Entries by American Conservation Film Festival

TINY: A Story About Living Small

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 […]

Under the Desert Sky: Life in the Great Basin

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 […]

Wild Things

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 […]

Young Voices for the Planet

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! […]

ANEW

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