Presented by the Hollomon Price Foundation Screening includes a pre-recorded filmmaker Q&amp;A As the climate crisis threatens communities around the world, humanity faces its greatest challenge yet. These shorts highlight environmental activism and shed light on the consequences of disruption and displacement.

In the summer of 2021, two groups of young people from the climate-activist group Sunrise Movement, marched hundreds of miles--from New Orleans to Houston and Paradise, CA to San Francisco -- to demand good jobs and a well-funded Civilian Climate Corps to fight the climate crisis. This is their story.

Generation On Fire

Youth activists march hundreds of miles to demand good jobs and a well-funded Civilian Climate Corps to fight the climate crisis.

In this refreshing and fun animated-short, climate activist Greta Thunberg juxtaposes the absurdity of political inaction with the straightforward high-stakes of the climate emergency. Playful and poignant, the film pits a ludicrous status quo against the clear-eyed activism necessary to shift the balance of power and create a sustainable, just and equitable world.

Humanity Has Not Yet Failed

In this animated short, Climate activist Greta Thunberg juxtaposes the absurdity of political inaction with the straightforward high-stakes of the climate emergency.

You know Greta. Now it’s time to get to know the other young activists leading the climate justice movement! OUR FUTURE, OUR FIGHT is an upbeat, fun, fact-filled docu-series that brings audiences into the exciting world of teens leading the climate action movement. In this pilot episode, Jonah Gottlieb, a Bay Area teen moved to action because of wildfires raging in his backyard, investigates the connection between climate change and fire and how the Indigenous practice of cultural burns can offer solutions. It’s an inspiring look at the movement to save the planet from the teens who say, this is OUR FUTURE, this is OUR FIGHT.

Our Future Our Fight

Jonah Gottlieb, a Bay Area teen moved to action because of wildfires raging in his backyard, investigates the climate connection and how the Indigenous practice of cultural burns can offer solutions.

A poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), an Indigenous community in the Arctic and one of the northernmost towns in the world. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers before climate change forced Tuk’s coastal population to relocate to more habitable land.

Arctic Summer

A poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), an Indigenous community facing climate change in the Arctic.

Glaciers show us undeniable evidence that climate changes are happening and that human beings are transforming Earth’s systems. They reflect our past and reveal our future. Four years in the making, this intimate short combines historical and current-day aerial views of six outlet glaciers in the Hornafjörður region of Southeast Iceland, exposing a rapidly disappearing frozen world. If the climate crisis remains an invisible threat elsewhere in the world, here it is writ large across the landscape. These glaciers show us how what happens to ice happens to us.

After Ice

Four years in the making, this intimate short combines historical and current-day aerial views of six glaciers in Southeast Iceland, exposing a rapidly disappearing frozen world.

Kieran Baxter (Director, After Ice) is a filmmaker and lecturer in Communication Design at University of Dundee where he researches how creative media can be used to improve science communication. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/baxter-kieran/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Kyle Rosenbluth &amp; Daniel Fradin (Co-directors, Artic Summer) are recent graduates of the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to Indigenous rights and climate justice. &nbsp;Beth Murphy (Director, Our Future Our Fight) is the founder of Principle Pictures, a media and impact company dedicated to storytelling for social impact. Beth is director/producer/executive producer for more than 20 documentaries, including six award-winning feature films, news reports, podcasts, and photo series. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/murphy-beth/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Sam Eilersten &amp; Nate Birnbaum (Co-directors, Generation on Fire) are the award-winning Co-Creators Producers &amp; Directors of "Generation Green New Deal" a multi-year multimedia project aimed at documenting the movement for, and creation of the Green New Deal. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/birnbaum-nate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Norma V. Toraya (Co-director, Humanity Has Not Yet Failed) aka CRANKBUNNY is an award-winning AICP® animator and director. She has animated films for the #MeToo movement, UN, Nike, Adult Swim, Plan Canada and the rock band Rush. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/toraya-norma-v/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Alizé Carrére (Moderator) is a National Geographic Explorer, filmmaker, and PhD candidate researching and documenting human adaptations to environmental change. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/carrere-alize/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>.

Climate Connections Shorts I: Filmmaker Q&A

Featuring Kieran Baxter, Kyle Rosenbluth, Daniel Fradin, Sam Eilertsen, Nate Birnbaum, Beth Murphy, Norma V. Toraya, & Alizé Carrère

Climate Connections Shorts I: Evidence & Advocacy

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DCEFF30 ran March 17-27. Screenings have now ended. Stay tuned for future screening announcements. 

The 30th Anniversary Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital will be all-virtual March 17-27. Featuring dozens of screenings and discussions -- many FREE and available to audiences around the globe! Opens with Sundance Favorite FIRE OF LOVE and an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall.

Here are the LIVE Q&As scheduled for DCEFF30! Can't make it? No sweat. These Q&A livestreams will be available for on-demand viewing immediately after they conclude. Note: films will not be broadcast live. They are available to watch separately from the live discussion.