For General Submissions, we’re inviting submissions for a wide variety of subject matter, but they should align with Ecotrust’s mission to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity, and environmental well-being. Our goal is to foster a natural model of development that creates more resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems here and around the world.

The films selected will help set the tone and theme of our events in August and October. Topics could include films that showcase:

• The diverse histories or contemporary stories that have shaped our bioregion, especially from the perspectives of Indigenous, Black, Latine, immigrant and diasporic communities. We define our bioregion as the historic reach of Pacific salmon runs from the Pacific Ocean to interior lands and waters of the coastal temperate rainforest. This region is often thought of as Southeast Alaska spanning down to northern California. 
• The distinct experiences of communities in our bioregion in this sociopolitical moment, particularly those that highlight the ways communities experience and build resilience in the face of disparity. 
• Seasonality or seasonal ecologies of this bioregion that correspond to the timing of the films series event dates. These could include stories about foods cultivated or wild-harvested that are seasonally unique, migrations, or other ecological phenomena that are particular to the summer and fall months.
• The relationship between people and place, in particular stories about caretaking or stewarding cultural practices, languages, or land and water tending that are tied to unique geographies.
• Stories that highlight intergenerational voices, and the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next, connecting past to present.
• Stories about small actions that became systemic change in the sectors in which we work—food systems, climate-smart and tribally-led forestry, community-based fisheries—with partnerships and collaboration that bridged communities, generations, and disciplines and moved the work forward.
• The film length must fall between 5 to 90 minutes.