New Roads School Presents: 
Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival 2025
Thank you for joining us and helping us celebrate Earth Day. 
We hope you were moved by the climate change-related short films made by teen filmmakers from around the world! Please join us again next year.  

2025 WINNING FILMS:
Best US Short Film 
1st Place: Sol and the Human of the Future by Anastasia Aslanishvili
Runner Up: A Message from the Haenyeo by Jihwan Choi

Best US Impact Film
1st Place: Made In China by Frania Stańczyk
Runner Up: Happy Fish by Madeline Yutong Wong

Best MS Short Film 
1st Place: PCADS: Firefighting With Water Balloons by Joel Hoffman
Runner Up: Jungle In My Head by Ewa Kromuszczynska, Kalina Zawada, Weronika Śmieszek - Zajac, Helena Dys, Antonia Buczkowska, Zofia Szablowska

Best MS Impact Film 
1st Place: Momo, The Groundhog by Annie, Elodie, Emil, Irma, Lily, Roman, Runa
  
Audience Choice Winners:
Middle School Audience Choice 
Seed to Tree by Ravi Vest

Upper School Audience Choice
One Fragile World by Soham Punjani

The Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival was created to give middle school and high school students (10-18 years old) a space to express themselves through short films that explore climate change-related topics or call-to-action films that inspire viewers to make a change. 

Each year we receive hundreds of entries from across the globe showcasing the incredible talent, passion and advocacy of young filmmakers tackling the most critical issue their generation will face. All film finalists will premiere at a virtual screening of the Climate Changemaker Film Festival the week of Earth Week. 

To Submit your film for consideration, visit:
DEADLINE: March 22nd, 2026

Event Date: April 14th 2026

Winning films will be announced during the festival event. 

CATEGORIES INCLUDE: 
Short Films (2 - 5 minutes) 
Narratives / Documentaries / Music Videos 

Impact Films (30 seconds - 2 minutes) 
Super Short Films
Short films that invite the viewer to take a desired action. 

AWARD CATEGORIES: 
Best Short Film (Middle and High School)
Best Impact Film (Middle and High School)
Audience Choice Award


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Questions?
Contact Michelle Bernstein 
 
Festival Producers: 
Michelle Bernstein
Steven Jacobson
Mark Vickers-Willis
New Roads Upper School Environmental Club
New Roads School is a college preparatory K-12 private independent school in Santa Monica, CA, serving over 514 elementary school, middle school and high school children from the greater Los Angeles area. New Roads School provides an inspired educational program from which an authentically diverse student population, mirroring the rich diversity of Los Angeles, develops a personal dedication to learning, a respect for independent thinking, and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people.
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