After receiving climate stories from every corner of the world 80 videos have been selected for the shortlist of the Film4Climate Global Video Competition. The finalists include 20 Public Service Announcement video and 60 short films selected by a technical review committee, who analyzed and evaluated a grand total of 864 exciting and thought-provoking videos submitted to the Film4Climate Global Video competition over a 3 month period.
“The content, quality, number and cultural diversity of the videos submitted to the Film4Climate Competition is not only a pleasant surprise, it is also a proof of the importance of this subject around the world. We are truly appreciative to be able to give a voice to those who feel the impacts of climate change the most, and those who are leading the implementation of climate solutions" says Paula Alves Silva, Selection Committee.
The renowned Film4Climate jury, led by Bernardo Bertolucci, is now evaluating the submissions and making their selections. Winning videos will be announced and celebrated at the Film4Climate Award Ceremony on November 13th during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP22) in Marrakesh, Morocco.
The winning entries will receive cash prizes of $8,000, $5,000, and $2,000 for first, second and third place respectively in each of two categories: Public Service Advertisement (PSA) or Short Film. The Film4Climate Global Video competition is the outcome of a partnership between the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate program, the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, the UNFCCC, UN Sustainable Development, UNEP, Vulcan Productions, and the Italian energy company Enel, The Global Brain, and Italian and German governments. More than 70 collaborating partners joined the competition to support the global youth call for climate action.
The announcement of the winners on November 13 is one of many opportunities during the UNFCCC COP22 climate conference to celebrate the global youth call for climate action presented by the Film4Climate video submission. The films will be featured throughout the two weeks from November 7 until November 18 and different events will recognize the Special Awards: the MENA Award (for the best entry from the Middle East and North Africa region), the Price On Carbon Pollution Award (for the best video on Carbon pricing) and the Youth Awards (for winners of the Age 14-17 Group).
East Asia and Pacific
"25" by Gisela Andhika Sari, Indonesia
"#IAM" by Francoislito Awitan, Philippines
"A Thousand Shades of White" by Jheng-Ru Li, Taiwan
"Action Contre La Faim" by Josh Dawson, Australia
"At the edge of kampung beting" by Dony Putro Herwanto, Indonesia
"Esrever" by Hoi Shan Yeung, China
"Love Note to an Island" by Lulu DeBoer, Kiribati/USA
"Origin" by Zhen Yee Khor, Malaysia
"Our Land" by Amin Panji Wijaya, Indonesia
"Repower Our Schools" by Luke Sweet, Australia
"Roots" by Souksamlan Laladeth, Laos
"The City" by Breech Asher Harani, Philippines
"The Glimpse" by Soon Heng Loh, Singapore
"The Message" by Adbul Rachman Rizky, Indonesia
"We Stand For Change" by Taj Minter Naughton, Australia
Europe and Central Asia
"A Drop in the Ocean" by Daire O'Suilleabhain, Ireland
"A sustainable catch " by Biel Calderon , Spain
"Climateplatoon " by Daphne van den Blink , The Netherlands/Belgium
"Coral Bleaching: The Story of Frank the Coral " by Tullio Rossi , Italy
"Earth Owl's - Tips to Save the World" by Maria Nunes, Portugal
"Epic Tears - California water waste " by Konstantin Minnich, Germany
"Eternal Summer " by Benjamin Pfohl , Germany
"Haiti's Last Tree " by Alexia Dickinson , UK
"Nature is a language, can't you read?" by Andrea Labate, Italy
"Nebeday, the bio-coal" by Maylis Mercat, France
"October 2050" by Alžběta Göbelová, Czech Republic
"Only Together Can We…" by Jerely Browne, UK
"Our Unstable Climate" by Tadhg Mc Nealy, Ireland
"Pakkaspoika (Polar Boy)" by Karim Saheb, Finland
"Plastic Free Cambodia" by Pablo Chavanel, France
"Sweaty Santa " by Moritz Rautenberg , Germany
"Syria: when the water runs out" by Loic Jouan, France
"The Plastic Age" by Gina Maffey, UK
"Wasser Werke " by Marvin Nuecklaus, Germany
"Your Choice" by Daniel Martinez Martinez, Spain
"Zé wants to know why" by Diogo Cardoso, Portugal
Latin America & the Caribbean
"A War" by David Paez & Tomás Del Castillo , Argentina
"Awfully Deep" by Azul Serra, Brazil
"Camila" by Aldo Vera Salas, Peru
"Cin'energy, pedaling towards new solutions" by Lucia Palenzuela, Argentina
"Despertando conciencia" by Luis Valentino Rodriguez Martinez, Colombia
"Mission Change, rescuing home." by Pamela Velazquez Sanchez, Mexico
"Pale Blue Dot" by Antonio Heitor Cantão, Brazil
"Small Change" by Dylan Quesnel, Trinidad & Tobago
"The Game" by Rafael Altamira, Mexico
"What I Have Left" by Jed Charles, Saint Lucia
Middle East and North Africa
"Before it's too late" by Ferdaous Abouhaouari, Morocco
"How to cook the world" by Idan Elkabetz, Israel
"Sunday Thoughts" by Nadia Asfour, Lebanon/ USA
North America
"A Bright Idea" by Jessica Jaja , Canada
"Climate Countdown: Carbon Pricing" by Kaia Rose, USA
"Empowering Haiti" by Julia Pyper, Canada
"Looking Back to Move Forward " by Catherina Savattere , USA
"Past is Prologue" by Anthony Farenwald, USA
"Plastic Pollution, our Oceans, our Future" by Christopher Hanson, USA
"The Snow Guardian" by Nathan Dappen, USA
"The World Beyond the Screen" by James Tralie, USA
"Three Seconds" by Spencer Sharp, USA
"To Change" by Jeeyoon Lee, USA
"Youth & Climate: Coal Ash in North Carolina" by Wen Lee, USA
South Asia
"Armour" by Sanyog Mohite, India
"Fisherman" by Vahid Omidi, Afghanistan
"H2O " by Thiwanka Mihiran, Sri Lanka
"How Would you Feel?" by Md Saiful Islam, Bangladesh
"Paradise Melting" by Bilal Ahmed, Pakistan
"Youth On Climate : Keidy Transfiguracion" by Ritu Bhardwaj, India
Sub-Saharan Africa
"Beatrice" by Sydelle Willow Smith, South Africa
"Boa Vista Beyond the Beauty" by Nelvino Lima, Cape Verde
"Climate Governance: A matter of survival for nomad" by Oumarou Ibrahim Hindou, Chad
"Connect4Change" by Samkelisiwe Makhoba, South Africa
"Everybody Knows" by Jeremih Oyugi, Kenya
"Forests, the fountain of development" by Lapaque Mbumba, DRC
"Hayibo Climate " by Craig Charnock , South Africa
"Kutxintxa" by Ivan Mauro Zacarias, Mozambique
"Resisting Extinction" by Kennedy Kihire, Uganda
"The final warning/ The book" by Habofanoe Letsosa, Lesotho
"THINK GREEN" by Goodhope Elieskia, Tanzania
"Together We Can" by Francis Demesi, Kenya
"Who Am I?" by Mark Wambui, Kenya
