Upcoming Events

Join us Thursday, September 17, at Busboys and Poets for a special free screening and conversation around the new film Cow Trip. (UPDATE: Sold Out, Waitlist Available)

A calf in Vermont hits the lottery when a farmer decides to save him, but someone has to drive the baby cow 600 miles to his new home. A freshly retired doctor and his filmmaker daughter volunteer for the job, but nothing goes as planned.

Post-screening conversation featuring: Joanna Zelman (Director), Dr. Jared Zelman (Film Subject), and Michele Waldman (Co-Founder, Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary).

A Co-presentation of DCEFF and the AFI Silver’s Latin American Film Festival

A vibrant, colorful and whimsical tale of a curious papaya seed who longs to fly away from her fate of rooting into the ground and turning into a tree. (Priscilla Kellen, Brazil)

*Also screening September 19 at 11:45am

A Co-presentation of DCEFF and AFI Silver’s Latin American Film Festival

After centuries of forced displacement, Indigenous communities in Guatemala have settled on new land, persevering by collective action. But when volcanologist Paula discovers a new volcano forming under the fault lines of these communities, she worries their way of life may be threatened once again. (Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala)

*Also screening Sept. 23 at 4:45pm

A Co-presentation of DCEFF and the AFI Silver’s Latin American Film Festival

The ancestral homeland of the Wounaan people, nestled within the Darién Gap on the border between Panama and Colombia, is under threat from loggers, ranchers, and miners. The ramifications of these earth-shattering activities have harmed the Wounaan’s way of life and chased away their sacred bird, the kokorddit. (Guido Bilbao, Panama)

U.S. Premiere | Q&A with filmmaker Guido Bilbao