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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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Films Are Live: Watch Now & Share Your Favorites!

A seven-year-old girl smiling with her solar panel in the remote Himalayas. The drab colors of agribusiness as seen from the back of a monarch butterfly. Udaipur City’s only female auto rickshaw driver. You’ll find all of this and more on our Watch & Vote page, unveiled today! Voting won’t officially begin until June 28th, but starting now you can share your favorite films with all your social networks. Each film has a unique URL and links to share on Facebook and Twitter are one click away. Think of yourself as the director of programming for CNN, or the editor-in-chief 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…