Animal Behavior Society Film Festival

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY (ABS) FILM FESTIVAL

The ABS Film Festival features outstanding films that portray important concepts in animal behavior research and education. Categories include both professional (commercial) and amateur (non-commercial) films produced in the preceding five years. In this way, the Film Festival promotes the Animal Behavior Society’s goals of research, teaching, and conservation at the university level. In addition, ABS members are encouraged to bring short video clips of their own to share in an informal film event.

The festival is held at the Society's annual meeting and is attended by several hundred scientists, professors, applied practitioners, and students from across the globe.

FILM FESTIVAL CATEGORIES

Commercial: Films made by professional photographers with the express purpose of earning a profit from the endeavor. Films in this category are ordinarily promoted through advertising, and are suitable for broadcast.

Non-Commercial: Films made by persons largely associated with animal behavior from a teaching, research, and/or applied perspective. The film must be made primarily for educational/research purposes.

Informal Film Clips: Short, unedited film clips made by Animal Behavior Society members that depict unique and interesting aspects of animal behavior, narrated in person by the videographer/scientist.

SUBMISSIONS

Entries are now taken through FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/AnimalBehaviorSocietyFilmFestival