CFF takes place at four incredible venues across Manhattan, from opening night at the DGA Theater in Midtown to the main festival weekend hub at Regal Essex Crossing & Essex Market in the Lower East Side.
Find out about all the venues, how to attend, and more below!
🗺️ Festival Map
🍾 Opening Night (Fri. 9/19)
🎬 Festival Hub (Sat. 9/20 - Sun. 9/21)
🌅 Narrative Change Summit (Mon. 9/22)
All venues are subway accessible, and we highly recommend public transit, walking, or biking as the best way to attend.
Still planning what to see? Check out the guide and get tickets today!
🗺️ Festival Map
We’re so excited to bring back local artist Nicole Kelner for the festival map this year! On the left, you can find every venue for the weekend, and on the right you can see a zoomed in map of our festival hub at Regal Essex (films) & Essex Market (public programs) - they’re in the same building, but on different floors.
🍾 Opening Night
🗓️ Friday, Sept. 19
📍DGA Theater, 110 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Opening night takes place at the DGA Theater in Midtown.
Join us for the Opening Night Celebration of the second annual Climate Film Festival, kicking things off with the 25th anniversary new 4K remaster of the iconic film, Erin Brockovich.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant, the film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who initiated a legal case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company over its culpability for the Hinkley groundwater contamination incident.
Conversation with Erin Brockovich Producer Michael Shamberg and CFF filmmaker Alina Simone, moderated by Guardian journalist Dharna Noor.
🎬 Festival Hub
🗓️ Saturday, Sept. 20 & Sunday, Sept. 21
📍Regal Essex Crossing, 129 Delancey Street, New York, NY 10002
📍Essex Market, 88 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002
The main festival takes place in two side-by-side venues in the same building:
All screenings take place at Regal Essex Crossing
All panels, workshops, & public programs take place at Essex Market
Both are just a 2-minute walk away from each other and the Delancey St/Essex St Subway Station accessible from the F, M, J, and Z trains.
Still not sure what to see? Check out a few fantastic films below:
For citizen journalism and environmental justice: Black Snow
For parents & future generations: Future Council
For art & dance: Raising Aniya
For a beautiful doc on the Everglades: River of Grass
For something different: Wolf Fox & the Leopard
And don’t sleep on our public programs - from a table read of a climate comedy to workshops on sustainable production, it’s all available for free with RSVP.
🌅 Narrative Change Summit
🗓️ Monday, Sept. 22
📍SVA Theatre, 333 W 23 St, New York, NY 10011
The Narrative Change Summit takes place all day at SVA Theatre in Chelsea, just off the 23rd Street Station on the C and E lines.
We’ve just announced our incredible final lineup of speakers, check them all out on our dedicated Luma calendar and RSVP to secure your spot!
🙏 Thank You to Our 2025 Festival Sponsors & Supporters
Premiere Sponsors: The Carmack Collective, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Visionary Sponsors: Agog, Nespresso, Universal Pictures,
Champion Sponsors: Compassion in World Farming, Climate Power, Earthrise Studio, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Mercy for Animals, Pique Action, The Puffin Foundation, SNØCAP, Tidal Vision, and Watershed.
The Guardian is the presenting media sponsor. The festival logo and design come from Studio Rodrigo. Legal services are from Romanette Legal. Earth Angel is the sustainability partner. Ecodeo created the festival trailer. The Everset provided furniture. Edge Auto loaned electrical vehicle services. The marquee theater partner is Regal. Compostable supplies are provided by SupplyClub. Awards are hand-crafted by Fernanda Uribe-Horta. Business development services were provided by ImpactECI.
Food and beverage in-kind partners include Bronx Brewery, Bear’s Fruit, Cafe d’Avignon, Just Ice Tea, Open Water, Remedy Organics, Rethink Food, and Stumptown. Screenings and events take place at DGA Theater, Regal Essex Crossing, Essex Market, and SVA Theatre.
This project is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program supported by the funding agencies the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), and the Howard Gilman Foundation, and administered by LMCC.