The Prix Jeunesse Ecotubeurs 2025, sponsored by actor and directorGérard Jugnot, returns for a fifth edition, to be held during the Cannes Film Festival. Organized in partnership with the Ministry of National Education and Culture in all academies. Since its creation in 2021, the Ecotubeurs offer young people the opportunity to make short films on climate and biodiversity issues.
In 2025, the Ecotubeurs Youth Prize opened up on a European and international scale, reinforcing its ambition to highlight the talents of tomorrow and to raise awareness among young people about environmental conservation.
The Jeunesse Ecotubeurs Award is intended for primary school students and high school students, who are accompanied by professionals from the audiovisual sector. Under the Culture Pass, creative workshops are held in schools. They include 7 hours of accompaniment to writing, shooting and editing.
Works made (1 to 5 minutes) can take various forms: fiction, report, clip, documentary, animation. All the films produced constitute the preselection for the Ecotubeurs Awards which this year reward the different categories:
- Grand Prix Lycée
- Grand Prix College
- Grand Prix Primary School
- Price Report
- Music Award
- Special Mention of the Jury Prize of Honor Mayotte
- Agri-Ecotubeurs (agricultural establishment)
- Eurotubers prices
- International Prize
The jury will be chaired this year by Enora Hope, a young French director and actress, recognized for her shorts of science fiction on social networks. It imposes itself as a rising figure of independent and digital cinema.
Find out below the list of selected establishments that constitute the official 2025 competition, awarded onWednesday 14 May from 9am to 12.30pm at Alexandre III Theatre, during theAward ceremony during the Cannes 2025 Festival.
Grand Prix High School:
- The Last Light– Godze
- What Photos for Tomorrow?– Towers
- EchH2Ological– Sheet turn
- Year 2.01– The Creusot
Grand Prix College:
- Ecological VAS– Vulbens
- An Tche Jaden Nou– Holy Spirit (Martinique)
- Turtle Mission– Kourou (Guyana)
- Pompom– Fréjus
Grand Prix Primaire :
- Cut or not cut– Ivry-sur-Seine
- The misadventures of Lulu the turtle– Peyrignac
- Why is the sea level rising?– Peyrignac
- Nothing... or almost– Tiffauges
Price Report:
- 20H– Paris (Henri IV)
- Consciousness– Valencia
- Engage against pollution– Moonel
- The Lost Bottle– Lodeve
Music Award:
- Life Goes Too Quick– Sevran
- Man Save The Fish– Marseille
- Planet in Distress– Miramas
European Prize:
- The Air Price– Madrid, Spain
- APA– Bucharest (Romania)
- Whos Gonna Stand Up– Cordoba (Spain)
- Anti Waste Week– Stockholm, Sweden
- Salem Aleikum!– Vilnius, Lithuania
- The Fashion Wave– Madrid, Spain
- Year 2875– Bucharest (Romania)
- I live a life– Bucharest (Romania)
International Prize:
- Captain Eco, The masked hero– Bahrain
- Contra correlate– Costa Rica
- Nature is another– Costa Rica
- Listen to the hummingbird.– Chile
- P. Ystirene's body: Between waste and fate– Honduras
In 2025, more than 200 institutions and 5 countries participated in Ecotubers, reflecting the growing success of the initiative.
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📅 Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
From 9am to 12.30pm
Alexandre III Theatre – Cannes Festival
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