NOTE: You must be 18 years old or younger to submit to this festival.
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New Roads School presents the 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, 2025. 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 2025.

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, 2025

All winning films will premiere at the Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival in April 22nd. Event date will be determined soon.

Questions? Contact Michelle Bernstein at mbernstein@newroads.org

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  • RUDI None

    What a great festival with good communication

    June 2024
  • Outstanding festival with excellent communication from the start. A great opportunity for children and young people engage with film, animation and media, and a forum to share their concerns and opinions on climate change. Fantastic having the festival screened online so we could all be part of the event no matter where in the world.

    April 2024
  • Lawrence Hon

    It was a wonderful film festival. I was able to see other amazing films made by teens. Highly recommend it.

    April 2024
  • 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