Sharing Community Stories: The Pacific Climate Change Film Project

About the Project

The Pacific Climate Change Film Project will train and support media professionals, filmmakers and producers from five countries to research, develop and produce their own short films on how climate change is affecting their countries. Their stories will not only raise awareness about the impacts of climate change, but also share the inspirational stories about what is being done to reduce its effects. Participants involved in this project are from: Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Independent filmmakers from the Cook Islands and Samoa are also participating in this project.

The films will be shown at the Pacific’s first climate change related film festival in Suva, Fiji, the week of 22 September 2008.

The promotional video created by participants during Phase One of the project. Click image above to view.

Get involved! Submit your films to the Pacific Climate Change Film Festival!

SPREP is now inviting submissions to the Pacific’s inaugural Climate Change Film Festival in Suva, Fiji in August 2008. The Pacific Climate Change Film Festival is open to all films (animation, documentaries, music videos, short commentaries, etc.) that highlight climate change issues within the Pacific.

Films of any length will be accepted. Long or short, if the films tell the stories of how communities are responding to climate change in the Pacific, we would be interested in seeing them.

All films are due to SPREP with an accompanying Entry Form by 1 July 2008.

More information is available here (PDF); the entry form is available in PDF and RTF formats.

SPREP’s climate change education and communications

SPREP recognizes the importance of media and communications in promoting environmental sustainability, and works closely with key partners and media organizations to build capacity in this area.

Click here for more information on SPREP’s education initiatives.

Click here for media releases.

Climate change and the Pacific

Pacific island countries are among the most vulnerable nations in the world to the impacts of extreme weather events. Climate change will radically alter the social, economic and environmental fabric of Pacific communities.

The challenge faced by Pacific island countries is how to engage people in the issue of climate change; to encourage not only a greater understanding of the issue, but to incite action. The challenge is also how to draw on the strengths of Pacific communities to adapt to climate variability and change.

Click here for more information on SPREP’s climate change programme

For more information, contact:

Stuart Chape
Programme Manager - Island Ecosystems
stuartc@sprep.org

Nanette Woonton
Media Officer
nanettew@sprep.org

Lance Laack
Editor and Publications Officer
lancel@sprep.org

The Climate Change Film Project is a not-for-profit intiative coordinated by SPREP with funding provided by the British High Commission, Suva, Fiji.