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MNICFF2026 Relive the highlights of the 11th edition of the My Name Is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF 2026), held on 18–19 September 2026 at the Lyttleton Theatre, Birmingham & Midland Institute, UK. This year’s edition brought together over 300 film submissions from 35 countries, showcasing courageous independent filmmakers, young animators, green innovators, and municipal leaders united around climate justice, environmental restoration, and cinematic impact. 📌 KEY LINKS & CALLS TO ACTION: 📰 Read the Full Official Press Release: https://www.mynameisclimate.com/my-name-is-climate-film-festival-2026-in-birmingham-city-centre MNICFF2026 Winners: https://www.mynameisclimate.com/film-festival-winners MNICFF2026 Photo Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1695875642537572&type=3 🎬 Submissions Now Open for MNICFF 2027 (FilmFreeway): https://filmfreeway.com/mnicff *Featuring a brand-new category dedicated to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and free submission waivers for young creators aged 13–18.* 🚨 EMERGENCY GLOBAL APPEAL | Nepal Flash Flood Relief: Nepal produces near-zero carbon emissions, yet vulnerable frontline communities are facing 100% of the catastrophic impact from recent devastating flash floods. Please stand in solidarity and support emergency food, shelter, and medical relief: 👉 Support on WhyDonate: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/nepal-flash-flood-emergency-relief-fund Connect with the My Name Is Climate Foundation: Website: https://www.mynameisclimate.com Email: mynameisclimate@gmail.com Social: @mynnameisclimate #MNICFF2026 #ClimateCinema #EnvironmentalFilm #Birmingham #FilmFestival #SustainableCinema #ClimateJustice #NepalRelief #WhyDonate #FilmFreeway taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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Thank you BIRMINGHAM NOW for covering our story! 🪴🌸🙏. https://www.birmingham-now.co.uk/news/26578312.birmingham-filmmaker-says-climate-images-prompt-action/ #birminghamnow #climatefilmfestival #mynameisclimate #europeheatwave #flashflood by @mynameisclimate
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Celebrating the winners and the incredible talent from this weekend! 🏆✨ Nothing captures the spirit of the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF) quite like the award ceremony—just pure joy, shared passion, and big smiles all around. Over September 18–19 at the historic Birmingham & Midland Institute, we were proud to bring together a truly global community: scientists, researchers, teens, youth, and professional, amateur, student, and indie filmmakers from across the UK and around the world. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this edition unforgettable: our engaged audience, generous supporters, dedicated volunteers, insightful panelists, special guests, and our esteemed global jury team. Your belief in the power of storytelling drives real climate action. Huge congratulations to all of our award winners and nominees! 📩 To our winners who couldn’t attend in person: Your award certificates will be sent by mail shortly upon request—please reach out to our team to arrange delivery! 📸 For now, enjoy these big smiles and proud moments from the ceremony. Stay tuned, because more highlights, photos, and recap videos from every session are coming your way soon! #MNICFF #MNICFF2026 #AwardCeremony #ClimateFilmFestival #FilmmakerSpotlight #GlobalCinema #ClimateAction #StorytellingForChange #BirminghamEvents #BirminghamAndMidlandInstitute #IndieFilm by @mynameisclimate
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MERMAID BEACH — Behind the Film | Exclusive Cast & Crew Interview | #MNICFF2026 What happens when cinema meets climate awareness? 🌍 We sat down at the My Name Is Climate Film Festival 2026 in Birmingham with the incredible minds behind *Mermaid Beach* to talk storytelling, teamwork, and passion! Featuring: • @beccahirani (Co-Director & Producer) • @tishpiwowarek (Production Manager & Actress) • @ellie.bindman (Lead Actress) • Andrew Rolfe (Actor) Hosted by @theofficialootc Get a behind-the-scenes look at how this powerful independent film was brought to life. 