2011 FESTIVAL 85 min. Filmmakers: Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur. Preservationist, naturalist, author, explorer, activist, scientist, farmer, John Muir (4/21/1838 — 12/24/1914) was all these things and more. Nearly a century after his death, this Scottish American is remembered and revered as the father of the environmental movement and the founder of the Sierra Club, […]
2011 FESTIVAL 12 min. Filmmaker: Pablo Menendez. A conventional family. A wonderful place. A nice day. A perfect nightmare. [Warning: Disturbing Images – Not for Children]
2011 FESTIVAL 5 min. Filmmaker: Chia-chi Tseng. Through the lens of poetry, this animated short is inspired by the Flying Fish of Orchid Island.
2011 FESTIVAL 57 min. Filmmaker: Camilla Rockwell. Mother Nature’s Child explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents. The effects of “nature deficit disorder” are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders, and depression. The film asks: […]
2011 FESTIVAL 53 min. Filmmaker: Joyce Johnson. The population is turning 7 billion in 2011. Mother breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian and social crises – population growth. Population was once at the top of the international agenda, dominating the first Earth Day. […]
2011 FESTIVAL 14 min. Filmmaker: Alexandra Santoro. There are countless organizations and activist groups in Orange County that aim to protect our environment. Naturalist for You headed by Joel Robinson takes a unique approach that focuses on personal inspiration over political activism. He believes that connecting individuals to nature first hand is much more powerful […]
2011 FESTIVAL 46 min. The business of the birds and the bees gets more complicated when it comes to the endangered species of the world. Female giant pandas are only fertile once a year, for 48 hours. Male Clouded Leopards often try to kill their mates. But when nature fails, science steps in. Join us […]
2011 FESTIVAL 7 min. Filmmaker: Jeremy Roberts. Researcher Jack Hogg has studied bighorn sheep for over 30 years. In that time, he has come to know the species like few other people ever will. Follow Jack on a delightful journey watch baby bighorn lambs at play, as he discusses what a changing climate might mean […]
2011 FESTIVAL 60 min. Filmmaker: Carsten Oblaender. Our oceans are under siege. The invaders: An army of brainless, bloodless phantoms from the deep, billions strong – and growing stronger every year. They’re destroying fisheries, plunging cities into darkness and poisoning beaches. “Rise of the Jellyfish” takes you on a journey into the mysterious world of […]
2011 FESTIVAL 50 min. Filmmaker: Julian Thomas. At the crossroads between South and North America, Panama is the perfect place to see evolution in action and understand how animals and plants interact. Nowhere can this interaction be seen more vividly than on Barro Colorado Island. Every year scientists descend on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. […]
