102 min Filmmaker:Vivienne DeCourcy From the green hills of Ireland to arid Ethiopia, to London’s Chelsea, Dare to be Wild is a romantic adventure based on the against-all-odds true story of Mary Reynolds, a modern-day heroine, whose quest is to show the world the power of wild nature as she reaches for her dreams – […]
46 min Filmmakers: Kira Ivanoff and Jess Reiss In the network of rivers and streams that crisscross the Amazon there is a hidden electric grid – a bizarre community of fish that have an electric sixth sense. They can communicate wirelessly, control each other remotely and emit shocks that can stop a human heart. Electric […]
58 min Filmmaker: Mike Youngren This story of systematic failure centers on the chemical spill in January 2014 into the Elk River near Charleston, WV. A coal-cleaning chemical fouled the area water system and closed the tap on 300,000 residents. The documentary asks, “Where were the agencies that are supposed to protect us from ourselves?” […]
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 […]
