New Roads School Presents: 
Climate Changemaker Teen Film Festival 2024
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! 
The winning films are listed below. We will be planting trees in the names of the filmmakers through TeamTrees.org 
Please consider submitting a film next year and join us again! 
 
WINNING FILMS: 
Upper School Best Short Film 
Echoes of Humanity by Arnav Begal 
 
Upper School Best Short Film - Runner Up 
The Fire and The Forest by Lawrence Hon 
 
Upper School Best Impact Film 
The Fisherman by Gaël Combe Espinel
 
Upper School Best Impact Film - Runner Up 
The Power of Compost by Allison Keil
 
Middle School Best Short Film 
Methane Dragon by Simon Castleman, Kevin Collins, Cyrus Jackson, Leah Montgomery
 
Middle School Best Film - Runner Up
Human Activities Cause Declining Biodiversity: Solutions to Protect our Ecosystems by Sufi Momin
Middle School Best Impact Film 
The Ecological Monster by Stanislava Fokina, Yaroslava Spoda, Miroslav Osipov
 
Middle School Best Impact Film - Runner Up 
Robbie & Mollie by Kids 'N Tricks
 
Upper School Audience Choice Award
The Message From Nature by Fiorenza Sepdwina A S, Arham Sangaji S, Galang Priya R, and Achmad Dwi A, Rizqya Ghaisan B and Keisya N P
  
Middle School Audience Choice Award
Kuinerraq by Magnus Shipe  
 
Festival Submission for 2025: 
 
Festival Producers:
Michelle Bernstein
Mark Vickers-Willis
New Roads School

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New Roads School is a college preparatory K-12 private independent school in Santa Monica, CA, serving over 514 school age 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.