Festival

Festival presentation: 

The Global Shift Festival is a global community with a local presence. It is a celebration of media, technology, film, ideas and ACTION! We create spaces for dialogue and promote  films, panels, workshops, and special events to inspire and build a global community focused on expanding the reach of conscious social change entertainment media and innovative thinkers and change makers.

 

Festival Nickname: 

Social Change Film Festival and Institute (SCFFI)

Edition: 

3

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

African Films

American Films

Arabic Films

Asian Films

Documentary

Education

Environnement/Nature

European Films

French Films

German Films

Human Rights

Independent

International

Italian Films

Japanese Films

Jewish Films

Latin American Films

Seminar

Spanish Films

Women

Category/Format: 

not specified

By creating spaces for dialogue, education, and connection:

• We support filmmakers to be more effective social activists
• We support social entrepreneurs to become more engaging storytellers
• We promote transformative media and engagement
• Selected films will be offered access to distributors post-festival globally on multiple platforms

The Global Shift Festival chooses an annual theme that is explored in festival films, workshops, panels, campaigns, and symposia in order to raise awareness about critical social, environmental, and political issues.  The theme for the 2012 festival was Water: Challenges & Solutions and we continue to work with our partners across the global on water issues.  Our theme for 2013 is Innovation, Creativity and Global Change.  In 2013, Global Shift Festival will host panels and a summit focused on clean tech and clean energy weaving in our theme.  Global Shift Summit/SCFFI is a not for profit organization.

The Global Shift Festival selects a new global locality to host the festival each year.  In taking award-winning social change films and our networking & educational programs across the world, we aim to foster a transnational network of thought leaders, filmmakers and activists. The Global Shift Festival will be held September/October 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The inaugural SCFFI festival was held in Ubud, Bali Indonesia and in 2012, New Orleans, USA.