Climate Media Campaign

• High quality completed and engaging and compelling feature length and short documentary films from the global south with strong climate change themes.
• If the film is not completed, we welcome rough cuts for submissions as long as the film would be completed in time.
• The filmmaker must have a clearly defined goal and outcomes for the outreach screening campaign
• The filmmaker must have a clearly identified beneficiary community
• We encourage the filmmaker to go beyond the clichéd community outreach screening and seek to engage and collaborate with the community and others and make the event memorable.
• The filmmaker must have a strong social media engagement strategy

including a website with all the information about the film and outreach campaign engagement tools to help audiences act and drive the awareness process

• The filmmaker must clearly outline how they will evaluate the impact and success of their awareness film screening campaign
• The filmmaker must have clearly planned out agenda for the screening event and how it will be documented.
• Bold and insightful films by  that bring light stories of women and climate change in the Global South will also be  strongly considered
• Submission is through www.filmfreeway.com or our website www.ahrff.com
• Deadline for submissions is July 31, 2023.
• Selected filmmakers will be required to pitch their project online in July 2023 at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa
• Successful applicants will receive between US$3000- US$5000 for their community climate awareness film screening campaigns.

• High-quality completed feature-length and short documentary films from the global south with strong climate change themes.
• The film must have a strong outreach campaign plan including a website and a social media engagement strategy
• A total of 20 films will be selected for festival screening to be held both on-site and online
• Bold and insightful films that bring light stories of women and climate change in the Global South will also be  strongly considered
• Four outstanding films at the event will be awarded USD$2000 each
• Through partnerships, a total of five films will be selected for screening during our capacity building workshop event to be held  at the prestigious  44^th Durban International Film Festival to beheld between July 20 and July 30, 2023
• Through partnerships, some films will be selected for grassroots awareness screenings in frontline communities in Southern Africa
• Submission is through www.filmfreeway.com or through our website www.ahrff.com
• Deadline is July 31, 2023