Global Impact Film Fest [5th Annual]

August 23rd, 2019 @ 6:00pm EST

$5 - $99
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Global Impact Film Fest [5th Annual]
About this event

 

GIDC is an independent film festival that focuses on cultivating global outreach, celebrating culture, and supporting non-profit organizations. Our mission is to empower lives by celebrating the power of media for social change. We are showcasing short documentary and narrative films that provoke and inspire social change.

 

 ★★★2019 GLOBAL IMPACT FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ★★★ 

*GIDC is brought to you by "DCBX". Other events such as the DC Bachata Congress and Xccelerate Program are also part of DCBX. 

*All GIDC Screenings, Panel Discussions and Workshops will take place in the Meeting Room Level of the hotel in Mount Vernon.

*When arriving at the hotel, please go down one escalator level to the Meeting Room Level. You will then see signs for the "Global Impact Film Festival." Feel free to ask hotel staff where the Meeting Room Level is located as well. 

 

 ★★★FRIDAY- AUGUST 23, 2019★★★ 

OPENING NIGHT - FRIDAY - AUGUST 23, 2019

✅ 6PM Lobby Welcome Party! Meet & Greet (Badge Pick Up)

✅ 8PM SCREENING 1: Docs & Narratives on Social Relations

  • Trigger
  • Just a Drill
  • MILFriend
  • A Different Script
  • It Happened One Night

✅ 10PM SCREENING 2: Docs & Narratives on Social Migration

  • Stolen
  • The Healing of Harman
  • Elephantbird
  • My Land
  • This Being Human

✅ 12AM Discover DCBX Cultural Night Event

 

 ★★★SATURDAY- AUGUST 24, 2019★★★ 

✅ 10AM Registration Opens

✅ 11AM SCREENING 3: Docs & Narratives on Diplomatic Affairs

  • Saved - Escape from Kim´s Regime
  • Tank Man
  • Pizza, Democracy & the Little Prince
  • The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting
  • Here's Your Flag
  • Stories of Conflict

✅ 11AM SCREENING 4: Docs & Narratives on Mixed Topics

  • The Elephant's Song
  • Black Magic
  • Vulva
  • Interview
  • Asheng

✅ 1PM WORKSHOP: Branding for Filmmakers

✅ 2PM SCREENING 5: Docs & Narratives on Wellness

  • The Sun House - Beit Ashams
  • Hoan Alone: Personal Stories from the Bridge
  • Hey Look at Me
  • Ordinary
  • You Went on with Your Dying
  • The Talk
  • Aftermath
  • Just One Night
  • &you

✅​​​​​​​ 4PM SCREENING 6: Documentaries on Sustainability

  • sustainUP
  • Made in China: Reforming China's Supply Chain
  • Coffee Hunter Project
  • I Can. I Do.
  • It's Good Business: Moving Beyond Conservation
  • Where Life Begins

✅​​​​​​​ 6PM Dinner Break

✅​​​​​​​ 8PM Rooftop Networking Party

✅​​​​​​​ 10PM SCREENING 7: Docs & Narratives on Equality

  • Creating Second Chances
  • Emma
  • Hiding in Daylight
  • Second Acts
  • Qualify
  • Women Are Gold
  • The Little Tenants

✅​​​​​​​ 12PM DCBX Cultural Night Event

 

 ★★★SUNDAY- AUGUST 25, 2019★★★

✅ 10AM Registration Opens

✅ 11AM SCREENING 8: Docs & Narratives on Environmental Issues

  • The Sacred Place Where Life Begins
  • Standing Rock Take Me From The River
  • From the Ground Up
  • Divided We Dance
  • No Distance Between Us

✅ 1PM SCREENING 9: Docs & Narratives on Health

  • Lost Thekra
  • One Twice a Day
  • The Hope Dealer
  • Substance
  • Still Here
  • Family of Too Many
  • Deserted
  • Duke

✅ 3PM Lunch Break

✅ 4PM SCREENING 10: Docs & Narratives on Community Affairs

  • Boys in the Boat
  • Lifted
  • John Mendez - The Bridge
  • Wednesday
  • Suncatcher
  • Are You Volleyball?!
  • ✅ 6PM Award Ceremony

✅ 8PM DCBX Farewell & Cultural Night Event

 

We are excited to see you at this year's festival season! 

For questions, please email us at info@globalimpactfilmfest.org. 

 

Where
Renaissance Downtown Hotel
When
August 23rd, 2019 @ 6:00pm EST
Media
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