2027 Health Sciences Sustainability
Film Festival
Submit your film!
Lights, Camera, Sustainability Action
FF2027 is open to the entire Pitt community. Whether you’ve never picked up a camera or you’re a seasoned filmmaker, there’s a category and a story for you to tell.
Choose Your Length
- 60 Seconds: perfect for a punchy, social-ready message
- 2 Minutes: room to build a short narrative
- 5 Minutes: for deeper, more developed storytelling
What Should Your Film Be About?
Your film should explore sustainability in health sciences and respond to this year’s theme. Style is entirely up to you — documentary, fiction, animation, hybrid, informative, entertaining, thought-provoking, or all of the above. Need a spark?
Topics to Consider
- Health care sustainability
- Climate medicine
- Sustainability in health sciences education
- Reducing excess or unnecessary care
- Lowering the carbon footprint of health care delivery
- Minimizing waste in clinical and research settings
- Sustainable health care supply chains
- Educating providers on eco-friendly practices
- Psychological and behavioral approaches to environmental health
- Reusability and renewable materials in health care
- Greener health care infrastructure
- Environmental impact of health care research
Submission Details
- Submission deadline: March 5, 2027 (early submission window: TBD)
- Format: Accepted video formats (e.g., MP4, MOV) OR accessible link (e.g. via Sharepoint)
- Genre: Open to all styles (documentary, fiction, non-fiction, animation, or hybrid)
- No generative AI technology can be used in video creation.
Ready to Submit?
Upload or share your finished film via [email / submission site — TBD].
Your Film, on the Big Screen (and Beyond)
Every winning entry will be played at the 2027 Health Sciences Sustainability Film Festival. Selected films may also be:
- Screened across campus for a period of time
- Showcased in Health Sciences buildings and online
- Recognized with a 15 minute consultation with a film professor, for entries submitted before the early deadline — with the option to revise and resubmit
- Featured in future guidance and tutorials for student filmmakers
Selected films may also be showcased at university events, sustainability initiatives, and Health Sciences education programs.