FOLLOW THE CARBON: COMMUNICATING THE PATH TO NET ZERO. Global Climate Change Film Festival Winners Announced

Thursday, Jun 22, 2023

Winners of the 2023 Global Climate Change Film Festival standing on stage in front of a screen with a photo depicting the earth as seen from space behind them.

Winners of the 2023 Global Climate Change Film Festival

On April 18th, 2023, NYU Provost Gigi Dopico moderated a panel discussion called "Follow the Carbon," which focused on the role of storytelling in communicating climate science. 

The panel included David Holland, Melissa Lott, Miles O'Brien, Al Roker, and Professor Peter Terezakis, who discussed both individual and collective actions that could help us achieve a Net Zero future.

Immediately following the panel, Tisch presented the winners and awards for the first Global Climate Change Film Festival.

The recipients of the awards for the Global Climate Change Film Festival are as follows:

First Place
FEEDING CLIMATE CHANGE
Eve Eismann

Second Place
I’M MAD AS HELL
Oriana Mejer

METHANEZILLA
Benny Rendell & Deborah Dossantos

Third Place
TRASH ISLANDS
Camryn Lipman

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS
Ahsen Saaim 

THE SORRY PROJECT
Josh Zacher

Honorable Mentions

CLIMATE CHANGE
Zicheng Zhu

A PLANET TO BE SAVED
Pearl Marden

THIS IS NORMAL
Aidan La Poche

THE FUTURE IS CALLING
Audrey Kim Chung

CLIMATE CRUNCHER
Aishya Rannan Elysia