DC Environmental Film Festival
@dceff.bsky.social
Harnessing the power of film and community to illuminate, celebrate, and inspire positive and lasting action for our planet. Est. 1993. 34th Annual Festival: March 19-28, 2026.
Tickets are now on sale for the AFI Silver’s European Union Film Showcase - today, also at a discount!
We're excited to be co-presenting two films as part of the lineup - SILENT FRIEND and THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. Check out the schedule here: silver.afi.com/afi-european-showcase/
We're excited to be co-presenting two films as part of the lineup - SILENT FRIEND and THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. Check out the schedule here: silver.afi.com/afi-european-showcase/
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tickets are now on sale for the AFI Silver’s European Union Film Showcase - today, also at a discount!
We're excited to be co-presenting two films as part of the lineup - SILENT FRIEND and THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. Check out the schedule here: silver.afi.com/afi-european-showcase/
We're excited to be co-presenting two films as part of the lineup - SILENT FRIEND and THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. Check out the schedule here: silver.afi.com/afi-european-showcase/
Check out the new trailer for the award-winning doc from @latimes.com OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT.
We'll be screening the film with NAS on 12/11. This free program will also include a discussion with film co-director Rosanna Xia and scientists featured in the film. RSVP here: outofplainsight.eventbrite.com
We'll be screening the film with NAS on 12/11. This free program will also include a discussion with film co-director Rosanna Xia and scientists featured in the film. RSVP here: outofplainsight.eventbrite.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Check out the new trailer for the award-winning doc from @latimes.com OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT.
We'll be screening the film with NAS on 12/11. This free program will also include a discussion with film co-director Rosanna Xia and scientists featured in the film. RSVP here: outofplainsight.eventbrite.com
We'll be screening the film with NAS on 12/11. This free program will also include a discussion with film co-director Rosanna Xia and scientists featured in the film. RSVP here: outofplainsight.eventbrite.com
Looking for weekly streaming suggestions of past DCEFF favorites? Look no further than our Substack feed for recommendations on what to Watch Now, filmmaker interviews, and more! substack.com/@dceff
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Looking for weekly streaming suggestions of past DCEFF favorites? Look no further than our Substack feed for recommendations on what to Watch Now, filmmaker interviews, and more! substack.com/@dceff
This is shaping up to be a great event with some strong DCEFF connections! 11/19 at the Terrace Theater, embark on a musical voyage curated by marine biologist and Nat Geo Explorer-in-Residence, Enric Sala, & Dynamic Planet’s Kristin Rechberger.
Tickets here: www.postclassical.com/shows/pale-b...
Tickets here: www.postclassical.com/shows/pale-b...
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is shaping up to be a great event with some strong DCEFF connections! 11/19 at the Terrace Theater, embark on a musical voyage curated by marine biologist and Nat Geo Explorer-in-Residence, Enric Sala, & Dynamic Planet’s Kristin Rechberger.
Tickets here: www.postclassical.com/shows/pale-b...
Tickets here: www.postclassical.com/shows/pale-b...
December 11: join DCEFF and the National Academy of Sciences for a special free screening and discussion of the award-winning LA Times Studios documentary OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/special-sc...
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
December 11: join DCEFF and the National Academy of Sciences for a special free screening and discussion of the award-winning LA Times Studios documentary OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/special-sc...
ATTN: filmmakers! There's just a little over a month left to submit your films to be considered for our 2026 Festival lineup. Don't miss your chance to screen here for our amazing, passionate, and informed audiences. Learn more: filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFilmFestivalInTheNationsCapital
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ATTN: filmmakers! There's just a little over a month left to submit your films to be considered for our 2026 Festival lineup. Don't miss your chance to screen here for our amazing, passionate, and informed audiences. Learn more: filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFilmFestivalInTheNationsCapital
It's appropriate that our 2025 opener is having its Netflix debut on Halloween. We can think of few things scarier than climate inaction.
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT explores the dramatic origins of the climate crisis and how a battle in the 1st Bush administration changed the course of history.
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT explores the dramatic origins of the climate crisis and how a battle in the 1st Bush administration changed the course of history.
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's appropriate that our 2025 opener is having its Netflix debut on Halloween. We can think of few things scarier than climate inaction.
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT explores the dramatic origins of the climate crisis and how a battle in the 1st Bush administration changed the course of history.
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT explores the dramatic origins of the climate crisis and how a battle in the 1st Bush administration changed the course of history.
