Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF)

11/15/2024

Huge congratulations to 'from Princeton' local film makers Eli Obus and Ross Kenneth Urken for their First place award for their film, "Saving Scottish Pearls" from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition.
We had a fan packed screening of the film during PEFF2024.

In the Scottish Highlands, freshwater pearl mussels are a particularly prized part of the environment. Julius Caesar invaded Britain to seize the gems, and t...

11/05/2024

A beautiful short commissioned by the The On Being Project coupled with the words of the poet, Wendell Berry who celebrated his 90th birthday this year.

The Peace of the Wild Things

“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry is part of our “Poetry Films” series, which features animated interpretations of beloved poems from our archive. ...

10/27/2024

Do you go to the movies or just stay home and stream?

In a today's NYT newsletter, Melissa Kirsch wrote, "Each movie I saw in the theater, I talked about afterward, with the friends accompanying me, with colleagues the next day. Some of the movies I’ve streamed — some abandoned before completion — I’ve discussed with no one. As the Times critic A.O. Scott wrote in his wonderful essay “Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies?”: “Just as streaming isolates and aggregates its users, so it dissolves movies into content. They don’t appear on the platforms so much as disappear into them, flickering in a silent space beyond the reach of conversation.” I’m willing to wager that no filmmaker ever made a movie hoping or expecting that it would end up beyond the reach of conversation."

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10/10/2024

Grateful to Northwest Treaty Tribes Media for making it possible for us to share Fish War with our community on October 14 @ 6:30pm.

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This feature-length documentary highlights the violent struggle faced by Indigenous nations to exercise their treaty-protected right to harvest salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Registration requested.

03/31/2023

The Elephant Queen screens today at 4 p.m. in the Community Room at Princeton Public Library. Virtual screenings continue through Sunday April 2, free and on-demand. Thanks to our support from funders at the Whole Earth Center of Princeton and the Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund.

PEFF 2023 Film Guide The Princeton Environmental Film Festival runs March 24–31, 2023. The festival is multiplatform with some films available in person only, some films available online and some films available both online and in person. Browse the film guide and reserve your films for streaming....

04/09/2022

The PEFF continues this weekend in the Princeton Public Library Community Room with three in-person screenings this afternoon, Sat. April 9, of NJ based films: WILD in the Garden State at 1 p.m., Pandemic Plastic at 2:30 p.m. and Drift at 3 p.m. The filmmakers will be providing Q&A session following each film. Continue to watch these films and others through Sunday night at https://peff.eventive.org/films

03/31/2022

Sweet 16! Our 2022 festival (in year 16) begins tomorrow (Friday April 1) with free virtual screenings through April 10, and free in-person events begin Saturday April 2. For details and to register go to www.princetonlibrary.org/

PEFF 2022 Film Guide The Princeton Environmental Film Festival runs April 1-10, 2022. All films are available on demand on Eventive. Browse the film guide and reserve your films. A selection of these films will also be presented in person at the library. Visit the FAQ for virtual viewing information...

10/24/2021

Last call! Films are available today & tonight 10/24 through midnight https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/23/2021

Doc Spotlight: Director Emmett Brennan set out on a journey to walk 200 miles next to the iconic but aging Los Angeles aqueduct, where he encounters ecological iconoclasts, indigenous voices, and permaculture designers who are challenging the status quo on how we use Earth’s most precious resource. Available tonight 10/23 and Sunday 10/24 at https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/22/2021

Doc Spotlight: "Manzanar Diverted, When Water Becomes Dust" is a journey between past and present documenting the internment of Japanese Americans in California and the little known grounds where indigenous communities have fought for their rights to the lands and water that sustain them. Available to watch now until Sunday night 10/24 at https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/21/2021

Doc Spotlight: If you could see only one film..."Bring Your Own Brigade" is director Lucy Walker's powerful look inside environmental and social impacts from the 2018 Camp Fire that burned through communities in California and destroyed the town of Paradise. It asks the question that faces us now: Does society have what it takes to put aside short-term interests and outmoded thinking to confront a crisis that’s quite literally burning our world to the ground? Searing and masterful work. See this film! Available here https://watch.eventive.org/peff through Sunday Oct. 24.

10/20/2021

Doc Spotlight: Don't miss the striking, beautiful film "Baato" -- a journey through the heart of a changing Nepal. It follows Mikma and her family, who collect medicinal herbs around their home nestled in the Himalaya of northeastern Nepal, on an annual 300-kilometer migration, partly on foot and partly by ramshackle vehicle, to urban markets in the lowlands. The route of a partially complete trans-national highway project promises to transform this roadless Himalayan valley permanently, opening up a direct transport route between China & India. Directed by Kate Stryker & Lucas Millard, follow the film at https://www.facebook.com/Baatodocfilm/. Available at the PEFF through Sunday 10/24 https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/20/2021

The PEFF is hosting the premiere festival screening of Jon Bowermaster's short film "The Wonder of the Bobolink." See it any day through Sunday 10/24 @ https://watch.eventive.org/peff and find more of Jon's films and his work at www.oceans8films.com/. For more info about these songbirds look up at www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bobolink/overview #

10/19/2021

Doc Spotlight: "Rust" directed by Rafał Małecki. The film follows artist Mariola Wawrzusiak-Borcz who roams post-industrial areas in search of scrap metal. During the welding process she creates the sculptures of endangered animals and children affected by war. When the air quality in the city deteriorates, she leaves home together with her family to wait out the difficult time in close contact with nature. Don't miss the opportunity to see this deeply moving film, available through Sunday 10/24. See it at https://watch.eventive.org/peff https://www.facebook.com/RUST.ART.FILM

10/14/2021

Looking for some family-friendly fare at the PEFF this fall? Take a look at "Nature's Cleanup Crew" and learn more about what makes nature's scavengers tick and how they have evolved to be so good at what they do. Find this film and lots of shorts that nighlight the natural world and its wonders. https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/14/2021

Thanks to fast disposable fashion, you can constantly renew your wardrobe. Close to 56 million tons of clothes are sold every year, but producing clothes at such a low price has a very high environmental cost. Textiles are the second most polluting industry in the world, after oil. Watch "Fast Fashion: The Real Price of Low-Cost Fashion" and find out more, available through 10/24. Presented in partnership with Princeton Civil Rights Commission. https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/13/2021

Catch "Becoming Cousteau" today and tomorrow (10/13 & 10/14) only at the PEFF. National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth. https://watch.eventive.org/peff

10/11/2021

The October 2021 edition of the PEFF begins tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 12 and runs through Oct. 24. We have 34 films available on demand, night and day, on Eventive, and as always, free admission. https://princetonlibrary.org/peff/

Princeton Environmental Film Festival October 12-24, 2021 Our fall catalog has 33 films available for virtual screenings. Browse and make selections to reserve for streaming. For help accessing the films and using the Eventive platform, please go to our FAQ. For more information contact peff@princet...