Entries by American Conservation Film Festival

Eco Ninja

2010 FESTIVAL 7 min. Filmmaker: Jonathan Browning. In this amusing short, a corporation hires an outside consultant to help transition the company towards environmental responsibility. The Eco-Ninja shows no mercy as he enforces the corporation’s new ‘going green’ policy.

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.

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]