Honoring creative excellence bringing
courage and clarity to our changing world.
2026 FINALISTS
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Bugonia
Element Pictures / Square Peg / CJ Enm Production in association with Pith and Fruit Tree Enterprises, Focus Features
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writer: Will Tracy
Producers: Ed Guiney (p.g.a.), Lars Knudsen (p.g.a.), Yorgos Lanthimos (p.g.a.), Andrew Lowe (p.g.a.), Emma Stone (p.g.a.), Ari Aster, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Miky Lee
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Night Owl Stories, Netflix
Director: Olivia Newman
Writers: Olivia Newman, John Whittington
Producers: Peter Craig (p.g.a.), David Levine, Bryan Unkeless(p.g.a.)
The Wild Robot
DreamWorks Animation,
Universal Pictures
Train Dreams
Black Bear Pictures, Kamala Films, Netflix
Director: Clint Bentley
Writers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Producers: Michael Heimler (p.g.a.), Will Janowitz Marissa (p.g.a.),
McMahon(p.g.a.) Ashley Schlaifer (p.g.a.) Teddy Schwarzman (p.g.a.)
Twisters
Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Writers: Mark L. Smith(screenplay by) Joseph Kosinski(story by)
Producers: Patrick Crowley, Frank Marshall (p.g.a.)
NARRATIVE SHORT
Heat Me
ABCinema, in co-production with Orama Productions
Director: Kelly Sarri
Writer: Mata Kourti
Producers: Joanna Kalafatis, Christine Tsakmaka, Alexandra Minou, Antonis Korkontzilas, Kelly Sarri
MotherEarth Inc.
Co-directed by Heather Mingo and Isabel Siragusa
Directors: Heather Mingo & Isabel Siragusa
Writers: Isabel Siragusa
Producers: Katy Wicker, Isabel Siragusa, Heather Mingo, Elvira Ibragimova
Two Breaths
A film by Kateryna Kurganska
Director: Kateryna Kurganska
Wowsabout
The Jim Henson Company, in association with PBS
Director: John Tartaglia
Writers: Halle Stanford, Dorien Davies
Producers: Lisa Henson, Halle Stanford, Dorien Davies, Jaime Burke, Amy Kim
TV SERIES – SCRIPTED DRAMA
Families Like Ours
Netflix (Denmark)
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writers: Bo Hr. Hansen, Thomas Vinterberg,
Producers: Kasper Dissing, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Diana Paroiu
Lead Children
Netflix (Poland)
Radioactive Emergency
Netflix
Creator: Guastavo Lipsztein
Head Writer: Fernando Coimbra
The Last Of Us
HBO and Sony Pictures Television
Creators: Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin
Producers: Cecil O'Connor, Greg Spence, Allen Marshall Palmer, Julie Herrin, Craig Mazin
Writers: Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin, Halley Gross
TV SERIES – SCRIPTED COMEDY
Hacks
Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Creators: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky
TV SERIES – UNSCRIPTED
Building Outside the Lines
Painless TV, Magnolia Network
Producer: Jeremy Cook
Réabhlóid Ar Chul An Tí / F* the Lawn
New Decade Films, Pier to Pier Media, SEETREE GmbH
Director: Craig Speer
Producers: Claudia Zenkert, Brady Valashinas, Proinsias Ní Ghráinne, Nuala Cunningham
The Wild Ones
Offspring Films, AppleTV+
Directors: Alex Ranken, Will Fegen
Producers: Beki Henderson, Tom Richards
This Is a Gardening Show
Radical Media, Netflix
Director: Brook Linder
Producer: Chris Kim
VIDEO GAME
Flock Around
Friend Shaped Games
Creators: Secret Plan Games, Sienna Blumstengel, Toby Murray, Wyatt Chapman
The Guardian of Nature
Inlusio Interactive
Directors: Robin Burgauer, Robbert van Rooden
Producers: Robin Burgauer, Robbert van Rooden
Planet Pigeon
Cracked Cubes, Thirteen Productions LLC, Minecraft EDU
Producers: Fred Kaufman (Nature), Danielle Broza (Nature), Cal Allison (Cracked Cubes)
Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)
Unreliable Narrators
Producers: Christopher Chancey, Kim Bethiaume, Pascal Nataf, Samuel Bourassa, Christopher Casselman
Creative Directors: Kim Bethiaume, Samuel Bourassa
COMEDY SPECIAL
Climate Science Translated
Utopia Bureau, Climate Science Breakthrough, Houseband Productions Uk.
