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Tips on Voting for a Possible Future

Welcome to the voting phase of the Possible Futures Film Contest! Voting is open to everyone, including filmmakers, and is as easy as these five steps: Register as a voter. Click the activation link in the email that is sent to you (check your spam folder if you don’t see the email after a minute or two). Sign in to vote. Browse films in Watch and Vote. Click the “Vote For This Film” button next to the films that inspire you most. Once you register, you can vote for over 300 visionary films, and each of them has something valuable READ MORE…

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Thanks, Filmmakers! Now Get Ready to Vote

Submissions for the 2011 Possible Futures Film Contest are now closed, but our team is busier than ever. We are screening all 317 of the compelling, astonishing, beautiful films submitted from 44 countries around the world. Our hearts are breaking and being refilled by your visions for our possible future, visions that are clear-eyed about the poverty, prejudice, violence, and hunger we’re facing, but just as clear-eyed about the solutions that already exist. To all the filmmakers, those who supported them, and everyone in our community who shared this contest with the world: Thank you! 3 Things You Can Do READ MORE…

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3 Bloggers With Inspiration & Resources You Can Use

One of the best parts of launching a film contest is getting to meet incredibly cool people. “Meet” being a relative term, of course, since we’re an online film contest. We’re so grateful for the support we’ve received from bloggers spreading the word about the Possible Futures Film Contest - on their blogs, or Facebook, or Twitter. Today we want to introduce you to three of them. They all offer inspiration and resources we think are really valuable to anyone working for a positive possible future, through film or in other ways. Who are your favorite bloggers? Where do you READ MORE…

Make A Film. Make A Difference. Bloggers Hearing The Call.

While the official launch is today, the Possible Futures Film Contest is already generating buzz. It’s awesome to see people getting excited to create and share the inspiring people, places, projects, and technologies that will carry us all into a positive future. In order to pull off a global film contest that’s open to everyone, we need to get the word out far and wide. Many thanks to those who have encouraged their communities to participate, including: Tina Winterlik in Vancouver, BC; Steve Last from Transition Town Worthing in the UK; Bridget Marsh at the big idea in New Zealand; READ MORE…