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Event Date: 
January 18, 2026

DEADLINE: MegaCities-ShortDocs Film Festival

“Do you live in an urban environment? Can you shoot a 4-minute documentary? Do you want to inspire people around the world to make the change happening?

“Show a challenge in your city and solutions or ideas of new initiatives that could tackle such issues. For inspiration and subject ideas, take a look at the themes with social or environmental impact covered by one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations [1] (such as education, climate change, feed, transportation, refugees, health, poverty, gender equality…).”

Includes a student category.

Awards and prizes include cash and a trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

Deadline: Jan 18, 2026

More information [2].

 

International [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Awards and Grants [5]
Public [6]
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[1] https://sdgs.un.org/goals [2] https://www.megacities-shortdocs.org/lear-more-about-the-festival [3] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [5] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/awards [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81