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.
★★★2018 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.
*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.
*To read more about the films below, please click here.
★★★FRIDAY- AUGUST 24, 2018★★★
OPENING NIGHT
✅6:00 PM Lobby Welcome Party! Meet & Greet (Badge Pick Up)
✅8:00 PM Discover DCBX Cultural Night Event
★★★SATURDAY- AUGUST 25, 2018★★★
✅9:00 AM Registration Opens
✅10:00 AM SESSION 1: DOCUMENTARIES
Living in Chains
Making Waves: Rebirth of the Golden Rule
Refugee Wave
Capoeira: Play
13 Reasons to Fly
Dovere for Camden
The Rest of Your Life
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 116 minutes
✅10:00 AM SESSION 2: NARRATIVES
America; I Too
The Follower
Recovery One
Moksha
GANDHI V/S JUSTICE In-Justice We Believe
Tapferkeit
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes
✅12:00 PM Panel Discussion with Founder and Executive Director of p.H. Balanced Films, Piper Hendricks.
✅1:00 PM LUNCH HOUR
✅2:00 PM SESSION 3: DOCUMENTARIES
The Color of the Current
Back to the Roots
The Ripple Effect
Facing East
Chloe
Insulin for Life: Real Stories of the Struggle for Access and the Dedicated Individuals Who Help
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes
✅2:00 PM SESSION 4: NARRATIVES
Who Are They
Five O’Clock Shadow
Sinner
Pressed Leaves
Living Together
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes
✅4:00 PM Open Discussion with Paul Marengo, CEO of Promethean Fundraising on Grant Writing
✅5:00 PM SESSION 5: DOCUMENTARIES
Sankofa Solving X
Paglaki Ko “When I Grow Up”
Let Them In
Diego
Through My Eyes: Hani’s Journey
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes
✅5:00 PM SESSION 6: NARRATIVES
Two Moments in Time
War Has No Eyes
Disfluency
Bebe
Leia’s Army
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes
✅7:00 PM “Making a Social Impact” Open Discussion with Social Justice Filmmaker and TIVA Board Member, Montserrat Gorina.
✅8:00 PM VIP Rooftop Networking Party- 11th Floor Entrance
✅10:00 PM DCBX Cultural Experience- Ballroom Level
★★★SUNDAY- AUGUST 26, 2018★★★
✅10:00 AM Registration Opens
✅11:00 AM SESSION 7: DOCUMENTARIES
Silent No More – Louise Pentz: A Voice for Social Change
Salone Rights
They Took Them Alive
Fox 2-O
Mexico: Looking For Lost Migrants
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes
✅11:00 AM SESSION 8: NARRATIVES
A Day at Primary School for the Girl with the Curly Hair
Make America Black Again
Refuge Island
Small Town Hitman
She Survivor
Lovers
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes
✅1:00 PM “Ask Me Anything” Panel Discussion with Casting Director and Producer, Kimberly Skyrme
✅2:00 PM LUNCH HOUR
✅3:00 PM SESSION 9: DOCUMENTARIES
Tyranny of Distance
T(HE)Y
VAGILANT
Shelbyville Says NO!
Little Fiel
The Toucan
Unbroken Paradise
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes
✅3:00 PM SESSION 10: DOCUMENTARIES
DC Hero Aniekan Udofia
Grassroots
$15 Kicks
The Quare In There
Second Assault
Resilience at the Roots
Climate Heroine
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes
✅5:15 PM Award Ceremony at Fireview Room- Lobby Level
✅8:00 PM Farewell and DCBX Cultural Experience- Ballroom Level
We are excited to see you at this year's festival season!
For questions, please email us at info@globalimpactfilmfest.org.