Action4Climate: Environmental Documentary Competition

Connect4Climate (C4C) has just launched Action4Climate: a new global competition for the best environmental documentary on climate change.

Action4Climate invites young aspiring filmmakers to produce and submit a 1-12 minute video documentary telling a story about climate change.

The competition is open to young filmmakers from all over the world (individuals and teams of 5 or less) in two age groups: 14–17 and 18–35.

Award-winning film directors and producers, and international organization representatives will select the winning entries:

Bernardo Bertolucci - President of the Jury
Atom Egoyan
Marc Forster
Mika Kaurismaki
Rose Kuo
Rachel Kyte
Cynthia López
Fernando Meirelles
Mira Nair
Bob Rafelson
Walter Salles
Pablo Trapero
Wim Wenders

Messages from the jury (Fernando Meirelles, Wim Wenders, Mika Kaurismaki and Bernardo Bertolucci)

The winners will be awarded with cash prizes up to USD $15,000 or video equipment. Winning films will go to major film festivals and will be featured on the new MTV Voices platform.

The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2014.

For more information about the competition, please check the website.