SUbmission Process

The American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) is currently accepting submissions for the 8th Annual Festival scheduled for the first weekend in November 2010, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

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 individuals 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 youths 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.

All films being submitted to ACFF shall have completed production or been aired in the past 2 years.

We love our filmmakers. There is no fee for submission, and lodging, meals, and an all-access festival pass are provided to those whose film is selected. We encourage both professional and student filmmakers to submit. Student filmmakers are eligible to compete for cash awards in our annual student filmmaking competition.

The submission deadline is May 15, 2010.

Please review the submission guidelines here before submitting your film.

or submit using this form.

For more information contact Candi Byrne at 301-529-3322 or cbyrne@conservationfilm.org