Upcoming Events

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.

Virtual encore screening featuring the Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability winner Wings of Dust plus finalists: A Symphony of Tiny Lights and Broken Flight.

This program will be available to begin streaming Thursday, July 18, through Sunday, July 21.

Featuring short films from across our 2024 Festival lineup, this program highlights multiple generations of conservationists.

Co-Presented with Hip Hop Caucus

Screening includes pre-recorded conversations with the filmmakers and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. Both moderated by Mustafa Santiago Ali.

Norfolk, Virginia is sinking. The already insufficient sea wall ends where a public housing project, St. Paul’s, begins. St. Paul’s housing projects’ residents are Black people. Norfolk is home to the world’s largest naval base and there is currently no public plan to prevent it from going underwater.

Instead, the local government, in partnership with federal agencies, is investing in what is labeled a “climate resilience” plan to tear down public housing and redevelop what is an historic Black community, the St. Paul’s district. Underwater Projects unpacks this redevelopment plan from the perspective of community leaders and members, government officials, scientists, and climate, and national security experts.

Join us to experience an exciting collaboration between The Redford Center and DCEFF! Through this partnership, we are proud to present a special Redford Center Films That Move experience – a free screening series that is packed with inspiring content to move you and your community into action.

Stream Impossible Town for free Tuesday, October 15, through October 24.

When her father passes unexpectedly, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a southern West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals. After formulating an audacious plan to relocate the town’s residents, Ayne must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice – and who of her allies she can count on – to fulfill her late father’s mandate to “help others” at all costs.

Includes a LIVE virtual conversation with the filmmakers and film subjects on Monday, October 21 (time TBD). 

Join us for the final virtual encore of 2024!

As the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York, Leah Penniman finds strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism – agricultural practices that can heal people and the planet. Influenced and inspired by Karen Washington, a pioneer in urban community gardens in New York City, and fellow farmer and organizer Blain Snipstal, Leah galvanizes around farming as the basis of revolutionary justice.

Farming While Black examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots.

Join DCEFF on World Environment Day when we release dozens of new titles on our Watch Now page.

Join us for a special virtual encore showcase of our 2025 Eric Moe Award winner and two additional finalists!

Keeper, the Student Academy Award winner and Oscar-shortlisted film, follows Flynn, a single father and empty nester in the Bronx, as he cares for hives across the city — including several inside his daughter Alaura’s childhood bedroom. When Flynn receives a life-threatening diagnosis, he reluctantly steps away from the bees under Alaura’s care. Battling cancer while fretting about his hives’ survival, Flynn prepares his daughter to continue living powerfully — with or without him.

A DCEFF 2025 Virtual Encore Presentation. Watch a collection of shorts featuring wildlife, wild places, and the people living wild lives alongside them.

Includes:

• The Bird Rescue Center
• Aldo’s Bug Extravaganza
• About Damn Time
• To Know a Place
• Reindalen

Stream this free virtual screening September 28-28 as part of Climate Week NYC

If a single photo can inspire change, how influential are a million images?

Over the course of the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project, photographer James Balog and his team brought some of the world’s first and most compelling visual evidence of climate change to the global stage as he depicted the rapid melting of glaciers around the world. Thoughtfully helmed by acclaimed director Jeff Orlowski-Yang (Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral, The Social Dilemma) and emerging filmmaker Sarah Keo, Chasing Time is a meditative exploration of time and mortality, following James and his crew as they bring the decades-long project to a close, cataloging more than one million images in the process.

Co-presented with the Pulitzer Center. Stream this free virtual screening October 16-26.

This collection of films, created by emerging journalists in the Pulitzer Center’s 2024 Reporting Fellowship program, captures how climate change is reshaping landscapes, livelihoods, and cultural traditions around the world. Together, they reveal what is at stake and the vision of a new generation responding to a changing planet.