Upcoming Events

Free virtual screening and filmmaker discussion streaming September 22-25. Co-Presented with Grist as part of Climate Week NYC.

An expedition across both poles following legendary explorer Will Steger’s lifelong journey as an eyewitness to our planet’s rapidly changing polar regions.

Free virtual screening and filmmaker discussion streaming October 13-16. Co-Presented with Grist.

Deftly weaving together still photos and film footage, award-winning photographer Rita Leistner explores the physical and emotional lives of a community of Canadian tree planters.

Free virtual screening and filmmaker discussion streaming November 17-20. Co-Presented with Grist.

When ICE raids threaten her family, Ashley is forced to put her college dreams on hold and become the breadwinner, working days in strawberry fields and nights at a food processing company.

DCEFF is excited to be a Presenting Partner on Human Rights Watch Film Festival’s virtual screening of Uýra: The Rising Forest. Use code RESIST23 for discounted admission.

The new film follows a trans Indigenous artist, who travels through the Amazon on a journey of self-discovery using performance art to teach Indigenous youth that they are the guardians of ancestral messages of the Amazon.

Can’t join us in DC this March? We’ve got you covered. April 18 through 23, we will be offering a robust virtual schedule of DCEFF encores. Throughout the week of Earth Day, select films that were only available to screen in-person during our 31st Annual Festival will become available to watch online for a limited time.

DCEFF is excited to be part of this year’s virtual Summit, having curated a lineup of streaming films including popular 2022 Festival Selections Breaking Trail and Silence of the Tides.

Presented online by our friends at Awake in the Wild and Wisdom for Life, the Summit (May 9-15) will also feature over 30 speakers —including authors, scientists, environmentalists, activists, and artists — taking part in conversations about nature and our relationship to it.

Join DCEFF on World Environment Day when we release dozens of new titles on our Watch Now page. The theme for this year’s World Environment Day will focus on solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution.

DCEFF is excited to be a presenting partner on this virtual screening of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Thousands of people are illegally setting up camp on protected land in the Brazilian Amazon, killing centuries-old trees for export and mining rare resources. Directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman, We Are Guardians artfully shares the stories of the people impacted by this issue.

In-person screenings in New York City: Sunday, June 4, and Monday, June 5.

Streaming to viewers in the US: Monday, June 5, through Saturday, June 10.

Use exclusive code RESIST23 for $2 off both digital and in-person tickets.

DCEFF is excited to be a presenting partner on this virtual screening of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

As rising seas threaten Miami’s luxurious beachfront, wealthy property owners are pushing inland to higher ground. Residents of the historically Black neighborhood of Liberty Square—the first segregated public housing project in the South—are the new target of an upcoming “revitalization” project due to their location 12 feet above sea level. From Academy Award nominated filmmaker Katja Esson, Razing Liberty Square shares perspectives from all angles— residents, community advocates, teachers, developers,, and politicians—following the redevelopment from start to finish.

In-person screenings in New York City: Friday, June 2, and Tuesday, June 6.

Streaming to viewers in the US: Monday, June 5, through Saturday, June 10.

Use exclusive code RESIST23 for $2 off both digital and in-person tickets.

Co-presented with Grist as part of Climate Week NYC

This special Climate Week Playlist features short films from recent years of DCEFF that touch on different aspects of the climate crisis — from environmental justice and rising sea levels to policy challenges and affected wildlife.

These films will be available to stream for free any time from September 14-24. Viewers are free to exit the screening and return to finish watching the films over the course of the week.