About Our 2022 Sustainable Stories Film Fest
On the one hand, the festival wants to expose students, faculty & staff of the university, as well as the larger Houston – Galveston community, to ideas, concepts and stories of sustainability. On the other hand, we want to empower filmmakers, both local, national and international, who are working on sustainability-related subjects & stories. All participating films & artwork have to be about an aspect of sustainability. This does not only include environmental sustainability, such as sustainable water usage, sustainable energy usage, sustainable city planning, sustainable agriculture & gardening, resilience, etc., but also social sustainability and social justice, economic sustainability and educational sustainability. Films about sustainable outdoor fun and recreation and sustainability-themed music videos are also invited to participate. Productions can be documentaries, narrative films, animations, VR / AR productions, experimental films, etc. The festival is divided into a 3-day short film festival, scheduled for November 9 – 11, 2022 and a separate ongoing bi-weekly screening series of long format films, starting in September 2022. The short film festival is accompanied by an equally themed art exhibit in the UHCL art gallery which is open to the public November 5 - December - December 15. The screenings are taking place at the University of Houston - Clear Lake’s state of the art 500-seat Bayou Theater and at the university’s art gallery. Participating films and other artwork are selected by professionals in both the areas of filmmaking / art and sustainability. The festival is also accompanied by several sustainability-themed panel discussions with local experts and a vendor expo featuring local sustainability-related organizations. This second edition of our festival builds on a successful inaugural edition in 2021, which screened over 80 films in altogether 7 screening locations and was attended by over 1000 people.
2022 Film Fest Categories
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST PERTAIN TO THE SUBJECT OF SUSTAINABILITY
Super Extremely Short Films - films up to one minute long
Extremely Short Films - films from one to three minutes long
Short Films - films up to seven minutes long
Medium Length Films - between eight minutes to 45 minutes long
Long Format Films - between 45 and 90 minutes long
Local Films (Houston/Galveston Area) - films must be either made by filmmakers from the Houston/Galveston area or ABOUT the Houston/Galveston area
Photographs and other non-time-based projects - digital photos, AR and VR