Contest
What is the compelling story you most want to tell?
The Bloomberg Green Docs competition is open to all eligible filmmakers who would like to compete to win a $25,000 grand prize for a short climate documentary.
We want to explore our climate future with documentaries that reveal the world we are making today. Ecosystems are being restored and tomorrow’s zero-carbon communities are being formed. At the same time, extremes in our habitats warn of cascading climate consequences.
Call for Entries
- Films addressing the urgency of climate change
- Under 10 minutes, including credits
- Submissions accepted through August 14, 2026
- Jury will award a $25,000 grand prize
- Winner will be announced at the Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival on September 22, 2026 in New York City
- Top five documentaries will be shown at the festival
2025 Finalists
2025 Film Festival
On July 16, 2025, Risky Routes by Thomas Klaper, Jonas Steiner and Roman Willi was announced as the grand prize winner of the Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival at the Seattle Art Museum. The event featured screenings of the top five films and Q&As with the filmmakers. The festival also presented screenings of Middletown and Leaving the Point.
Finalists were selected by a jury consisting of Katie Cruz, Managing Director, The Redford Center; Lindsay Firestone, Film and Special Content Projects Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies; Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, Co-Directors, Producers, Writers, Middletown; Aaron Rutkoff, Executive Editor, Bloomberg Green and Tre Shallowhorn, Global Head of Production, Bloomberg Originals.
About Us
Bloomberg Green is a multiplatform editorial brand focused on climate change news, analysis, and solutions. Original content is produced for a stand-alone website, a daily email newsletter, a radio segment, a series of signature events, original video and podcasts, and our social media platforms.
Drawing on Bloomberg’s global newsroom of 2,700 journalists and analysts across 120 countries, Bloomberg Green centers on the business, science, and technology of climate change. The brand utilizes Bloomberg’s deep data expertise to produce original reporting, long-form storytelling, and rich data visualizations and graphics. Bloomberg Green has an established audience for climate, sustainability, and green finance coverage, and publishes hundreds of stories on these subjects across its platforms each month.
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