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SUMMARY:Earth Day Replay: Local Short Films Spotlight
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n  \nThe film lineup includes: \n\nShad Run\, directed by Ben Dorger and Beckly Harlan\nHealing Baltimore’s Harbor\, directed by Sirjaut Kaur Dhariwal\nPeople Rising: Ivy City\, directed by Amanda Padilla & Ellie Walton\nCafé Y Aves\, directed by Roshan Patel\n\n  \nA 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. \n 
URL:https://dceff.org/event/earth-day-replay-local-short-films-spotlight/
LOCATION:Temperance Alley Garden\, 1909 13th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bird Walk DC Premiere
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nPanelists include: \n\nVickie Baily\, Activist Photographer\nVanessa Bertelli\, Organizer for Rock Creek Park Golf Course for All and National Park Service Volunteer Weed Warrior Leader\nCintia Cabib\, Producer\, Bird Walk\nSamantha Krause\, Minister of Birding\, DC Bird Alliance\nBrian Wee\, Ph.D.\, Science\, Technology\, and Policy Strategist on Global Environmental Change\n\n  \nScreening Partners: \n\nBusboys and Poets\nDC Bird Alliance\nDC EcoWomen\nFriends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
URL:https://dceff.org/event/bird-walk-dc-premiere/
LOCATION:Busboys & Poets\, 2021 14th Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240625T203000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240625T223000
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SUMMARY:Films on the Green: L'Odyssée
DESCRIPTION:The festival Films on the Green is coming back to DC for the summer. Free and open to the public\, it offers a variety of French or Francophone movies. Bring your own chair or blanket and join us at sunset for this screening with Villa Albertine Washington DC. \nSummer 1946. The Cousteau family\, Jacques\, his wife Simone\, and their two children Philippe and Jean-Michel\, reside in their beautiful house by the Mediterranean Sea. By day they dive\, exploring the depths of the ocean\, while by night they watch the stars. It’s paradise on Earth. But Jacques is never content. He longs to explore the world beneath the sea and believes in the virtues of progress. With his invention\, the Aqualung\, his recently acquired vessel\, the Calypso\, and a crew of free-spirited adventurers led by his wife\, Jacques is ready to delve where no man has been before… \nFree and open to the public. Registration is encouraged.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/films-on-the-green-lodyssee/
LOCATION:The National Mall\, Madison Dr. NW / 4th St.\, Washington\, DC\, 20565\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240718T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240721T233000
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CREATED:20240607T152452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240607T152739Z
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SUMMARY:AWARD SHORTS: Wings of Dust + Finalists (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis program will be available to begin streaming Thursday\, July 18\, through Sunday\, July 21.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/award-shorts-wings-of-dust-finalists-virtual-encore/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:SHORTS: Conservation Champions (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Featuring short films from across our 2024 Festival lineup\, this program highlights multiple generations of conservationists.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/shorts-conservation-champions-virtual/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240909T210000
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SUMMARY:Stand for Our Forests: Crown Jewels Screening and Advocacy Event
DESCRIPTION:A Climate Forests Campaign Event Sponsored by REI Co-Op\, Patagonia\, and DCEFF \nJoin us for a screening of the new film Crown Jewels to learn more about the value of mature and old-growth forests\, and the fight to protect them. The event will feature a panel discussion with Q&A with the director\, film crew\, and community members featured in the film. After the showing\, you’ll have an opportunity to write a letter to the US Forest Service calling for safeguards for ancient forests on our public lands across the country.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/stand-for-our-forests-crown-jewels-screening-and-advocacy-event/
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library\, 901 G Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T140329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T141208Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: On the Invention of Species
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nAdrift after the loss of her brother\, 12-year-old Carla is dragged to the Galápagos Islands to accompany her biologist father on a weeklong conservation conference. Reinventing herself as “Island\,” she’s left to explore the area on her own. She quickly strikes up friendships with the precocious Wiki\, whose mother is also attending the conference\, and the rakish local teen Darwin. They join Carla on a journey of self-discovery\, together trekking into the heart of the island. Shot on location\, Tania Hermida’s lyrical coming-of-age tale features the island’s gorgeous scenery and its unrivaled animal life as you’ve never seen it.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-on-invention-of-the-species/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T134503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T134514Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: Patrol
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nNicaragua is one of the top five exporters of beef to the United States\, whose profits in the industry have grown by over 400 percent in the last decade — but at great cost to the Rama Indigenous people and the Kriol Afro-descendent population\, whose protected land in the rainforests is increasingly encroached upon and stolen by cattle ranchers seeking new land for their herds. An alliance between the two communities has led to the creation of Forest Ranger squads searching the area for signs of illegal encroachment. PATROL follows one of these squads as they patrol the region\, aided by an American conservationist\, encountering increasingly worrying levels of deforestation and signs that larger cattle-owning businesses are fast approaching.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-patrol/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Patrol1-2.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240922T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240922T144500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T140514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T141143Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: On the Invention of Species
