Food Not Bombs
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmaker: Laura Murphy. A group of loosely organized activists turn Friday night ‘garbage’ into a Sunday afternoon meal in order to raise awareness on issues of food politics. [Student Filmmaker]
Entries by American Conservation Film Festival
Fuel
2010 FESTIVAL 48 min. Filmmaker: Joshua Tickell. Alternative energy evangelist Josh Tickell explores the history and politics of oil and our reliance on it, and provides hope and inspiration for change by highlighting some fascinating- and unlikely-alternative energy sources. His message: we do have a choice.
Gasland
2010 FESTIVAL 107 min. Filmmaker: Josh Fox. When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for natural gas drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey to learn about the Haliburtondeveloped process and toxic consequences of hydrofracturing, or “fracking.” In this award-winning film, Josh travels from his land in upstate New York, which sits […]
Genetic Chile
2010 FESTIVAL 60 min. Filmmaker: Christopher Dudley. Despite its astonishingly low budget (less than $500), this film offers a thorough look at the world of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) through the lens of New Mexico’s iconic chili pepper, including crop migration, persistent safety questions, predatory multinational agribusiness corporations, and potential economic damage.
Ghosts in the Hollow
2010 FESTIVAL 3 min. In this stunning visual narrative short, award-winning photojournalist Jim LoScalzo tells a tale of abandoned coal mining towns in Appalachia to the tune of a melancholy folk song.
Green
2010 FESTIVAL 48 min. Filmmaker: Patrick Rouxel. An emotional journey told through flashbacks of the eponymous orangutan, this haunting film juxtaposes images of the treasures of rainforest biodiversity with those of the devastating impacts of logging and land-clearing for palm oil plantations. [Green Fire Award Winner]
Green Screen
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmaker: Kevin Doherty. The story of a filmmaker environmentalist fed up with the waste generated in the film world so he sets out to prove that he can make a Hollywood blockbuster making a film while strictly reusing, recycling, and being green. [Student Filmmaker]
Heroes of the UAE
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmakers: Ben Falk, Josiah Newbolt and Jordan Wood. Literally ripped from the headlines, stop-motion characters crafted from newspaper tell a tale of reducing Abu Dubai’s environmental footprint in this two-minute short.
Home for Hawksbill
2010 FESTIVAL 29 min. Filmmaker: Jordan Plotsky.
Homeland
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmaker: Juande Marfil. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. [Student Filmmaker]
