Close the Tap
Close the Tap is an international video competition, free to enter and open to everyone, dedicated to climate change.
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to build up, like water in a bath that is rising to the brim. Turning off the tap means stopping that flow before it is too late.
Close the Tap takes this image as its starting point to challenge filmmakers, students and professionals from around the world to translate it into a visual narrative:
short films capable of informing, inspiring and spurring action, because cinema remains one of the most effective ways of getting a message across where words alone are not enough.
The competition is organised by Aequilibria, which coordinates the jury—comprising experts in carbon management, video production and film directing—and oversees the selection of the finalists.
The winning video for the 2026 edition: Plant the Future by Kiril Sotirovski (Skopje, North Macedonia)
12 December 2022
A new face for Carbon Footprint Italy
10 November 2022
Aequilibria at the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh
12 October 2022
Greenwashing: the other side of sustainability
6 October 2022
Big news in the Carbon Footprint International Alliance!
19 July 2022
The second edition of Close the Tap is ONLINE!
16 June 2022
Aequilibria is Sustainability Partner of HERO Dolomites!
19 April 2022
The video contest “CLOSE THE TAP” has come to an end: here are the winners
31 March 2022
Arctic and Antarctica never so hot: what is going on?
22 March 2022
The Council of the European Union approves the CBAM, the new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
7 December 2021
The video contest on climate change “Close the tap” is now on FilmFreeway platform
15 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – The Good COP and the Bad COP for the Glasgow Climate Pact
12 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – The last mile
11 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – The COP failed! Or not, there is a deal! The immaturity of (some) Italian press
10 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – The famous Article 6
9 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – For those thirty pieces of silver…
8 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – Success, failure, or the usual half-full glass?
5 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – The first step towards a global Carbon Footprint label
4 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – Adaptation: the other side of the coin
3 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – Participation or anti-COVID19 measures…That is the question.
2 November 2021
Good morning from Glasgow: Daniele Pernigotti at the COP26 – The UN Secretary General never so harsh: Stop treating Nature like a toilet!