the effy 2025 agenda

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

pre-festival events

Tuesday, april 1 @ 7 PM: Community opening

Best Video, 1842 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT 06517

Wednesday, april 2 @ 5 pm: how do we speak for the trees?

Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall

EFFY 2025 Film Guide:

day 1: Thursday, april 3, 7-10 pm
Burke auditorium, kroon hall

reckoning with our legacies of love and loss

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 and Climate Action Lab Fellow Sarah Bird, featured in “Giants Rising,” for a profound exploration of mortality, memory, and renewal.

Panelists

From Earth to Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America

Chess Cabrera & Alyssa Beebe

Giants Rising

Sarah Bird

day 2: friday, april 4, 7-10 PM,

burke auditorium, kroon hall

returning to ancestral homelands: indigenous-led restoration and healing

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 Blackfoot Nation to restore the wild buffalo on their ancestral territory, and a retelling of Queen Nanny, a national heroine of Jamaica. These stories coalesce to highlight how climate resilience is strengthened by returning to the wisdom of Indigenous restoration practices, African spiritualism, and ecological caretakers.

Panelists

Bring Them Home

Ervin Carlson, Ivy MacDonald, & Sarah Clarke

Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons

Leo Douglas, Ervin Carlson, Ivy MacDonald, Sarah Clarke

day 3: saturday, april 5
O.C. Marsh lecture hall
(yale science building, 260 whitney ave)

part 1: effy student film panel, 4-5 PM, o.c. marsh lecture hall

Showcase of two student films, The Green Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and Caddisfly.

Panelists

The Green Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Bennett Olupo, Director

Caddisfly

Olivia Johnson, Director

part 2: seeds of resistance, 5:30-8 PM, o.c. marsh lecture hall

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, we all have an essential role to play in combating climate change. Join us as we discover how embracing our mortality and protecting our natural heritage can guide us toward a more mindful and sustainable future.

Panelists

ARRESTING SCIENCE

Holly Becker, Director & Peter Kalmus

Farming While Black

Mark Decena, Director & Freedom Gerardo

EFFY 2025 Closing Gala

Saturday, 8-10 pm, steep cafe

Join us to celebrate EFFY 2025 over food and drinks!