Real Food Films Contest

[NOTE: CONTEST OPEN FOR ENTRIES ON OCTOBER 10, 2015. SUBMISSIONS DUE MARCH 1, 2016.] CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS AND REAL FOOD STORYTELLERS! The Real Food Films Contest is back for its 3rd year and looking for YOUR films on sustainability, food waste, urban agriculture, drought, underreported issues and creative solutions around food and farming. From documentary to advocacy, animation to spoken word—all formats are welcome for your 4-minute or less submission. Our incredible team of judges—including Filmmakers Philip Bloom and Brad Simpson, Chef Tom Colicchio, Upworthy's Eli Pariser, Davia Nelson of NPR's The Kitchen Sisters, the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation and many more—is looking for powerful, original films in diverse formats covering underreported issues, innovative sustainability strategies and compelling stories of food producers, workers and more. Check out past winners, get inspired and grab that camera! The Real Food Films Contest is a tremendous opportunity for aspiring and seasoned filmmakers as well as advocacy groups with a story to tell: Winning films receive cash prizes - including over $15k in total and a $5,000 Grand Prize - distribution with media partners around the world, from film festivals to online platforms like Vimeo and Upworthy, and screenings at our very own Pop-Up Film Fests. To date, more than 200 Real Food Films Pop-Up Film Fests have been hosted around the world from Romania to New Zealand, Montreal to Missouri. And remember, we're interested in originality and creativity, not another film about beautiful bunches of kale—though we do love kale. ENTRIES MUST BE BETWEEN 30 SECONDS – 4 MINUTES* *Length includes Title (required) and end credits (optional). Originality: All Entries must be made specifically for the Contest. Remixed or shortened versions of footage are welcome, but Entries must not have been publicly screened, posted on the Internet, or screened at a film festival in the same format submitted to the Contest. (See Terms & Conditions: http://realfoodfilms.org/terms/) Deadlines & Format: Entries must be submitted by March 1, 2016 at 9pm PST/12 midnight EST in the required format. ALL FILMS MUST BE UNDER 4 MINUTES AND MUST: - Tell a story about food, farming, and sustainability; - Paint a picture of the challenges we face; or - Share creative solutions for a better food system. SPECIFIC FILM TOPICS CAN INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: - communities taking on a big food challenge like tackling food waste or hunger - advocates exposing an underreported issue, like the impact of chemical pesticides on health or the connection between food and climate change - sharing the story of a food hero -- a farmer, farmworker, restaurateur, activist changing the food system telling the tale of a creative policy solution from a city, state or beyond - creatively showing agricultural solutions from farms in the United States or around the world