“Changing Climate, Changing Lives” Film Festival

This year’s festival will take place in Bangkok and selected cities throughout Thailand in February 2025, comprising of film screenings and talks.

Filmmakers based in Asia are invited to submit fiction, documentary, experimental, and animated short films. All films selected will be eligible for Jury Awards in documentary and non-documentary categories as well as special awards, including the Youth Jury Award, the Audience Award, and the Young Filmmaker Award for filmmakers under 25 years old.

Categories

• Judged by film critics, filmmakers, and environmental academics, the CCCL Short Film Competition is divided into two categories:
  • Documentary Category​​​​
  • Non-Documentary Category

Award Information

• Main Award
  • Grand Jury Prize: the winning film receives THB 50,000
  • Jury Prize: the winning film receives THB 30,000
  • Special Mention: the film receives THB 20,000
• Special Prizes
  • Youth Jury Award (20,000 THB)
    • This award is judged by youth representatives. It’s reserved for films produced by young filmmakers who is 25 years old and under.
  • Audience Choice Award (10,000 THB).
    • This award is judged by the festival audience.
  • Young Filmmaker Award (20,000 THB).
    • This award is for a filmmaker who is 25 years old and under.

Eligibility Criteria

• Short films must tell a story related to the climate crisis (such as climate change impacts on lives and communities, how people handle climate challenges, and innovative approaches to climate adaptation or mitigation). The story may focus on a particular geographical region or community or may be a broad theme or deep dive into a particular topic or sector. Storytelling should be creative, authoritative, or provocative.
• The total length of the film must be under 15 minutes (inclusive of the title sequence and closing credits)
• Submission is open to short films of any genre (e.g., documentary, fiction, experimental, animation).
• Only short films produced by filmmakers based in Asian countries are accepted. Any film in a language other than standard Thai must provide English or Thai subtitles.

Selection Criteria

• The first round of selection will be determined by CCCL. Ideal projects are those with a fresh voice, vision, and point of view telling impactful stories about climate change. The films selected in this round will be screened at the 5th CCCL Film Festival in February 2025.
• Award winners will be announced at the award ceremony during the festival. Films in the main competition will be judged by a panel of a film critic, a filmmaker, and an environmental expert. The Special Prizes will be judged by different groups of jury depending on the category.

Conditions

• Film works submitted to the festival must not infringe on intellectual property rights. If a violation occurs The applicant must be solely responsible.
• Link: Short films that applicants submit to the festival for consideration must be available for viewing until January 15, 2024.
• CCCL Film Festival cannot provide feedback or comments to applicants who submit short films to the festival.
• The festival reserves the right to award the winning prize. If the judging panel approves.
• The Festival reserves the right to change entry conditions without prior notice.
• If the short film passes the selection Applicants have the right to allow the CCCL Film Festival to showcase their short films at CCCL Film Festival-related events or educational events.

For more information, visit Tonkla Rak Lok Foundation.