2019 Global Sustainability Film Awards shortlist announced Admin/ October 22, 2019/ newsFrom a list of films showing projects across 24 different countries, leading communications and sustainability experts have selected a shortlist to go forward to the final judges of the 2019 Global Sustainability Film Awards.
The shortlisting panel judged the films against two main criteria: creative execution and the credibility of the sustainability initiatives they depict.
The shortlisted films show sustainability work from around the world, from an app for reforestation in the Philippines to a circular economy model used to produce tequila in Mexico, from carbon free cooling in China to biomedical innovation using forestry off cuts in Finland. Watch the full list of submissions across the six award categories.
Nick Nuttall, international communications director of Earth Day Network, chaired the shortlisting panels: I think we have handed over to the final judging a very rich array of films that present fresh and new ideas on the challenges of our time videos that showcase sustainability solutions in local and national contexts that also have potential for scaling-up to have global impact.'
A final judging panel, chaired by sustainability communications strategist and Vice President of Bloom Victoria Brooks, will select the winners. Winning films will be announced and showcased at the high-profile film awards ceremony on 18 November at The May Fair Hotel.
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The 2019 Shortlisted films are:
AI and Digital Innovation
Environmental Defense Fund | Breathe London
World Wide Generation | Mobilising a generation
WWF UK | Robot cameras reveal secret lives of basking sharks
Companies Taking Climate Action
Environmental Defense Fund | Innovating to save the monarch butterfly
Mynt | GCash Forest
Olleco | Introducing Olleco's Climate Emergency Service
Tequila Herradura | Zero Waste at Casa Herradura
WWF UK | How underwater farming could revolutionise food production
Infrastructures for the Future
CineTecture | A Low Carbon Future for China's Furnace Cities
EBRD | Green Cities Programme
WWF UK | How turning cities into giant sponges can help tackle floods
Sky: Beyond Plastic
City to Sea | Be a Good A**Hole
City to Sea | Turning Tides
Dow | Building Hope
Halo Coffee Co. | The world's best coffees in a way that's best for the world
RB | The planet is talking. Are you listening?
Sustainable Transactions
Barclays and Unreasonable Group | Unreasonable Impact, created with Barclays
Mynt | GCash Forest
Transforming Society
Fair Trade USA Celebrates 20 Years of Impact
Keppel Land | A Gift of Sight
MultiVu Creative | Kimberly-Clark: A Water Story
UPM | UPM GrowDex A unique biomedical innovation and a true climate action from sustainably managed forest
Waterman Group | Waterman celebrates International Women in Engineering Day 2018
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The annual tve Global Sustainability Film Awards, now their 8th year, celebrate short films showing authentic and innovative sustainability initiatives from companies and institutions worldwide. Jennifer Viccars, Octopus Group's brand and marketing director, is president of the 2019 Awards which will take place on 18 November 2019 at The May Fair Hotel, London. Reserve your ticket to the ceremony and gala dinner event here. Winning films will be announced and showcased from across the following competitive categories: Companies Taking Climate Action, Transforming Society, Sustainable Transactions, Sky: Beyond Plastic, Infrastructures for the Future, and AI and Digital Innovation. tve will also run the nominated categories, The Founder's Award for Sustainability on the Big Screen, an award for feature length films addressing one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; and the PA Award for Environmental Storytelling. www.gsfa.tve.org
tve is the non-profit based in London that organises the Awards. It creates and enables others to create powerful, effective communications about the environment and sustainable development. Through film, animation, documentaries, debates and social media, the media charity reaches global audiences, giving a voice to a new generation committed to a greener and fairer world. The Awards are tve's main fundraiser each year. www.tve.org
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