Kid’s Environment Film Education Program

Who are we?

Launched in 2004, the International Environment Film Festival (IEFF) is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco dedicated to presenting exceptional environmental related films to increase public awareness of the environmental, social and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and to foster an active public spirit of environmental stewardship.

Every year, we host a four-day film festival featuring films from an international array of filmmakers. In addition, the IIFF host a two-day free student education program that reaches more than 1,200 middle school and high school students each year, as well as the International Student Film Competition for middle school and high school students worldwide.

Why are we raising money?

As we continue to expand, we need to raise more funding to help maintain our free educational program which ensures that students from across the Bay Area can have access to this program. Check out our Free Education Program here: http://environmentalfilmfest.org/education/

How will the funds be used?

We are raising money to help us provide the following to our middle and high school kids:

1. Buses to pick up & drop off students at the film festival ($5,000)

2. Theatre rental for the Free Educational Program ($3,000)

3. Materials for the kids to take home from the Free Educational Program ($5,000)

4. Part-time educator outreach coordinator to recruit schools ($7,000)

Why is this important to all of us?

This is a very valuable component of the program because we believe all kids should have access to learn about the ocean. Not only do the films teach the kids about the environment, it opens their minds to career possibilities such as marine scientists, ecologists and filmmakers.

How thankful we, IEFF and the students will be!

Here are some quotes from the students:

Thank you for teaching us about the Environment, our planet, animals and the type of ecology films people make. It makes me interested in ecological things, animals, and saving the planet! - Susan, 7th grader

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Name	Donate Amount	Date
Jennifer Burmaster	$390.00	April 07, 2020
Michael Shapiro	$474.00	April 08, 2020
Susan Adams	$500.00	January 30, 2020
Craig Pugh	$800.00	September 04, 2019
Christian Wells	$535.00	August 27, 2019
Jairo Raymond	$700.00	January 20, 2019
Athena Ball	$650.00	December 17, 2019
Joe Garza	$170.00	May 08, 2019
Jordin Ramsey	$535.00	March 02, 2020
Leslie Choi	$500.00	July 05, 2019
Sheldon George	$300.00	December 14, 2019
Dayami Perry	$300.00	August 01, 2019
Caden Huerta	$120.00	January 30, 2020
Jaime Berry	$120.00	January 18, 2020
Hunter Byrd	$1,190.00	April 07, 2020
Ashley Gonzalez	$150.00	October 04, 2019
Aubree Horn	$145.00	March 25, 2020
Armani Lambert	$600.00	November 06, 2019
Alexzander Mcdonald	$320.00	October 07, 2019
Jameson Molina	$560.00	July 11, 2019
Hannah Gutierrez	$350.00	February 25, 2020
Nasir Clay	$1,125.00	February 09, 2020
Mareli Frey	$100.00	September 09, 2019
Adolfo Berger	$300.00	August 26, 2019
Gisselle Estes	$145.00	August 30, 2019
Zavier Jackson	$3,500.00	February 22, 2019
Damari Dominguez	$445.00	March 01, 2019
Draven Sloan	$195.00	January 17, 2020
Kathy Ritter	$170.00	July 28, 2019