Bats get a spooky reputation this time of year, but they deserve a lot more thanks than fear! To celebrate these important creatures, check out these past DCEFF selections at the link: substack.com/home/post/p-...
October 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Bats get a spooky reputation this time of year, but they deserve a lot more thanks than fear! To celebrate these important creatures, check out these past DCEFF selections at the link: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Double Exposure, the only U.S. festival dedicated exclusively to investigative documentary, returns to Washington November 5–8 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. The DCEFF community gets 10% off passes and tickets with the code DCEFF-DX26 at dxfest.com.
October 22, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Double Exposure, the only U.S. festival dedicated exclusively to investigative documentary, returns to Washington November 5–8 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. The DCEFF community gets 10% off passes and tickets with the code DCEFF-DX26 at dxfest.com.
Join Potomac Riverkeeper Network and DC Environmental Film Festival next Friday, October 23 for a film screening of Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong, a documentary about America's aging wastewater infrastructure system. 💧
Register here: https://ow.ly/HRNr50ZY3Yi
Register here: https://ow.ly/HRNr50ZY3Yi
PRKN and DCEFF Present: Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong Film Screening
Environmental documentary screening featuring light snacks, beforehand and a short panel discussion afterwards. We hope to see you there!
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October 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Join Potomac Riverkeeper Network and DC Environmental Film Festival next Friday, October 23 for a film screening of Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong, a documentary about America's aging wastewater infrastructure system. 💧
Register here: https://ow.ly/HRNr50ZY3Yi
Register here: https://ow.ly/HRNr50ZY3Yi
DCEFF and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network will present a free screening and convo around UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG - Friday, October 23, at the Reservoir Center for Water Solutions.
Click here for more details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/DCEFF-PRKN-USGTW
Click here for more details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/DCEFF-PRKN-USGTW
PRKN and DCEFF Present: Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong Film Screening
Environmental documentary screening featuring light snacks, beforehand and a short panel discussion afterwards. We hope to see you there!
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October 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
DCEFF and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network will present a free screening and convo around UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG - Friday, October 23, at the Reservoir Center for Water Solutions.
Click here for more details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/DCEFF-PRKN-USGTW
Click here for more details and to RSVP: tinyurl.com/DCEFF-PRKN-USGTW
In case you missed it, our 2026 Shared Earth Foundation Award winner is now streaming on YouTube, where it has already crossed 3M views! Our March 2026 convo w/the filmmakers is also now available to stream there.
Watch Now: Yanuni
2026 DCEFF Award winner has already crossed 3 million views on YouTube!
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September 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
In case you missed it, our 2026 Shared Earth Foundation Award winner is now streaming on YouTube, where it has already crossed 3M views! Our March 2026 convo w/the filmmakers is also now available to stream there.
DCEFF mourns the loss of author Wendell Berry, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 92. Laura Dunn’s films about the author, which screened at DCEFF, are available to rent/purchase for those looking to celebrate the author this weekend.
Watch Now: Remembering Wendell Berry
Films to celebrate the life of the author, who passed away this week at the age of 92.
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September 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
DCEFF mourns the loss of author Wendell Berry, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 92. Laura Dunn’s films about the author, which screened at DCEFF, are available to rent/purchase for those looking to celebrate the author this weekend.
DCEFF Co-presentations:
PAPAYA: Sept. 18 & 19 - New animated feature from Brazil!
MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: Sept. 20 & 23 - New narrative feature from Guatemala
THE DANCE OF THE KOKORRDIT: Sept. 26 - New docudrama from Panama
PAPAYA: Sept. 18 & 19 - New animated feature from Brazil!
MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: Sept. 20 & 23 - New narrative feature from Guatemala
THE DANCE OF THE KOKORRDIT: Sept. 26 - New docudrama from Panama
August 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
DCEFF Co-presentations:
PAPAYA: Sept. 18 & 19 - New animated feature from Brazil!
MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: Sept. 20 & 23 - New narrative feature from Guatemala
THE DANCE OF THE KOKORRDIT: Sept. 26 - New docudrama from Panama
PAPAYA: Sept. 18 & 19 - New animated feature from Brazil!
MOUNTAINS OF FIRE: Sept. 20 & 23 - New narrative feature from Guatemala
THE DANCE OF THE KOKORRDIT: Sept. 26 - New docudrama from Panama
These powerful films follow activists from different generations in different part of the world fighting back against polluting and extractive industries.
Watch here: watch.eventive.org/dceff365/pla...
Watch here: watch.eventive.org/dceff365/pla...
Sallie's Ashes | Eric Moe Award Shorts: Sallie's Ashes & The Clearing | DCEFF 365
Faced with terminal lung cancer, 80-year-old Sallie Smith rallies an unlikely team of fellow Alabama grandmas to fight for the removal of a toxic coal ash pit that threatens the waters of their belove...
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August 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
These powerful films follow activists from different generations in different part of the world fighting back against polluting and extractive industries.
