CEC will show environmental and educational films that illustrate the earth’s beauty, the challenges facing our planet, and the work communities are doing to protect the environment—with a focus on environmental stories with a direct tie-in to the Houston/Gulf Coast region. Through these films, CEC hopes to inform people about the state of the Houston/Gulf Coast region and world, and inspire them to take action.
****We are looking for films with an environmental message specific to the Houston/Gulf Coast region.**** If you are neither a locally-based filmmaker or submitting a film featuring the Houston region, please do not submit a film.
Films should be no more than seven minutes and must be suitable for the big screen.
CEC accepts all films with an environmental theme including documentaries, animation, shorts, features, and narratives. We look for environmental films that are entertaining, educational, and above all inspirational. We want our audiences to be inspired to make a difference in our communities and world. Possible topics might include climate change, biodiversity, water quality, teaching youth, and much more.
The board of the CEC will, at their sole discretion, select the films to be shown at the November screening, and will select the two films to be shown at the CEC screening of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour on January 24 & 25, 2018. Response by the audience at the November screening will be considered when selecting the final films. By screening the films, the intent of the CEC is to provide broader exposure to inspiring, local environmental stories told through film.
By entering a film for consideration, the submitter understands that they agree to the following:
• They own or control the film's copyright and are duly authorized to submit the film to the Greater Houston Environmental Film Festival
• If chosen, the submitter grants CEC non-exclusive screening permission for unlimited showings on November 16, 2016, and on January 24-27, 2017..
• CEC reserves the right to copy and use any publicity materials (photographs, film stills, trailers, and film segments up to 3 minutes) for non-commercial promotional purposes and for archival material, at no additional cost.
• While the utmost care is taken to safely handle every submission, CEC is not responsible for the loss or damage of film media during the Festival - This includes media sent to and from the CEC office.
• The film contains no material which could result in tort claims, royalty claims, claims for breach of contract, or claims of any sort whatsoever.
• CEC and its partners are harmless from any claims connected with the film. The submitter will bear the cost of all legal fees incurred as a result of the defense of such a claim.