The Solar Punk Film Festival will take place in Portland, Oregon, in June 2025. Submissions will go through the Film Freeway portal.
1) Submission Period
Submissions will be accepted from January 10 to May 16th, 2025.
2) Eligibility
Films must adhere to the Solar Punk theme, exploring sustainability, innovation, and community-building.
Submissions must be fictional, but may be animated or live-action.
Must be free of copyright content.
Film length: 2 to 15 minutes.
Excessive violence or nudity will result in disqualification.
3) Submission Guidelines
Films must be submitted in mp4 or mov format via FilmFreeway.
All submitted works must be the original creation of the filmmaker, with all rights and permissions secured.
4) Submission fee
All submissions are to be paid by credit card or PayPal via Film Freeway.
The submission fee is non-refundable.
5) Selection Process
Eight finalists will be selected for screening at the festival.
Films will be judged based on creativity, storytelling, production quality, and alignment with the Solar Punk theme.
6) Screenings and Scheduling
Screenings will occur at a theater in Portland, Oregon.
The festival reserves the right to adjust the schedule as needed.
7) Promotional Rights
By submitting a film, entrants grant SPFF permission to use clips, stills, and promotional materials for marketing and event promotion.
a hopeful, solution-driven outlook on environmental and societal futures. A genre that envisions what is possible in a future that centers the interdependence of technology and nature.
Popular pieces of fiction within the genre are: Hayao Miyazaki’s Naussica Valley of the Wind, Black Panther, Oblivion.
The Solar Punk Film Festival (SPFF) invites filmmakers, visionaries, and changemakers to share short films that embody the Solar Punk philosophy: a hopeful, solution-driven outlook on environmental and societal futures.
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SPFF will feature two screenings at a theater in Portland, Oregon. Submissions should adhere to the Solar Punk theme. Films should be 2 – 15 minutes long, fictional, but can be animated or live-action. Eight finalists will be selected to screen their films at the festival. These films will be evaluated by a panel of guest judges and audience members, with winners announced following the final screening.
Winner: $3,000 Visa gift card
Runner-Up: $500 Visa gift card
Audience Choice Award: $300 Visa gift card
Finalists: Gift boxes featuring curated goods from Portland-based B Corporations
All finalists will have their films screened during the festival and evaluated by a panel of guest judges and the audience. Winners will be announced following the final screening.
