Submission Process

Open for 2012 Submissions via Withoutabox.

American Conservation Film Festival prefers online entries submitted via Withoutabox.com, which provides cost-saving, paperless submission to film festivals around the world. Withoutabox's internet-only submission platform features online applications via one master entry form, online fee payments, press kits, and the option to use Secure Online Screeners, an economical, eco-friendly, and secure alternative to traditional hard-copy DVD submissions. Fill out one master entry form and take advantage of quick entry, extended deadlines, and powerful submission management tools. There's no extra cost to you, and by submitting, you'll join Withoutabox's global filmmaker community and stay in the loop about international exhibition opportunities. Click to submit your film today!

ACFF promotes and presents its unique branding of conservation film by presenting outstanding films that have a new and unique viewpoint on a topic, which will provoke thought about the viewer’s fundamental understanding of themselves, the environment, and our culture. All the films ACFF presents ultimately explore individual's and society’s relationship with the natural world and our efforts to conserve what we can, and how we cope with what we can’t save. This can be achieved by presenting films that deal with and show:

• The myriad ways humans interact with wildlife and wild places
• Issues driven by natural resource conservation
• Humans as part of the environment, and/or living in a continuum of cultural tradition
• Conservation of cultures, communities, and or lifestyles in conjunction with changes in the natural world
• How youth encounter and understand the natural world

Films that are selected by ACFF are chosen by a committee of media and conservation professionals. The quality of storytelling, production value, aesthetics, and topic are principle factors in the selection of films for ACFF.