Round the Globe

We are now open to submissions for original songs and music videos.

Round The Globe inspires hope, encouragement & global healing through music & cinema. We are now accepting submissions for our upcoming festival event. Enter your submissions through FilmFreeway (expired link)
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Round The Globe offers cinema & music festivals in the months of September, March, December, and June. We are accepting music videos, original songs, and short film submissions that inspire hope, encouragement & global healing through cinema and music. Entrees are being accepted now through (expired link) or
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Mission Statement: Inspiring Hope, Encouragement & Global Healing to the world through cinema and music.

Vision Statement: Round The Globe has an expressed intention to appreciate cultural differences, and to respect that despite our differences, our shared humanity unites us in a mindful manner. Artistic expression through film and music can be the conduit to connect and unite us in oneness.

Core Values:
-Promoting acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion through cinema and music
-Understanding neurodiversity, and increasing insight and awareness through film and music
- Supporting the philosophy of universality, and equality across all cultures
-To explore creative consciousness through expression in film and music
-Sharing and communicating life stories and offering a bridge of understanding to increase resilience, and integrative-sustainability
-To explore social issues and the suggestion of healthy solutions through cinema and music

Film submissions are limited to 5-30 minutes in length. Songs submitted music to be submitted as a WAV or an MP3 file, and if video, an MP4. Entrees are submitted through Film Freeway, quarterly dates for entrance, and the film festival will be posted on Film Freeway.

Films Inspiring Hope: The focus of the film should have a storyline in which the characters face a challenge, and find their way to become hopeful and overcome the incident. Character development is especially desirable in this film, and in some manner, the central charter offers the viewer inspiration.

Films of Encouragement: The underlying message of the film is meant to offer encouragement, uplift the viewer, and leave them feeling an increased sense of motivation.

Films Focused on Global Healing: There is a great disparity between countries and the availability of resources to address issues of health and wellness. Films in this category may provide insight to identify problematic areas, and remedies to address these concerns, and to support universal acceptance and love.

Woman’s Issues: Women are not only a resource of nurturance, but accomplish remarkable achievements either individually, as a part of a family, or within their community. Maintaining life-Balance is frequently a struggle because of the multiplicity of demands placed on women. Social position and status can look different within the context of various cultures. Films in this category are meant to explore female empowerment and bring insight and increased understanding of the roles women place within their culture.

Men’s Issues: The role of men in cultures throughout the world has been undergoing changes. This can lead to confusion and feelings of insecurity. Modern men may stay at home and care for the children, or they may continue to function in traditional roles. Film submissions about men’s issues are encouraged to address the ways in which men come to understand their emotions, become comfortable with the expression of emotion, and how they connect in significant relationships.

Spirituality: Religious practice is not necessarily the same as spiritual practice; however, both or either can play an important role in our health and well-being. Films that focus on spiritual development, our relationship to ourselves and others within this realm, and how we contribute to the world through spiritual practice would be of interest in this film category.

Social Issues, Resilience & Sustainability: In every culture, there are issues of social injustice, conflict, and social differences, which can affect human or animal existence and the ability to maintain resilience. It is frequently not enough to be resilient because multiple losses can occur, we must instead focus on our ability to sustain resilience. Films that speak to how we might address social concerns that involve the depletion of social, emotional, environmental, or financial resources are welcome in this category.

Best Instrumental Score: Music scores may be from any genre, and the music should evoke visual imagery, and heightened imagination.

Best Song: All genres are accepted and will be evaluated based on the quality of performance and production.

Music Video: All genres are accepted and will be evaluated based on the quality of production in sound and visual imagery.

Festival Submission Categories
Entrees are submitted through Film Freeway, and winning films and music will be displayed on our website. All winning entrants will receive a certificate of acknowledgment. Please make sure you clearly identify all names that are to appear on the winning certificate at the time of submission, so that if you are selected, the winner’s names will be accurately displayed.

Films Inspiring Hope

Films of Encouragement

Films Focused on Global Healing

Woman’s Issues

Men’s Issues

Spirituality

Social Issues, Resilience & Sustainability

Best Instrumental Score

Best Song

Music Video

Awards & Prizes
Winner's Certificate
Winners Posted on the Round The Globe Film & Music Festival Site

Rules & Terms
-Film length is 5-30 minutes maximum. Submit through our page on the Film Freeway website.

-The winners shall be notified by email within 2 weeks of entries closing and will receive a digital certificate.

– In order to keep entry fees down, No award trophies are handed out to winners.

-The awards competition is open to people all over the world.

-We reserve the right to move your film to another appropriate category if there is a better chance of winning

-Acceptance and being ”Selected” is not a criterion for automatic screening at the festival, only award-winning films, songs, or videos will preview at the festival. One week prior to the event we will make a decision on what films will be screening

-Round The Globe Film & Music Festival is not yet IMDb eligible. The festival must have existed for five years in order to meet eligibility standards

Round The Globe offers cinema & music festivals in the months of September, March, December, and June. We are accepting music videos, original songs, and short film submissions that inspire hope, encouragement & global healing through cinema and music. Entrees are being accepted now through (expired link) or
(expired link)
Mission Statement: Inspiring Hope, Encouragement & Global Healing to the world through cinema and music.

Vision Statement: Round The Globe has an expressed intention to appreciate cultural differences, and to respect that despite our differences, our shared humanity unites us in a mindful manner. Artistic expression through film and music can be the conduit to connect and unite us in oneness.

Core Values:
-Promoting acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion through cinema and music
-Understanding neurodiversity, and increasing insight and awareness through film and music
- Supporting the philosophy of universality, and equality across all cultures
-To explore creative consciousness through expression in film and music
-Sharing and communicating life stories and offering a bridge of understanding to increase resilience, and integrative-sustainability
-To explore social issues and the suggestion of healthy solutions through cinema and music

Film submissions are limited to 5-30 minutes in length. Songs submitted music to be submitted as a WAV or an MP3 file, and if video, an MP4. Entrees are submitted through Film Freeway, quarterly dates for entrance, and the film festival will be posted on Film Freeway.

Films Inspiring Hope: The focus of the film should have a storyline in which the characters face a challenge, and find their way to become hopeful and overcome the incident. Character development is especially desirable in this film, and in some manner, the central charter offers the viewer inspiration.

Films of Encouragement: The underlying message of the film is meant to offer encouragement, uplift the viewer, and leave them feeling an increased sense of motivation.

Films Focused on Global Healing: There is a great disparity between countries and the availability of resources to address issues of health and wellness. Films in this category may provide insight to identify problematic areas, and remedies to address these concerns, and to support universal acceptance and love.

Woman’s Issues: Women are not only a resource of nurturance, but accomplish remarkable achievements either individually, as a part of a family, or within their community. Maintaining life-Balance is frequently a struggle because of the multiplicity of demands placed on women. Social position and status can look different within the context of various cultures. Films in this category are meant to explore female empowerment and bring insight and increased understanding of the roles women place within their culture.

Men’s Issues: The role of men in cultures throughout the world has been undergoing changes. This can lead to confusion and feelings of insecurity. Modern men may stay at home and care for the children, or they may continue to function in traditional roles. Film submissions about men’s issues are encouraged to address the ways in which men come to understand their emotions, become comfortable with the expression of emotion, and how they connect in significant relationships.

Spirituality: Religious practice is not necessarily the same as spiritual practice; however, both or either can play an important role in our health and well-being. Films that focus on spiritual development, our relationship to ourselves and others within this realm, and how we contribute to the world through spiritual practice would be of interest in this film category.

Social Issues, Resilience & Sustainability: In every culture, there are issues of social injustice, conflict, and social differences, which can affect human or animal existence and the ability to maintain resilience. It is frequently not enough to be resilient because multiple losses can occur, we must instead focus on our ability to sustain resilience. Films that speak to how we might address social concerns that involve the depletion of social, emotional, environmental, or financial resources are welcome in this category.

Best Instrumental Score: Music scores may be from any genre, and the music should evoke visual imagery, and heightened imagination.

Best Song: All genres are accepted and will be evaluated based on the quality of performance and production.

Music Video: All genres are accepted and will be evaluated based on the quality of production in sound and visual imagery.

Festival Submission Categories
Entrees are submitted through Film Freeway, and winning films and music will be displayed on our website. All winning entrants will receive a certificate of acknowledgment. Please make sure you clearly identify all names that are to appear on the winning certificate at the time of submission, so that if you are selected, the winner’s names will be accurately displayed.

Films Inspiring Hope

Films of Encouragement

Films Focused on Global Healing

Woman’s Issues

Men’s Issues

Spirituality

Social Issues, Resilience & Sustainability

Best Instrumental Score

Best Song

Music Video

Awards & Prizes
Winner's Certificate
Winners Posted on the Round The Globe Film & Music Festival Site

Rules & Terms
-Film length is 5-30 minutes maximum. Submit through our page on the Film Freeway website.

-The winners shall be notified by email within 2 weeks of entries closing and will receive a digital certificate.

– In order to keep entry fees down, No award trophies are handed out to winners.

-The awards competition is open to people all over the world.

-We reserve the right to move your film to another appropriate category if there is a better chance of winning

-Acceptance and being ”Selected” is not a criterion for automatic screening at the festival, only award-winning films, songs, or videos will preview at the festival. One week prior to the event we will make a decision on what films will be screening

-Round The Globe Film & Music Festival is not yet IMDb eligible. The festival must have existed for five years in order to meet eligibility standards

Round The Globe offers cinema & music festivals in the months of September, March, December, and June. We are accepting music videos, original songs, and short film submissions that inspire hope, encouragement & global healing through cinema and music. Entrees are being accepted now through (expired link) or
(expired link)
Mission Statement: Inspiring Hope, Encouragement & Global Healing to the world through cinema and music.

Vision Statement: Round The Globe has an expressed intention to appreciate cultural differences, and to respect that despite our differences, our shared humanity unites us in a mindful manner. Artistic expression through film and music can be the conduit to connect and unite us in oneness.

Core Values:
-Promoting acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion through cinema and music
-Understanding neurodiversity, and increasing insight and awareness through film and music
- Supporting the philosophy of universality, and equality across all cultures
-To explore creative consciousness through expression in film and music
-Sharing and communicating life stories and offering a bridge of understanding to increase resilience, and integrative-sustainability
-To explore social issues and the suggestion of healthy solutions through cinema and music

Film submissions are limited to 5-30 minutes in length. Songs submitted music to be submitted as a WAV or an MP3 file, and if video, an MP4. Entrees are submitted through Film Freeway, quarterly dates for entrance, and the film festival will be posted on Film Freeway.

Films Inspiring Hope: The focus of the film should have a storyline in which the characters face a challenge, and find their way to become hopeful and overcome the incident. Character development is especially desirable in this film, and in some manner, the central charter offers the viewer inspiration.

Films of Encouragement: The underlying message of the film is meant to offer encouragement, uplift the viewer, and leave them feeling an increased sense of motivation.

Films Focused on Global Healing: There is a great disparity between countries and the availability of resources to address issues of health and wellness. Films in this category may provide insight to identify problematic areas, and remedies to address these concerns, and to support universal acceptance and love.

Woman’s Issues: Women are not only a resource of nurturance, but accomplish remarkable achievements either individually, as a part of a family, or within their community. Maintaining life-Balance is frequently a struggle because of the multiplicity of demands placed on women. Social position and status can look different within the context of various cultures. Films in this category are meant to explore female empowerment and bring insight and increased understanding of the roles women place within their culture.

Men’s Issues: The role of men in cultures throughout the world has been undergoing changes. This can lead to confusion and feelings of insecurity. Modern men may stay at home and care for the children, or they may continue to function in traditional roles. Film submissions about men’s issues are encouraged to address the ways in which men come to understand their emotions, become comfortable with the expression of emotion, and how they connect in significant relationships.

