Call for entries 2024
Dear filmmakers,
you are welcome to submit your movie to the 10th Edition of the Greenmotions Filmfestival in Freiburg, Germany! Greenmotions inspires and encourages people to take active participation in the transition towards a regenerative culture in which humanity harmonises with the rest of the natural world.
For a lot of us there seems to be a gap between this vision and the reality of our daily lives. And that’s where your films come in.
We screen solution-oriented, constructive and empowering films dealing with the environment, sustainability and beyond. The festival is open to films of all production techniques, including animation, documentary, drama, experimental or artistic films and hybrid work from low to high budgets.
We are looking for films for our four different categories: the Short Film and the Short Film for Children categories, the Feature Film and the Special Topic categories. The first three categories focus on the general theme “Beyond sustainability”. The 2024 Special Topic is:
“United in change? Striving for a Just Transition”
Crisis breeds crisis. Across the globe, political tensions are rising. The labour and environmental activist movements regularly find themselves at odds when defining the most important and urgent issues to be dealt with. As well as this, there’s growing concern that the far-right will successfully use such discontent for their own benefit. The question arises: can we unite in the face of this climate and environmental crisis to find fair solutions? This is where the idea of the Just Transition comes in, which we will explore this year through our Special Topic for the Greenmotions Film Festival 2024.
The impacts of the climate and ecological crises are increasingly apparent. The consensus is clear: our economy, society and the very way in which we live, will need to swiftly change to ward off the worst effects of this climatic emergency. Politicians across the world are scrambling to react to the situation and initiate the process of transition.
Although this process is crucial in reducing carbon emissions and environmental damages, those who are affected the most by this undertaking cannot be forgotten. While some countries and communities already suffer the negative impacts of climate change and environmental damages/ destruction, others depend upon fossil-fuel and other similarly detrimental industries to make a living. A loss of their source of income would have dramatic consequences on their lives. If we want the transition to be just, all those affected need to be considered.
Sustainable development, including the promotion of human rights, socio-economic equity and justice, must remain at the heart of climate change policy. The term Just Transition recognises the imbalanced and disjointed impacts of the transition away from fossil fuel dependences and it seeks to ensure that no one is left behind in the process. It calls upon inclusive dialogues, reflecting on historical responsibility for climate change and focusing on the needs, priorities and realities of those affected the most. If the term is still relatively unknown to many, it has found its way out of an academic niche and is now used in local, national and international political and legal discourses. Significantly, it has also become a focal point of climate and labour rights activism.
Our festival this year seeks to find films which showcase the importance of a just and fair transition for all, hopefully finding solutions to these issues along the way.
Selected films will be screened at the festival which will take place from the 6th until the 10th of November 2024. All necessary information for submitting your work to our festival and our terms of conditions for the competition can be found here.
We are looking forward to receiving your inspiring stories!
