CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL 2024 - 19TH MAY in FROME, SOMERSET, UK
FROME INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL 2024
OPEN for Film Submissions
1st November 2023
Submit via FilmFreeway, click the logo.
NOTE: Local film makers can also submit via the contact page on this website
2024 Green Themes & Awards
FILMS CAN OF ANY LENGTH AND ANY TOPIC but they must have a green theme, climate and the environment. Let's see seen your passion and hear your voice.
YOU CALL THE SHOTS - The film can be:
An interview, a short film, a feature film, filmed poetry, art or music, comedy or technology, community project, a silent feature whatever inspires you with a GREEN message in film aligned to one of the following THEMES
- To Raise Awareness of the Climate and Environment
- To Help Change to a Greener Lifestyle
- To Help People to Reconnect with the Environment.
AWARDS
1. All accepted into the festival will receive the festival laurels
2. Category Award winners will each receive an international climate award, a carved wooden sculpture by our resident local sculpture and a tree to plant
3. As a festival we also reward with festival laurels films which have been identified as commended and highly commended by our judges
4. You will be also be invited to join the Global Film Family to support each other as we try to accelerate green change through film
LET'S GET FILMING - LET'S CHANGE THE WORLD
The Categories and How to Enter plus the Format for 2024
ENTRIES are FREE
FORMAT for entries the same as YOUTUBE, use your phone and let's get filming. (MP4 file type and also recommends h.264 video codec and aspect ratio of 16:9) Shout if you need help. You can only enter on category.
CATEGORIES
- Best Under 16 yrs
- Best Over 16 yrs
- Best Animation
- Best Student Film
- Best Short Film Under 5 minutes
- Best Social Media Film
- Best Female Director
- Best Male Director
- Best LGBTQ Director
- Best Educational (Pathway) Film
- Best First Time Filmmaker
- Best Professional
- Most Inspirational
- NetZero Award (lowest carbon footprint)
(Please state if you are a First Time Filmmaker)
Films can also be accepted from Schools, Groups, Clubs and associations where there is a mix of age groups, but please state.
FILMS to be transferred to festival organisers by WeTransfer, once accepted into the festival (with a short reel for Social Media) as they need to be downloaded by the festival organisers for screening. All films accepted into the festival must allow the festival to upload the films to our YouTube channel to share freely to inspire others or must be allowed to be screened at agreed events free screening events, again to share, connect and to inspire others. This is part of our outreach programme.
WHAT TO DO FIRST:
Send a message to the organisers via Submissions button at the top of this webpage.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Filmmakers under the age of 16 years, your films must be submitted by a parent, guardian or through your school.
All films must also have the permission of all parties involved in the film and/or depicted in the film before the film is submitted to Frome International Climate Film Festival.
Frome International Climate Film Festival - Overview
The festival mission, objectives and values are shown below, more details can be found in the overview reel.
MISSION
- To MAKE IT VISIBLE
OBJECTIVES
- To Raise Climate Awareness in our everyday lives
- To provide pathways to help change
- To connect, share, support and inspire people to change.
VALUES
Our values create a safe and inclusive space for connecting, sharing, supporting and inspiring green change. We aim to help people to find themselves and to support them on their pathway.
- Inclusive
- No Barriers
- Free
- Open
- Family Orientated
- Respectful
- Supportive
- Fun
- Caring and Safe.
Global Film Family
Come and join us as we help to connect, share, support and inspire each other to grow a free Global Film Family to promote and to inspire green change for us and our children.
Sweden - Folke
Documentaries For A Transition Into A More Beautiful World (campfire-stories.org)
Mexico - Thanya
Documental Custodios del Territorio (2017) English sub - YouTube
Xepa 2017 (documentário, curta-metragem) - YouTube
You could be next ......
2023 Events we are Supporting in Qtr 4 in the UK
November
18th Nov - Ecofest at the Wiltshire Music Centre
SCOP III - TBD
December
Climates@Christmas - Introducing CLASS OF 24
A LOOK BACK AT THE 2023 CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL & PARTY
2023 Climates - Winners
20th May 2023 in Bath - Showcase and Celebration with Award Winners
2023 Climates - Award Winners (Clips)
THE EVENT
What a fantastic day and evening which was wonderfully well supported. Thankyou to all involved giving up their time to support the cause and to connect, share, support and inspire others to change.
Special thanks to Alan and Julia
We had films, films and more films from 11:05 to 19:20, challenging films, fun films, inspiring films but all were thought provoking. They have all been created with love and passion and shared freely to inspire others.
The workshops with Melissa managing, were well attended through out the day, thank you to Howard, Judy, John, Robbie, Shane and James... you are all inspirational
Thankyou to the Judges and the Award Presenters on the night, Rusette, Andrew, Howard, Melissa, James, and Julia
Special thanks to Karen for driving the PC during the awards with no notice
The Musicians leading the 'Post Award Party' provided a fantastic mix of music, thank you to Sara, Artey, Amanda, Matt, Stuart and Creeping Line Ahead. Such passion and talent all in Frome and beyond.
Thank you to the George Hotel and team especially Vicki and her morning co-worker who supported me so well
Thank you to our supporters this year, Urban Gardens Bath, Everything IT Bath (Life savers with PC donation) apologies if I have missed anyone on thank you list you
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING, SAY IF WE CAN BRING THE FILMS TO YOU DURING THE YEAR TO SHARE AND TO INPSIRE MORE PEOPLE
The Festival:
Is a self-funded festival, open, inclusive and free for all to Connect, Share, Support and to Inspire Green Change.
If you would like to help and to connect then please contact us below
2023 Climates - Award Winners (Clips)
20th May 2023 in Bath - Showcase and Celebration with Award Winners
2023 Climates - Award Winners (Clips)
THE CLIPS
The clips for the awarding winning films, created by Alan once again for your support...
The Festival Animation was created by Howard Vause... simply wonderful Howard (apologies type on the ident)
Lets Get Filming for 2024 - Entries in by 1st April 2024
LETS GET VISUAL
20th May 2023 in Bath - Showcase and Celebration with Award Winners
20th May 2023 in Bath - Showcase and Celebration with Award Winners
20th May 2023 in Bath - Showcase and Celebration with Award Winners
The Frome International Climate Film Festival Showcase 2023 was held at the Little Theatre Cinema in Bath on the 20th May.....a wonderful event, thank you to all involved who made it so special. Sylvia, Mason and team you were fantastic.
This red-carpet event celebrated 15 of the 17 awarding winning festival films, accompanied by ‘Prosecco and Nibbles’ care of Bath Theatrical Costume Hire, thankyou Rusette.
The purpose was to give the Directors of the films an opportunity to see their films on the big screen, thank you Directors for attending you are inspiring.
The showcase include the festival's overall Directors Award voted for by those attending and the winner was.......'The Man Who Mends Things' by Annie Farley a first time Director and Produced by Somerset Film
Programme started at 16:00 and finished at 20:00.
We ended the screenings with another inspiring film this time by James M Levelle, Race for the Future our Showcase Film.
On the 17th June you can meet James in person and see the film at the Little Theatre Cinema in Bath followed some exciting Q&As...a must see event.
So lets Connect, Share, Support and Inspire GREEN change in the days and months ahead through film, music, media and arts