Above: the trailer for our 2026 festival
Currently in our 14th year, the Portland EcoFilm Festival is the premier international ecological film festival in the USA Pacific Northwest. We are a signature program of the Hollywood Theatre.
August, 2026: We are currently accepting environmental, Indigenous, and place-based film submissions completed on or after November 1, 2025 in consideration for our 2027 festival. Find guidelines and more information on our FilmFreeway page.
NEW AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
In 2027 we will inaugurate our new Community Spirit Award. This award will go to an excellent new ecological film that exemplifies the vital importance of community and collaboration in ecological work and ways of being. It will be selected from our 2027 Official Selections and include a $1,000 cash prize.
Thanks to the more than 1,700 people who attended our 2026 festival, which included dozens of new ecological films from around the living world. We are very grateful to the filmmakers and teams that produced these excellent films, which helped us gain perspective, celebrate the connections that sustain us all, and expand our ecological imaginations.
Our 2026 festival was sponsored and supported by:
The Clemente Course in the Humanities
Crag Law Center
LAIKA
The Multnomah County Cultural Coalition
The Oregon Cultural Trust
The Portland Film and Events Office
Prosper Portland
SOLVE
2026 was a big year at the Portland EcoFilm Festival.
In addition to screening dozens of excellent ecological films from around the living world, we:
Started our first-of-its-kind Global Ecological Cinema Podcast, featuring in depth conversations with filmmakers, cultural luminaries, and film participants about fascinating intersections of ecology and cinema.
Became the first film festival to host our own free, for-credit ecological humanities course, Multnomah Clemente, in collaboration with Bard College and the Clemente Course in the Humanities. Registration begins in March, 2026. Courses are happening in Florence, Astoria, and Olympia alongside our Best of the Fest series.
Initiated audience awards for Best Feature and Best Short Film, empowering festival audiences to uplift ecological films and filmmakers in a new and exciting way
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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Learn more about the premiere festival of environmental, Indigenous, and place-based films in the USA Pacific Northwest.
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