DCEFF2024

Festival Dates: March 21-30

DCEFF has been the premier Festival showcase of environmental films since 1993. Each March in Washington, DC, we bring the world’s largest green film festival to massive in-person audiences. Since 2020, we have focused on extending our reach beyond DC to the entire world with our virtual Festivals and ever-growing Watch Now catalog. In 2023, we were extremely excited to return to venues across the DC Metro for in-person screenings and events — in addition to continuing to offer year-round virtual programming for our audiences around the world.

“At a time when global tensions are increasingly taut and agenda-setting governing bodies manipulate our fear and anxiety, the Environmental Film Festival doesn’t take a scared-straight approach to sharing its message. It instead aims to inspire.”
–The Washington City Paper

 

If you’re interested in covering DCEFF 2024, please reach out to jacob@dceff.org or click here for press materials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 Award Winners

DCEFF is proud to honor the most crucial, innovative and inspiring environmental films of the year with our yearly Film Awards, totaling $45,000 in support to filmmakers. Click to see all award winning films.

Our 2024 Sponsors

A huge thank you to this year's Festival sponsors.

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Our 2024 Donors

DCEFF’s donors make our mission possible. Their support has enabled us to continually expand our offerings and reach more people than ever before.

$100,000+

  • D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
  • Farvue Foundation
  • The Shared Earth Foundation

$50,000+

  • Jane Watson Stetson and E. William Stetson, III

$25,000+

  • Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
  • The Elva and Lawrence O’Brien Family Trust
  • HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
  • Lucas Kaempfer Foundation
  • Revada Foundation
  • Wallace Genetic Foundation

$15,000+

  • Joey Kaempfer
  • The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
  • Prince Charitable Trusts
  • Trust for Mutual Understanding

$10,000+

  • Catalyst Foundation
  • Hollomon Price Foundation

$5,000+

  • Carnegie Institution for Science
  • Frederick S. Upton Foundation
  • Diana and Stephen Goldberg
  • Katharine Heyl
  • Josie Merck
  • Julia and Richard Moe
  • Park Foundation
  • Sally S. and Decatur H. Miller Private Foundation
  • Susan Vitka
  • Georgiana Warner

$2,500+

  • Harriett Crosby
  • DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment (OCTFME)
  • Nancy R. Dodge
  • Lynne and Joe Horning
  • Sherrill Houghton
  • Annie Kaempfer
  • Robert Musser
  • The Robert and Margaret McNamara Foundation
  • Van Metre Family Foundation
  • Mary Wallace

$1,000+

  • David Baumunk
  • Landon Butler
  • Janine Despres
  • The Golden Rule Foundation
  • Grace Guggenheim
  • Anita Herrick
  • Alexandra Moe
  • Liz Norton
  • Peter O’Brien
  • Margaret Parsons
  • Robert Pastor
  • Christie and Roger Platt
  • Kristin Rechberger
  • Alicia and Daniel Ritchie
  • Cathie and John Schorn
  • Flo Stone
  • Helen Strong
  • Jill and John Walsh

$500+

  • Elizabeth Andes
  • Jonathan Blake
  • Sandra Cannon-Brown
  • Robert Clement-Jones
  • Deanna Dawson
  • Andrea Hatfield
  • Silvia and Carl Hausmann
  • Jennifer Johnson
  • Helen McNeill
  • Kathleen Mikitin
  • Gail Ostergaard
  • Margaret Pastor
  • Nora Pouillon
  • Deborah Rothberg
  • Maggie Burnette Stogner
  • Gwyn Whittaker
  • Jourdan and Henry Steinway Ziegler

$250+

  • Mary Ann Casey
  • Diane Davidson
  • Barbara Downs
  • Laura Faul
  • Sarah Gould Kagan
  • Bruce Guthrie
  • Marilyn and Robert Timothy Hanlon
  • Elsa Haubold and Tony Tripp
  • Megan Hull
  • Gregory McGruder
  • Sally Brooks and William Meadows
  • Tyrhee Moore
  • Louisa Newlin
  • Dane Nichols
  • Brooke Runnette
  • Gene M. Smith
  • Mary Gabrielle Sprague
  • Margaret and John Symington
  • Patricia Tice

$100+

  • Mustafa Santiago Ali
  • Elan Joel Blutinger
  • Bronson Bryant
  • Marjorie Calvert
  • Helen Carroll
  • Rives and Dickson Carroll
  • Andrew Clark
  • Robin Clarke
  • Marianne Comfort
  • Elizabeth Craig
  • Caroline Day
  • Sarah Dean
  • Elizabeth and Martin Evans
  • Carole Feld
  • Sandra Fitzpatrick
  • William G. Gillespie
  • Solymar Grecco
  • Ruth Greenstein
  • Gail and John Hanson
  • Sheila Healy
  • Sarnia and Edward Hoyt
  • Julie Hulver
  • Benjamin Hunt
  • Sally Lau
  • Nancy Libin
  • Carroll Long
  • Gerald Lorentz
  • Jane Lucas
  • Wendy Makins
  • Barbara McConagha
  • Elizabeth Merricks
  • Natasha Metzler
  • Virginia Murphy
  • Nicole Pasternak
  • Roxanne Paul
  • Rondi Pillette
  • Sylvia Ripley
  • Jacquelyn Rivas
  • Jim Ross
  • S. Jacob Scherr
  • Nancy and Simon Sidamon-Eristoff
  • Anthony Smith
  • Susan and Hedrick Smith
  • Jacqueline Springer
  • Deirdre Stancioff
  • Elsie Thompson
  • S. Tier French
  • Maria Volpe
  • Patricia Walk
  • Eric White

$50+

  • Erik Assadourian
  • Howard Ausden
  • Mukund Belliappa
  • Nancy Bieging
  • Peter Cohn
  • Sarah Colon
  • Mary Crow
  • Keira Dembowski
  • Albert Dobbins
  • Ryan Drysdale
  • Louis Eby
  • Lucia Edmonds
  • Ray Evert
  • Iziar Garcia
  • Michele Garza
  • Nancy Hadley
  • Kristin Harris
  • Campbell Howe
  • Steve Kaffen
  • Beth Kramer
  • Michael Marceau
  • Jackie Maruhashi
  • Kristie McComb
  • Peter Mellen
  • Ed Oaksford
  • Sam Plakun
  • Leanne Polachek
  • Dennis Rice
  • Rosalie Ruetz
  • Brent Matthew Schnupp
  • Marian Schultz
  • D.S. Spence
  • Stephen Stahr
  • Carmen Todd
  • Walter Tsou
  • Brandy White
  • Mohammed Zaatari
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