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Thursday, March 21
The 32nd Annual Environmental Film Festival kicked off from Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History with the US Premiere of Luc Jacquet’s Antarctica Calling. Rep. Adam Schiff gave opening remarks and the screening was followed by a conversation with Jacquet, moderated by Washington Post Deputy Climate and Environment Editor Juliet Eilperin.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
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Friday, March 22
On Friday night, we were back at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History for the presentation and screening of our 2024 Flo Stone & Roger D. Stone Award for Outstanding Artistry in Filmmaking. After the screening, filmmaker Michael Gitlin was in conversation with Collider Senior Lead News Editor Maggie Lovitt.
Photo Credit: Katy Perrault
Additional Highlights
- Patrol co-presented with Grist and Washington Office on Latin America, featuring a conversation with filmmakers Brad Allgood, Camilo de Castro, and Angie Gentile, moderated by WOLA President Carolina Jiménez Sandoval.
- Between the Rains and Banel and Adama co-presented with New African Film Festival and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Saturday, March 23
Saturday night, we had a packed house at the US Navy Memorial’s Burke Theatre for the presentation and screening of this year’s Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability winner Wings of Dust, as well as finalists Broken Wings and A Symphony of Tiny Lights.
Pictured: (from left to right) Greg McGruder (Moderator), Erika Valenciana & Mitchell Wenkus (Broken Flight), Giorgio Ghiotto & Eliza Mitnick (Wings of Dust), and John Harris and Dominic & Nadia Gill (A Symphony of Tiny Lights).
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- Puffin Rock and the New Friends Youth Screenings at Anacostia and Woodridge libraries.
- Co-presented by The Uproot Project and Grist, our Changemakers Shorts highlighted individuals and organizations making a different on important environmental issues.
- King Coal presented in conjunction with the National Archives’ exhibit Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey
- Our annual International Showcase with the Trust for Mutual Understanding featured films curated by the Green Montenegro International Film Festival. GMIFF Art Director Slobodan Marunović, as well as filmmakers Blagota Marunović and Aleksandar Vujovic joined us for a post-screening conversation.
Sunday, March 24
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- Protectors Shorts
- One With the Whale at NMAI
- Canary at NAS with Lonnie Thompson
- Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story with Charlie Hamilton James
Monday, March 25
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- Impossible Town at Georgetown (link article)
- HHMI Tangled Bank
Tuesday, March 26
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- First We Bombed New Mexico at AU (link article)
- Kings of the North at Embassy of Canada
- Climate Film at the Czech Embassy
- An American Ascent 10th Anniversary
- Pultizer sold out at the MLK library (link article)
Wednesday, March 27
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- Encores of our NAFF and AFI films
Thursday, March 28
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- JICC screening
- Nat Geo’s Queens at NMWA
- Ocean Seen from the Heart at Embassy of France
Friday, March 29
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- All Illusions Must Be Broken
- Giants Rising at DOI
- 1000+ people at one time
Saturday, March 30
We closed out the first weekend of DCEFF 2024 with a special event honoring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. with our Environmental Champion Award. Rev Yearwood joined us for a conversation about his life and activism, moderated by DCEFF Board Member and National Wildlife Federation Vice President Mustafa Santiago Ali.
The event, which was presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation and co-presented by Hip Hop Caucus and BlackOak Collective, also featured a screening and conversation of the new Hip Hop Caucus short Underwater Projects, which highlights climate injustice in sinking Norfolk, VA.
Photo Credit: Aysha Scott Photography
Additional Highlights
- Shorts: Birds Bats Bees
- Film Portraits: Lovejoy + Goodall
- Film Portraits: Sylvia Earle
- A Mirror of the Cosmos at NGA
- Here at NMAA
- Razing Liberty Square + convo
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