Eric Moe Award

For Best Short on Sustainability

2025 Winner Keeper

(US, 2024, 40mins)

Follows a Bronx beekeeper and his daughter as they care for their hives, and each other, in the wake of a life-threatening cancer diagnosis.

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Flo Stone & Roger D. Stone Award

For Outstanding Artistry in Filmmaking

2025 Winner A Life Among Elephants

(GB, 2024, 90mins)

This is the story of legendary elephant scientist Iain Douglas-Hamilton. With exceptional access and passionate interviewees, follow as Iain re-visits his action-packed life from his pioneering research in Tanzania in the 1960s, to his passionate crusade against the ivory trade and setting up the global charity SAVE THE ELEPHANTS in the 1990s.

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Shared Earth Foundation Award

For Advocacy

2025 Winner Out of Plain Sight

(US, 2024, 94mins)

A cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.

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William W. Warner Voice of Nature Award

For Reflecting a Spirit of Reverence for the Natural World

2024 Winner Mongolia, Valley of the Bears

(FR, 2023, 90mins)

The rich natural resources of these Mongolian lands have fallen prey to illegal hunters and miners, causing an alarming decrease in biodiversity. Faced with this worrying situation, the Mongolian Ministry of Environment appointed ranger Jal Tumursukh on a delicate mission to enforce the law of environmental protection.

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DCEFF Environmental Champion Award

2024 Winner Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Rev Yearwood is a tireless advocate and strategist for racial justice and climate justice. He is the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, host of the award-winning climate and environmental justice podcast The Coolest Show, and Senior Advisor of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign. He is a White House Champion of Change for Climate Leadership and was called a “New Green Hero” by Rolling Stone.

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Polly Krakora Award

For Artistry in Film

2019 Winner Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

(CA, 2018, 87mins)

High-end production values and state-of-the-art camera techniques capture evidence of human planetary domination. At the intersection of art and science, this film bears witness to a critical moment in geological history.

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Hausman Foundation for the Environment Award

for Best International Film

2020 Winner Sea of Shadows

Director: Richard Ladkani (AT, 2019, 104mins)

Follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists, and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas.

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