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Connecting, Sharing, Supporting and Inspiring Positive Change through Film, Music and Art
Welcome
James Godman - CEO, Creator & Director, Julia Wellard - Research Director and Mandy Griffiths - Mission Director welcome you to the WORLDS FIRST, FREE, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
JOIN THE GLOBAL FILM FAMILY AS TOGETHER WE ARE CHANGING AND CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH FILM.
Experience The Frome International Climate Film Festival
18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset - UK
18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset - UK
18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset - UK
Doors Open 9:00am and Close 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 1140 film entries from over 100 countries around the world, the festival is truly international and recognised throughout the world.
Please join us, relax, be inspired by films around the world, connect with your local green community groups, enjoy a river walk and talk, the art display, the clothes swap and have fun with creative art activities, printing and face painting. Then get involved with the panel discussion with our local MP Anna Sabine and other key speakers.
So let’s connect, share, support and be inspired with other likeminded people trying to make a difference and to help green change for our children and future generations.
Planned Activities Include;
- Films from Around the World (09:30 to 1:30pm)
o Three screens showcasing inspiring films from around the world on Climate and the Environment.
- Children Activities (09:30 to 1:30pm)
o Face Painting
o Gelli Printing
o Riverside Walk and Talk.
- Art Display (09:30 to 2:00pm)
o Eco- Art.
- Green Gathering & Knowledge Sharing including (09:30 to 2:00pm)
o The Wardrobe Collective - Clothes Swap. Bring an item(s) to exchange, No Fee, Donations welcome (09:00 to 12:00pm)
o Everyone has Pockets
o Open Storytellers
o Wildheart Wellbeing Collective
o Others to be announced.
- Green Technology display
o Details to be announced.
- Music by local musicians; Sue Harding, Francis Hayden and Sarah Curtis (11:00 to 3:00pm)
- Panel Discussion on Climate and the Environment which includes our Local MP Anna Sabine and other key speakers. Panel discussion starts at (2:00pm to 3:00pm)
Tickets: Children and students are FREE, Adults are £8 or a donation you can afford as we are an inclusive event.
-YOU CAN ALSO DONATE ON THE DOOR-
25th May - Award Celebration Day at Rook Lane, Frome, Somerset - UK
18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset - UK
18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset - UK
Doors Open at 10:00am and Close 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 - Not to be missed
So please join us, relax, be inspired by this year’s award-winning films from around the world in the beautiful setting of Rook Lane in Frome.
The Awards Celebration Day also includes the opportunity to experience meditation and a sound bath, to enjoy eco-art displays inside, poetry by Helen Moore and music by local musicians Sue Harding, Francis Hayden, Sarah Curtis and Keith Horler and to enjoy local food in the garden.
The celebration day then culminates with the Frome International Climate Film Festival ‘Climate Awards’ ceremony, 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.
So please come and connect, share, support and be inspired with other likeminded people trying to make a difference and to help green change for our children and future generations.
Planned Activities Include;
- The Award-Winning Films from Around the World (Main Room - 10:30am to 4:00pm)
o The main screen showing the award-winning films from around the world on Climate and the Environment.
- Meditation and Sound Bath (Café Area - 11:00am to 12:00)
o Meditation and sound bath by Wildheart Wellbeing Collective
- Art Display (Main Room – 10:00 to 10:00pm)
o Eco-Art display
- Musicians and Performers (In the Garden - 12:00 – 4:00pm)
o Francis Hayden, Sarah Curtis and Keith Horler
o Poetry and Open Mic storytelling
- The Frome International Climate Film Festival Awards (Main Room 5:00pm-7:00pm)
- DreamScapes (Main Room – 8:00pm to 10:00pm)
o UK Film Premier directed by Christian Machacek and narrated by Kate Winslet as Mother Earth
o Interviews with the Audience
- Food and Drinks (Café Area and Patio)
o Food served from 12:00 outside on the patio
o Drinks (Standard Teas and Coffee’s) from 10:00 from the Café
o Bar from 12:00 to 8:00pm.
Tickets: Children and students are FREE; Adults are £10 or a donation you can afford as we are an inclusive event.
-YOU CAN ALSO DONATE ON THE DOOR-
Note: food and drink to be purchased separately at the event.
NEW in 2025 - THE CLIMATES SCHOOLS ART & STORY COMPETITION
Kindly sponsored by Sherlock & Pages in Frome
As part of this years Frome International Climate Film Festival on the 18th & 25th May we have a Schools ART/ESSAY/STORYTELLING COMPETITION
To mark the fourth Frome International Climate Film Festival we are inviting 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.
Submit your entries by the 10th May via our email fromeclimatefilmfestival@gmail.com
The Festivals - 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 will be held (AS SHOWN ABOVE) on the 18th May in the Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset and the Awards and Celebrations Day, a dedicated day, will be at Rook Lane Chapel in Frome on the 25th May, So please come along, be inspired and get involved.
In 2025 we finally received had 1140 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. Those selected to be rated will be notified by the 1st April and those being shown during the festival you will be contacted at the start of May.
THE LITTLE TREE WORLD CINEMA (see poster) - Showcases some of the films now on YouTube selected for the festival plus other important films BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE
CLICK ON THE POSTER
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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