Entries by American Conservation Film Festival

America’s Wilderness: Wilderness Visions: Point Reyes

2013 FESTIVAL 4 min. Filmmaker:  Sarah Gulick. Wild places offer incredible natural beauty and an opportunity for personal reflection, inspiration, and growth. Take a delightful immersive journey through America’s wild places, experiencing National Park Service Wilderness from a variety of perspectives. This short film of a series celebrates the range and richness of an American Wilderness experience. […]

Backyard

2013 FESTIVAL 28 min. Filmmaker:  Deia Schlosberg. Backyard tells the stories of five people in four states, all with very different backgrounds and perspectives, but all at odds with the natural gas extraction occurring around them. Despite their differences, unnerving similarities emerge from their shared experiences with the massive unseen entity that is “the industry.” […]

Cafeteria Man

2013 FESTIVAL 65 min. Filmmakers:  Richard Chisolm and Sheila Kinkade. Cafeteria Man is a story of positive movement that shows what’s possible in our nation’s schools.  It is the true story of chef Tony Geraci and his mission to radically reform Baltimore’s public school food system with a recipe for change. WEBSITE TRAILER

Cheetah Conservation Fund: Change for the Cheetah’s Future

2013 FESTIVAL 11 min. Filmmaker:  Jed Winer Today, fewer than 10,000 cheetahs remain in the wild, down from 100,000 a century ago. This short film highlights the work of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, a non-profit organization based in Namibia, changing attitudes and habitat to ensure the survival of this magnificent predator. [Student Filmmaker]

COMFORT ZONE

2013 FESTIVAL 70 min. Filmmakers:  David Danesh, Sean P. Donnelly, and Kate Kressmann-Kehoe. Is climate change a scientific problem? An engineering problem? A psychological problem? All that, and more? COMFORT ZONE is the consciousness-changing and often humorous story of three ordinary Americans confronting what this multi-faceted problem means for us. WEBSITE TRAILER

Connected

2013 FESTIVAL 8 min. Filmmaker:  Ziggy Livnat. Connected is a visual and musical celebration of our planet’s oceans. The film delivers a sense of wonder and responsibility.  
Join underwater filmmaker, Ziggy Livnat, as he narrates this visual exploration of marine animal behavior and human impact. WEBSITE

Day In, Day Out

2013 FESTIVAL 3 min. Filmmakers:  Taylor Martin and Cyrus Stowe. A young man struggles to get his electricity bills down and asks his friend to help him out. His friend is willing to help and writes a song to get him started. Being very clumsy and not too bright, the young man has a hard […]

Dear Governor Cuomo

2013 FESTIVAL 75 min. Filmmaker:  Jon Bowermaster. With the news that Governor Andrew Cuomo might lift the four-year moratorium against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in New York state any day a concert/protest was organized on his doorstep in the state capitol of Albany. The event brought together scientists, musicians, activists and actors in a scripted night […]