👉 Watch the full exclusive interview now! On our official YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/YJwMz8B9VYU 🌍 Join the Movement: • Festival: https://www.mynameisclimate.com • Film: https://www.mermaidbeachmovie.com • Submit your film: https://www.filmfreeway.com/mnicff 👍 Don't forget to Like, Comment, and Subscribe to support indie filmmakers! #MermaidBeach #MyNameIsClimate #MNICFF2026 #IndieFilm #ClimateAction #Filmmaking #FilmFestival taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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🏆 AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Best Feature Documentary Film on Climate Issues from the Netherlands 🇳🇱🌱 ✨We are deeply honoured to announce that the Best Feature Documentary Film on Climate Issues from the Netherlands at the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF) goes to the remarkable documentary Green Musketeer, recognising the extraordinary journey and life’s work of Key Cast Pieter Hoff! In Green Musketeer, we follow the inspiring path of Dutch inventor Pieter Hoff on his bold mission to plant one trillion trees on degraded lands to combat climate change, water scarcity, and food insecurity. Armed with his revolutionary invention—‘intelligent buckets’ designed to establish trees without irrigation—Pieter worked to spark global transformation in some of the world’s harshest landscapes, from China and Tibet to Dubai and Mexico. Despite his boundless optimism, Pieter faced steep systemic barriers alongside the devastating news of a terminal cancer diagnosis. Remaining steadfast until his passing in 2021, his legacy was taken up by his son Wout Hoff, who traveled to Nigeria for the Great Green Wall of Africa project to scatter Pieter’s ashes and continue his father's dream of healing our planet. Green Musketeer deeply moved everyone in the screening room—leaving us teary-eyed yet profoundly uplifted to see such practical, tangible solutions offered to our world. We wholeheartedly recommend everyone to watch this poignant and powerful film! Join us in honouring this legacy: 🎬 Best Feature Documentary Film on Climate Issues from the Netherlands: Green Musketeer – Honouring Key Cast Pieter Hoff for showcasing the enduring power of one man's vision, proving that ingenious solutions can regenerate our planet even in the most unforgiving environments! A profound thank you and standing ovation to the team behind Green Musketeer! 👏🌍🕊️ #MNICFF2026 #GreenMusketeer #PieterHoff #WoutHoff #ClimateFilmFestival #Netherlands taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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🏆 AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Audience Award (Category: Short Documentary Film on Climate Issues from UK) 🎬❄️🔥We are thrilled to announce that the Audience Award in the Short Documentary Film on Climate Issues from UK category at the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF2026) goes to director Alan Rudolph Marcus for his deeply moving and visionary work, Saliqmiut: people along the coast, at the edge! The film explores the profound realities of climate change across two communities in sharply contrasting settings. In January 2025, Los Angeles was devastated by the worst fires in its history, destroying more than 18,000 homes and structures. Meanwhile, in the small Canadian Inuit hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean, the community faces accelerating coastal erosion, flooding, and impending town relocation. By adopting a novel "fire and ice" bifocal perspective, Saliqmiut bridges two completely different worlds to reflect on local resilience, human adaptation, and community survival amid the escalating climate crisis. It clearly struck a powerful chord with everyone in attendance. Join us in celebrating this well-deserved recognition:🎬 Audience Award (Category: Short Documentary Film on Climate Issues from UK):Alan Rudolph Marcus – Saliqmiut: people along the coast, at the edge voted by our festival audience for its striking cinematic contrast, urgent frontline stories, and compassionate look at human adaptation! A huge congratulations to Alan Rudolph Marcus on capturing the hearts and minds of our audience! 👏🌊🔥#MNICFF #MNICFF2026 #AudienceAward #AlanRudolphMarcus #Saliqmiut #ClimateFilmFestival #ShortDoc #UKFilmmakers #ClimateEmergency #FireAndIce #Tuktoyaktuk #ArcticVoices #LosAngelesFires #StorytellingForChange #BirminghamEvents #BirminghamAndMidlandInstitute taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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🏆 AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Best Director from USA 🇺🇸🐋🌊 We are immensely proud to announce that the Best Director from USA award at the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF2026) goes to John Carlos Frey for his powerful, hard-hitting investigative feature documentary, The Snake and the Whale! Over the past fifty years, four federal dams impounding the Lower Snake River in Washington State have been identified as the root cause for the demise of all of Idaho’s anadromous fish. The Snake and the Whale uncovers the corrupt deals behind the construction of these dams and exposes the subsequent campaigns designed to conceal their role in an ongoing ecological catastrophe. Beyond devastating river ecosystems, the dams have profoundly impacted the Southern Resident Orcas off the coast of Washington, which depend on Snake River salmon as their primary food supply—pushing these majestic marine creatures straight to the top of the Endangered Species list. Through rigorous investigative journalism and cinematic storytelling, John Carlos Frey delivers an urgent, unflinching call for accountability, ecological restoration, and species protection. Join us in celebrating this outstanding achievement: 🎬 Best Director from USA: John Carlos Frey – The Snake and the Whale For fearless investigative direction that unmasks corporate and political interests to defend our keystone marine species and river habitats! A huge congratulations to John Carlos Frey on this well-deserved recognition! 