DC Environmental Film Festival

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) will run March 20-29, 2025 at venues throughout DC. This annual event is an opportunity for journalists (from anywhere) to learn about interesting environmental news stories that are being covered via some of the most highly-anticipated new documentary releases.

Now in its 33rd year, DCEFF is one of the oldest and largest festivals in the world dedicated to showcasing stories about the issues facing our planet. 

DCEFF is happy to have regional reporters attend our screenings, but journalists from anywhere in the world should also feel free to reach out with interview requests for attending guests and filmmakers.

This year’s film lineup covers a lot of different issues of interest to the general public, but this year’s climate slate is especially robust:

• The White House Effect: Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. A political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.
• Firebreak: Brandon and Royal met fighting wildfires while part of California’s penal system. Now, against institutional, personal, and environmental barriers, they are training other formerly incarcerated firefighters to become professionals and join their new, self-owned department.
• Been Here Stay Here: Explore the quiet yet profound crisis unfolding on Tangier Island, where climate change isn’t an abstract concept but a daily reality threatening to erase an entire community.
• Lowland Kids: Follows a blood-bound trio—two teenagers and their uncle—on Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing Isle de Jean Charles. They face an uncertain future as the U.S. government makes an unprecedented effort to resettle their entire community before the island succumbs to the sea.
• Chasing Time: A meditative exploration of time and mortality. James Balog and his crew bring the decades-long Extreme Ice-Survey to a close, cataloging more than one million images in the process.

The full schedule and more details about the Festival can be found at dceff.org.

Those interested in interviewing any attending filmmakers and/or attending screenings in DC can reach out to Jacob Crawford (jacob@dceff.org).