Inaugural Climate Film Festival a huge success
New York City’s Climate Film Festival (an organization fiscally sponsored by Ecologistics) held its first film festival during Climate Week NYC in September. In its first year CCF is already one of the biggest contributors to Climate Week, holding 41 events in a little over one week. Here is a breakdown of their accomplishments:
- 3,000+ tickets booked by nearly 2,000 attendees
- 60 films shown across 26 unique screenings
- 8 panels and workshops held on climate storytelling
- 7 filmmaker networking events
- 56 sponsors and partners supported the inaugural festival
- 100+ volunteers joined forces to put on the festival
CFF’s awards reception was held on Sunday, September 22. The ceremony featured a closing keynote from James Honeyborne of Netflix’s upcoming series “Our Oceans.” Here are some of the winners:
Audience Choice – “One With the Whale”
Climate Action Award – “Valve Turners”
Documentary Feature – “Searching for Amani”
Documentary Short – “The Last of the Nightingales”
Narrative Short – “When the Wind Rises”
We are so proud of what CFF accomplished in its first year and wish them the best in 2025. For more information go to https://www.climatefilmfest.com/
