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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very much looking forward to the DC Premiere of Groundswell this Wednesday at GW! This FREE screening also includes a pre-reception and post-screening convo with a filmmaker and experts! RSVP here: form.jotform.com/262503413410139

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great weekend checking out the Climate Film Festival and Narrative Change Summit in NYC. Truly awesome programming this year!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We hope you'll join us April 8-17, 2027, as we continue on this important work together.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are very excited to announce the theme for our 2027 Festival -- Eyes Open: 35 Years of Witness & Wonder. To go into one of our programs with eyes open means confronting important challenges, encountering new worlds, and envisioning a better future.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our 2026 Shared Earth Foundation Award winner YANUNI is now free to stream on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhDdAONYZeQ Directed by Richard Ladkani and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, YANUNI follows Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia and the daily lives of the peoples fighting to defend the Amazon.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Now through Sunday! Don't miss your chance to stream our 2026 Eric Moe Award lineup. This FREE program features this year's winner SALLIE'S ASHES and finalist THE CLEARING. Watch here: watch.eventive.org/dceff365/pla...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're searching for the very best environmental films to screen at our 35th Anniversary Festival. Be part of this milestone event in DC, April 8-17! If you have a new film about issues affecting the natural world, send them our way! filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFilmFestivalInTheNationsCapital

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If one man knows unique and excellent bear docs, it's Werner Herzog. A big congratulations to filmmakers Jack Weisman & Gabriela Osio Vanden on being named the winners of this year's Werner Herzog Film Award for NUISANCE BEAR. The film also won our William W. Warner Award earlier this year.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

BIG congrats are in order for this year's Warner Award winner NUISANCE BEAR. Last week, it was announced that the film will receive the prestigious Werner Herzog Film Award, which is given annually for "achievements in innovation, courage, & vision." More here: www.wernerherzog.org/en/werner-he...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our FREE virtual encore series kicks off today with these popular shorts from DCEFF 2026. Watch it here, now through Sunday: tinyurl.com/DCEFF-TrailblazersEncore

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

ICYMI, last week we were named DC’s Best Film Festival by the readers of @wcp.bsky.social for the 8th(!) year in a row! We’re of course tremendously honored and grateful to our audience. If you want to relive any of the highlights from DCEFF 2026, check out: dceff.org/festival

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who voted! Even after 8 years in a row, winning Best of DC never stops being an honor. In this city, that really means something. Just look at those finalists!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

On July 2, 2024, five activists from Mother Nature Cambodia were jailed after they sounded the alarm about river pollution and land reclamation projects. Two years later, they remain imprisoned.. @mongabay.com’s short THE CLEARING tells their story: substack.com/home/post/p-167357741

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

DCEFF Executive Director Monica Schorn will take part in a post-screening convo around GASLIT this Thurs at the Angelika Pop-Up. In the new doc, Jane Fonda ventures into oil and gas country, meeting the people exposing the fossil fuel industry. Tix: angelikafilmcenter.com/dc/movies/details/gaslit

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's National Pollinator Week! Lots of the buzz may be around bees, but DCEFF has featured a wide variety of these important creatures (bats, birds, moths, and more!) - in our past selections. Watch some of them via our Pollinator Playlist here: dceff.org/pollinators-playlist/

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Did you miss TIME AND WATER at DC/DOX? We’re co-presenting a week of screenings at the AFI Silver, June 19-26! silver.afi.com/movies/detai...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Looking for great new environmental films to enjoy all year-round? Over 20 Selections from our 2026 Festival are now available to stream — either directly on our website or via popular streaming services and on demand. Check those out here: dceff.org/watchnow-2026

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today is World Oceans Day! In the year ahead, we commit to highlighting stories that explore important marine issues, uplift frontline heroes, spark debate, and educate the next generation. Your contribution today will help us bring important stories like these to DC and beyond. dceff.org/donate

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at last week's DCEFF Garden Party! It was wonderful to celebrate more than three decades of environmental storytelling with you as we look ahead to the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital’s milestone 35th Anniversary (April 8-17, 2027).

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

An Environmental Film Festival to kick off Earth Month? Makes all the sense in the world. The dates for our 35th Anniversary Festival are set! Stay tuned for more news about what we’re planning for this milestone year. dceff.org/subscribe

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Did you miss our sold out screening of NUISANCE BEAR back in March? The film, which won our 2026 William W. Warner Award and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, was recently acquired by MUBI. They plan to announce release details in the near future. www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"This Tony Leung drama will leaf you mesmerized." - RogerEbert .com The critically-acclaimed SILENT FRIEND (also starring Lea Seydoux) opens Friday at the AFI Silver! Very excited to be co-presenting this stunning new film. Showtimes & tickets here: silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005341

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We’re so excited to again be a community partner of the Hollywood Climate Summit! This partnership grows our creative sector’s awareness and action on this issue, while emphasizing the importance of storytelling to direct public attention toward the climate. hollywoodclimatesummit.com/tickets

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy 100th birthday to the one-and-only Sir David Attenborough! We were so fortunate to have Attenborough join us for our 2004 Festival, where he received a the Smithsonian Medal for a lifetime of distinguished work. In the 20+ years since, he hasn't slowed down!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Did we live up to the title of DC's Best Film Festival again this year? City Paper’s Best of DC is going on now! Now more than ever, we hope you will help send a message about the importance of environmental storytelling by voting for us! bestof2026.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts-and-entertainment

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"This film reminds us of the promise that activism holds." - Erin Brockovich. We're very excited to see that 2025 DCEFF Selection UNEARTH is now avilable to stream on Documentary+: bit.ly/WatchUnearth

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

NOT WITHOUT US is now free to stream! Watch it, then join us for a live virtual conversation with filmmaker Mark Decena and activists from the film on May 6 at 1:00pm EST. watch.eventive.org/dceff/play/6...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day! If you're looking for some films to help you celebrate, over a dozen shorts from DCEFF 2026 are currently free to stream! We've collected them here: watch.eventive.org/dceff Whatever you're interested in, these films have what you need to become inspired toward action today.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A huge THANK YOU is owed to our panelists for the day: Diana Jean Schemo, Frank Sesno, Holly Jonas, Jeremy Young, Clare Fieseler, PhD, Zach Toombs, Jessica Stahl, Rebecca Leber, Meaghan Parker, Christina Larson, Rachel Frazin, and Dino Grandoni.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This unique program, which was done in partnership with @mongabay.com, DXIFF, @grist.org, @sejorg.bsky.social, and @uprootproject.bsky.social , featured two conversations about the importance of high-quality journalism and how to achieve that in this unique moment we find ourselves in.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Last month, we kicked off the final weekend of DCEFF 2026 by bringing together a room of outstanding journalists and communicators for our first ever CivicEarth Media Forum.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It was truly one of the best screenings we’ve had and receiving the William W. Warner Voice of Nature Award was the cherry on top. Thank you to DCEFF and the Warner Family for such a memorable experience." - Jack Weisman, Co-Director

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Photos from last month's sold out screening of NUISANCE BEAR at DCEFF. Another extremely memorable night of film and conversation. "Gabby and I had a terrific time screening NUISANCE BEAR at DCEFF. The audience was so engaged and moderator Dana Hedgpeth really elevated the conversation…

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who celebrated the final day of DCEFF 2026 with us on Saturday! Our programs welcomed 1000+ attendees to venues across DC. We closed out strong out with our Eric Moe Award & Shared Earth Award screenings, highlighting some amazing films and activists in SALLIE'S ASHES & YANUNI.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Excellent conversation started here at our screening of NUISANCE BEAR - Sundance Award and DCEFF Warner Award winner!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The full house last night really dug our new Eco-Horror Shorts program! Guess we’ll bring this one back next year! 🔪🔥🫣

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

There are still a lot of great programs left to see at DCEFF 2026! This includes Saturday's double-header of Hayao Miyazaki classics at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center! silver.afi.com/events/detail/0000000184

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Wednesday night! Join us for the World Premiere of SECRETS OF THE BEES - the new series from Nat Geo. See it first on the big screen then stick around for a conversation we recorded with Bertie Gregory earlier this week. Tickets: dceff.eventive.org/schedule/699...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Remain calm, there’s a dog on the World Water Day panel.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Another packed house today for today’s first shorts program. Science!!!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Monday night! Join us at the Miracle Theatre for our 2026 Centerpiece Presentation: the World Premiere of THE [CONSERV]ATIVES. Should be an exciting screening and conversation! Learn more and get tickets: tinyurl.com/DCEFF-ConservWP

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Another packed screening here on DCEFF 2026 day 3! Going to be a great convo with with Cholla Rose Duir (Assistant Director, Northern Jaguar Project), Krista Schlyer (Interim Director, @ilcp.bsky.social), moderated by Maggie Dewane (Director of Communications, @defenders.org).

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Great packed crowd here (on a beautiful day no less) for our first shorts program focused on American Conservation issues!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Tickets for tonight’s screening are still available here: dceff.eventive.org/schedule/699...

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Audience Q&A: “what haven’t I seen that I’d still like to? Oh, so much…” - Dr. Edie Widder

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The amazing Dr. Edie Widder in conversation with @washingtonpost.com’s Juliet Eilperin!

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Opening Night! Sold out screening of A LIFE ILLUMINATED. Lots more to come through 3/28! dceff.org

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

DCEFF 2026 kicks off Thursday night with our sold out screening of A LIFE ILLUMINATED. A very full weekend of powerful programs will follow featuring a little something for everyone and anyone who cares about our environment. Learn more at dceff.org.

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DC Environmental Film Festival @dceff.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The printed guides for the 2026 Festival are here! Come get yours at Opening Night on Thursday! You may also start seeing them around town. Get your tickets for DCEFF 2026 here: dceff.org.

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