Yale Environment 360 Film Contest 2025 ($3,000 prize)

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About Yale Environment 360 Film Contest

Now in its 12th year, the Yale Environment 360 Film Contest is accepting entries from filmmakers around the world who are using the power of short film to spotlight critical environmental issues. The contest recognizes the year's best environmental short films, with a focus on originality, visual storytelling, and compelling perspectives on pressing ecological challenges.

The Yale Environment 360 Film Contest provides a global platform for filmmakers to amplify environmental awareness and action. Entries must explore a significant environmental topic, whether through documentary storytelling, investigative reporting, or creative narrative formats.

The contest judges will be Yale Environment 360 editor-in-chief Roger Cohn, Pulitzer Prize winner and e360 contributing writer Elizabeth Kolbert, and Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Thomas Lennon.

• School: Yale School of the Environment

Benefits of Yale Environment 360 Film Contest

Prizes

• The first-place winner will receive $3,000
• The second-place winner $2,000
• The third-place winner $1,000.
• The winning entries will be posted on Yale Environment 360.

Yale Environment 360 Film Contest Requirements

• Open to filmmakers worldwide.
• Submissions should focus on an environmental issue and be a maximum of 20 minutes in length.
• Films that are funded by an organization or company and are primarily about that organization or company are not eligible.

Application Date and Process

Click on the link to the application website to upload your entry through Film Freeway. The deadline for entries is Sunday, May 25, 2025.

Application Deadline

25 May, 2025

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