Watch here: watch.eventive.org/dceff365/pla...
Watch here: watch.eventive.org/dceff365/pla...
Also, make sure you watch the new film #Deer139. Three women follow the 85-mile-long #migration path of a scruffy, pregnant #muledeer doe and learn to see the world differently in the process. #wildlife @dceff_org @UW_Ruckelshaus @UWENR @UWyonews https://dceff.org/film/deer-139/
Deer 139 - Watch Now - DCEFF
DCEFF is proud to present Deer 139 - The Environmental Film Festival is the world's premier festival for the best environmental movies.
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January 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Also, make sure you watch the new film #Deer139. Three women follow the 85-mile-long #migration path of a scruffy, pregnant #muledeer doe and learn to see the world differently in the process. #wildlife @dceff_org @UW_Ruckelshaus @UWENR @UWyonews https://dceff.org/film/deer-139/
CECE and AU's Center for Environmental Filmmaking present a DCEFF screening of the new documentary, The Way of the Whale, on March 25th at 6pm in the Doyle Forman Theater (2nd floor of AU's McKinley Building). Register here: dceff.eventive.org/schedule/699...
2026 DC Environmental Film Festival
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March 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
CECE and AU's Center for Environmental Filmmaking present a DCEFF screening of the new documentary, The Way of the Whale, on March 25th at 6pm in the Doyle Forman Theater (2nd floor of AU's McKinley Building). Register here: dceff.eventive.org/schedule/699...
Watch Now: Bluebird Man
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Watch Now: Bluebird Man
Celebrating the legendary citizen scientist Al Larson, who passed away last week at the age of 103.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Watch Now: Bluebird Man
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With all that free time indoors, check out dozens of free environmental films from the DC Env Film Fest. We just watched "Artifishal" about wild vs. farmed vs. hatchery fish. Really accurate and informative #ecology and #evolution #science in there https://dceff.org/watchnow/ #salmon
Watch Now - 300+ Free Environmental Films - DCEFF
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May 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
With all that free time indoors, check out dozens of free environmental films from the DC Env Film Fest. We just watched "Artifishal" about wild vs. farmed vs. hatchery fish. Really accurate and informative #ecology and #evolution #science in there https://dceff.org/watchnow/ #salmon
Headed to @dceff_org? Check out Ian Cheney's "Thirteen Ways"
13 scientists, artists, hunters, naturalists visit one patch of Maine woodland.
Plus, bonus riff from me about what ferns can teach us about sexual moral philosophy 🌱😍7pm 3/21 @EStreetCinema
dceff.org/film/thirteen-…
13 scientists, artists, hunters, naturalists visit one patch of Maine woodland.
Plus, bonus riff from me about what ferns can teach us about sexual moral philosophy 🌱😍7pm 3/21 @EStreetCinema
dceff.org/film/thirteen-…
Thirteen Ways - Watch Now - DCEFF
DCEFF is proud to present Thirteen Ways - The Environmental Film Festival is the world's premier festival for the best environmental movies.
dceff.org
December 7, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Headed to @dceff_org? Check out Ian Cheney's "Thirteen Ways"
13 scientists, artists, hunters, naturalists visit one patch of Maine woodland.
Plus, bonus riff from me about what ferns can teach us about sexual moral philosophy 🌱😍7pm 3/21 @EStreetCinema
dceff.org/film/thirteen-…
13 scientists, artists, hunters, naturalists visit one patch of Maine woodland.
Plus, bonus riff from me about what ferns can teach us about sexual moral philosophy 🌱😍7pm 3/21 @EStreetCinema
dceff.org/film/thirteen-…
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so excited for the DC Environmental Film Festival running now til March 29! I’m honored to have been on the screening committee (cawmittee) this year!
can’t fly in for the festival? you can check out films online >>> DCEFF.org 🎬 🐦⬛
🎥 cheers to sharing stories that help change our world!
so excited for the DC Environmental Film Festival running now til March 29! I’m honored to have been on the screening committee (cawmittee) this year!
can’t fly in for the festival? you can check out films online >>> DCEFF.org 🎬 🐦⬛
🎥 cheers to sharing stories that help change our world!
DCEFF | Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Advancing understanding and stewardship of the environment through the power of film for the past 30 years.
DCEFF.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
caw
so excited for the DC Environmental Film Festival running now til March 29! I’m honored to have been on the screening committee (cawmittee) this year!
can’t fly in for the festival? you can check out films online >>> DCEFF.org 🎬 🐦⬛
🎥 cheers to sharing stories that help change our world!
so excited for the DC Environmental Film Festival running now til March 29! I’m honored to have been on the screening committee (cawmittee) this year!
can’t fly in for the festival? you can check out films online >>> DCEFF.org 🎬 🐦⬛
🎥 cheers to sharing stories that help change our world!
