World Wildlife Film Festival (1)

Festival start: 01 March 2025      Festival end: 02 March 2025

The World Wildlife Film Festival is an online celebration of the environment, nature, and the human relationship with the planet. This festival seeks to inspire, inform, and encourage action through powerful visual storytelling that highlights the beauty of the natural world, the challenges it faces, and the sustainable solutions we can adopt to protect it.

Through diverse narratives, from documentaries and short films to animations and experimental visuals, the festival aims to spark meaningful conversations around environmental conservation, climate change, and eco-friendly lifestyles. We invite filmmakers, activists, nature lovers, and change-makers from across the globe to come together and celebrate the planet we share.

All selected films will be evaluated by a jury of environmental activists, filmmakers, and subject matter experts. The jury’s decisions are final and cannot be contested.

The following awards will be presented:
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Audience Choice Award
Best Youth Film
Best Experimental Film
Best Animated Film

Audience Choice Award: Audience members will vote for their favorite films by liking or commenting on YouTube. The film with the most engagement will win this award.

Rules and Terms

By submitting your film trailer to the Film Festival, you agree to the following rules and terms:

1. Eligibility:

Theme: All submissions must address environmental themes such as sustainability, conservation, climate change, eco-friendly living, or human interaction with nature.

Completion Date: Films must have been completed after May 2024.

Language: Trailers and films in any language are welcome, but English subtitles must be provided if the film’s dialogue is in a language other than English.

Originality: Submissions must be the original work of the applicant, and the applicant must own or have cleared all rights (including music and image rights) to the film submitted.

Worldwide Participation: The festival is open to filmmakers from all countries, and submissions are welcome from professionals, amateurs, and students.

2. Film Categories:

Documentaries: Feature or short films focused on environmental issues, conservation, or sustainability.

Narrative Films: Fictional films with a strong environmental theme.

Short Films: Films under 20 minutes addressing ecological or nature-related topics.

Experimental Films: Films that use innovative, artistic, or non-traditional storytelling techniques.

Youth Films: Films created by filmmakers under 25 years old with a focus on environmental themes.

Animated Films: Environmentally-themed animated works, in any style.

3. Submission Process:
Submission Fee: A non-refundable fee of USD 15 is required for each film submission.

Direct Film Submission: Filmmakers must submit their complete films directly for consideration.
Submission Platform: All films must be submitted digitally via Festhome.

Film Format: Accepted formats include .MP4, .MOV, and .AVI.

Film Duration: There are no strict time limits for feature films, but short films must be under 20 minutes.

4. Copyright and Permissions:
By submitting your trailer, you affirm that you have obtained all necessary licenses, permissions, and rights for all content in your trailer and film, including but not limited to music, images, footage, and artwork.

The trailer and film must not infringe upon the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or any other legal rights of any person or entity.
Film Festival is not responsible for any claims or disputes related to the trailer or film’s content and its copyright.


5. Technical Requirements:
Trailers and films must be uploaded in HD quality, with a resolution of at least 720p (1280x720). Higher resolutions, such as 1080p (1920x1080), are preferred.

Ensure that the file is properly formatted for online streaming. Poor audio or video quality may affect selection.

Trailers should be precisely 30 seconds long.

6. Privacy and Data Use:
Personal data collected from the submission process will be used only for festival-related purposes. We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties.

Submitting filmmakers agree to have their name, film title, and trailer listed on the festival’s website and promotional materials.

7. Withdrawal Policy:
Trailers and films may be withdrawn from the festival only before the Notification of Selection date. If a submission is withdrawn after selection, no re-submissions will be allowed.

8. Liability:
The festival and its organizers are not responsible for any damage or loss to films, trailers, materials, or any legal issues that arise from the submission, screening, or promotion of the film.

The festival reserves the right to cancel or alter the event dates and terms without prior notice.