2013 Films

A strong-willed 32-year-old Jordanian mother of four, Rafea is traveling outside of her village for the first time ever to attend Barefoot College’s solar engineering program...

The ground in Paraguay is perfect for the cultivation of soy. In recent years, countless acres of forest have been chopped down to make room for the growing of this protein-rich bean...

Shown with WARM PERIOD (WARMZEIT). 

Spotlighting the rebels, a group of citizens from many walks of life who fought to preserve open space and protect agriculture and wildlife... 

In January 2001 local conservationists discovered an inter-tidal area on Pulau Ubin Island in Singapore...

Selection from Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Estonia. 

The experiment of repopulating the Taimyr Peninsula with the musk ox, which began thirty years ago, has enriched Arctic biodiversity...

Shown with OLD MAN AND THE MOOSE and A JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE OF THE LENA. 

Rallying the youth of the world to tackle the greatest challenge of our times, this film seeks to inspire a revolution that will change the planet and save life on Earth... 

Rhine Film Series, Part One and shown as part of the Rivers Program

Includes THE YOUNG AND THE WILD RHINE - SWITZERLAND and THE TAMED RHINE - SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE...

Rhine Film Series, Part Two and shown as part of the Rivers Program

Includes THE MAJESTIC RHINE - GERMANY and OPENING TO THE WORLD - THE NETHERLANDS...

Shown as part of the Rivers Program

Working in an intimate, verité style, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam spent two years following three young Cambodians as they struggled to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt...

River Shorts and shown as part of the Rivers Program

“Rivers are life” is the theme motivating activists in the global movement to protect rivers from the ravages of big dams...

Shown with EEL • WATER • ROCK • MAN, THE KING'S RIVER, BANGLADESH: LAND OF RIVERS, and THE WATER TOWER. 

Shown as part of the Rivers Program 

Featuring EEL • WATER • ROCK • MAN, THE KING'S RIVER, BANGLADESH: LAND OF RIVERS, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH US, and THE WATER TOWER...

Shown as part of the Rivers Program 

Pare Lorentz’s monumental documentary about the exploitation and misuse of the Mississippi River, one of our greatest natural resources...

Films by Jeremy Monroe and shown as part of the Rivers Program

Featuring THE HIDDEN RIVERS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA, THE LOST FISH, and WILLAMETTE FUTURES...

Urban Rivers and shown as part of the Rivers Program

How do we transform our city landscapes to actually benefit the environment? How do we manage our natural resources... 

The March 17 screening is part of the Urban Rivers Program, shown with The Anacostia River. 

John Huston in Africa Program

In Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa, idealist Morel launches a one-man campaign to preserve African elephants from extinction, which he sees as the last remaining "roots of heaven"...

Shown with THE AFRICAN QUEEN and WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART. 

Shown as part of the Rivers Program 

The Bozos in the West African nation of Mali have been renowned for many generations for their skill in the art of fishing... 

In a remote community where life is cheap and people struggle to survive, one small Aboriginal boy shows how courage can conquer even the greatest odds...

From deep within a bloody conflict emerges a powerful story of survival. Recently, a new breed of poachers has gone to war with South Africa's rhino population...

Shown with the other Winners from the 2012 Wildscreen Festival, Bristol, England HUMMINGBIRDS: JEWELLED MESSENGERS and HIPPOS: NATURE’S WILD FEAST. 

During the night a sea turtle digs a hole on a tropical beach and lays her eggs in the sand. So begins the treacherous journey that is the life of a sea turtle among predators such as crabs, birds and sharks, depicted in this stop-motion animation...

Shown with SONG OF THE SPINDLE, AN ORIGINAL DUCKUMENTARY, and BIRDERS: THE CENTRAL PARK EFFECT.

Thanks to the Trust for Mutual Understanding for their support of this program.
 
Featuring OLD MAN AND THE MOOSE, A JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE OF THE LENA, and RETURN OF THE MUSK OX.

Shown as part of the Rivers Program 

The Amazon is generally portrayed as a land of mystery populated by indigenous people surrounded by exotic fauna and flora in an environment threatened by encroaching mining and farming...

Veteran wildlife film producer Chris Palmer’s controversial book, “Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom,” has been widely praised... 

In 2006, two Czech electricians, Milan and Tomas, set off for the Zambian village of Mupande. They provided electric power to the local school, clinic and several homes, and bringing the villagers out of their equatorial darkness... 

In this humorous and informative conversation between animated sperm whale and a man, each tries to convince the other that his brain is larger...

Shown with A SEA TURTLE STORY, AN ORIGINAL DUCKUMENTARY, and BIRDERS: THE CENTRAL PARK EFFECT.

New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the nation, is situated between New York, the largest U.S. city and Philadelphia, the fifth largest... 

Heavy crude oil extraction from the northern Alberta tar sands is arguably one of the world’s most environmentally devastating industries... 

On opposite sides of the globe, indigenous shamans and a northern California tribe confront massive government megaprojects in a growing movement to defend human rights and protect the environment...

In Papua New Guinea, Bosmun village leaders reach into their past to revive a canoe-launching ceremony, while embracing the modern strategy of lawsuits... 

***Work-in-Progress***

Does a family make a house or does a house make a family? Times change. A once simple and sparse seaside town has become crowded and opulent...

If you have ever asked yourself where the fish you eat comes from, you are about to learn first-hand about the huge pirate fishing industry that is committing a crime on your plate every day... 

A fictional story within the historical context of the disastrous flood that engulfed the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland in 1953, now 60 years ago... 

Screening EFF-selected student films and films by the 2012/2013 Scholars at the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University, the student shorts program highlights the opportunities and challenges of environmental filmmaking...