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nAdrift after the loss of her brother\, 12-year-old Carla is dragged to the Galápagos Islands to accompany her biologist father on a weeklong conservation conference. Reinventing herself as “Island\,” she’s left to explore the area on her own. She quickly strikes up friendships with the precocious Wiki\, whose mother is also attending the conference\, and the rakish local teen Darwin. They join Carla on a journey of self-discovery\, together trekking into the heart of the island. Shot on location\, Tania Hermida’s lyrical coming-of-age tale features the island’s gorgeous scenery and its unrivaled animal life as you’ve never seen it.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-on-invention-of-the-species-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/the-invention-of-species-still-03-scaled.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T212000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T225000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T200037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T200037Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: The Last
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nA ruminative road trip through the forests of the Chaco region in Paraguay\, THE LAST sees director Sebastián Peña Escobar join his longtime friends Jota and Ulf\, an ornithologist and entomologist\, respectively\, as they head toward one of the few remaining virgin forests spurred by rumors of its deforestation. While traversing barren landscapes\, red and black with dust and ash where vibrant forests once stood\, the trio’s conversations turn toward reflecting on the nature of mankind and whether the planet can be saved.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-the-last/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T184000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T200248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T200248Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: The Last
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nA ruminative road trip through the forests of the Chaco region in Paraguay\, THE LAST sees director Sebastián Peña Escobar join his longtime friends Jota and Ulf\, an ornithologist and entomologist\, respectively\, as they head toward one of the few remaining virgin forests spurred by rumors of its deforestation. While traversing barren landscapes\, red and black with dust and ash where vibrant forests once stood\, the trio’s conversations turn toward reflecting on the nature of mankind and whether the planet can be saved.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-the-last-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T135331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T135331Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: Patrol
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nNicaragua is one of the top five exporters of beef to the United States\, whose profits in the industry have grown by over 400 percent in the last decade — but at great cost to the Rama Indigenous people and the Kriol Afro-descendent population\, whose protected land in the rainforests is increasingly encroached upon and stolen by cattle ranchers seeking new land for their herds. An alliance between the two communities has led to the creation of Forest Ranger squads searching the area for signs of illegal encroachment. PATROL follows one of these squads as they patrol the region\, aided by an American conservationist\, encountering increasingly worrying levels of deforestation and signs that larger cattle-owning businesses are fast approaching.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-patrol-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T233000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240624T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T133959Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Week NYC: Underwater Projects (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented with Hip Hop Caucus\nScreening includes pre-recorded conversations with the filmmakers and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. Both moderated by Mustafa Santiago Ali. \nNorfolk\, 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. \nInstead\, 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. \n 
URL:https://dceff.org/event/climate-week-nyc-virtual-screening/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T134500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T133521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T133521Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: God is a Woman
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI Silver’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nIn this powerfully self-reflexive documentary\, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot embeds himself alongside the Indigenous Kuna people in Panama’s Guna Yala islands to document their efforts to recover the lost film GOD IS A WOMAN. Made in 1975 while observing the Kuna’s matrilocal society by the acclaimed anthropologist Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau\, the documentary\, which Gaisseau promised to share with the community\, was subsequently confiscated by its funders and never seen by the subjects. After elements are uncovered in Paris\, Peyrot follows the endeavors of Kuna elders trying to track down the missing movie and those of the local intellectual Arysteides Turpana and a younger Kuna generation determined to tell their own stories.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-god-is-a-woman/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/god-is-a-woman-still-01-scaled.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T184000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T133910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T133910Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: God is a Woman
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI Silver’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nIn this powerfully self-reflexive documentary\, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot embeds himself alongside the Indigenous Kuna people in Panama’s Guna Yala islands to document their efforts to recover the lost film GOD IS A WOMAN. Made in 1975 while observing the Kuna’s matrilocal society by the acclaimed anthropologist Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau\, the documentary\, which Gaisseau promised to share with the community\, was subsequently confiscated by its funders and never seen by the subjects. After elements are uncovered in Paris\, Peyrot follows the endeavors of Kuna elders trying to track down the missing movie and those of the local intellectual Arysteides Turpana and a younger Kuna generation determined to tell their own stories.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-god-is-a-woman-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/god-is-a-woman-still-01-scaled.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T151000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T201014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T201014Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: The Falling Sky