Spirituality: Religious practice is not necessarily the same as spiritual practice; however, both or either can play an important role in our health and well-being. Films that focus on spiritual development, our relationship to ourselves and others within this realm, and how we contribute to the world through spiritual practice would be of interest in this film category.

Social Issues, Resilience & Sustainability: In every culture, there are issues of social injustice, conflict, and social differences, which can affect human or animal existence and the ability to maintain resilience. It is frequently not enough to be resilient because multiple losses can occur, we must instead focus on our ability to sustain resilience. Films that speak to how we might address social concerns that involve the depletion of social, emotional, environmental, or financial resources are welcome in this category.

Best Instrumental Score: Music scores may be from any genre, and the music should evoke visual imagery, and heightened imagination.

Best Song: All genres are accepted and will be evaluated based on the quality of performance and production.

Music Video: All genres are accepted and will be evaluated based on the quality of production in sound and visual imagery.

Festival Submission Categories
Entrees are submitted through Film Freeway, and winning films and music will be displayed on our website. All winning entrants will receive a certificate of acknowledgment. Please make sure you clearly identify all names that are to appear on the winning certificate at the time of submission, so that if you are selected, the winner’s names will be accurately displayed.

Films Inspiring Hope

Films of Encouragement

Films Focused on Global Healing

Woman’s Issues

Men’s Issues

Spirituality

Social Issues, Resilience & Sustainability

Best Instrumental Score

Best Song

Music Video

Awards & Prizes
Winner's Certificate
Winners Posted on the Round The Globe Film & Music Festival Site

Rules & Terms
-Film length is 5-30 minutes maximum. Submit through our page on the Film Freeway website.

-The winners shall be notified by email within 2 weeks of entries closing and will receive a digital certificate.

– In order to keep entry fees down, No award trophies are handed out to winners.

-The awards competition is open to people all over the world.

-We reserve the right to move your film to another appropriate category if there is a better chance of winning

-Acceptance and being ”Selected” is not a criterion for automatic screening at the festival, only award-winning films, songs, or videos will preview at the festival. One week prior to the event we will make a decision on what films will be screening

-Round The Globe Film & Music Festival is not yet IMDb eligible. The festival must have existed for five years in order to meet eligibility standards

To date, Round the Globe has co-written songs with musicians from over twenty-five different countries; United States, England, Brazil, North Wales, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Ukraine, Malaysia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Serbia, Argentina, Spain, Israel, Venezuela, Macedonia, Mexico, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, China, The Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, and it continues to grow.

To date, Round the Globe has co-written songs with musicians from over twenty-five different countries; United States, England, Brazil, North Wales, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Ukraine, Malaysia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Serbia, Argentina, Spain, Israel, Venezuela, Macedonia, Mexico, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, China, The Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, and it continues to grow.

Round the Globe (RTG) music is a collaboration of music written and co-written with individuals from all over the world. RTG offers music that integrates across boundaries and sends the message of peace, love, and hope. You can expect to hear the music of all different genres from Round the Globe, and songs that promote encouragement. World music is a wonderful movement that is a fusion of sound. Thus far, music has been created with musicians from twelve countries and continues to grow, and our songs can be heard in Spanish and Portuguese. The songs created are meant to be uplifting and send a message of hope and love, and they seem to be doing just that!

We have tackled some difficult topics in our music such as mental health concerns, autism, addiction, oppression, homelessness, sheltering in place, healing the earth, world peace, the need for social change, and other issues. We do appreciate that you are listening, sharing, and supporting our message music. We recently reached over one million plays on N1M. the Globe brings joy to the people who are listening, sharing our desire to positively influence one another and to spread care by connecting to one another through music. These songs and other Round The Globe songs are played on IHeart Radio, Spotify, and are available on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, and various other sites. We are happy to receive this recognition, but even more happy to share it here with you folks that provide us with ongoing encouragement and support to send healing messages out to the world, Each of us matters, and together we help one another improve this world. In terms of listening or song plays, we are now over a million strong and we continue to be heard and grow daily.

