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FROME INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FILM FESTIVAL CIC 'TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER
Connecting, Sharing, Supporting and Inspiring Positive Change through Film, Music and Art
Welcome
A warm welcome from James Godman - Festival CEO, Creator & Director, Mandy Griffiths - Mission Director, the Festival Judges, Volunteers and Supporters to the WORLDS FIRST, FREE, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
TOGETHER WE ARE CHANGING AND CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH POSITIVE FILMS.
RECENTLY COMPLETED EVENTS AND PROJECTS
FROME FESTIVAL - CLIMATES EVENT 7th July
CLIMATES ON THE ROAD - 12th July in COLEFORD nr FROME
CLIMATES ON THE ROAD - 12th July in COLEFORD nr FROME
COMPLETED: The festival had a successful evening with the artists work staying up during the whole of the Frome Festival which ended on the 13th July with the Fashion show
CLIMATES ON THE ROAD - 12th July in COLEFORD nr FROME
CLIMATES ON THE ROAD - 12th July in COLEFORD nr FROME
CLIMATES ON THE ROAD - 12th July in COLEFORD nr FROME
COMPLETED: The festival had a successful afternoon and evening screening inspiring and award winning films from the 2025 Climate Film Festival in Coleford near Frome.
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH - SUPPORTING LOCAL MUSICIAN
CLIMATES ON THE ROAD - 12th July in COLEFORD nr FROME
COMPLETED: The festival created a film for local musician Sue Harding, now on our YouTube Channel, of her on her world tour with friends at the Bennett Centre in Frome
COMMUNITY OUTREACH - A RADICAL EVENING WITH THE WARDROBE COLLECTIVE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH - A RADICAL EVENING WITH THE WARDROBE COLLECTIVE
COMPLETED: The festival created a film of the A Radical Evening with the Wardrobe Collective as part of the Frome Festival. Film is now on our YouTube channel
COMMUNITY OUTREACH - CHARITY FASHION SHOW HELPING DOROTHY HOUSE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH - A RADICAL EVENING WITH THE WARDROBE COLLECTIVE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH - CHARITY FASHION SHOW HELPING DOROTHY HOUSE
COMPLETED: The festival supported the Fashion Show for Dorothy House, driving the van, loading and transporting the clothes, being on the Catwalk and providing filming
NEW - Little Tree Community Cinema (On-Line) - Showcasing
SCREEN 1
Director: Hanife Zengin
Country: Turkey
Film Title: Women, Labor, Bread
Woman, Labor, Bread is a documentary that portrays the labor of women living in rural areas, the people they encounter, and their strong resilience. The film captures these women’s daily lives, where they work with great dedication, revealing the determination and perseverance behind the long, grueling hours spent in the fields. Symbolizing patience and resistance, these women fight through every hardship, intertwining with nature, to transform their labor into bread. *Woman, Labor, Bread* not only highlights agricultural work but also presents a powerful narrative about how women are reshaping their roles in society. Despite the obstacles they face, their unwavering strength and resilience shine through, offering a compelling portrayal of courage in the face of adversity.
SCREEN 2
Director: David Cebulla
Country: Germany
Film Title: The Last Common Hamsters
Nature filmmaker David Cebulla wants to observe the world's last common hamsters before they might disappear forever. To this end, he sets out in six different countries in search of the endangered species.
SCREEN 3
SCREEN 3
Director: Tabatha Badger
Country: Australia
Film Title: Pedder - The Fault in Tasmania's Wilderness
Pedder - The fault in Tasmania’s wilderness, is a story of restoring hope.
In 1972 the real Lake Pedder, a global wonder of equal spiritual significance as the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru, was flooded to create an auxiliary Hydro storage impoundment. The controversy generated world wide outcry, creating the conservation movement and Green values politics.
50 years later, the campaign to restore Lake Pedder has resurfaced, as the dams are deemed hig risk having been constructed on a fault line.
The Frome International Climate Film Festival - 2025
Day 2 - Held on the 25th May - Award Celebration Day at Rook Lane, Frome, Somerset - UK
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Doors Opened at 10:00am and Closed at 10:00pm
A Day of Celebrations with the Award Worthy Films, Music, Art, Workshops, the International Climate Awards and the first UK screening of DreamScapes with Kate Winslet as Mother Earth - an inspiring film
Those who attended enjoyed the year’s award-winning films from around the world in the beautiful setting of Rook Lane in Frome.
The Awards Celebration Day included the opportunity to experience meditation and a sound bath, to enjoy the eco-art displays inside and music outside with local musicians Francis Hayden, Sarah Curtis, Nigel Mines and Azhaar in the garden.
