ActNowFilm: Youth Climate Leaders as Agents of Change has been selected for screening at the Frome International Climate Film Festival.

The festival, now in its fourth year, aims to inspire change and action on the climate crisis by presenting positive climate and environmental films. This year, the festival received over 1,000 entries from over 100 countries around the world.

ActNowFilm: Youth Climate Leaders as Agents of Change will be shown on the festival’s main screen on 25 May, before the awards ceremony later that day.

First shown at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the film showcases the work of eight youth climate leaders as well as the insights of prominent climate change experts including Christiana Figueres (Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC 2010-2016) and Mary Robinson (founding member and former Chair of The Elders).

Youth climate leaders who feature in the film include Mariana Gomes, President and Founder of Último Recurso, Portugal's first climate litigation NGO; Dawda Cham, who was the Lead of the first Local Conference for Youth in Gambia and contributed to authoring the Global Youth Statement; and Marinel Ubaldo, who co-founded the Institute for Youth in Climate Diplomacy.

The young people share their personal experiences and direct actions in response to the climate crisis and call for greater, urgent action by climate negotiators and the official integration of young people in climate negation teams and international climate negotiations.

The film was produced by the Institute for Policy Research and Cambridge Zero.