Frome International Climate Film Festival 2027

About Frome International Climate Film Festival

Frome International Climate Film Festival is an independent festival based in Frome, Somerset, dedicated to climate and environmental storytelling. Film sits alongside music, art and community activity, with the festival using moving-image work to make environmental issues visible and to encourage more sustainable ways of living.

What Kind of Films Does Frome Look For?

Subject and approach are central to the festival’s programming profile. The festival can include short and feature films, documentary, fiction, animation, interviews, filmed poetry, music- or art-led work and other audiovisual forms. The consistent requirement is a clear connection to climate, the environment or greener ways of living.

The organiser’s current language places strong emphasis on positive, constructive work. Festival fit is shaped by how a film helps audiences understand, reconnect with or consider change around environmental issues.

Festival Selection and Screening Structure

Frome distinguishes between films accepted into the wider festival programme and the smaller group programmed for the main physical screening day. Accepted work can also remain visible through the festival’s broader activity.

The festival uses its Community World Cinema and additional community screenings to extend the circulation of selected work when filmmaker permission is available.

International Reach

For its 2026 cycle, the festival reports more than 1,000 submissions from over 100 countries. The submission pool and filmmaker network are therefore international alongside the festival’s local base in Somerset.

2027 Submission Cycle

The organiser currently states that 2027 submissions will open on 1 January 2027. The organiser has not yet published the full 2027 category structure, closing date or detailed eligibility rules. Check the current rules before preparing a submission.

What Filmmakers Should Prepare

For Frome, the synopsis should clearly present the film’s climate or environmental relevance, its subject and the perspective it brings. The screener, English subtitles where needed and core festival materials can then be checked against the current rules when the next call opens.

Preparing a climate film for Frome

AD1 FILM can help frame a film’s specific climate or environmental perspective in its synopsis and prepare the screener and English subtitles for Frome’s next published call.