This year, the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest drew a record 157 entries from as close as River Forest, Illinois, to as far away as Hawi, Hawaii, with topics ranging from plastic pollution to e-waste to fast fashion.
Exactly 100 of those entries competed for the top prize, a $1,000 scholarship at the college level (which includes grade 12 of high school).
The entries are all in for the 2017 Young Filmmakers Contest. They came from as far away as California, Florida and New Jersey, the filmmakers taking on the environmental topics of our times: local food, water waste, wildlife protection, and biking to save energy.
Jurors are now reviewing the entries, taking into consideration the creativity, research solution-oriented messages of each. Winners will be announced in early February and will premiere at the Young Filmmakers Contest: Winner Screenings + Awards at 3 p.m., Sat., March 4, at Columbia College Chicago, Music Center, 1014 S. Michigan Ave.
