The One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest awards environmental films created by students from grade 3 to age 25. Films that inspire change or action stream in from across the country each year, with 149 total submissions in 2021.

In this virtual event, we feature seven, short, Honorable Mention winning films (from elementary school to college level), which were just a hair's breadth away from first place. Zoom discussion with filmmakers from California to New York will be facilitated by Young Filmmakers Contest Founding Director Sue Crothers.

Young Filmmakers and their short films:

• Katrina Larner (CA) “One Choice” (1 min)

• Aarya Naringrekar (IL) “Plastic Bags? No Thanks!” (8 min)

• Phillip Sugar (NC) “Breaking News That Will Be Happening” (5 min)

• Marin Chalmers (IL) “Sondaica” (3.5 min)

• Jake Koren (CA) “What Can We Do About Car Pollution?” (5 min)

• Rishub and Krishna Madhav (TX) “Water: Not a Drop to Waste” (5.5 min)

• Caitlin Clonan (NY) “Enviroman” (3 min)