The goal of this project was to find a way to bring communities of filmmakers and sustainability organizations together to create films supporting the preservation of our planet. Through content analysis and semi-structured interviews with film festival organizers, we created a plan for the SOS: Green Screening Film Festival. The deliverables included: logo, website, pamphlet, planning documents and event schedule, and hosting recommendations, which include FilmFreeway. Importantly, we also developed a need-based matching system to pair filmmakers (with a focus on amateur filmmakers) and sustainability organizations to help generate 3–10-minute films for this short festival.

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Creator

• Poindexter, Julian
• Parks, Samuel
• Sypek, Jackson
• Wilde, Micah

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Culture
• Sustainability
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121621-134124
• 43626

Keyword

• Community
• Film Festival
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Belz, Melissa
• deWinter, Jennifer

Year

• 2021

Center

• Kyoto, Japan Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Midori Farms

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2021-12-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright