19 min Filmmaker: Richard Hughes Filmed in Botswana, where 15,000 people share space and resources with 15,000 elephants. This film includes voices and experiences of people who know first-hand the challenges of competing for space, food, and land with the world’s largest population of free-roaming elephants. 3:20 pm on Saturday at the NCTC Byrd Auditorium […]
2.5 min Filmmaker: Keely Kernan This short film explores how the MCHM chemical spill on January 9, 2014 affected LaCrisha Rose and her family in Cabin Creek, WV. 8:50 pm on Friday at the Byrd Center for Legislative Studies – Block 1
57 min Filmmakers: Diana Fuller and Chris Beaver The simple substitution of the word RESOURCE for the word GARBAGE transformed a culture, producing a wealth of new industries and a surprising race to zero. Three years ago the mayor of San Francisco pledged to achieve zero waste by 2020. Racing to Zero tracks San Francisco’s waste stream […]
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 […]
