How to Enter

THE EARTH IS CALLING. ANSWER THE CALL! 

#PLANET911CHALLENGE DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 8!
How to Enter
You may use film, music, spoken word, dance or any other artistic medium to tell your story on video. Share your 15-50 second story to Instagram and include in your caption an original title for your film and #Planet911Challenge.   

Add your youth organization or school’s hashtag in your caption to help your group win an additional cash prize. In addition to individual prizes the school and the youth organization with the most hashtags will win a cash prize.

Please note: your Instagram account must be set to 'public' in order for your submission to be entered into the challenge and displayed on our site! Additionally, you must post your entry in your feed to be considered.

Voting

As soon as you post your video, tell your friends to vote on the website. 

Each voter may cast one vote per day per film and vote for as many films as you like. The sooner your film is submitted, the longer it will be posted for voting. (It may take up to 48 hours after submission to show up in the voting gallery).  

Click here to see submitted films and Vote.

Prizes

Due to the Cov-19 EarthxFilm’s shift to a virtual festival in April, our plan for the winning films has shifted also. In addition to the virtual film festival screenings in April a reimagined “in-person/online” EarthxFilm Festival is being planned to take place in October for Half-Earth Day. 

The winning films will be screened online during our Earth Day celebration held April 22-27 during the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.  

In April the Grand Prize winning films will be screened during the March For Science virtual programming. Winning filmmakers will be invited to a virtual awards ceremony and to participate in a virtual filmmaker Q&A about their film.

EarthxFilm will celebrate Half Earth Day on October 22 and filmmakers may have the opportunity to see their films screened in a theatre and at such time be invited to any rescheduled in person events.

Prizes valued at up to $1000 will be presented to the Grand Prize and Impact Award winning films as determined by the judges. A prize valued at up to $1000 will be given to the film with the most votes on the Planet911 website. 

Prizes will be distributed no later than October 1, 2020 and will be comprised of a combination of travel stipend (for travel to a Half-Earth Day celebration in Dallas, TX) and cash award to be determined by the Planet911 Team.  

If no event takes place in October, then the prizes will be awarded in cash. School with the most entries will win $1000 cash and the Youth Organization with the most entries (5 entry minimums) will be awarded $2000 cash. These prizes will be announced on April 22, 2020.

The film with the most votes along with 25 films selected as finalists will screen in the theatre at EarthX during Half Earth Day 2020.* Finalists will be eligible to be reviewed by a judges’ panel for prizes and awards. 

All winners will be required to submit a W-9 and all finalists will be required to fill out this form with information about how to reach you etc. If your film is a finalist and we do not have your form, we will DM you to request this or you may be pro-active and submit this information when you post your film. You will have 24-48 hours to respond to a DM.

By entering this competition, you agree that you have reviewed and will abide by the official rules and guidelines available here.

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