The celebration day culminated with the Frome International Climate Film Festival ‘Climate Awards’ ceremony, with awards made by local sculptor Anthony Rogers, followed by the UK Premier of the film DreamScapes directed by Christian Machacek and narrated by Kate Winslet as Mother Earth.
Thank you to all who supported the event
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Day 1 - Held on the 18th May - Films, Activities, Speakers at the Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset
Doors Opened 9:00am and Closed at 3:00pm
The Frome International Climate Film Festival now in its 4th year is back at the Cheese and Grain on the 18th May and this year we will be also having an Awards Celebration Day at Rook Lane Chapel on the 25th May. This year the festival has received over 1150 film entries from over 100 countries around the world, the festival is truly international and recognised throughout the world.
Those who attended enjoyed films around the world, they connected with your local green community groups, enjoyed a river walk and talk, the art display, a clothes swap and had fun with creative art activities, printing and face painting. Then we had a panel discussion with our local MP Anna Sabine and other key speakers.
Thank you to all who supported the event
NEW in 2025 - THE CLIMATES SCHOOLS ART & STORY COMPETITION
Kindly sponsored by Sherlock & Pages in Frome
As part of the 2025 Frome International Climate Film Festival we launched the schools ART, ESSAY and STORYTELLING competition. We invited students to create a STORY, ESSAY or PICTURE to include four or more of the following words:
Green, Planet, Family, Nature, Waste, Environment, Eco-system, Tree, River, Land, Local, Global, Community, Help, Care, Support.
Prizes for each category by bookshop Sherlock & Pages.
Age categories: Under 8, 8-12, 12-16, Over 16, Stories/essays to be no more than 200 words.
Thankyou to Sherlock & Pages who sponsored the competition and to those who entered and supported the competition we looked for ward to running this again in 2026.
The Festival is Now Truly Global
2025 SUBMISSIONS OPEN - LET'S GET FILMING
We are now in our 4th year and the 2025 Festival and we are growing and connecting to more and more countries and film makers around the world and helping their voices to be heard.
The Climate Festival Film screenings this year were held on the 18th May in the Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset and the Awards and Celebrations Day, a dedicated day, was held at Rook Lane Chapel in Frome on the 25th May,
In 2025 we finally received had 1150 films, which included a pause for 1 week of not accepting submission, from over 100 countries with the Top 10 countries being:
- Iran – 93
- India – 87
- UK – 77
- USA - 74
- Brazil - 68
- Turkey - 52
- Italy - 46
- France - 46
- Spain - 38
- Mexico – 30
We are so honoured to accept so many films from around the world, we are here to help you the Directors and those involved to have a voice, to share your stories and to inspire others to change.
During 2025 for all of those selected we will aim to show your films during the year with your/ the Directors permission at in person screenings and we will showcase films already available on YouTube in our NEW Little Tree Community Cinema
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OUR MISSION
To connect, share, support and inspire green change through film and the wider arts. Supporting and promoting those who are taking positive climate and environmental action around the world.
OUR AIMS
1.To make the need to change visible through positive, inspiring and educational films and the wider arts from around the world and to support the creators.
2. To create educational outreach programmes to support green change locally and
globally through knowledge exchange, storytelling, filmmaking, the media, gaming, technology,
and the wider arts.
3.To support local green community groups through helping them to make films to support their cause and to train the next generation of filmmakers.
4. To set up dedicated climate film collaborations, locally and globally through a 'Global Film Family’ and to make ‘The Climates’ original films, as together we are stronger.
5. To encourage the public, people, families, organisations, businesses to THINK GREEN
in all that they do and to BE GREEN and to create a Climate Charter with % GDP enshrined.
How to Donate
If you would like to donate or to sponsor to the Climate Film Festival to help us to deliver our mission, detailed below please click the donations button below
Sponsorship Packages include....
Time to Change = £10
This donation is also about your personal commitment to pause and reflect on your daily life and to think about, little steps and little changes to have a more sustainable lifestyle.
Make It Visible = £50
This donation will help in the delivery of the annual Climate Film Festival and campaigns. The festival costs circa £3,500 a year all run by volunteers.
Protect Our Future = £100
This donation will be targeted at the development and delivery of the educational outreach programme, campaigns and the bursary programme for young filmmakers
Protect Our Planet = £250
This donation will be targeted at the development of the website, database and infrastructure required to connect the local and global Film Family to support each other, to share knowledge, experience and best practice around the world as we don't have time to all learn from the start
Note: The Frome International Climate Film Festival is a Transparent Trader (TT) (a new concept developed by the festival for openness to prevent greed and exploitation) so wages, activities, payments, donations and any profits can be seen on request, we have no secrets, we are one family with a passion to deliver change through film.
Note: All donations must be from an ethical source