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Connecting, Sharing, Supporting and Inspiring Positive Change through Film, Music and Art
Welcome
A warm welcome from James Godman - Festival CEO, Creator & Director, Mandy Griffiths - Mission Director, the Festival Judges, Volunteers and Supporters to the WORLDS FIRST, FREE, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
TOGETHER WE ARE CHANGING AND CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH POSITIVE FILMS.
NEWS - EVENTS - PROJECTS - COLLABORATIONS
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FESTIVAL NEWS
EVENTS & OPPORTUNTIES
Art by the Lake in November
Join us at Langford lakes for inspiring art, films, music, talks and wonderful company
The Climate Film Festival supported the Sustainable Fashion Week and the Wardrobe Collective Classic Clothes Swap 7-9pm in Frome Town Hall on the 27th September
FOR OTHER EVENTS SUPPORTED IN 2025 PLEASE GO TO THE EVENTS SUPPORTED PAGE.....
FESTIVAL NEWS - FILMS
The Climate Film Festival are screening & supporting films in Victoria Park in Frome on Saturday October the 4th October
Our Little Tree Community World Cinema
We are now looking to run monthly films at the Cheese and Grain and at other venues locally and across the country. If you would like us to screen with you then please get in touch
Exclusive films from the 2025 Frome International Climate Film Festival
Some wonderful festival films are now available to book at in-person events please get in touch
COLLABORATION
The Climate Film Festival is now collaborating with Wiltshire College & University Centre supporting : UAL L3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production & Technology
One Minute World: Your Voice
People are interesting: they have interesting stories to tell on topics they care deeply about. That’s the ethos behind the One Minute Wonder series on Vimeo and YouTube. It’s also why the Frome International Climate Change Festival was set up.
As an aspiring content creator looking for work in Wiltshire, you want to show that you can find those stories in your area and present them to an audience in an engaging way. Your client has set you the challenge of producing a one-minute piece about a person living or working in Wiltshire to show off your skills.
That person will have an active interest in environmental issues, such as sustainability or the natural world.
Three of the films made will win a cash prize from the Frome Climate Change Festival’s founder, James Godman, who will act as your client.
COLLABORATION
The Climate Film Festival is now collaborating with Saint Charles College in Argentina.
'On behalf of our school community, we would like to sincerely thank you for the wonderful opportunity to connect with you and for the inspiring words you shared with our Junior 4 students. It was a unique and enriching experience for them to learn, interact, and feel motivated by your encouragement. We are truly honoured to have received the certificate:
“Frome International Climate Film Festival AWARD – Membership of the Global Film Family for Climate and the Environment.”
This recognition means a lot to us, as it strengthens our commitment to creativity, collaboration, and raising awareness about the environment through education. We deeply appreciate your generosity and support, and we hope to continue building bridges that inspire our students to imagine, create, and take action for a better world.
Regards, Daniela Maset English Head EPSaint Charles College
COLLABORATION
The Climate Film Festival is now exploring a collaboration with the NATOURALE film festival in Germany. The Natourale festivals mission is to "Inspire people about the environment, nature, and sustainable travel"
Little Tree Community Cinema now Showing
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Director: Jura Bakx
Country: Netherlands
Film Title: URBAN PERSISTENCE
Deep within Vienna’s Central Cemetery, an unlikely survivor thrives. The European hamster. Between gravestones and meadows, a male embarks on a journey of instinct and perseverance. With the mating season around the corner, he must be in peak condition. But in this urban landscape, survival isn’t about evading predators. It’s about overcoming unexpected obstacles, from territorial rivals to the unforgiving elements.
Urban Persistence captures the delicate balance between life and death in an unusual setting, following a hamster’s relentless pursuit to ensure the next generation endures..
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Director: Bryony Stokes
Country: UK
Film Title: #CLIMATESCAM?
Why are climate conspiracy theories so popular? Who or what is behind them? And do any of them actually hold a grain of truth? 2024 was, globally, the hottest year ever recorded, with an unprecedented number of climate-related disasters - but also a year that saw the election of a large number of climate-sceptic governments.
Follow Jaz, a young TikTok-savvy hairdresser, as she meets people on every side of the debate to find out what is going on....
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Director: Richard Legaspi
Country: Philippines
Film Title: SMALL STEPS
“Small Steps” tells about the story of "You-Kalele Kids Zambales," a group of kids from the coastal village of San Felipe. They continuously dream of having a space in the music scene amid their individual limitations and challenges. One of their songs, which is the title of this documentary, focuses on saving the environment and their love for nature.
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A group of You-kalele kids dreaming to have a space in the music scene amidst their individual limitations and challenges.
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Director: Mattias Olsson
Country: Sweden
Film Title: IMPRINT
What can one person do? What can a group of people do? What do we want to leave behind? We visit 13 projects in 13 different places where committed groups work for a vibrant future. A personal and poetic depiction of what it means to be fully human in the age of the Anthropocene.
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Director: Huw James
Country: UK
Film Title: DOWNSTREAM
Glacier loss is one of the most visible impacts of climate change on the outdoor industry, with clear consequences for alpinism and winter sports. But what about the broader implications for our planet and society?
"DOWNSTREAM" is a joint science and film project that explores these far-reaching effects. The film follows Dr Juliette Becquet, a French Hydro-Ecologist who grew up in the shadow of Chamonix's retreating glaciers. She embarks on a global journey, from the vineyards of Switzerland to the slalom culture of Native American tribes, learning how glacier loss touches all of us—because we all live downstream.
The story expands to New Zealand, where Juliette investigates how forward-thinking businesses address these challenges. The film explores regenerative agriculture’s potential to mitigate climate change and offer resilience in the face of glacier loss.
