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 college to post-grad level), which were just a hair's breadth away from first place. Zoom discussion with filmmakers from Texas to Washington, DC, will be facilitated by Young Filmmakers Contest Founding Director Sue Crothers.

Young Filmmakers and their short films:

• MacKenzie Claflin and Karli Weatherill (CO) “Saving Colorado’s Solitary Bees” (8 min)

• Maddie Matsumoto (CA) “Bee the Solution” (1.5 min)

• Matthew Taylor (TX) “A Few Feet Away” (4 min)

• Eliza Ward (Washington, DC) “The Bambi Effect” (3 min)

• Anna Lee Ackermann (IL) “As We Are Planted” (7 min)

• Lexie Chu (CA) “Embers” (5 min)

• Mark De Bruin (IA) “Troposphere” (4.5 min)