3rd Annual Global Impact Film Festival GIDC Presented by DCBX
August 25th, 2017 @ 7:00pm EST
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 documentaries and narratives that provoke and inspire social change.
★★★FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017★★★
OPENING NIGHT
✅6:00PM-7:30PM Lobby Welcome Party! Meet GIDC & DCBX Attendees
✅7:00PM: Registration Opens
✅8PM- 8AM: Discover DCBX Night Cultural Event! Evening Latin Dance Showcase
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★★★SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2017★★★
Each screening runs approximately 90 minutes plus a Q&A with the filmmakers!
✅9AM: Registration Opens
✅10AM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 1: Documentaries
For The Birds by Miku Otagiri
Under the Same Sky by Yoyo Li
Capoeira - Live the Game by Eric Joddy Matthews
Fold, Embrace, Expand: From Damascus to Chicago by Colleen Cassingham
Cycle of Change by Sarah Frei
Samsara by Sairam Sagiraju, Amoghavarsha and Ricky Kej
Faces of Santa Ana by Daud Sani
✅10AM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 2: Narratives
Broken by Sam Van Zoest
Breaking and Mentoring by Chandler Perry and Andrew Harrison
#WhereIsBeauty by Angela McCrae
Lost and Found by Elizabeth Licht
Tunnel Vision by Kiyoka Rhodes
Fireplace by Samah Safi Bayazid
(…ity) Identity by Marcela Lopez Pazos
Tent by Balazs Szovenyi-Lux
Our Canada, My Story: Thomas Poulsen by Salima Stanley-Bhanji
✅12PM: Workshops
✅1:30PM: Lunch Break (Ask about our GIDC/DCBX Local Restaurant Partners)
✅2:30PM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 3: Documentaries
Buang Bayi - Behind the Baby Hatch by Corine Tiah
It Takes Two Hands to Clap by Nadya Shah
Our Canada, My Story: Ali Duale by Salima Stanley-Bhanji
Life Through A Lens by Jeff Levenson and Ronete Levenson
Calvin's Story by Quinn Wilson
Kinabuhi by Danny Cooke
[enviro] MENTAL by Joe Murdie
Teaching Peace by Michael Boulter
✅2:30PM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 4: Narratives
Roti by Dylan Gunaratne
Tattoo You by S.R. Bindler
Shards by Serena Berry
Taste of Love by Pakin Ange Regis
Signs Everywhere by Julio Ramirez
Ravage by Leon Lee
Witnesses by David Koch
✅3PM: Workshops
✅4:30PM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 5: Documentaries
Off the Record: Justice Denied to Child Sex Abuse Survivors by Valerie Gibson
Saba: The Unspoiled Queen by Nick Zachar
Women Prayed and Preyed Upon by Kankana Chakraborty
The Greater Evil by William R Coughlan
Flying Rivers by Tyler Mifflin and Alex Mifflin
✅6:30PM: Open Panel Discussion "Impacting the World Through Film” with Outlast Film Camp Founder Laterrian Officer- McIntosh
✅7:30PM: Dinner Break
✅8PM: VIP Networking Event Overlooking DC (**Special Event Prizes)
✅10PM: VIP Screening of Pipeline: Feature Film by GIDC Founder Emily Aguilar
✅12AM-8AM Discover DCBX Party with 8 Ballrooms of Dancing VIP Night
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★★★SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2017★★★
Each screening runs approximately 90 minutes plus a Q&A with the filmmakers!
✅9AM: Registration Opens
✅10AM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 6: Documentaries
Inauguration Day by Nathaniel Lezra
Meeting the Modern Goddess of Nepal by Ashley Kwon and Bogun Kim
Three Boats by Irina Patkanian
The Gathering by Micki Dickoff
Anastasia Lin: The Crown by Kacey Cox
✅10AM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 7: Narratives
La Oposicion by Zoey Martinson
Polis Nea by Pierluigi Ferrandini
1/2 Nelson by Ruben Languren
What Does The Tiger Say? by Yoon Jiah
El Camino Solo by Shawn Telford
The Whole by Ramon Hamilton
The Pirate Captain Toledano by Arnon Shorr
✅12PM: Workshops
✅1:30PM: Lunch Break (Ask about our GIDC/DCBX Local Restaurant Partners)
✅2:30PM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 8: Documentaries
Little Warriors by Sam Miro
The Curious End to the War Against Ourselves by Andrew Purchin and Michael Reinhold
Invisible by Matthew Gannon
Girls Like Us by C. Dallas Golden
The Poacher by Nicholas Jones
The Sandman by Lauren Knapp
Cycologic by Emilia Stålhammar, Veronica Pålsson and Elsa Löwdin
✅2:30PM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 9: Narratives
Life Prescribed by Kyle Couch
The Boy In The Mirror by Fernanda Schein
The 99th Encounter by Linman Wu
The Cage by Lydia Lane
Perception by Andy Cruz
Mother's Cry by Lisa Russell
Take a Deep Breath by Evan B. Hisey
✅3PM: Workshops
✅4:30PM: Impact Short Film Screening Session 10: Narratives
It Girl by Simon Lex
Margaret by Manan Singh Katohora
Streetwrite by Blanche Baker
9 Seconds by Ross Godwin
Full Service by KPage Stuart Valdes
Dignity of Risk by Prateek Bando, Jeremy Ley and Joseph Ibrahim
My Name is Lamar by Dale E. Turner
✅6:30PM: GIDC Awards Ceremony: Red Carpet Event
✅8PM-8AM-Evening Dance Shows at DCBX + Farewell Party
