Upcoming Events

Stay tuned for announcements in January 2023 about this upcoming hybrid (virtual and in-person) edition of the Festival.

We are so excited to announce the return of The Forum as a featured part of our upcoming 31st Annual Environmental Film Festival. This conversation series launched at last year’s DCEFF, but this March 18-19 we’re thrilled to be able present it live and in-person.

The Forum is a program that creates a unique space for leading thinkers and advocates to come together for thought-provoking discussions with filmmakers and experts exploring critical environmental themes, issues, and trends.

On the slate for this 2nd annual Forum are a weekend of panels that explore topics ranging from confronting corporate corruption, to diversity and inclusion in the green space, to accountability in environmental filmmaking. Stay tuned for more details about the topics and featured panelists!

Join Arc’teryx DC for their first Juneteenth Film Festival, curated by DCEFF! The event – in partnership with Studio Sonic and Eaton DC – will highlight short films rooted in diversity in the outdoors and access for all.

Films:

• Wood Hood
• Malik
• Inseparable: Mya
• Punchline
• A New Wave
• Prime Ability

Go ahead and mark your calendars for the 32nd Annual Environmental Film Festival, scheduled for March 21-30, 2024. Preparation has already begun, and we can’t wait to see you there.

Let’s keep the Earth Day momentum going! In co-presentation with the Temperance Alley Garden, join us for a short film program focused on local filmmakers and causes. The screening will be followed by a community conversation with a featured local filmmaker and community activists. RSVP NOT REQUIRED.

The film lineup includes:

• Shad Run, directed by Ben Dorger and Beckly Harlan
• Healing Baltimore’s Harbor, directed by Sirjaut Kaur Dhariwal
• People Rising: Ivy City, directed by Amanda Padilla & Ellie Walton
• Café Y Aves, directed by Roshan Patel

A post-screening discussion will include Roshan Patel (Resident Filmmaker at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, filmmaker for Café y Aves), Rosie Stone (Legal Specialist at Namati, featured in PEOPLE RISING: IVY CITY) and Sebrena Rhodes (Community Organizer at Empower DC, featured in PEOPLE RISING IVY CITY). Moderated by DCEFF Festival Director Monica Schorn, and hosted by Stephen Stahr.

Bird Walk is a new documentary short featuring the birds and birders of RedGate Park in Rockville, Maryland, where more than 160 bird species have been sighted, and on the grassroots campaign which helped preserve the former golf course as a public park.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about the film and the lessons learned from the “Save RedGate Park” campaign that can be applied to the Rock Creek Park Golf Course for All campaign that aims to protect over 1,200 trees, birds, and wildlife habitats under threat from a plan to improve the golf course.

Panelists include:

• Vickie Baily, Activist Photographer
• Vanessa Bertelli, Organizer for Rock Creek Park Golf Course for All and National Park Service Volunteer Weed Warrior Leader
• Cintia Cabib, Producer, Bird Walk
• Samantha Krause, Minister of Birding, DC Bird Alliance
• Brian Wee, Ph.D., Science, Technology, and Policy Strategist on Global Environmental Change

Screening Partners:

• Busboys and Poets
• DC Bird Alliance
• DC EcoWomen
• Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens