The Cresting International Short Film Competition: Video Competition 2021

The Cresting International Short Film Competition: Video Competition 2021 now is over!

The Cresting International Short Film Competition: Video Competition 2021: The Cresting International Short Film Competition: Video Competition 2021 now is opened for entries calling for circular economy themed and attention grabbing videos to spread socio-environmental awareness.

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The Cresting International Short Film Competition now is opened for entries and calls for circular economy themed and attention grabbing videos to spread socio-environmental awareness.

Practices such as re-use, material recovery, repair, composting, or buying second-hand have been with us from an early age. Yet, it is only recently that they are commonly referred to as ‘circular’. A circular economy is based on the principles of maximising the use of resources, designing out waste and pollution, and regenerating natural systems. By challenging the ‘throwaway culture’, circular economy is seen as an opportunity to benefit people, planet and the profit: to boost economic competitiveness, create new good quality jobs and shared spaces to socialize, and decrease carbon dependency.

Do you have a great example of a circular economy initiative in your neighbourhood, local community, city, company or perhaps household? The films will be evaluated by a jury consisting of film professionals and CRESTING researchers.

The winner will be announced during the Final Cresting conference, which will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London (UK) on the 15th of December 2021. The conference will host some of the key circular pioneers.

Submission requirements:

➜ To participate you need to send an email with interest to eucresting@gmail.com and you will receive an online application form to submit the film.

➜ In case the video is not in English you need to include subtitles) together with 2 screenshots from the film (.jpg format). One applicant can only submit a maximum of 2 films. The film submited need to be max. 4 minutes of length. It can be of any genre (documentary, animation, puppet film etc.)

Evaluation Criteria:

➜ creativity
➜ originality
➜ strength of social and environmental messages
➜ potential impact on citizens and decision makers
➜ professionalism

Who may enter?

This competition is open to anyone. Organiser will happily receive films from all over the world.

Prize:

The 1st prize winner will receive digital gift card worth 400 EUR, the 2nd prize winner will receive gift card worth 200 EUR (the cards can be used worldwide at all locations where Mastercard is accepted).