Directors: Utopia Bureau, Kelly Peck
Writers: Ben Carey, David Cross, Bob Powers
Producers: Nick Oldridge, Ben Carey, Henrik Delehag, Tony Powell, Max Fisher, Kelly Peck
Funeral for a Glacier
Day Two Productions, Green Olive Creative
Directors: Brad Einstein, Kyle Niemer
Writers: Brad Einstein, Kyle Niemer, Lisa Burton, and Lindsay Muscato
Producers: Lisa Burton, Lindsay Muscato, Megan Barbour, Justen Van Dyke
Green Goddesses Take New York
UnchainedTV, CaveLight Films
Director: Jordan Ehrlich
Writers: Jane Velez-Mitchell, Jordan Ehrlich, Jamie Logan, Justina Adorno
Producers: Jane Velez-Mitchell, Jordan Ehrlich, Jamie Logan, Justina Adorno
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Slick Burn
Petty Victories
Creator: Ali Hart
Producer: Ali Hart
Director: Brendan Colthurst
Head Writer: Eliza Skinner
PODCAST
The Climate Denier's Playbook
400 Parts Per Million LLC
Writers: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan
Producers: Ben Boult, Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan, Daniella Philipson
Sabotage
Good Luck Media, Yellow Dot Studios
Writers: Alessandra Ram, Samantha Oltman
Producers: Alessandra Ram, Samantha Oltman, Adam McKay, Staci Roberts-Steele, Hannah Chinn (Producer), Rebecca Sananes (Senior Consulting Producer)
The Last City
Wondery
Director: Nicolas Jackson
Producers: Jeanine Cornillot, Stephanie Jenz, Marshall Lewy, Jen Sargent, Federico Torrado, Tate Busby, Iris Kim
Head Writer: Carmiel Banasky
Writers: Jonathon Roessler, Lindsay Gelfand, Lex Edness
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Threshold Season 5: Hark
Auricle Productions
Executive Producer: Amy Martin
Producer: Sam Moore
DIGITAL SERIES
Climate Town
Climate Town Productions
Creator: Rollie Williams
Writers: Rollie Williams, Matt Nelsen
Producers: Rollie Williams, Matt Nelsen, Ben Boult, Daniella Philipson
Do You Even Care?
Yellow Dot Studios
Director: Stoney Sharp
Producers: Adam McKay, Staci Roberts-Steele, Anna Wenger, Jessie Bluedorn, Esteban Gast, Stoney Sharp, Carl Fieler
Slick
Carmack Productions
Writers: Jessie Bluedorn, Kylie Holloway
Producers: Jessie Bluedorn, Kylie Holloway, LA Head, James Barker
Study Hall Sustainability
Complexly, Arizona State University
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The Firepit
United By Nature, Shelton Films
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IMPACT CAMPAIGN
Guardianes del Golfo: From Sand to Sea
ECO (a Nuestro Futuro project)
Impact Producers: Emilia Diaz-Magaloni, Ela Diffenbaugh, Thierry Prud’homme Studer, Nicolas Diaz-Magaloni, Ana Constanza Navas
Iyo Ang Dagat (The Sea Is Yours)
Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE)
Impact Producer: Sally Snow
Green for Good
Universal Pictures; GreenerLight
Impact Producers: NBCUniversal & Fourth Act
Can Bees Help Us Prosper Alongside Elephants?
Produced by Humble Bee Films for Sky and Love Nature
Impact Producer: Impact Wild
SOCIAL MEDIA
Lo Esencial (The essential)
Felipe Vega Con
Director:
Writer:
Producer:
She Started Building Polar Bears… Then Everyone Joined!
Emily Driscoll
Director: Emily Driscoll
Stranger Creatures
Mongabay
Director: Sam Lee
Producers: Lucia Torres, Romina Castagnino
Overview: This Island is a Giant Petri Dish
PBS Digital Studios, PBS North Carolina, Spotzen
Producers: PBS North Carolina, Spotzen
Tiny Smooth Green Snake Eggs Hatching
Will Robertson's Wildlife
Director: William Robertson
Producer: William Robertson
BRANDED CONTENT
Fishermen & Guitars
Element Pictures / Square Peg / CJ Enm Production in association with Pith and Fruit Tree Enterprises, Focus Features
Director:
Writer:
Producer:
Glacier Speak: Listening to Matanuska
Trailbound Sketches, KEEN Effect Films
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Land of Canaan
Canaan Palestine, National Geographic Society, Dr. Bronner's
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Thank you to our Advisory Jury
Ali Weinstein
Director of Content and Strategic Communications, Sustainable Entertainment Alliance
Alisa Petrosova
Strategic Narratives Director, Spherical
Addie Thompson
Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Storytelling, Honnold Foundation
Blake Pickens
Emmy-award winning Producer/ Writer
Bryce Cracknell
Writer/Filmmaker/Journalist
Carmiel Banasky
TV Writer/ VP of Editorial & Climate Story Consultant, Good Energy
Cheryl Slean
Director of US Program, Climate Spring
Cyle Zezo
Founder, Reality of Change
Ebony Elaine Hardin
Director of Production, Dropout
Ellis Watamanuk
Sr. Director, Rare Entertainment Lab
Gretel Truong
Director Culture Change, Bully Pulpit International
Helen Krieger
TV Writer/ Producer / Candidate for West Hollywood City Council
Julian Malagon
Producer, Digital Strategist
Karissa Valencia
TV Writer/ Showrunner
Kate Bustamante
CEO, Amante Media
Kayley Hyde
Sr. Director of Digital Engagement, Climate Power
Ky Polanco
Media Entrepreneur / Founder, FEMINIST
Lindsey Villareal
Writer/Producer
Marina Psaros
Founder, Earthworks
Max Boykoff
Faculty Executive Director, SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education
Maya Siegel
Founder, Stories of Consent
Nevo Shinaar
Producer
Rosanna Xia
Environment Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Steve Vitolo
CEO, Scriptation/Writer/Director
Valentina Marchetti
Strategic Consultant, Astera