OEFF 2025 Launch Party — One Earth Film Festival

OEFF 2025 Launch Party

Celebrate Power In Unity for our Planet! Date: April 22, 2025 Location: Sarabande, 2726 W Roscoe St, Chicago, IL 60618 Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm Tickets: $80 individual/two for $150

Unite, celebrate, and help build resilient communities and a healthier planet! Be a part of the 14th One Earth Film Festival official launch on April 22nd, 2025, at Chicago’s thoughtfully modern Sarabande–located steps away from the Chicago River. It’s the perfect time on our planet and the perfect party backdrop to celebrate the power found in unity, as we rally around our essential yet endangered natural resources.

Expect to Enjoy:

  • A chance to escape, recharge, and party with like-minded filmmakers and advocates in a stunning space

  • Gourmet plant-based heavy hors d'oeuvres, sweet treats, and sips

  • An inspiring toast from the illustrious 2025 OEFF filmmakers

  • A short, rich program celebrating our Chicago River and local waterways, including opening remarks from the City of Chicago Chief Sustainability Officer and Commissioner of the Department of Environment, Angela Tovar; a screening of One Earth’s Young Filmmakers Contest winner Bohdana Bihdan’s film, Ocean Monologue; an honor song for the Chicago River by Ronnie Preston, San Carlos Apache and American Indian Center’s Cultural Ambassador, and more.

  • The program will include a brief keynote address about the Chicago River, delivered by the award-winning Shermann “Dilla” Thomas – Chicago’s favorite historian, viral TikTok sensation, and author and host of Everything Dope About America Comes From Chicago. 

  • A Chicago River-themed interactive art experience featuring Nowhere Collective’s Loom360; GUESTS ARE INVITED TO PLEASE BRING TEXTILES TO RECYCLE (especially in colors blue and white).The chance to win a smart, stylish, and sustainable Radio Flyer Folding Cargo Bike and other incredible prizes

We can’t wait to see and celebrate with you!

It's possible from downtown to take the blue line from downtown, get off at Belmont, transfer to the 77 Bus at Belmont and Kimball, and get off at Belmont and California. It's approximately a 0.3-mile walk from the bus stop from there.

We may have a limited number of scholarship tickets for those experiencing hardship. Please reach out to angelica@oneearthcollective.org for more info, with the subject line: Scholarship Ticket Inquiry. 

Thank you!

Please note: When booking tickets, your information will never be shared with any 3rd party outside of One Earth Film Festival and its co-hosting partners bringing you this event.

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