DC Environmental Film Fest Showcase
Harnessing the power of film and community to illuminate, celebrate, and inspire positive and lasting action for our planet
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital is the world’s premier showcase of environmentally themed films. Since 1993 their mission has been to celebrate the Earth and inspire understanding and stewardship of the environment through the power of film. Each March in Washington D.C., the DCEFF presents dozens of films to audiences around the city and online.
Check out some award-winning DCEFF films below.
Fly By Light
A group of teenagers board a bus for West Virginia, leaving the streets of Washington, DC to participate in an ambitious peace education program. For the first time in their lives Mark, Asha, Martha, and Corey play in mountain streams, sing under the stars, and confront the entrenched abuse, violence and neglect cycles of their past.
But as they return to DC, each young person faces an unforgiving series of hurdles and roadblocks that challenge their efforts to build a better life. Through breathtaking visuals from street corners to mountaintops, Fly By Light is an intimate exploration of the chaotic, confusing, and emotional journey to rewrite a young person’s future.
Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice
The 1972 Clean Water Act introduced landmark regulations significantly reducing water pollution in America. However, it did not serve many disadvantaged communities most vulnerable to our climate crisis. From Washington, DC to Los Angeles, “Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice” takes you on a journey into the heart of the struggle for water justice and equity.
Beneath the Polar Sun
Not far from the North Pole, a research team sets out to measure the world’s largest and oldest sea ice floes. Steve is an expedition leader who has led projects in the High Arctic for 40 years. Chris is a polar oceanographer who studies ice floes from a Harvard lab. They know the data, but nothing has prepared them for the truth on the ground. Caught in a frozen maelstrom, something has to give.