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nDeep within the Amazon\, the Yanomami people are facing an existential threat. Since a highway tore through their territory in the early 1970s\, miners have encroached on their land\, bringing violence and disease. Filmmakers Eryk Rocha (CINEMA NOVO) and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha go beyond ethnography\, allowing the Yanomami people to reach out and offer a blistering environmental warning: they are the first line of defense\, but they alone cannot stop the sky from falling.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-the-falling-sky/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241006T210500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241006T223500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T135455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T135455Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: Patrol
DESCRIPTION:A Co-presentation of AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nNicaragua is one of the top five exporters of beef to the United States\, whose profits in the industry have grown by over 400 percent in the last decade — but at great cost to the Rama Indigenous people and the Kriol Afro-descendent population\, whose protected land in the rainforests is increasingly encroached upon and stolen by cattle ranchers seeking new land for their herds. An alliance between the two communities has led to the creation of Forest Ranger squads searching the area for signs of illegal encroachment. PATROL follows one of these squads as they patrol the region\, aided by an American conservationist\, encountering increasingly worrying levels of deforestation and signs that larger cattle-owning businesses are fast approaching.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-patrol-3/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T195443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T195703Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: Through Rocks and Clouds
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nIn the heart of the Andean Altiplano\, eight-year-old Feliciano tends to a herd of alpacas alongside his trusty dog Rambo and his favorite alpaca Ronaldo\, named after the superstar soccer player. When not roaming the countryside\, Feliciano stays glued to his radio\, listening to Peru fight its way through the World Cup qualifiers. But his idyllic life is threatened by a mining company eyeing his family’s land. When Ronaldo goes missing\, Feliciano springs into action to get his prized pet back\, while the villagers will have to band together to save their sacred land. \nIncludes a post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassy of Peru
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-through-rocks-and-clouds/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Rocks-and-Clouds.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T152000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T175000
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: Through Rocks and Clouds
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nIn the heart of the Andean Altiplano\, eight-year-old Feliciano tends to a herd of alpacas alongside his trusty dog Rambo and his favorite alpaca Ronaldo\, named after the superstar soccer player. When not roaming the countryside\, Feliciano stays glued to his radio\, listening to Peru fight its way through the World Cup qualifiers. But his idyllic life is threatened by a mining company eyeing his family’s land. When Ronaldo goes missing\, Feliciano springs into action to get his prized pet back\, while the villagers will have to band together to save their sacred land.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-through-rocks-and-clouds-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T164000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20240828T201155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T201155Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at LAFF: The Falling Sky
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by AFI’s Latin American Film Festival and DCEFF \nDeep within the Amazon\, the Yanomami people are facing an existential threat. Since a highway tore through their territory in the early 1970s\, miners have encroached on their land\, bringing violence and disease. Filmmakers Eryk Rocha (CINEMA NOVO) and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha go beyond ethnography\, allowing the Yanomami people to reach out and offer a blistering environmental warning: they are the first line of defense\, but they alone cannot stop the sky from falling.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-laff-the-falling-sky-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T033000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20241009T182959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T182959Z
UID:24010-1728995400-1729827000@dceff.org
SUMMARY:Films That Move: Impossible Town (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nStream Impossible Town for free Tuesday\, October 15\, through October 24. \nWhen 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. \nIncludes a LIVE virtual conversation with the filmmakers and film subjects on Monday\, October 21 (time TBD).  \n 
URL:https://dceff.org/event/films-that-move-impossible-town-virtual/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20241023T152750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T152750Z
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SUMMARY:DCEFF at FOAP's Late Skate
DESCRIPTION:Come get your skate on! Join Friends of Anacostia Park\, the National Park Service\, and our community partners for a day of music\, recreation and kinship in DC’s most storied skating venue. \nAt 7pm\, DCEFF will be screening a selection of films centered around the importance of an accessible outdoors for all\, including: \n\nReclaim Your Water: Natasha Smith\nWood Hood\nForward\nMalik\n4DWN\n\n 
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-foaps-late-skate/
LOCATION:Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion\, 1500 Anacostia Drive\, Washington\, DC\, 20020\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dceff.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Reclaim-your-water3-scaled-e1685117776156.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20241122T145225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T145225Z
UID:24028-1733339700-1733347800@dceff.org
SUMMARY:DCEFF at AFI: The Summer Book
