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SDG FIlmfest 2025

June 27, 2025
The LSPR Business and Communications Institute, Bekasi, Jakarta The events will also be streamed online. For tickets please see events.
The events will also be streamed online. For tickets please see events.

Guest Speakers

Guest Speakers are yet to be announced

Forthcoming Events

Workshops will be running online and in person week commencing the 2nd June 2025

Prizes & Awards

Prizes and awards are coming in every day, please check back for updates.

Submissions

Submissions are now open for #SDGFilmfest 2025

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Guest Speakers

Please check our events listings for a full list of speakers and for available tickets.

No guest speakers have yet to be announced.


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Forthcoming Events

Coming soon

No events have yet to be announced.


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Prizes & Awards

Please check our events listings for a full list of speakers and for available tickets.

Best Film Award

£200.00 (USD 250.00)

People of Determination Award (LSPR)

£160.00 (USD 200.00)

Mind, Body and Spirit Award (LSPR)

£160.00 (USD 200.00)

Seeds of Hope Award (LSPR)

£160.00 (USD 200.00)

Unheard Voices Award (DMU SDG Impact and Net Zero Research Centre)

£100.00 (USD 100.00)

Critical Intervention Award (Media Discourse Centre)

£100.00 (USD 125.00)

Sustainable Film Award

£100.00 (USD 125.00)

Film Craft Award (NTU)

£50.00 (Vouchers 50.00)

Storytelling Award

£50.00 (Vouchers 50.00)


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Submissions

Closing date for entires 16 June 2025

Guidelines

SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE POSTED ONLINE VIA YOUTUBE OR SIMILAR, AND ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.

By submitting content for this event you grant the organisers the right to host your work on the film festival’s YouTube channel.

Theme:
One of the U.N Sustainable Development Goals, visit link for more information.
Format:
Micro documentary (factual, participatory, expository, poetic), short film, Public Service Announcements and PR, dramatisation, animation, stills (submitted as a timeline), timelapse, immersive and 360 video, and video-based podcasts!
Running Time:
3 to 15 min. maximum including titles and credits.
Copyright:
Audio, images, likeness rights and location permissions must be cleared prior to submission.
Specification and Codec:
1920x1080p HD, 16:9 Safety Frames and Graphics, MP4, H264.
Language:
All are welcome, English subtitles required for content/ indigenous language interviews.
Sustainable filmmaking:
You can now find the #SDGFilmfest guide to Sustainable Filmmaking here:

Smallscale Sustainable Filmmaking Guide

For students wishing to enter projects for this award category please use the scoring system above to rate your entry.

Awards:

Please note, that should you be nominated for, and win an award, the event organisers will need an IBAN or SWIF Bank Account Number and a Registered Postal Address to match – to which to make a payment. Unclaimed prizes after two months will be forfeit.

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