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Support & Give Power to Storytelling

Through the power of storytelling, ACFF films highlight the natural world, the challenges it faces, and the innovative solutions being implemented to safeguard our environment. Join a community dedicated to the well-being of the planet and all of us who depend on it.

Your contributions inspire positive action among a diverse community of filmmakers, scientists, students, and citizens engaged in conservation issues through film and education.

If you value exceptional filmmaking on stories that change lives, please donate to support the curation and presentation of those stories. Your contribution of any size can help provide a supportive platform to filmmakers and expand our outreach efforts.

Learn more about the Alex Kemnitzer Fund Emerging Filmmaker Fund. ACFF and the Shepherdstown community lost a dear friend and our board member, Alex Kemnitzer. Many people would like to make donations to ACFF in Alex’s memory.

DONATE ONLINE

ACFF is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dependent upon donations from people like YOU. Your contribution is fully tax-deductible as allowed by laws governing non-profit donations.

If you would rather mail in a check, please send it to:
ACFF • PO Box 889 • Shepherdstown, WV 25443

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Giving Levels

Conservationist $1,000+
Guardian $500+
Steward $250+
Patron $100+
Friend $50+

Create a First-Class Annual Festival

ACFF produces a four-day event of creative storytelling through films. We bring the community, visitors, filmmakers, and conservation experts together to raise awareness, showcase creative endeavors and spark discussion.

Support for Filmmakers

ACFF pays screening fees for many of the films that are shown at the festival and throughout the year. We also support a diverse group of emerging filmmakers in other ways by providing cash awards and stipends for travel and lodging.

Programming with Experts

ACFF invites filmmakers, film subjects and conservation experts to create supplemental and interactive programming to accompany films and discussions. Financial support allows us to bring guest speakers to share the time and expertise.

Youth Engagement & Education

ACFF films empower youth to become engaged with the natural world. Each festival season incorporates free hands-on experiences for kids. The “Next Gen Capture Conservation Video Contest” encourages students to create conservation videos of their own with the winning video shown at the festival.

Community Building

ACFF co-sponsors events with conservation organizations throughout the region. These partnerships expand our audiences and strengthen our collective impact.

Communications & Outreach

ACFF develops informative and inspiring content about our events, conservation issues, diversity initiatives and learning opportunities for constituents throughout the year.

The Alex Kemnitzer Fund

Emerging Filmmaker Fund

In February of 2015, ACFF and the Shepherdstown community lost a dear friend and our board member, Alex Kemnitzer. Alex served on ACFF’s board for many years and was always a dedicated, enthusiastic, and supportive ambassador of ACFF. We miss him and his many contributions greatly.

Many people made donations to ACFF in Alex’s memory. To honor our friend, and with a founding gift from Alex’s parents, Sue and David Kemnitzer, we have established the Alex Kemnitzer Emerging Filmmaker Fund.

One of the primary tenets of ACFF is to encourage aspiring filmmakers to explore the craft of documentary filmmaking, give them a platform to show their work, and provide learning and networking opportunities to further their education and involvement. This Fund will help us better achieve this mission by supporting student filmmakers to attend the festival and the Filmmaker Workshops each year and screening films by emerging filmmakers.

We hope to build this fund for years to come to grow new conservation filmmakers while honoring Alex.

There are several ways to donate to the Fund, online, by contacting us or sending your donation to ACFF, P.O. Box 889, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. Please indicate that it’s for the Alex K Emerging Filmmaker Fund.