Every March, World BEYOND War holds an annual virtual film festival, highlighting important stories of the impact of war and militarism around the world and the movement for peace. Tickets are available on a sliding scale. One ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 Zoom discussions with special representatives from the films throughout the month of the film festival.
March 2026 Film Fest
The March 2026 film festival examined the increasing repression of nonviolent protest, criminalization of dissent, and the curtailing of freedom of speech worldwide.
March 2025 Film Fest
The March 2025 film festival explored the untold stories of nuclear weapons – from the Marshall Islands to St. Louis, Missouri, to the Saharan desert – in commemoration of Nuclear Remembrance Day (March 1).
March 2024 Film Fest
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), the “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explored the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.
March 2023 Film Fest
The “Celebrating Stories of Nonviolence” virtual film festival from March 11-25, 2023 explored the power of nonviolent action. A unique mix of films examined this theme, from Gandhi’s Salt March, to ending war in Liberia, to civil discourse and healing in Montana.
March 2022 Film Fest
The “Water & War” festival from March 15-22, 2022 explored the intersection of militarism & water, survival & resistance, in the lead-up to World Water Day on March 22. A unique mix of films explored this theme, from PFAS pollution on a military base in Michigan and the infamous Red Hill fuel leak in Hawai’i poisoning groundwater, to Syrian war refugees fleeing violent conflict by boat to Europe and the story of the assassination of Honduran Indigenous water activist Berta Cáceres.
Sept. 2021 Film Fest
In celebration of the International Day of Peace, the 2021 film festival exposed the impact of militarism around the world and the power of nonviolence. The festival covered a multitude of themes, from colonial violence in Canada and military base pollution in Washington State, to a coup d’état in Haiti and nonviolent peacekeeping in Bougainville.