Browse our calendar to find upcoming events, film screenings and other opportunities to support and engage with the Festival.
DCEFF is excited to be a community partner for the 2025 Hollywood Climate Summit! HCS 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. Because DCEFF is a partner of the Summit, our […]
Join DCEFF on World Environment Day when we release dozens of new titles on our Watch Now page.
Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! Exploiting 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. Considered by many as one of the last virgin beaches in […]
Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! For 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 […]
Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! Exploiting 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. Considered by many as one of the last virgin beaches in […]
Co-presentation of DCEFF and the DC Caribbean FilmFest at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! For 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 […]
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 […]