After a 10-year gap in the International Green Film Festival, in 2014 which named: “the year of Economy and Culture with national will and management”, the Iranian Department of Environment decided to revive the festival as a substantial cultural movement for protecting the environment. It was decided that the festival should be organized by an NGO. Among the candidates, Green Civilization, Artists protecting the Environment was honored to be selected as the executive organizer of Iran’s 5th International Green Film Festival. Green Civilization NGO, has a 16-year record of cultural and artistic activities toward environmental protection and has accomplished several projects with the cooperation and support of the Department of Environment, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), and other national and international organizations including Organizing the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty event, the Tree Planting event with more than 100 of well-known Iranian artists, cooperating in organizing the 2nd Iran Green Film Festival, making documentaries for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and organizing numerous visual art exhibitions on environmental protection and sustainability subjects.