Just a little over a month left to get your submissions in for DCEFF 2026! Send us your films on climate, conservation, enviro justice or any issue affecting the natural world! Learn more and submit here: filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFilmFestivalInTheNationsCapital
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just a little over a month left to get your submissions in for DCEFF 2026! Send us your films on climate, conservation, enviro justice or any issue affecting the natural world! Learn more and submit here: filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFilmFestivalInTheNationsCapital
HERDERS AT THE EDGE, the award-winning short from Zaya Delgerjargal is streaming now through Sunday as part of our free virtual screening with @pulitzercenter.org. Learn more & start watching here: watch.eventive.org/dceffclimate...
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
HERDERS AT THE EDGE, the award-winning short from Zaya Delgerjargal is streaming now through Sunday as part of our free virtual screening with @pulitzercenter.org. Learn more & start watching here: watch.eventive.org/dceffclimate...
Great screening and conversation tonight with @uprootproject.bsky.social on climate politics & trust in the media with GLACIAL author Chelsea Henderson, Bloomberg’s Jennifer Hindi and Time’s @justinworland.com.
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Great screening and conversation tonight with @uprootproject.bsky.social on climate politics & trust in the media with GLACIAL author Chelsea Henderson, Bloomberg’s Jennifer Hindi and Time’s @justinworland.com.
Toby Kiers of @spun.earth was recently announced as one of this year’s MacArthur Genius Grant recipients. Toby was featured in 2024 DCEFF Selection FLORA, FAUNA, FUNGA. That Nat Geo short is now streaming on YouTube. Learn more about it & watch here: open.substack.com/pub/dceff/p/...
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Toby Kiers of @spun.earth was recently announced as one of this year’s MacArthur Genius Grant recipients. Toby was featured in 2024 DCEFF Selection FLORA, FAUNA, FUNGA. That Nat Geo short is now streaming on YouTube. Learn more about it & watch here: open.substack.com/pub/dceff/p/...
We were so fortunate to be able to offer a special preview screening of Ben Masters' THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST back in March. The film, which is narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, just hit video on demand last week. Learn more about it here: open.substack.com/pub/dceff/p/...
October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We were so fortunate to be able to offer a special preview screening of Ben Masters' THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST back in March. The film, which is narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, just hit video on demand last week. Learn more about it here: open.substack.com/pub/dceff/p/...
Very excited to be screening THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT with @uprootproject.bsky.social Oct. 20 (tickets going fast!). But that's just the beginning of a week of programs you should check out as part of their Journey of a Story series. Learn more: linktr.ee/uprootproject.
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very excited to be screening THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT with @uprootproject.bsky.social Oct. 20 (tickets going fast!). But that's just the beginning of a week of programs you should check out as part of their Journey of a Story series. Learn more: linktr.ee/uprootproject.
This 2025 Festival favorite from Ben Masters is now available to rent or purchase on major platforms like Apple & Amazon Prime!
Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST takes viewers on a journey along the Colorado River, examining astonishing beauty & biodiversity in the region.
Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST takes viewers on a journey along the Colorado River, examining astonishing beauty & biodiversity in the region.
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This 2025 Festival favorite from Ben Masters is now available to rent or purchase on major platforms like Apple & Amazon Prime!
Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST takes viewers on a journey along the Colorado River, examining astonishing beauty & biodiversity in the region.
Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST takes viewers on a journey along the Colorado River, examining astonishing beauty & biodiversity in the region.
Big congratulations to @spun.earth’s Toby Kiers on being awarded a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant! You may remember Toby from our 2024 selection FLORA FAUNA FUNGA.
You can read the announcement here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/arts/design/macarthur-foundation-2025-genius-grant-winners.html
You can read the announcement here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/arts/design/macarthur-foundation-2025-genius-grant-winners.html
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Big congratulations to @spun.earth’s Toby Kiers on being awarded a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant! You may remember Toby from our 2024 selection FLORA FAUNA FUNGA.
You can read the announcement here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/arts/design/macarthur-foundation-2025-genius-grant-winners.html
You can read the announcement here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/arts/design/macarthur-foundation-2025-genius-grant-winners.html
2024 DCEFF Selection IMPOSSIBLE TOWN made its streaming debut recently. We highly recommend checking out this important new doc on environmental justice and public health in a small West Virginia town. open.substack.com/pub/dceff/p/...
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
2024 DCEFF Selection IMPOSSIBLE TOWN made its streaming debut recently. We highly recommend checking out this important new doc on environmental justice and public health in a small West Virginia town. open.substack.com/pub/dceff/p/...