Round the globe is being featured on Indie Network Radio. The award-winning song, "Secondary Casualty," co-written by Clare Steffen (United States) with Paul DeMarco from North Wales, can also be heard on Satellite TV - TZiK, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, ROKU, and Youtube, as well as Indie Network Radio. This song can also be found on the album, Change the World, which won the Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album in the month of June by the Akademia.

We are grateful to our devoted listeners and fans who have continually supported us, and watch us grow and develop, Round the Globe was established to promote music that offers encouragement, healing, and recognizes our universal connection to one another. It is a timely message, and all the musicians that have been involved with this project, share the vision of healing and empowerment through music. We are forever grateful to you and ask you to keep listening and share the message of encouragement through song.
Many Blessings,
Clare

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Round the Globe's new album, Change the World won in the category of folk-singer-songerwiter for the month of June, we are very excited. "The Akademia Music Awards is pleased to present the award for Best Folk / Singer-Songwriter Album to Round The Globe for 'Change The World' for the month of June 2020. It is the opinion of The Akademia Board that this work represents an important contribution towards the diversity and advancement of the global music community." We were chosen from hundreds of selections, and we are happy people are listening to our songs. Thanks to all of you devoted listeners, we so appreciate your ongoing support!
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I just received the announcement that our song, "Secondary Casualty," cowritten with Paul DeMarco, was chosen out of hundreds of contestants and won an award in the category of Folk/Singer-Songwriter from Akademia. This song was entered as part of the Round The Globe project, which is very near and dear to my heart and Paul has been an important part of that journey. Less than a year ago I started this special project to bring healing messages of love, hope and encouragement. Thus far, I have cowritten songs with musicians from North Wales, where Paul is from, as well as Nigeria, South Africa, Israel, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. Paul and I have a new album that is being released under "Round The Globe," which is in production. These songs and other RTG songs are played on IHeart Radio, Spotify, and are available on ITunes, Apple Music, Google Play, and various other sites. We are happy to receive this recognition, but even more happy to share it here with you folks that provide us with ongoing encouragement and support to send healing messages out to world, I think you will really like this song, it tugs on the heart stings and addresses a situation that most of us have faced at one point or another in life. Enjoy, and thanks for being there to help us share the music.

Hello Everyone,
Things continue to grow within my circle of music friends and collaborators. I want to share this wonderful song that I cowrote with Aira Winterland from Brazil, entitled, Trade Game. Aira and I share the vision of trying to address social commentary through music, and to promote change and healing. This new song was written to draw attention to the social problem of human trafficking, which is one of the fastest growing businesses world wide. My friend, William Sherry from Nashville assisted us by remixing the beautiful music created by Aira. Although, I too am a musician, I mostly enjoy writing lyrics and working on the production end of music these days. I have attached the song, for you to hear and consider why this serious social problem needs to be stopped.
Through Round the Globe, I have been able to create music with musicians from various parts of the United States, from North Wales, Nigeria, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Israel, Mexico, and now Brazil. We have been writing songs that promote a message of healing, encouragement, and love. We have tackled some difficult topics in our music such as mental health concerns, autism, addiction, oppression, homelessness, sheltering in place, healing the earth, world peace, the need for social change, and other issues. We so appreciate that you are listening, sharing, and supporting our message music.
It is my intention to continue to collaborate with wonderful musicians and to address difficult topics that we experience and to connect in universal love and healing. I can't express enough how much joy it brings me to see that people are listening, sharing our desire to positively influence one another, and to spread care by connecting to one another through music. Each of us matters, and together we help one another improve this world. In terms of listening or song plays, we are now almost a half a million strong and we continue to be heard and grow daily.
Please continue to stop by and listen, share our music, and promote global healing. You are an important part of the mission to help heal our world. I am so impressed with the wonderful musicians I have met here and continue to meet. Thank you for all you do to make this a great experience, and may you stay safe and be well.
Many blessing,
Clare