Creativity Marathon
The Creativity Marathon is an opportunity for high school students from all around the world to come together to solve some of the world's greatest challenges through a filmmaking competition.
With the help of some filmmaking lessons from Full Sail, teams of three to five students, accompanied by an adult sponsor, you will have until March 29th, 2025 to produce a three-minute video showing a clear and creative solution to one or more of UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goals.
Creativity Marathon 2025 Winners
| Escola Bilíngue Pueri Domus Aclimação | Cintia Yamashita | Mariana Bigongiari | Helena Trugillo | Leonardo Paro Del Carlo | Giulia Minelli | Carolina La Motta | Project | Winner |
| Canadian High School (Colégio Santo Agostinho Belo Horizonte) | Gregory Andrus | Larissa Oliveira | Mariana Valadares | Letícia Silva | Nicolas Brito | Pedro Queiroz | Project | 2º. Place |
| Colégio Presbiteriano Mackenzie São Paulo | Guilherme Oliveira | Ana Carolina Neto | Manuella de Araújo Lopes | Catharine Lima | Laura Sales | Kathleen Zamarian | Project | 3º. Place |
Sponsors
Honorable Mentions of 2025
| Colégio Everest Internacional – RJ | Fernanda Macena | Maria Clara K. M. da Silva | Guy B. L. Kullmann | Manuela A. V. do Nascimento | Mariana Ribeiro Turcatel | Eduardo J. E. Cassiano | Projeto |
| Colégio Pentágono | Jessica Rodrigues | Marina Salles | Beatriz Pereira | Marco Mazi | - | - | Projeto |
| Rio International School | Viviane Miranda | Fabrícia Silva | Sofia Alvarenga | Maria Clara Novaes | Ana Luiza | Maria Luisa Senne | Projeto |
| Escola Bilingue Carolina Patrício | Sarah Willemes | Giselle Assumpção | Gustavo Bivar | Valentina Melo | - | - | Projeto |
| Maple Bear Barra | Vitória Fonseca | Letícia Torres | Ana Sofia F. M. Barros | Maria Eduarda Scistowicz | - | - | Projeto |
| Escola Dinâmica Ambiental | Pauline Bitzer | Yasmin Vardanega | Renata Del Cogliano | Lukas Healy | Antonella Isidoro Feiber | Marina da Cunha da Silva | Projeto |
| Colégio Agostiniano Nossa Senhora de Fátima | Veronica Brambilla | Sophia Araújo | Letícia Xavier | Isabela Fontes | Sarah Aguiar | Sofia Horta | Projeto |
Sponsors
Winners & Honorable Mentions of 2024
| Colégio Pentágono - Perdizes | Marcio Fernandes | Pedro Henrique Molina | Mari Tokeshi | Janaína Martin | - | - | Projeto |
| Escola Carolina Patrício | Pedro Cardial | Luíza Campos | Elissa F. N. Ponte Burlamaqui | Maria Luiza Gleisner Duarte | Pedro Cassis Werner | Hugo Deboni | Projeto |
| Beacon School | Maria Eduarda Menezes | Júlia Miranda | Maria Paula Torga | Isabela Bidutte de Castro | Lívia da Costa de Miranda | Luiza Fornaza | Projeto |
Regional Winner
Sponsors
2025 Timeline
Registration Process
Prizes & Awards Ceremony
Award winners will be announced LIVE during the Virtual Awards Ceremony on April 9th.
There will be 5 Honorable Mention nominations and one Winner nomination.
Rules & Regulations
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR BRAZIL
CLICK HERE to review the Terms & Conditions for Brazil.
SPONSOR REGISTRATION & DEADLINE
- Each team participating in the contest must have a sponsor (teacher, counselor, coordinator or other member of the staff of the school the team is representing) and 3-5 high school students. Sponsors are able to participate on multiple teams, but students are limited to joining only one team.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A RECOGNITION OF PARTICIPATION
- Students that watch the online on demand lessons and submit a project will be able to receive a Student Recognition of Participation (Certificate of Participation). This document will be available for the student on the official platform of the Creativity Marathon 2025 for download. To have access to the document each student must: (i) access the platform; (ii) watch each of the on-demand lessons available from March 19th - March 29th.
Video Criteria
Video Submissions
Video Judging Rubric
Every year, the Creativity Marathon is proud to count on the expertise and dedication of over 50 esteemed judges from diverse creative industries. These professionals bring their unique perspectives and experience to evaluate the incredible projects submitted by participants.
These are the 2025 Creativity Marathon Judges:
Entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by Full Sail University, which may include Degree Program Instructors, High School Outreach leadership staff, Marketing leadership staff, and Industry Related members invited by team sponsors based on their work experience and/or expertise in sustainability, filmmaking, and/or script writing.
Entries will be judged on a one-hundred (100) point scale by the panel based on the following ten (10) criteria:
The judges will score each entry and will select the top six (6) entries based on the stated criteria. The entry receiving the highest score will be designated the potential winner. The next five (5) highest scoring entries will be designated as honorable mentions.
