Friday Films Start at 6:00PM and run until 7:30PM in the Welcome Stage
Ride of the Mergansers – 11min.
Steve Furman
Hooded mergansers are fish-eating ducks found only in North America. Viewers get a rare view into a family of just-hatched ducklings and their perilous leap to the water below to begin life in the wild. A favorite of the 2005 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival and the tour program, this delightful film has been re-released with narration. (US, 2006, 11min) www.rideofthemergansers.com
The Story of Stuff – 19min.
Annie Leonard and Free Range Studios
This is a film that takes viewers on a provocative and eye-opening tour of the real costs of our consumer driven culture—from resource extraction to iPod incineration. The film examines the real costs of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal, and she isolates the moment in history where she says the trend of consumption mania began. The Story of Stuff examines how economic policies of the post-World War II era ushered in notions of “planned obsolescence” and “perceived obsolescence” —and how these notions are still driving much of the U.S. and global economies today. (US, 2007, 19min) www.storyofstuff.com, www.freerangestudios.com
Yuba Salmon Perspectives
Thomas Dunklin
Set to a musical score from 1 Giant Leap, this film is an underwater odyssey on the lower Yuba River with some of the last wild Chinook salmon in interior California. The film chronicles the impacts of two federal dams on the Yuba and a community’s approach to healing social, historical and cultural wounds, so that together we might Call Back the Salmon to their ancestral waters in the upper Yuba River. The film features the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), the organization that founded and produces the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. (US, 2007, 14min) www.saveyubasalmon.org
For The Price of a Cup of Coffee – 15min.
Hypatia Porter
Follow the life cycle of a paper cup and the environmental repercussions of a society reliant on convenience. Filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area with interviews from local activists and experts. Maybe you’ll remember now to bring your own cup to the cafe! Best Documentary Epidemic Student Film Festival, Best Environmental Documentary, Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, Toronto. (USA, 2007, 15min) www.sfenvironment.org
Fridays at the Farm – 19min.
Honorable Mention – Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008
Richard Power Hoffman
Feeling disconnected from their food, a photographer/filmmaker and his family decide to join a community-supported organic farm. Moving from passive observer to active participant, the filmmaker photographs the natural processes of food cultivation. Featuring lush time-lapse and macrophotography sequences compiled from nearly 20,000 still images, this personal essay is a meditation on the miracles of life. Best Short, Green Film Festival, Seoul, Korea. Best Documentary, Sapporo Short Film Festival, Japan. (USA, 2006, 19min) www.coyopa.com
Saturday Films Start at 6:00PM and run until 7:30PM in the Welcome Stage
Against The Current – 19min.
Kathy Kasic
Growing towns and cities, sustained drought, the quest for national energy independence, and climate change are all putting new pressures on dwindling water supplies. In the face of such water demand, fish and wildlife are often left out. And there is one simple fact: fish need water. Told through the wisdom of four people, two ranchers, a biologist, and an environmental lawyer, this film brings together unexpected partners restoring a river. Silver Telly, Bronze Telly (USA, 2007, 19 min)
www.metamorphfilms.com
Oil and Water Project – 33min.
People’s Choice Award - Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008
Seth Warren
Two kayakers embark on an endless summer-style 35,000 km road trip from Alaska to Argentina in a retro-outfitted Japanese fire truck without a single drop of petroleum. They converted their regular diesel engine to run on everything from pig lard to palm pulp and they traveled for 9 months in pursuit of the best whitewater in the Americas. The pair coordinated with schools, local governments, farmers, agricultural research centers and media to conduct demonstrations advocating for the use of alternative energy all along the way. Best Environmental Film, Taos MountainFilm, Everest Award Recipient for Advocacy. (USA, 2007, 33min) www.oilandwaterproject.org
Little Bird of the Yuba – 5min
Larry Huntington
Fly into the beautiful canyons of the Yuba River and experience a magical bird’s eye view of this spectacular river. (USA, 2007, 5min) www.tlhvideosound.com
Gimme Green – 27min.
Isaac Brown, Eric Flagg
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation’s largest irrigated crop—the lawn. College Television Award, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; Best Documentary Short, Beverly Hills Shorts Festival; Best Documentary Short, Phoenix FF; plus more. (USA, 2006, 27min) www.gimmegreen.com
Sunday Films Start at 5:30PM and run until 7:00PM in the Welcome Stage
The First 5 films on Sunday are selected especially for Kids!
Water Loving Doggies – 2:36min.
Will Kier
There are places in this world and moments in time when PARADISE does exist ... join some furry friends down on the Yuba. (USA, 2007, 5min)
Carpa Diem – 2min.
Sergio Cannella
Before sleeping, a child in her apartment is lovingly watching a fish in the aquarium. In the meantime her younger brother is being mindless of the open tap the water flowing out of the washbasin ... a waste that could turn into a tragedy. Many awards,including: Best Short, Vatavaran FF; Best Spot, Festival International Du Film Sur L’Énergie de Lausanne. (Italy, 2006, 2min) www.sergiocannella.it
Rita – 6min.
Young Filmmakers Award - Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008
Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn
This film is a true story about Alison, a seven-year-old girl who has been dragged around the world by her adventure travel guide/photographer/yoga-teaching parents and longs to be a kid and stay in one place long enough to have friends and go to school with children her own age. Unexpectedly, during one of the family’s expeditions high in the Himalaya of Nepal, she befriends a seven-year-old Sherpa girl named Rita. Alison sneaks out to join Rita and they embark on a wild and touching adventure over an 18,000 ft. pass near the base of Mt. Everest. Kids Choice, Telluride Mountainfilm, Best Family Short, Boulder Adventure FF, Nomintated for MTV Movie Award. (USA, 2006, 6min) www.alisonteal.com
Antarctica ... the End? – 10min.
Children’s Award - Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008
Sam Lowe-Anker
Seen through the eyes and voice of a 13-year-old boy, Antarctica looks at how climate change and human impact is affecting the frozen continent. Best Youth Environmental Film, Telluride MountainFilm, 2006 (USA, 2006, 10min) www.stopglobalwarming.org
Hawaii Reef Etiquette – 8min.
Ziggy Livnat
With the spirit of Aloha, learn how to enjoy, respect, and preserve the Hawaiian reefs. This PSA encourages action and shows viewers that one can make a difference. Best PSA, International Wildlife Film Festival. (USA, 2005, 8min) www.forthesea.com
Yuba Salmon Perspectives
Thomas Dunklin
Set to a musical score from 1 Giant Leap, this film is an underwater odyssey on the lower Yuba River with some of the last wild Chinook salmon in interior California. The film chronicles the impacts of two federal dams on the Yuba and a community’s approach to healing social, historical and cultural wounds, so that together we might Call Back the Salmon to their ancestral waters in the upper Yuba River. The film features the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), the organization that founded and produces the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. (US, 2007, 14min) www.saveyubasalmon.org
Dream People of the Amazon – 32min.
Larry Lansburgh
In the early 1990s the Amazonian Achuar tribe of southeastern Ecuador learned about the outside world’s desire for the oil under their territory. The elders of the tribe had been having similar, telling dreams and the interpretation was stunning: if the Achuar people were to defend themselves and the land from oil operations, they would need to seek alliances in the very world that was about to destroy them. (US/Ecuador, 2005, Documentary, 32min) www.pachamama.org |
