2019 Green Ninja Film Festival

The Green Ninja Film Festival (GNFF) encourages young adults to create films about environmental solutions. Entry into the film festival requires a short film accompanied by a digital portfolio that includes justification of the underlying science in the film as well as audience analysis. These elements help provide focus on school-based science while also giving students the full freedom to use their imaginations to design the types of films they think will be impactful to their audiences. In Green Ninja's Scientific Storytelling unit, students learn that communicating science is an important part of being a good scientist or engineer.

A panel of judges selects the films to screen at the GNFF, and prizes are awarded for the films that are selected for public screening. Classrooms and schools are encouraged to host their own film festivals so that students' films can be publicly screened for parents and friends of the students. If you'd like access to Green Ninja's Scientific Storytelling unit to view lessons to participate, please contact us at info@greenninja.org.

Submission Requirements

To submit to the Green Ninja Film Festival, please submit your materials to geniesubmission@gmail.com.

  1. Subject line: (your school's name - teacher's name)

  2. Attach the digital portfolios as a PDF file

  3. A YouTube link to the video hosted online

  4. Videos must be under 3 minutes

  5. Submissions are due May 2, 2019 at 5:00 PM

If selected to be a finalist, students will be required to submit their original video files (.mov/.mp4) with us via Google Drive for screening at the film festival. Winners of the film festival will receive a certificate of completion and winning prize donation to a charity of their choice.

Film Festival Event Details

  • Where: San Jose State University campus in the Student Union Theater

  • When: Tentatively on Saturday, June 1, 2019 (TBD). Doors open at 6:00 PM.

  • Tickets to the event are free. Please check back to RSVP.

  • More details about the event will be sent to finalists after they have been announced in late May.

Thank you so much for participating in this year's Green Ninja Film Festival! We're excited to see what students create!

EventsGreen Ninja Team