APRIL 19-28
FAIR PARK and SELECT THEATERS
DALLAS, TEXAS, USA
A 10 day Film Festival and GlobalGala showcasing films, VR and interactive media from top filmmakers and conservationists from around the globe that explore conservation, climate change, and the environment.
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“We created a Film Festival that not only creates awareness, but also creates impact.”
– Michael Cain –
President, EarthxFilm
EarthxFilm Festival 2019
SPOTLIGHT SCREENING
A Film by Conservation Filmmaker
Ben Masters
Thursday, April 25
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Filmmaker Ben Masters’ film, THE RIVER AND THE WALL, follows five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands as they travel 1200 miles from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes documenting the last remaining wilderness in Texas with NatGeo Explorer Filipe DeAndrade, Ornithologist Heather Mackey, River Guide Austin Alvarado, and Conservationist Jay Kleberg.
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Welcome to EarthxFilm
Learn about who we are
and the issues that drive us.
How to Fest
A crash course
to visiting EarthxFilm.
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EarthxInteractive
The Experience
EarthX Interactive takes visitors on wild immersive journeys — dive with endangered whales, surf with dolphins, care for rescued baby elephants, travel to space with NASA, clean up our ocean and discover the most remote regions of our planet — all in virtual and augmented reality.
Explore nature, experience adventure and protect endangered species and the planet — through exciting emerging art, media and technology.
- 6 World Premieres
- 48 Interactive experiences + additional experiences throughout the expo
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Mixed Reality
- Immersive Experiences
- Interactive Walls
EVENTS & PROGRAMS
EarthxFilm Festival 2019
EARTHDAY SCREENING
Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement
With Director Slater Jewell-Kemker
Monday, April 22
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Celebrate Earth Day in Dallas with a special screening of the inspiring documentary Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Director Slater Jewell-Kemker will be in attendance and afterwards, there will be a gathering celebrating the 50th Earth Day
Films you can’t afford to miss
Into the Canyon
Friday, April 26 | 6:30 p.m.
When photojournalist Pete Mcbride and author Kevin Fedarko set out to hike the entire length of the Grand Canyon, they learn the hard way why only a handful of humans have pulled off the feat.
Sonic Sea
Saturday, April 27 | 1:30 p.m.
Beneath the vast blue expanse of the ocean, marine life depend on sound for survival, prosperity and communication. And collectively, sea animals create a vast symphony that fills the deep blue each day.
Tungrus
Saturday, April 27 | 2:00 p.m.
There are free-range chickens and then, there is Tungrus, a type of rooster that roams around an Indian apartment causing chaos and crapping indiscriminately.
Tigerland
Sunday, April 28 | 12:15 p.m.
Tigerland, an elegiac homage to tigers, weaves together two stories of tiger conservation. The first took place first half a century ago in the jungles of India, the second is unfolding today in Russia’s Far East.
Watson
Sunday, April 28 | 5:30 p.m.
There is no one in the environmental movement like Captain Paul Watson and Watson smartly and deftly tells his singular story.
Under the Water Family Friendly Shorts
Sunday, April 28 | 2:30 p.m.
Efforts to preserve our waterways.
Follow EarthxFilm
Family Friendly
Events & Screenings
Short Film Programs
Short takes on the environment and free screenings of films from the EarthxEdu student film competition.
Trinity River Audubon Center Family Picnic–Friday, April 19
Join EarthxFilm and the Trinity River Audubon Center for a free picnic and a guided hike.
FREE EARTH DAY SCREENING–Monday, April 22
Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement
Director Slater Jewell-Kemker will be in attendance and afterwards, there will be a celebration of the 50th Earth Day.
Be an EarthxFilm Cub Reporter–April 26-28 at Fair Park
With direction from professional filmmakers, kids and young adults will get in front of the camera and behind the scenes to learn filmmaking basics, producing reports from the field at EarthX.
Attend a Free Screening of Disneynature’s Dolphin Reef – Monday, April 22
Join EarthxFilm for a free screening of Disneynature’s Dolphin Reef at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22 at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
“EarthxFilm Festival is a place where you might run into Kevin Sorbo on the ‘green carpet’ or Buzz Aldrin in the restroom.”
EarthxGlobalGala
GLOBAL GALA
An Eco-Star-Studded Evening of Elegance
Friday, April 26 • 6:30PM - 11:00PM
An eco-star-studded evening of elegance that will celebrate progress, hope, innovation and a global shift toward a more sustainable future for all. Proceeds from this GlobalGala will go towards year-round educational activities and environmental awareness.
About EarthxFilm
EarthxFilm showcases films and emerging media that explore conservation, climate change, and the environment while honoring the heroes working to protect our planet. Our goal is to turn awareness into action, through art and motion picture media including documentaries, film shorts and virtual reality, and to partner with environmental, film and entertainment organizations across the globe.
FOCUS:
- Water & Ocean
- Climate Change
- Energy & Transportation
- Food & Agriculture
- Wildlife & Nature
- Cities & Urban Areas
- Environmental Justice
EarthxFilm Sponsors
Our sponsors play a vital role in bringing our environmental awareness efforts to life through their generous support of the EarthXFilmFestival. With the generosity and involvement of sponsoring businesses and organizations, the EarthX community is able to further the mission of creating solutions and promoting innovations for safeguarding the future of our planet.
Thank you to our sponsors and partners
Year-Round Programming
MOVIE MONDAYS
Special screenings every fourth Monday of each month that impact hearts and minds in matters of conservation and sustainability.
“EarthxFilm, is the best festival in the country to screen an environmental film and have it seen by people who are not in the choir.”
EarthxFilm Festival 2018
Award Winners
In 2018 EarthxFilm handed out cash prizes totaling $37,000 to winning filmmakers with a portion of those funds going directly to the environmental organizations and efforts that the films themselves explored or profiled.
Best Feature Film
Unfractured
Award – $5000
Canadian filmmaker, writer and educator Chanda Chevannes is passionate about social change. Her hopeful documentary, UNFRACTURED, follows biologist and mother Sandra Steingraber as she reinvents herself as an outspoken activist and throws herself into an environmental war that many believe is unwinnable. It’s about fighting for something you believe in with your whole heart.
Director:
Chanda Chevannes
Best FeatureBIRD OF PREY$3000
Director: Eric Liner
Impact AwardPERMAFROST NOW$2500
Director: Stash Wislocki
Impact AwardCHASING THE THUNDER$2500
Co-Director: Marc Levin
Impact AwardCHASING THE THUNDER$2500
Co-Director: Mark Benjamin
Special MentionALBATROSS
Director: Chris Jordan
Earth CatalystTHE HUMAN ELEMENT$2500
Director: Matthew Testa
Earth CatalystGROUNDED$2500
Director: Gabrielle Piamonte
Creative StorytellingTHE LAST HONEY HUNTER$2000
Director: Ben Knight
Best ShortTHE CURVE OF TIME$3000
Director: Jordan Manley
Best Short FilmDITCH THE VAN$2000
Director: Mallory Cunningham