American Conservation Film Festival

Presented 46 films to over 1900 attendees at the organization's annual film festival. Film topics included environmental activism, wildlife preservation, faith and earth stewardship, water quality and climate change and the military. Presented the sixth annual Conservation Filmmaker Workshop, a two-day documentary filmmaking workshop, to 28 emerging filmmakers with 12 instructors from Smithsonian Channel, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Conservation Media Group, National Geographic, and independent production companies. Hosted Best of Fest special movie screenings at the Weinberg Center in Frederick, Maryland and Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, Virginia, with a total of over 350 people in attendance. Launched the Next Gen Capture Conservation Contest to engage and encourage students 18 and under to create and submit their own short videos about their relationship to nature and the environment. Awarded five emerging filmmakers $8,000 in cash gifts.