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Director:
Leandro Kindermann
Country: Brazil
Film Title: IN THE VALLEY OF THE PINES
The birth of a city through the story of an araucária tree that must survive the changes brought by new times.
The Frome International Climate Film Festival - 2025
Day 2 - Held on the 25th May - Award Celebration Day at Rook Lane, Frome, Somerset - UK
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Doors Opened at 10:00am and Closed at 10:00pm
A Day of Celebrations with the Award Worthy Films, Music, Art, Workshops, the International Climate Awards and the first UK screening of DreamScapes with Kate Winslet as Mother Earth - an inspiring film
Those who attended enjoyed the year’s award-winning films from around the world in the beautiful setting of Rook Lane in Frome.
The Awards Celebration Day included the opportunity to experience meditation and a sound bath, to enjoy the eco-art displays inside and music outside with local musicians Francis Hayden, Sarah Curtis, Nigel Mines and Azhaar in the garden.
The celebration day culminated with the Frome International Climate Film Festival ‘Climate Awards’ ceremony, with awards made by local sculptor Anthony Rogers, followed by the UK Premier of the film DreamScapes directed by Christian Machacek and narrated by Kate Winslet as Mother Earth.
Thank you to all who supported the event
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Doors Opened 9:00am and Closed at 3:00pm
The Frome International Climate Film Festival now in its 4th year is back at the Cheese and Grain on the 18th May and this year we will be also having an Awards Celebration Day at Rook Lane Chapel on the 25th May. This year the festival has received over 1150 film entries from over 100 countries around the world, the festival is truly international and recognised throughout the world.
Those who attended enjoyed films around the world, they connected with your local green community groups, enjoyed a river walk and talk, the art display, a clothes swap and had fun with creative art activities, printing and face painting. Then we had a panel discussion with our local MP Anna Sabine and other key speakers.
Thank you to all who supported the event
NEW in 2025 - THE CLIMATES SCHOOLS ART & STORY COMPETITION
Kindly sponsored by Sherlock & Pages in Frome
As part of the 2025 Frome International Climate Film Festival we launched the schools ART, ESSAY and STORYTELLING competition. We invited students to create a STORY, ESSAY or PICTURE to include four or more of the following words:
Green, Planet, Family, Nature, Waste, Environment, Eco-system, Tree, River, Land, Local, Global, Community, Help, Care, Support.
Prizes for each category by bookshop Sherlock & Pages.
Age categories: Under 8, 8-12, 12-16, Over 16, Stories/essays to be no more than 200 words.
Thankyou to Sherlock & Pages who sponsored the competition and to those who entered and supported the competition we looked for ward to running this again in 2026.
The Festival is Now Truly Global
2025 SUBMISSIONS OPEN - LET'S GET FILMING
We are now in our 4th year and the 2025 Festival and we are growing and connecting to more and more countries and film makers around the world and helping their voices to be heard.
The Climate Festival Film screenings this year were held on the 18th May in the Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset and the Awards and Celebrations Day, a dedicated day, was held at Rook Lane Chapel in Frome on the 25th May,
In 2025 we finally received had 1150 films, which included a pause for 1 week of not accepting submission, from over 100 countries with the Top 10 countries being:
- Iran – 93
- India – 87
- UK – 77
- USA - 74
- Brazil - 68
- Turkey - 52
- Italy - 46
- France - 46
- Spain - 38
- Mexico – 30
We are so honoured to accept so many films from around the world, we are here to help you the Directors and those involved to have a voice, to share your stories and to inspire others to change.
During 2025 for all of those selected we will aim to show your films during the year with your/ the Directors permission at in person screenings and we will showcase films already available on YouTube in our NEW Little Tree Community Cinema
How to Support and Donate
OUR MISSION
To connect, share, support and inspire green change through film and the wider arts. Supporting and promoting those who are taking positive climate and environmental action around the world.
OUR AIMS
1.To make the need to change visible through positive, inspiring and educational films and the wider arts from around the world and to support the creators.
2. To create educational outreach programmes to support green change locally and
globally through knowledge exchange, storytelling, filmmaking, the media, gaming, technology,
and the wider arts.
3.To support local green community groups through helping them to make films to support their cause and to train the next generation of filmmakers.
4. To set up dedicated climate film collaborations, locally and globally through a 'Global Film Family’ and to make ‘The Climates’ original films, as together we are stronger.
5. To encourage the public, people, families, organisations, businesses to THINK GREEN
in all that they do and to BE GREEN and to create a Climate Charter with % GDP enshrined.
How to Donate
If you would like to donate or to sponsor to the Climate Film Festival to help us to deliver our mission, detailed below please click the donations button below
Sponsorship Packages include....
Time to Change = £10
This donation is also about your personal commitment to pause and reflect on your daily life and to think about, little steps and little changes to have a more sustainable lifestyle.
Make It Visible = £50
This donation will help in the delivery of the annual Climate Film Festival and campaigns. The festival costs circa £3,500 a year all run by volunteers.
Protect Our Future = £100
This donation will be targeted at the development and delivery of the educational outreach programme, campaigns and the bursary programme for young filmmakers
Protect Our Planet = £250
This donation will be targeted at the development of the website, database and infrastructure required to connect the local and global Film Family to support each other, to share knowledge, experience and best practice around the world as we don't have time to all learn from the start
Note: The Frome International Climate Film Festival is a Transparent Trader (TT) (a new concept developed by the festival for openness to prevent greed and exploitation) so wages, activities, payments, donations and any profits can be seen on request, we have no secrets, we are one family with a passion to deliver change through film.
Note: All donations must be from an ethical source