ENVIRONMENTAL Festival - Nov. 24/25 event
49m
See the Full Lineup of Films:
A POLAR BEAR STORY, 4min., USA, Animation
Directed by Vanessa Nilsson
A Polar Bear Story is a 3D animated short film that comments on climate change and how it is the primary threat to polar bears as the arctic warms and sea ice disappears. The story follows a young, playful, and mischievous polar bear cub whose playfulness puts him in harms way of melting sea ice.
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WHOSE IS THE LAND?, 14min., Italy, Documentary
Directed by Daniela Giordano
In the Upper World water flows unused from house taps. In the Under World sources are dry and arid. Green culture upstairs and survival culture downstairs. The two worlds and the families which live in those worlds seem to be separated and uncapable of communicating, but they are not. Pipes connect everything and somebody look at different behaviours and ways of life. It's the Earth, who sees injustices caused by squandering and oversized consumption. Everything is connected. The Earth decides to speak. Only the children can hear her and will be in the forefront of change.
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JA' (WATER), 14min., Mexico, Documentary
Directed by Christian Cavazos
Tosi (Naomi León), a native girl from an indigenous community in Baja California, motivated by her grandmother’s (Inocencia Sáenz) delicate condition and annoyed by the apathy of her brother (Ratkley López) and the other members of the community, seeks to do the difference in a moment where darkness has consumed everything.
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WHIRLWIND, 18min., USA, Documentary
Directed by David Whitney Port
California's central coast is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Government agencies are working feverishly to support proposed offshore wind energy projects alongside a significant new marine conservation effort. This film explores the impacts of these initiatives on the Chumash, commercial fishermen, marine ecologists and wind developers. The films weaves a path through a complex web of stakeholder interests and underscores the need for greater trust and more involvement by all parties.