Green Planet Films Blog

Tweet On April 22, 2010, filmmakers around the world gave a voice to the planet’s forests. This year, the camera is in your hands.  Sign up for this years film contest today and let us know what  “Breath of the Planet” means to you?    DEADLINE: May 30, 2011. LENGTH: All films must be between [...]

Tweet  Premiering in five cities across Britain, the first national UK Green Film Festival, which runs from 20 – 22 May 2011, will show a selection of the best films, documentaries and shorts that highlight climate change and other environmental issues. Produced by volunteers from Igloo Regeneration and with formative links to the San Francisco [...]

Tweet The First San Francisco Green Film Festival Includes Screenings of Over 60 Premiere Films From Around the Globe, Special Events, Parties, Panels And Educational Programs O Highlights include live satellite feed Q&A with iconic writer and environmentalist Margaret Atwood, and the West Coast premiere of Werner Herzog’s new feature documentary, visiting filmmakers from China, Sweden, [...]

‘Green’ is a deeply moving film following the lonely last days of an aging female orangutan called Green, as she witnesses the destruction of her rainforest home. Panda Award judges unanimously felt that the eloquence and passion of Rouxel was an inspiration and testament to the power of film.

The Blue Planet Film Festival endeavors to do for environmental films what Sundance did for indie films: branding a genre and making these films a staple of the general filmgoer’s cultural menu.

Tweet Another remarkable film from Cloud South Films in New Zealand. Called “…this year’s out-of-the-blue discovery” by Bill Gosden of the NZ International Film Festival, This Way of Life has been selected to screen at the 60th International Berlin Film Festival, held Feb 11-21, 2010 in Berlin. Esteemed Director Werner Hertzog is serving as President [...]

Tweet ‘Texas Gold’ has been selected among the top ten films contenders for Culture Unplugged’s  “Green Unplugged” Film-Maker’s Choice Award. This group of ten films is selected by the public and C.U. film festival team. They have been sent to esteemed film-makers /Producers / Social Scientist / Activists  across the globe for award selection. They [...]

Tweet June 23-28, 2009. Rhodes Greece 7th Annual Over 100 short to feature length documentaries with environmental and ecology themes, will be screened at Rodos ecofilms, encouraging conservation issues and issues related with the natural, the human and the built environment. Prizes will be awarded to the films for their innovative approach in conservation issues [...]

Tweet Cinemambiente – Environmental Film Festival will take place in Turin, Italy from the 8th to 13th October 2009. CinemAmbiente began in Turin in 1998, with the ambition of promoting the culture of the environment through cinema. It wants above all to be a festival involving enjoyment; here the best films of the year dealing [...]

Tweet American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) is preparing for its 2009 festival to be held November 5-8, 2009, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia (about 70 miles west of Washington, DC). the ACFF presents outstanding films dealing with natural resource conservation — films that inspire audiences to reflect upon the natural environment and view environmental challenges in [...]