Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital – 2026 Preview Event
Event description
We’re thrilled to participate in the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital—the world’s premier showcase of environmentally themed films. Each year, DCEFF brings together filmmakers, scientists, policymakers, and advocates to explore the planet’s most pressing challenges through the lens of film. The 2026 lineup features documentaries, shorts, and feature films on biodiversity, climate justice, ocean conservation, and more.
This February, for the first time, GFI will join DCEFF’s Preview Event—a special screening of standout selections from this year’s festival, hosted at Georgetown University. The event will feature trailers, early clips, and an engaging tabling session with GFI and other mission-aligned organizations.
Representing GFI will be Tina Rodousakis, Associate Director of Policy Engagement, alongside members of our DC-based team. They’ll share how alternative proteins intersect with climate action and food system sustainability—and connect with attendees from government, academia, and the broader environmental community.
Thank you to the DCEFF team for the warm welcome back. We’re excited to be part of another powerful year of storytelling and systems change.
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GFI speaker
Tina Rodousakis
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, POLICY ENGAGEMENT
Tina and her team drive implementation of GFI’s public policy and government relations initiatives through effective coalition building, advocacy content creation, legislative targeting, and stakeholder engagement. Prior to joining GFI, Tina worked for the largest U.S.-based international humanitarian relief and development organization for more than two decades in a variety of policy advocacy and legislative affairs roles. Most recently, she served as the Senior Director of Movement-Building and Issue-Based Campaigns, creating and operationalizing a strategy to organize and mobilize 100,000+ grassroots and grasstops constituencies across the United States to advocate on global poverty, hunger and climate change policy issues. She holds a master’s degree in political science and bachelor’s degrees in communications and political science from the University of Vienna, Austria.
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