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center as part of their European Union Film Showcase \nSnatching her crown as the reigning queen of sweater vests\, Glenn Close is both hardened and endearing as a grandmother and seasoned Finnish artist in Charlie McDowell’s adaptation of Tove Jansson’s beloved Nordic novel of the same name. After her mother’s death\, Sophia (played by the scene-stealing Emily Matthews in her feature debut) and her father (Anders Danielsen Lie\, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD) take refuge for the summer at her grandmother’s estate\, nestled on the shores of a remote Finnish island. As her father withdraws further into his solitude and grief\, Sophia and her grandmother spend precious time together exploring the island and growing closer.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-afi-the-summer-book/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241208T233000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20241024T140153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T140153Z
UID:24018-1733392800-1733700600@dceff.org
SUMMARY:Farming While Black (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the final virtual encore of 2024! \nAs 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. \nFarming 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.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/farming-while-black-virtual/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241208T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20241122T144438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T144438Z
UID:24026-1733673600-1733680800@dceff.org
SUMMARY:DCEFF at AFI: Architecton
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center as part of their European Union Film Showcase \nThe latest documentary from Victor Kossavosky (GUNDA) is a meditative exploration of humanity’s destructive shaping of the natural world told through visually mesmerizing footage of concrete in its many forms. Ukrainian apartments torn asunder amidst war\, Turkish buildings leveled by an earthquake\, colossal ancient ruins in Baalbek: these are a few of the imposing images Kossavosky and cinematographer Ben Bernhard capture and present\, bolstered by Evgueni Galperine’s captivating score. The destruction and devastation are counterbalanced with remarkable appreciation for the beauty of the earth; indeed\, the hypnotizing slow-motion footage of flowing stones and craggy rocks is a sight to behold.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-afi-architecton/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250605
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20250508T144225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T144225Z
UID:24378-1748822400-1749081599@dceff.org
SUMMARY:Hollywood Climate Summit
DESCRIPTION:DCEFF is excited to be a community partner for the 2025 Hollywood Climate Summit! \nHCS isn’t just another climate conference — it’s an entertainment forward networking and learning experience with special focuses on storytelling and strategy across sectors like film\, TV\, gaming\, marketing\, music\, and journalism. \nBecause DCEFF is a partner of the Summit\, our community gets a special 50% discount on tickets and passes with the code PARTNERHCS25. Don’t miss this experience\, June 2-4 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles and online.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/hollywood-climate-summit/
LOCATION:MD
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250606
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20220509T194248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T145004Z
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SUMMARY:World Environment Day: Stream New Watch Now Additions!
DESCRIPTION:Join DCEFF on World Environment Day when we release dozens of new titles on our Watch Now page.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/world-environment-day/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20250508T143100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T143100Z
UID:24373-1749407400-1749414600@dceff.org
SUMMARY:DCEFF at Caribbean FilmFest: Exploiting Eden\, Île-à-Vache
DESCRIPTION:Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! \nExploiting Eden\, Île-à-Vache is a David and Goliath story about the inhabitants of Île-à-Vache\, a small island in the south of Haiti\, and an impending tourist development project. \nConsidered by many as one of the last virgin beaches in the Caribbean\, Île-à-Vache is an unexploited paradise\, but that has come under threat. Seeing themselves as separated from decision-making around its future\, the island’s people must unite to take destiny into their own hands.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-caribbean-filmfest-exploiting-eden-ile-a-vache/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T223000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20250508T143818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T143818Z
UID:24375-1749414600-1749421800@dceff.org
SUMMARY:DCEFF at Caribbean FilmFest: Monikondee
DESCRIPTION:Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! \nFor centuries\, the Maroons in Suriname’s rainforest have kept capitalist society at bay. Descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped Dutch plantations\, they have thrived by preserving their ancestral traditions. In recent years\, however\, economic interests have encroached upon their land. \nMonikondee follows Boogie\, a boatman who delivers essential cargo to remote Maroon and Indigenous communities. While these communities continue to grow their own food\, they are becoming increasingly dependent on boatmen like Boogie to bring in vital supplies as floods and droughts destroy their crops and gold mining poisons their water.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-caribbean-filmfest-monikondee/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203042
CREATED:20250508T143338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T143338Z
UID:24374-1749486600-1749493800@dceff.org
SUMMARY:DCEFF at Caribbean FilmFest: Exploiting Eden\, Île-à-Vache
DESCRIPTION:Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! \nExploiting Eden\, Île-à-Vache is a David and Goliath story about the inhabitants of Île-à-Vache\, a small island in the south of Haiti\, and an impending tourist development project. \nConsidered by many as one of the last virgin beaches in the Caribbean\, Île-à-Vache is an unexploited paradise\, but that has come under threat. Seeing themselves as separated from decision-making around its future\, the island’s people must unite to take destiny into their own hands.
URL:https://dceff.org/event/dceff-at-caribbean-filmfest-exploiting-eden-ile-a-vache-2/
LOCATION:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center\, 8633 Colesville Rd\, MD 20910\, Silver Spring\, MD\, United States
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