👏🎥🐋 #MNICFF #MNICFF2026 #TheSnakeAndTheWhale #JohnCarlosFrey #BestDirector #BestDirectorUSA #USADirector #WildlifeDocumentary #OrcaConservation #SouthernResidentOrcas #SaveTheSalmon #InvestigativeDoc #ClimateFilmFestival #StorytellingForChange #BirminghamEvents #BirminghamAndMidlandInstitute taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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🏆 AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Best Teen Climate Storytellers Award (Ages 13–18) 🎨🌱✨ We are thrilled to announce that the Best Teen Climate Storytellers Award (Ages 13–18) at the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF2026) goes to Araminta Stuart (UK) for her poignant animated short film, The Grass Was Greener Yesterday! Through the imaginative and evocative medium of animation, this short captures the urgency of our changing world through the clear, creative lens of youth. The Grass Was Greener Yesterday speaks directly to nostalgia, environmental loss, and the fierce hope of a rising generation determined to protect the planet’s future. Join us in celebrating this incredible young talent: 🎬 Best Teen Climate Storytellers Award (Ages 13–18): Araminta Stuart (UK) – The Grass Was Greener Yesterday, for exceptional creativity, artistry, and powerful animated storytelling that proves youth voices are leading the climate conversation! A huge congratulations to Araminta Stuart on this inspiring win! 👏🌿✨ #MNICFF #MNICFF2026 #AramintaStuart #TheGrassWasGreenerYesterday #TeenFilmmaker #AnimationShort #BestTeenStoryteller #YouthClimateAction #ClimateFilmFestival #UKFilmmakers #IndieAnimation #StorytellingForChange #BirminghamEvents #BirminghamAndMidlandInstitute taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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🏆 AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Best Director (Category: Best Feature on Climate Issues from India) 🇮🇳🌿✨ We are immensely proud to announce that the Best Director award in the Best Feature on Climate Issues from India category at the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF) goes to Dr. Purva Tavri for her extraordinary documentary, India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins! Across India’s overlooked margins, reuse, repair, and regeneration are not modern green innovations—they are inherited ways of life rooted in culture, necessity, and care. Featuring voices across sectors—artists, makers, NGO leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, planners, engineers, institutions, and homemakers—the film journeys through terracotta clusters in Rajasthan, bamboo-timber homes in Sikkim, palm-leaf artisans in Kerala, and community commons in Chhattisgarh. One story is deeply personal: the director’s mother, whose regenerative practices shaped the director’s own circular worldview long before her professional work in sustainability. With poetic narration, immersive visuals, and grounded research, the film reframes circularity as a lived tradition, not a future policy aspiration. Join us in congratulating our winner: 🎬 Best Director (Category: Best Feature on Climate Issues from India): Dr. Purva Taveri (For visionary direction that marries personal ancestry, scientific depth, and breathtaking storytelling to reveal circularity at the grassroots!) 📩 A quick reminder for winners who couldn’t be with us in Birmingham: your award certificates are prepared and will be sent by mail shortly upon request—please connect with our team to arrange dispatch! Huge congratulations to Dr. Purva Taveri on this well-deserved recognition! 👏🎥 #MNICFF #MNICFF2026 #DrPurvaTaveri #BestDirector #IndiasCircularity #ClimateFilmFestival #CircularEconomy #TraditionalWisdom #SustainableIndia #EnvironmentalDocumentary #IndianCinema #ClimateAction #StorytellingForChange #BirminghamEvents #BirminghamAndMidlandInstitute taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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🏆 AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Best Climate Feature Film for Children & Best Actress 🌊✨We are thrilled to celebrate the magical and impactful story of Mermaid Beach at the 11th edition of the My Name is Climate Film Festival (MNICFF2026)! Set against the breathtaking coastline of West Wales, Mermaid Beach follows Lily, a teenager adjusting to life in a seaside town who experiences a magical transformation into a mermaid. When industrial pollution and coastal development threaten her new home and the underwater world, Lily steps up to defend the ocean—delivering an enchanting, heartfelt message of youth empowerment, marine conservation, and climate protection. Join us in congratulating our winners:🎬 Best Climate Feature Film for Children:Directors Sam P. Green & Rebecca J. Matthews (For crafting a charming, inspiring coming-of-age fantasy that connects young audiences directly to the vital mission of ocean conservation!) ⭐ Best Actress:Star cast Ellie Bindman (Lily) (For delivering an extraordinary, heartfelt performance that carries both the warmth of sisterhood and the courageous heart needed to protect our seas!) 📩 A quick reminder for winners who couldn’t be with us in Birmingham: your award certificates are prepared and will be sent by mail shortly upon request—just drop our team a message! A huge round of applause to the entire cast and crew behind Mermaid Beach! 👏🐋#MNICFF #MNICFF2026 #MermaidBeach #ClimateFilmFestival #BestClimateFilm #BestActress #EllieBindman #SamPGreen #RebeccaJMatthews #KidsFilm #OceanConservation #YouthEmpowerment #BirminghamAndMidlandInstitute #ClimateAction taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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Wildfires across Europe. Rapidly melting glaciers. Devastating flash floods sweeping through Nepal. The signals from our planet are deafening—yet so often, the world responds with exhaustion, delay, or simply looking away. What is the true cost of our silence? 🌍 Join us at the My Name is Climate Film Festival for a powerful, non-partisan panel discussion: The Cost of Silence: The Hidden Price of Looking Away. We are bringing together international cinema, ancestral wisdom, and local civic action to ask: how do we break climate fatigue and turn anxiety into community solutions? 📍 Where: Birmingham & Midland Institute (BMI), 9 Margaret St, Birmingham, B3 3BS 📅 When: Saturday, 19 September | 14:00 – 15:00 (Doors open from morning 8:30 am/ Panel is part of film fest) 🎟️ Admission: Free & open to all (youth, students, families, and residents welcome!) Host: Dr. Karen Johnson, CEO Out of the corner Moderator: Lalit Bhusal (Founder, My Name is Climate | EU Climate Pact Ambassador) Professor Alan Marcus (Filmmaker & Cultural Historian, University of Aberdeen) Dr. Purva Tavri (Lecturer, Kingston University London & Filmmaker, India’s Circularity) Paul Fisher (Assistant Director for Health Protection & Place, Birmingham City Council) Don’t look away. Come be part of the conversation. 🔗 Reserve your free seat via the link or scan QR 🌸 https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/mni-climate-film-fest-2026-sep-19-tickets-1999267543040 #MyNameIsClimate #TheCostOfSilence #ClimateAction #BirminghamEvents WestMidlands FilmFestival CircularEconomy ClimateJustice YouthForClimate BrumEvents by @mynameisclimate
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A brave heart can make big waves. Join us at the My Name Is Climate Film Festival 2026 for a special screening of the award-winning feature film, Mermaid Beach! 🧜‍♀️✨ Stories today. Solutions tomorrow. The festival spans two full days, from 18–19 September (8:30 AM – 4:30 PM), bringing powerful stories and climate action to the screen. When Lily moves from the city to a seaside town, a magical beach discovery transforms her into a mermaid. Drawn into a breathtaking underwater world full of wonder and peril, she uncovers a growing threat to the ocean. With her secret at risk of being discovered, Lily must find the courage to protect the sea she loves—and everything that matters most to her. Screening & Event Details: Date & Time: Friday, 18 September 2026 at 11:45 AM Venue: The Lyttelton Theatre, Birmingham & Midlands Institute, 9 Margaret St, Birmingham B3 3BS, United Kingdom Run Time: 80 minutes (followed by a live Q&A) Q&A Host: Hosted by Dr Karen Johnson Meet the Team: Cast, crew, and directors (Sam P Green & Rebecca J Matthews) in attendance Audience: Suitable for children and families 🎟️ Book your festival tickets: Day 1 Tickets (18 Sep): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999268418659?aff=oddtdtcreator Day 2 Tickets (19 Sep): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999267543040?aff=oddtdtcreator 🎬 Discover more about Mermaid Beach: Website: https://www.mermaidbeachmovie.com IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36016626/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mermaidbeachmovie/ Festival info: www.mynameisclimate.com 🌍 #MyNameIsClimate #MermaidBeach #ClimateAction #FilmFestival2026 #IndieFilm #BirminghamEvents #OceanConservation #FamilyFilm taken in Birmingham and Midland Institute by @mynameisclimate
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