This year is the 34th annual DC Environmental Film Festival! The theme this year is Against the Current. We’re bringing you a list of aquatic film options throughout the festival. As members of the WAN community, use discount code WANEFF34 for 25% off paid programs. Explore the full DC Environmental Film Festival schedule here. 

Opening Night: A Life Illuminated

A LIFE ILLUMINATED follows trailblazing marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder — one of the first women in her field and one of the first humans to explore the ocean’s twilight zone — as she descends 3,300 feet into the ocean’s darkest depths. From capturing the first-ever footage of the elusive giant squid to unveiling the glowing mysteries of deep-sea bioluminescence, Edie embarks on her most daring quest yet: to document a bioluminescent phenomenon that could forever change how we understand life on Earth.