We're very excited to be teaming up with @uprootproject.bsky.social on this special free screening and conversation Oct. 20 as part of their Journey of a Story series!
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/journey-of...
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/journey-of...
October 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We're very excited to be teaming up with @uprootproject.bsky.social on this special free screening and conversation Oct. 20 as part of their Journey of a Story series!
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/journey-of...
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/journey-of...
We were so fortunate to have Dr. Goodall share her wisdom with our audience as our 2022 Environmental Champion. We need that more now than ever.
October 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We were so fortunate to have Dr. Goodall share her wisdom with our audience as our 2022 Environmental Champion. We need that more now than ever.
We are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. Not having her here at the forefront of the environmental movement is going to be a tough thing to get used to, but her spirit and impact will live on as long as there are people working toward a better future for this planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. Not having her here at the forefront of the environmental movement is going to be a tough thing to get used to, but her spirit and impact will live on as long as there are people working toward a better future for this planet.
Our friends at The Video Consortium are bringing Amplifying Voices from the Global South, a multi-city screening series with Al Jazeera English, to DC next Monday, October 6.
Tickets here (code VCFRIEND20 gets 20% off): videoconsortium.org/events/amplifying-voices-from-the-global-south-dc
Tickets here (code VCFRIEND20 gets 20% off): videoconsortium.org/events/amplifying-voices-from-the-global-south-dc
October 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our friends at The Video Consortium are bringing Amplifying Voices from the Global South, a multi-city screening series with Al Jazeera English, to DC next Monday, October 6.
Tickets here (code VCFRIEND20 gets 20% off): videoconsortium.org/events/amplifying-voices-from-the-global-south-dc
Tickets here (code VCFRIEND20 gets 20% off): videoconsortium.org/events/amplifying-voices-from-the-global-south-dc
Our Climate Week Showcase is now streaming! Don't miss two free virtual programs - CHASING TIME and new ON THE FRONTLINES shorts by the Pulitzer Center - available to watch now through Sunday. watch.eventive.org/dceffclimate
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our Climate Week Showcase is now streaming! Don't miss two free virtual programs - CHASING TIME and new ON THE FRONTLINES shorts by the Pulitzer Center - available to watch now through Sunday. watch.eventive.org/dceffclimate
Lots of great stuff going on the next few days! We’re co-presenting some screenings with the Latin American Film Festival at the AFI Silver, plus we have a couple virtual screenings going on 9/25-28 as part of Climate Week NYC. See the schedule here: dceff.org/events
September 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Lots of great stuff going on the next few days! We’re co-presenting some screenings with the Latin American Film Festival at the AFI Silver, plus we have a couple virtual screenings going on 9/25-28 as part of Climate Week NYC. See the schedule here: dceff.org/events
Lots of great stuff going on this week! We’re co-presenting some screenings with the Latin American Film Festival at the AFI Silver, plus we have a couple virtual screenings going on 9/25-28 as part of Climate Week NYC. See the schedule here: dceff.org/events
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lots of great stuff going on this week! We’re co-presenting some screenings with the Latin American Film Festival at the AFI Silver, plus we have a couple virtual screenings going on 9/25-28 as part of Climate Week NYC. See the schedule here: dceff.org/events
It’s official! Our 2026 Festival theme is “Against the Current.” We are so excited to honor the incredible work being done by environmentalists here at home and around the world in these unprecedented times. Learn more: dceff.org/festival
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s official! Our 2026 Festival theme is “Against the Current.” We are so excited to honor the incredible work being done by environmentalists here at home and around the world in these unprecedented times. Learn more: dceff.org/festival
Hot off its World Premiere this summer at Tribeca, catch our co-presentation of YANUNI as part of AFI’s Latin American Film Fest Thursday night!
The mesmerizing eco-thriller produced by Leonardo DiCaprio follows activist Juma Xipaia’s fight to protect the Amazon. silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
The mesmerizing eco-thriller produced by Leonardo DiCaprio follows activist Juma Xipaia’s fight to protect the Amazon. silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
September 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hot off its World Premiere this summer at Tribeca, catch our co-presentation of YANUNI as part of AFI’s Latin American Film Fest Thursday night!
The mesmerizing eco-thriller produced by Leonardo DiCaprio follows activist Juma Xipaia’s fight to protect the Amazon. silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
The mesmerizing eco-thriller produced by Leonardo DiCaprio follows activist Juma Xipaia’s fight to protect the Amazon. silver.afi.com/movies/detai...