welcome to EFFY!

Thank you for a great effy 2025!

Thank you for a great effy 2025!

Missed the in-person EFFY 2025? Stream our festival films through April 20 at this link!

The Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY) showcases incisive, cutting edge films that highlight the environmental and social issues of our time.

View fullsize This year, EFFY grew in both scope and spirit. We expanded the festival to five days, showcased nine extraordinary films, and hosted a special panel on climate communication that was later featured in the Yale Daily News. We welcomed filmmakers from
View fullsize Missed out on some of our screenings? Wanting to watch more excellent films? Luckily for you, we have just the thing: EFFY Online! For two weeks, most of our in-person films and several more online exclusives will be available to watch for free! We
View fullsize Tomorrow is the start of our flagship events featuring film screenings, moderated discussions, and food. We’ll end with a closing gala on Saturday night. From Thursday to Saturday, come for one event, or for them all! ⭐🍿
View fullsize Students: Come join us for a lunch/workshop on activism and storytelling! https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/pe2lc/rsvp_boot?id=2296533
View fullsize "The Green Revolution Will Not Be Televised" follows Black and Indigenous activists and community members promoting the food sovereignty movement in North and South Minneapolis. They utilize their community gardens as spaces of safety, soli
View fullsize Seeds of Resistance highlights the inspirational stories of activists working to advance climate science and environmental justice. "ARRESTING SCIENCE" and "Farming While Black" show us that no matter our background or profession
View fullsize From the Montana plains to the wetland forests of Jamaica, traditional forms of land management revitalize cultural knowledge and heal legacies of colonialism, extraction, and extinction. The two films in this panel share the momentous efforts of the
View fullsize How do we honor both life and death in an age of ecological crisis? Join award-winning documentarians Chess Cabrera and Alyssa Beebe, creators of "From Earth to Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America," alongside interdisciplinary artist an
View fullsize Our agenda is finally out! EFFY is just around the corner. Mark your calendars and visit our website for the details using the QR code 🥳🗓
View fullsize How do news, policy, and even theater shape climate communication? Join The Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY) for a conversation with experts in marketing, ecodramaturgy, and climate communication, moderated by Anthony Leiserowitz, founder a