Submissions open for Young Filmmakers Contest

Topic Categories

• Topics differ based on age. Students in grade 11 and younger should choose one or several of the following topics on which to focus the theme of the film.
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Transportation
  • Waste
  • Water
  • Wildlife and Ecosystems

Prize Information

• Winners will receive the following prizes:
  • Screening of their film at a special event in September, and possibly an additional screening at the One Earth Film Festival in March and at other related and subsequent educational and non-profit events hosted (or co-hosted) by Sponsor.
  • Posting of their film on the One Earth Film Festival website.
  • Cash prize or scholarship: Each winner will receive a cash prize pertaining to the relevant grade level category. All cash prizes in the U.S. will be awarded in U.S. dollars.
    • Elementary (grades 3, 4, 5) live action or animation: $100 cash prize + $100 matching grant.
    • Middle School (grades 6, 7, 8) live action or animation: $200 cash prize + $200 matching grant.
    • High School (grades 9, 10, 11) live action or animation: $350 cash prize + $350 matching grant.
    • Senior Year + University (grade 12 or enrolled university students through age 25) live action: $1,000 university scholarship + $1,000 matching grant.
    • Middle School + Post-Graduate (grade 6 through age 25) animation/stop-motion: $1,000 university scholarship or cash prize + $1,000 matching grant.
    • Senior Year + Post-Graduate (grade 12 or enrolled university students or beyond through age 25) live action or animation/stop-motion, Planet Warrior Prize for Creativity, in honor of Sally Stovall, co-founder of Green Community Connections: $1,000 university scholarship or cash prize + $1,000 matching grant.
    • Post-Graduate (recent university graduate through age 25) live action or animation/stop-motion: $1,000 college scholarship or cash prize + $1,000 matching grant.
  • Matching Grant: In addition to the cash prize or scholarship, each winner will receive the privilege of selecting the recipient of a matching grant. The grant will be donated to a non-profit organization or community sustainability project that the winner chooses, subject to Sponsor’s approval.

Eligibility Criteria

• One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest is open to students from grade 3 through university and above, based on the student’s grade level (through age 25).  As an example of the appropriate entrant category, students who have completed grade 11 at the time of making/producing the film and submit an entry before commencing grade 12 will be considered entrants for grade 12.
• Starting in 2023, the Contest began accepting submissions from students living outside the U.S.
• Employees and family members of One Earth Collective (the Non-Profit hereafter referred to as “Sponsor”) are not eligible.
• For entrants under the age of 18 or under a legal disability, the form must be signed online by a parent or legal guardian who accepts responsibility on behalf of the entrant and agrees to bind the entrant to the rules.
• Films should be submitted in either the English language or with English language subtitles for all text and audible words. All correspondence with sponsor, including entry forms and support materials, must be in the English language.

For more information, visit One Earth Collective.