Green Film Network

Congratulations to all the 2026 Green Film Network Award nominees!! The Awards will be hosted by CINEMARE Int'l Ocean Film Festival Kiel on May 6th.

Green Film Award 2026 unveils nominees across short and feature categories The 2026 Green Film Award nominations underscore how environmental cinema continues to broaden its scope, spanning wildlife protection, Indigenous knowledge, fragile ecosystems, and the social fal…

And the winner, best short film is...

CONGRATULATIONS, Camille 👏

And the winner, best feature film is...

CONGRATULATIONS, Mauricio!!!👏

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It is red carpet time.... who will win?

On behalf of all the festivals of the Green Film Network, we extend our best wishes to Vasanti Rao for her candidacy. Our long-standing collaboration, spanning over fifteen years, has consistently been characterized by her unwavering enthusiasm, outstanding professionalism, and deep passion for environmental cinema. Vasanti Rao is, and will continue to be, an essential and highly valued member of our international community of environmental film festivals.

https://www.vasantirao.com/


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Support Dr. Vasanti Rao for CEC Chair With deep respect and gratitude, I am offering my candidacy for Chair of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC). For over three decades, I've dedicated my life to connecting people, sectors, and stories across geographies through impactful communication, inclusive education, and in...

🌍 2 Awards. One Planet.
We honor outstanding environmental films in two categories: Feature Film and Short Film.
This year, the Feature Film Award will be presented at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, while the Short Film Award will be celebrated at the INFF – Innsbruck Nature Film Festival.
Our world is vast—and so are the stories we tell.
Our Green Film Network spans the entire planet we call home.
2 awards. One planet.

Here are the nominees for the Best Short Green film: GFN AWARD Ocotber 11th!

Here are the nominees for the Best Feature Green film: GFN AWARD Ocotber 11th!

We are excited to present those Awards together with our partners, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
More than 1,400 Member organisations and some 16,000 experts make it the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) is committed to raise awareness and inspire action to conserve nature. For a world committed to protecting nature now and into the future.
That's what IUCN CEC is about and that's exactly why we think we have found the perfect match!

The time has come. HELLO GREEN FILM NETWORK AWARDS 2025!
We, the Green Film Network, currently consist of 31 member festivals of extraordinary and international reputation. In 2014 the Network introduced the GFN Award, honoring the most inspiring and impactful works of environmental cinema. Nominated by the world’s leading green film festivals and selected by an international jury, they are competing for the titles of: Best Short Green Film and Best Feature Green Film.
PRESENTED BY IUCN CEC