Cool! We’d love to show any or all of our four unifying and agency-building new global documentaries in #TheClimateRestorers series - we were still doing final editing and delivery of the 4th during DCEFF 2025 😅 - www.theclimaterestorers.com
HOME | Climate Restorers
A positive, empowering global documentary series of four films exploring the fast-changing field of nature-based and technological carbon dioxide and methane removal - and the social, economic and pol...
www.theclimaterestorers.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Cool! We’d love to show any or all of our four unifying and agency-building new global documentaries in #TheClimateRestorers series - we were still doing final editing and delivery of the 4th during DCEFF 2025 😅 - www.theclimaterestorers.com
Apotek och matbutiker bör kunna ta emot kontant betalning, anser regeringsutredningen. Svensk Handel oroad över förslaget... ochMatbutiker #Apotek https://fefd.link/DCEfF
March 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Apotek och matbutiker bör kunna ta emot kontant betalning, anser regeringsutredningen. Svensk Handel oroad över förslaget... ochMatbutiker #Apotek https://fefd.link/DCEfF
From @mongabay.com a slew of articles related to films being shown at @dceff.bsky.social
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Including this one about our friends in Mother Nature Cambodia 5 of whom are jailed for "Subversion"
#FreeOurFriends
DCEFF runs march 19th - 28th March in Washington DC.
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news.mongabay.com/specials/202...
Including this one about our friends in Mother Nature Cambodia 5 of whom are jailed for "Subversion"
#FreeOurFriends
DCEFF runs march 19th - 28th March in Washington DC.
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Young activists risk all to defend Cambodia’s environment
YouTube video by Mongabay
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March 27, 2026 at 12:48 PM
From @mongabay.com a slew of articles related to films being shown at @dceff.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/specials/202...
Including this one about our friends in Mother Nature Cambodia 5 of whom are jailed for "Subversion"
#FreeOurFriends
DCEFF runs march 19th - 28th March in Washington DC.
10/
news.mongabay.com/specials/202...
Including this one about our friends in Mother Nature Cambodia 5 of whom are jailed for "Subversion"
#FreeOurFriends
DCEFF runs march 19th - 28th March in Washington DC.
10/
DC JOB ALERT: The wonderful folks at the DC Environmental Film Festival are looking for a top-notch development director. I'm a longtime fan of this great non-profit doing vital work to elevate environmental/climate storytelling.
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DC Environmental Film Festival (@dceff.bsky.social)
DCEFF is seeking a motivated, passionate Director of Development to lead the advancement of the largest and longest-running showcase for environmental films in the US. Learn more at dceff.org/jobs.
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January 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
DC JOB ALERT: The wonderful folks at the DC Environmental Film Festival are looking for a top-notch development director. I'm a longtime fan of this great non-profit doing vital work to elevate environmental/climate storytelling.
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/dcef...
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By: Mike Rhode on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
By: Mike Rhode on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Mar 28: Ponyo & Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
DCEFF | Ponyo & Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Saturda...
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March 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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By: Mike Rhode on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
By: Mike Rhode on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
From Mar 20, check out one of our Slate Films at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF), USA:
🎬BURNOUT (Sabrina McCormick)
🎬BURNOUT (Sabrina McCormick)
March 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
From Mar 20, check out one of our Slate Films at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF), USA:
🎬BURNOUT (Sabrina McCormick)
🎬BURNOUT (Sabrina McCormick)
The film will be screened in Washington, DC, on March 29 at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner.
🎥 How do documentaries influence conservation? DCEFF 2025 filmmakers reflect on their storytelling and impact. Check out the full special:
🎥 How do documentaries influence conservation? DCEFF 2025 filmmakers reflect on their storytelling and impact. Check out the full special:
Beyond the screen: DCEFF 2025
Documentary films have the power to shape how we understand nature. They offer a deeper look into the planet’s challenges, bringing people together through shared experiences and inspiring action. As...
mongabay.cc
March 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The film will be screened in Washington, DC, on March 29 at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner.
🎥 How do documentaries influence conservation? DCEFF 2025 filmmakers reflect on their storytelling and impact. Check out the full special:
🎥 How do documentaries influence conservation? DCEFF 2025 filmmakers reflect on their storytelling and impact. Check out the full special:
The film will be screened on March 29 at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner.
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
Beyond the screen: DCEFF 2025
Documentary films have the power to shape how we understand nature. They offer a deeper look into the planet’s challenges, bringing people together through shared experiences and inspiring action. As...
mongabay.cc
March 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The film will be screened on March 29 at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner.
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
The film will be screened at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, for which Mongabay is a media partner.
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
Beyond the screen: DCEFF 2025
Documentary films have the power to shape how we understand nature. They offer a deeper look into the planet’s challenges, bringing people together through shared experiences and inspiring action. As...
mongabay.cc
March 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The film will be screened at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, for which Mongabay is a media partner.
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here:
🎬 Go beyond the screen with Mongabay’s DCEFF 2025 series. Meet the filmmakers behind this year’s standout environmental documentaries. Read the full series here: