12 min Filmmaker: Daniel Göz Each fall the highly endangered European lake trout returns to its birthplace high in the Swiss Alps to reproduce. Driven by their instincts and guided by remarkable senses, the trout mate, displaying a complex spawning ritual in this harsh environment. 4:22 pm Sunday at the Opera House – Block 13 […]
4 min Filmmaker: Lily Williams What happens if sharks disappear? FINconceivable is an animated short that explores the important role sharks play in our world and what could happen if the ocean’s fiercest predators ceased to exist. 1:30 pm on Saturday at the NCTC Family Theater – Block 4
7 min Filmmakers: Turk Pipkin, Christy Pipkin The Nobelity Project takes a stunning look at the critical threat to East Africa’s millions of flamingos from proposed soda ash mining at Lake Natron in Tanzania and demonstrates how local acts have global impacts. 12:30 pm on Saturday at the NCTC Family Theater – Block 4
84 min Filmmaker: Jeremy Seifert Filmmaker and concerned father, Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and how they affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice. His journey takes him to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and even agri-giant Monsanto as he poses perhaps the ultimate […]
92 min Filmmakers: Costa Boutsikaris, Emmett Brennan This documentary is a perfect introduction to permaculture: a design method that offers an ecological lens for solving issues related to agriculture, economics and governance. The film presents a vast array of projects, concepts, and people, and it translates the diversity of permaculture into something that can be […]
ACFF Broadcast Award Winner 46 min Filmmakers: Nathan Dappen and Neil Losin In the Solomon Islands, Albert Uy is trying to do what Charles Darwin never did: catch evolution in the act. But the islands’ resources are being exploited and the wildlife there is at risk. Islands of Creation documents the race against time to […]
76 min Filmmakers: Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers, Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through […]
3 min Filmmaker: Kathryn Bigelow This animated, short film makes the very real connection between elephant poaching and terrorism. It illustrates the diabolical intersection of two problems that are of great concern – species extinction and global terrorism, both requiring urgent action. 3:15 pm on Saturday at the NCTC Byrd Auditorium – Block 7
52 min Filmmakers: Yasuhiro Koyama, Hiromichi Iwasaki The giant squid are the largest squid in the world, yet they have never been seen alive in the deep sea. After 100 dives totaling 400 hours, this film crew, along with some scientific experts, finally succeeded in capturing footage of a giant squid in its natural, deep-ocean […]
US Premiere 20 min Filmmakers: Nick and Cheryl Dean Wallacea is the biographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands. One of the areas of the world with the widest range of endemic biodiversity, it remains virtually unknown to most people. This short film highlights the region’s biodiversity and the efforts of a few individuals to protect […]
