Filmambiente | International Environment Films Festival (15)

Inicio Festival: 23 septiembre 2026      Fin Festival: 02 octubre 2026

Filmambiente, the International Environmental Film Festival, annually shows the best recent films and videos on Human Rights and environmental issues, to create awareness, provoke debate and to widen knowledge and conscience on the need of urgent changes in the behavior of people, governments and companies, in order to preserve the planet. All the screenings are free of charge to reach a broad audience.

Filmambiente works all year around in association with other environmental film festivals, through the Green Film Network, to broaden awareness and attends different festivals and film events worldwide, to select the best available films and videos to present to the Brazilian audience.

The Official Jury will select the Best Brazilian Feature Documentary, the Best International Feature Documentary, the Best Short Fiction and Animation and the Best Short Documentary. It will also award the best director in all these categories and may give one special award per category.

The public will choose the best films in each category.

All award-winning films will receive a trophy. The festival may also award cash prizes; in which case the amounts will be announced yearly.

Films can also be selected for non competitives categories

The 15th Filmambiente will take place in Rio de Janeiro, September 23rd to October 2nd, 2026, presencial and online, geo-blocked to Brazil.

Submissions are open for feature and short documentaries, fiction films, experimental and animations on Human Rights and environmental issues.

To participate, visit our website at www.filmambiente.com and select Festhome as a platform to submit your film - according to the following requirements:

Feature film:

1. Completed in the last two years (2024 onwards) minimum duration of 60 min;

2. Not shown nor released in cinemas and television, home video or internet in Brazil;

3. Have a digital screening copy in high definition (1920X1080);

4. Not available on the Internet.

NOTE: films completed before and publicly screened in Brazil may be submitted but can only be selected for non-competitive sessions.


Short film:

1. Completed in the last two years (2024 onwards), maximum length of 20 min;

2. Not shown or released in cinemas, television, home video or internet in Brazil;

3. Have a digital selection copy in high definition (1920X1080);

4. Not available on the Internet.

NOTE: films of different lengths or completed before and publicly shown in Brazil may be submitted, but can only be selected for non-competitive sessions.


To submit:

1. Fill out and send the submission form, where you must include a link to view the film.

2. The copy must contain subtitles in Portuguese or English, if the film is not spoken in either language.

3. Be aware that the information provided in the submission form will be used in the catalog, should the film be selected for any of the festival categories;

4. It is at the discretion of the selection committee to include the film in any of the festival categories;

5. By submitting your film, you agree to up to 2 screenings during the festival - and 5 more at events organized throughout the year, including events in Portugal and Africa. Should this happen, the production will always be consulted to confirm your authorization.

6. After selection, the film may no longer be removed from the program.


SELECTION

1. The results will be announced in July on the festival website, and only the selected films will be contacted by the festival;

2. If the original language of the film is not Portuguese, a dialogue list in English with time-code must be provided to allow translation and subtitling. Films spoken in a language other than English must provide a screening copy with English subtitles;

3. Films spoken in Portuguese need a screening copy with English subtitles. Otherwise, a dialogue list with time-code in this language must be provided. The festival will indicate how to send the screening copy

4. The selected films must send the festival two good photos of the film, a poster, and a photo of the director (300 dpi), a short synopsis (max 350 characters), a link to a downloadable trailer and - if possible - two minutes of the film for advertising purposes. If you do not have the latter, you automatically allow the festival to extract these two minutes from the screening copy previously sent.

Please send all informations via by email, Wetransfer or any other program that allows data transfer. Do not send paper.

5. The film may be removed from the festival by the organizers if the format of the screening copy is not as previously indicated.


INVITEES AND TRANSPORTATION

1. The festival may invite directors of the selected films to present and discuss their film with the audience, providing hotel and transportation. Other members of the crew are also welcome to attend, but support from the festival will be limited;


AWARDS:

The jury will select the best Brazilian Feature Documentary and the Best International Feature Documentary; the Best Short Fiction and Animation and the Best Short Documentary; the best director in these categories, and may award one special prize in each of them.

The public will also choose the Best Film in all 4 categories.

All award-winning films will receive a trophy. The festival may also award cash prizes; in which case the amounts will be announced yearly.