The Alliance is an initiative to promote the production of sustainability-themed short films.
In 2020, CapU became the first partner of the Global Sustainability Short Film Alliance. The alliance was founded by VIA University College’s VIA Film & Transmedia in Aarhus, Denmark, CapU’s international exchange partner, and Design Factory International in Hamburg, Germany.
In February 2021, further collaborations between VIA, CapU International, and the School of Motion Picture Arts inspired CapU’s first virtual exchange between CapU's and VIA's students and faculty: Global Coproduction Film Project 2021: Arms Across the Atlantic, which became a Highly Commended Finalist in the Progressive Education Delivery category at the PIEoneer Awards 2022.
Annual symposium and screening
The third Annual Global Sustainability Short Film Alliance: Symposium and Screening is set to take place in 2025. Watch this page for updates!
The second Annual Global Sustainability Short Film Alliance: Symposium and Screening, organized and hosted by CapU’s School of Motion Picture Arts and Centre for International Experience, took place at the state-of-the-art BOSA Centre for Film and Animation and via a live broadcast, on March 30, 2023.
The symposium built on the first Global Sustainability Short Film Alliance: Symposium and Screening, which CapU hosted on March 29, 2022, also at BOSA Centre.
Global Coproduction Film Project 2025
Now accepting expressions of interest for the Global Coproduction Film Project 2025.
Inviting CapU's Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts Degree and VIA's Film and Transmedia Storytelling with Generative AI students to collaborate on sustainability-themed short film projects.
The films will be submitted for screening through Global Sustainability Short Film Alliance events and at select film festivals.
Complete the form below and we will add you to our email list — you’ll be the first to know when Global Coproduction Film Project 2025 is confirmed to launch.
This virtual global coproduction is open to third-and fourth-year Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts Degree students at CapU and fourth-and sixth-semester VIA Film and Transmedia students at VIA University College.
February: Students’ expressions of interest are reviewed and interested students are invited to a student/faculty meet and greet. Creative teams are formed in cross-Atlantic groups of two students per team minimum (e.g. 1 CapU and 1 VIA student). Students then work together on their proposal and prepare to pitch to faculty who provide continuous guidance and mentorship.
February – May: Approved projects move through pre-production, production and post-production.
June: Project delivery and review of submissions. Screenings of selected submissions at the Global Sustainability Short Film Alliance.
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