Environmental Film Festival at Yale 2023

This panel discusses multiple angles of the issues we face in protecting the world's waters and what calls them home. Additionally, the films explore what is being done on various scales to address these problems that are at the center of humanity. Come join our discussion on water, both salt and fresh at this year's EFFY.

Films:
1) We Are One Ocean
2) No Other Lake

• In-Person Attendance
• Virtual Attendance

In the face of climate change, communities around the world are exposed to compounding environmental hazards and rapidly changing landscapes. The four impactful films in this panel document some of these challenges and provide insight into the power of collective action in reclaiming public health.

• In-Person Attendance
• Virtual Screening

Presented by Yale Forest Forum

As our global ecosystems are threatened by disease, biodiversity loss, and mismanagement, it becomes critical to rethink how we manage and restore our forests. These films showcase large-scale efforts of restoration, management strategies based on ecosystem and traditional knowledge, and even the benefit of rehoming a single pine marten. Although just the beginning, these efforts can inspire hope about our ability to help our most critical ecosystems rebound and thrive.

Films:
1) Hope and Restoration: Saving the Whitebark Pine
2)The Temptation of Trees
3) Fighting Fire with Fire
4) Sammy | a pine marten story
5) Returning Fire to the Land

• In-Person Attendance
• Virtual Attendance

This panel showcases two powerful documentaries about environmental challenges in Latin America and the people leading the charge, fighting to protect their land, wildlife, and communities. Collectively, these documentaries show the challenges of protecting self and nature in the face of profit-driven industries, and the importance of community involvement and empowerment in conservation efforts.

Films:
1) Illusion of Abundance
2) Vicuña Salvation

• In-Person Attendance
• Virtual Screening

The newly released scripted drama series from Apple TV+ "Extrapolations," by executive producer Scott Z. Burns ("Contagion," "An Inconvenient Truth," "The Report") introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. Join EFFY and the Yale Center for Environmental Communication in an exploration of Hollywood's role in influencing attitudes and actions on climate change

• In-Person Attendance
• Virtual Screening