2013 FESTIVAL 66 min. Filmmakers: Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller. What is home? And how do we find it? TINY follows one couple’s attempt to build a 130-square foot Tiny House from scratch with no building experience, and profiles other families who have downsized their lives into homes smaller than the average parking space. Through […]
2013 FESTIVAL 26 min. Filmmaker: Rory Banyard. Under A Desert Sky explores the vastness and unique character of the Great Basin, and the beauty and rich diversity of Great Basin National Park; ancient bristlecones cling to windswept ridges; marmots raise their young on rocky slopes; remnant cutthroat trout survive in isolated mountain streams. We see […]
2013 FESTIVAL 38 min. Filmmakers: Daniel Hinerfeld and Molly O’Brien. Native carnivores bring balance to the landscape and keep ecosystems healthy. But they can also be seen as a threat to livestock, and for decades government trappers have killed them in large numbers. The U.S.D.A.’s Wildlife Services program kills tens of thousands of native carnivores […]
2013 FESTIVAL 56 min. Filmmakers: Sophie Rousmaniere and Jay Minton. Yellow Fever follows young Navajo veteran, Tina Garnanez on her journey to investigate the history of the Navajo Uranium Boom, its lasting impacts in her area and the potential new mining in her region. She begins as a curious family member and becomes an advocate, […]
2013 FESTIVAL 54 min. Filmmaker: Lynne Cherry. The inspiring and empowering Young Voices for the Planet films showcase earnest youth helping solve the climate crisis–speaking out and reducing CO2 emissions in homes, schools and communities through creative win-win solutions: energy audits, tree-planting, getting fresh local food in their school cafeteria, advocating renewable energy. Kids have power! […]
2012 FESTIVAL 21 min. Filmmaker: Sarah Ginsburg. To some, age is only a number; 85-year-old Victor Kaufmann embraces this philosophy as he reaches the milestone of planting his 10,000th tree. [Student Filmmaker] WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 114 min. Filmmaker: Mark Kitchell. A Fierce Green Fire is the first film to create a big-picture overview of the environmental movement, bring together all its parts and eras from conservation to climate change. WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 70 min. Filmmaker: Samuel Koltinsky. A moving documentary about a great cartoonist turned conservationist. WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 11 min. Filmmaker: Roddy Tabatabai. Over 4 billion pounds of surplus office interiors get dumped in America’s landfills every year. Rose Tourje set out on a mission to preserve and redirect that furniture to charities and non-profits all over the world. [World Premiere] WATCH FILM
2012 FESTIVAL 52 min. Filmmaker: Laura Brooks. Bat City USA delves into Austin’s complicated relationship with the world’s largest urban bat colony. Discover how the bats eventually became a beloved part of what makes Austin unique and weird. [World Premiere] WATCH TRAILER
