🎥 Save the Date for CFF '25!
Join us for the Second Annual Climate Film Festival during the opening weekend of Climate Week NYC this September
Mark your calendars: CFF 2025 is back September 19-22, 2025!
In just two months, join us for an incredible selection of films changing the way we look at the world. Discover 60+ films, from iconic classics to breathtaking world premieres.
Can’t wait to dive in? Now’s your chance to pre-register for tickets, or get hands-on as a volunteer or sponsor of the festival.
In this Newsletter:
🎟️ Save the Date
🙋 Open Call for CFF Volunteers
🤝 Sponsor CFF
🎥 Climate Film Recap: We Are Guardians NYC Premiere
🎟️ Save the Date for CFF 2025!
The Climate Film Festival takes place opening weekend of Climate Week NYC, Fri. Sept. 19 - Mon. Sept. 22.
Ready for the festival? Sign up now to save the date and be the first to hear when tickets are available. Click here to add it to your calendar.
The festival opens Friday evening, September 19th, and continues with two full days of 60+ films, public programming, and industry events on Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st.
On Monday September 22, join us for our first annual Narrative Change Summit, showcasing the impact of major NGOs and companies collaborating with filmmakers and creatives. The Summit highlights successful collaborations, case studies, and learned lessons from these partnerships, demonstrating how large organizations can work with cultural innovators to make climate mainstream. Register here.
🙋 Volunteer at CFF 2025!
Calling all film lovers, environmentalists, and local New Yorkers! We’re on the lookout for energetic, passionate, creative, and hands-on volunteers to help with the second-annual Climate Film Festival NYC.
Whether it’s working the box office, greeting filmmakers, or whipping up climate solutions social media content, our CFF volunteer team is the glue that holds the festival together.
Interested in volunteering with us? Click here to learn more and apply.
🤝 Partner with CFF 2025
Want to take your involvement with CFF to the next level? Become a sponsor!
Sponsoring CFF is a unique and impactful way to show up during Climate Week NYC: bring key stakeholders to film events with your logo on the big screen, engage the wider community with public programs and onsite activations, and meet and support the people pushing forward climate and culture. Sponsor opportunities include support for films and program tracks, onsite activations, named awards, onscreen moments, and more.
Sponsors make CFF possible, allowing us to provide subsidized tickets, free educational programs, filmmaker support, and generally put on a great event in NYC!
Interested in learning more? Contact alec@climatefilmfest.com for further information.
🎥 We Are Guardians raises over $1 million
CFF was proud to be a partner on the opening weekend screenings of We Are Guardians—an award-winning documentary that follows Indigenous forest guardians in Brazil who risk everything to protect the Amazon.
We are Guardians is a must-watch movie and an example of how film can translate into action, raising over $1 million for rainforest preservation.
Directed by Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman and executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, We Are Guardians illuminates one of the most critical ecological and human rights crises of our time, revealing how the fate of the Amazon is inextricably linked to our global climate future.
✍️ Hot Off the Presses
Sustainable Entertainment Alliance’s “Sustainability On Screen: A Research Database”
Producing for the Planet’s “Climate Action for Emerging Producers and Low-Budget Production” Guide
💡 Opportunities and Events
7/27: Climate Imaginarium’s Climate Horror Short Film Showcase
8/21: Application Deadline for Climate Spring’s Assistant Coordinator Position
9/15: Vital Impact’s 2025 Environmental Photography Grants and Mentorships
Ongoing: Film Independent Climate Entertainment Initiative Labs, Fellowships, and Grants