acting.
-All legal licenses for music and images have been cleared and approved in advance by the filmmaker.
-By submitting your film to our Festival you grant us the right to use excerpts in our promotion on social media or our websites.
-Films in languages other than English must include English subtitles
-Films must be submitted through FilmFreeway by 11:59 pm PST on March 22nd, 2024

All winning films will premiere at the Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival on Earth Day (April 22nd). Mark your calendars to attend!

Questions? Contact Michelle Bernstein at mbernstein@newroads.org

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  • Important festival due to it´s issues.

    May 2023
  • Isabell Orosz

    This Festival was very efficient in communicating and making sure that it's people who submitted were aware and knew what they had to do. I would 100% recommend submitting your film here. Great Festival. Well done.

    April 2023
  • Asher Anantham

    This festival totally rocks A great opportunity for any teenager who believes in protecting the environment!

    April 2023
  • Mason Mirabile

    Great festival and excellent communication. Such an important message for this festival and a great opportunity to share my passion for the environment!

    April 2023
  • Jude Rodricks

    I'm a brand new film maker and only 12 years old so I was really excited to see so many film festivals that were just right for my age and gave me the opportunity to make a environmentally themed short film. The film festival at New Roads School was great- lots of communication and they streamed it so even though I couldn't be there I could still watch. I hope to keep making short films and would definetly apply to this one again!

    April 2023