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. […]
2011 FESTIVAL 19 min. Filmmaker: Rory Banyard. Seeing Death Valley is a visual exploration of one of America’s most extreme desert landscapes. The film explores the geology, natural history and cultural hisotry of Death Valley and highlights the different ways the Valley has been seen over time. Seeing Death Valley is narrated by Donald Sutherland.
2011 FESTIVAL 22 min. Filmmaker: Laurie Sumiye Filiak. In 2025 only five rare Palila birds survive in the wild and a woman journeys to Hawaii, known as “the Extinction Capital of the World,” to see the bird before it becomes extinct. She reflects on the fate of three other Hawaiian birds, and how they were […]
2011 FESTIVAL 88 min. Filmmaker: Josh Tickell. The Big Fix begins as a comprehensive investigation into the massive Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill but then digs even deeper to reveal a darker and more unsettling truth about the world we live in today. By exposing the root causes of the spill, filmmakers Josh and Rebecca […]
2011 FESTIVAL 84 min. Filmmaker: Ian Cheney. The City Dark chronicles the disappearance of darkness. When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves to New York City and discovers skies almost completely devoid of stars, a simple question – what do we lose, when we lose the night? – spawns a journey to America’s brightest and darkest corners. […]
2011 FESTIVAL 5 min. Filmmaker: Jason Stefaniak. A young girl discovers the majestic qualities of nature in a fast-paced urban environment.
2011 FESTIVAL 60 min. Filmmaker: Thomas Behrend. This is the story of a silverback gorilla called Makumba who has reigned supreme in the forests of the Congo for more than 10 years. Life in the jungle is a running battle with rivals to hold on to his crown – and his family. He defends them […]
2011 FESTIVAL 5 min. Filmmaker: Kevin Gallagher. A six month journey along the 2,200 mile long Appalachian Trail, condensed and reinterpreted into five minutes of stop-motion. WATCH FILM
2011 FESTIVAL 95 min. Filmmaker: Bill Haney. In the valleys of Appalachia, a battle is being fought over a mountain. It is a battle that has taken many lives and continues to do so. It is a battle over protecting our health and environment from the destructive power of Big Coal. The mining and burning […]
