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 […]
Green Fire Award Winner 94 min Filmmaker: Robert Kenner Robert Kenner, acclaimed director of Food Inc., lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet contrarily are aiming to spread maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to […]
US Premiere 60 min Filmmaker: Tom Mustill Rodrigo ‘The Bat Man of Mexico’, has been saving the amazing bats of his homeland since childhood, when he kept vampire bats in his bathroom. Now his favorite drink, Tequila, is at stake. The bat that pollinates the plant that this famous liquor comes from is in trouble. […]
3 min Filmmaker: Justin Bogardus Nature and humanity have a terrible marketing problem. Polar bears, hurricanes, and ice caps are not waking people up fast enough. It’s too impersonal and too easy to ignore. Here comes Prescription Strength, a hilarious, unflinching, timely look at what a person really needs to save themselves, each other, and […]
10 min Filmmaker: Carolina Davila In this short, animated film, an elderly man anchored to his homeland has to struggle, searching for water to survive, but today that is a losing battle. Facing drought and loss of crops, the old man is forced to leave his country, assuming all that this means, and become a […]
46 min Filmmakers: Inge Wegge and Jorn Ranum Lured by some of the world’s finest surfing waves, two young men spent nine months of a Norwegian winter in the isolated and uninhabited bay of an arctic island facing nothing but the vast Atlantic Ocean. There they built a cabin out of driftwood and other cast-off […]
15 min Filmmaker: Jacob Steinberg The first film in over thirty years starring what is arguably the world’s most iconic and significant raptor. Exclusive access, cutting-edge technology, and innovative cinematographic techniques provide a unique perspective and unprecedented intimacy into the dramatic story of a life-long pair and the intrepid scientists who have spent a lifetime […]
65 min Filmmaker: Chad Stevens After a coal mine disaster kills her brother, a pro-coal activist joins forces with a tree-hugging environmentalist to take on the most dangerous coal company in America, Massey Energy. As the coal industry faces extinction, will our two heroines be able to heal their wounded community? 4:15 pm on Saturday […]
