86 min Filmmaker: Rob Stewart Produced by Gus Van Sant, Revolution follows Rob Stewart, director of the documentary Sharkwater, through 15 countries – from the coral reefs in Papua, New Guinea and deforestation in Madagascar to the largest and most destructive environmental project in history in Alberta, Canada, he reveals that all of our actions […]
46 min Filmmaker: Dennis Wells Honeybees are in crisis. We rely on them to pollinate the world’s food but we lose about a third of them every year. Secrets of the Hive follows the scientists who are looking to the 20,000 species of wild bees for a solution to this global calamity. TRAILER
27 min Filmmaker: Eddie Roqueta When temperatures drop in Montana, wild bison migrate to lower elevations outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. Once outside, they run the risk of being killed because some carry a chronic disease called brucellosis that ranchers fear could spread to cattle. Silencing the Thunder presents the obstacles ranchers face, […]
US Premiere 26 min Filmmaker: Francois Odendaal Productions One beautiful, sunny day on the edge of the Karoo, South Africa, a zany scientist and a group of young adventurers go on a quest to find a legendary cheetah called White Eye in the Mountain Zebra National Park. 1:35 pm on Saturday at the NCTC Family […]
15 min Filmmaker: Tim Persinko In the winter of 2013 – 2014, bird watchers spotted snowy owls in historic numbers across the northeastern United States. While hunting near the White House, one of these majestic creatures was hit by a city bus. This film follows the remarkable efforts to return the owl to the wild […]
10 min Filmmakers: Jeremy Monroe and David Herasimtschuk The Last Dragons features North America’s Eastern Hellbender, an ancient salamander that lives as much in myth as in reality. In many waters, myths are all that remain of these sentinel stream-dwellers. 3:53 pm Sunday at the Opera House – Block 13 TRAILER
47 min Filmmakers: Marie-France Roy and Darcy Turenne Environmentally conscious snowboarders inspire by leading sustainable lifestyles. This mesmerizing film is interlaced with breathtaking shots of riders in pristine, backcountry settings, and features David Suzuki discussing the principle of protecting the things we love by living in balance with our environment. Proceeds from the purchase of […]
DC Environmental Film Fest Presents at ACFF 91 min Filmmaker: George Butler Spotlighting the tiger as the most charismatic animal on earth, this adventure-conservation film takes the audience to the Sundarbans region on the border of India and Bangladesh. Known as one of the most dangerous places on Earth, this tidal mangrove forest may be […]
106 min Filmmaker: Phillip Baribeau 3,000 miles, 16 wild horses and 4 men are the raw ingredients of an outrageous plot. To demonstrate the value of wild mustangs, these men adopt, train, and ride their horses from the Mexican border to Canada through the wildest terrain of the American West. Unbranded is a soaring tale […]
21 min Filmmakers: Russell O. Bush, Annie Bush Sky Burial, a private ritual where the bodies of Tibetan dead are offered to wild griffon vultures, becomes a tourist attraction in Chinese-modernized Tibet. This intimate window illuminates an ideological conflict often hidden to the outside world, confronting the potential for oppression in the act of observation. […]
