Sheperdstownians! Are you ready for the 6th Annual Panhandle Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 26th at Morgan’s Grove Park? ACFF has teamed up with the Cut to the Chase Film Festival and Earth Vibe Productions to launch “Earth Day Moments”– your opportunity to create and share a short, Earth Day-inspired film as part of the Celebration. […]
ACFF is pleased to be screening The Lost Bird Project and John Grabowska’s The Ends of the Earth: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula at the Opera House on Tuesday, March 11th. Films will begin at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. The March 11th film screening is an event in partnership with our neighbors […]
The Weinberg Center for the Arts welcomes back the American Conservation Film Festival “Best of Fest” for 2014! We will be screening three award-winning films from the 2013 Festival: Backyard, The Lost Bird Project, and The Ends of the Earth: Alaska’s Wild Peninsula. Saturday, February 1st at 7:00 p.m. $7 Adults $5 Students/Seniors/Military Weinberg Center for […]
The votes have been cast, the deliberations have been made and we’re ready to announce the 2014 Festival dates! Please mark your calendars for the 12th American Conservation Film Festival– Thursday, October 30th – Sunday, November 2nd. We know it overlaps with Halloween again, but maybe we’ll add a prize for best eco-costume!
This year we’re excited to announce that THIRTY filmmakers and subject matter experts will be attending the Festival! THIRTY people, top in their field, coming to Shepherdstown to share their thoughts and vision with YOU! You’ll have the opportunity to hear them introduce their films, field Q&As, accept awards, AND join in on panel discussions. […]
This year we’re changing things up and announcing our Award Winning films early! The 2013 Green Fire Award winner, bestowed upon the film that shows an extraordinary level of excellence in filmmaking and helps us look anew at our relationship with our environments: The Lost Bird Project by Deborah Dickson and Muffie Meyer The 2013 Broadcast […]
To tide you over until Festival season, check out our trailer produced by Monica Larson of the Shepherd University Mass Communications Department. ACFF TRAILER
American Conservation Film Festival’s Best-of-Fest Events in MARYLAND! Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and McDaniel College to Host Join the American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Schmidt Meeting Room Friday, September 20th, 2013 at 7:00pm and at McDaniel College’s Hill Hall 108 on Friday, September 27th, 2013 at 7:00pm. All […]
The Arts and Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County (AHA!) honored the American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) with a grant to cover rental costs at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) during the 2013 Festival. This grant allows ACFF to continue to offer all Saturday films and events at NCTC, including the popular Family Theater films, […]
2013 FESTIVAL 1 min. Filmmaker: Jeremy R. Roberts. Inspired by a Rudyard Kipling poem, this ultra short film is a simple meditation on road reclamation in a deciduous forest. WEBSITE
