FESTIVAL TICKETS & SCHEDULE

Our 4th annual Global Impact Festival was a great success!

Check out last year’s schedule below and stay tuned for our 5th annual.

2018 GLOBAL IMPACT FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

*All GIDC Screenings will take place in the Meeting Room Level of the hotel in Rooms 2 and 3.

*Workshops and discussions will take place in the Meeting Room Level of the hotel in room Mount Vernon.

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 and Head of Communications of CIVIC (Center for Civilians in Conflict), Piper Hendricks and Will Jenkins, co-author of Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement: Documentary Films & State and Local Public Policy in the United States.

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 Workshop 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: 78 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

Fox2-O

Mexico: Looking For Lost Migrants

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 105 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” Open 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: 95 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

Questions? Please email us at info@globalimpactfilmfest.org. 🙂