ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival
1h 9m
Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture, 48min., Saint Lucia
Directed by Curmiah Lisette, Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa
Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture is a moving portrait of St. Lucia’s agricultural journey, celebrating the strength of its women and the enduring spirit of a community deeply connected to its land through the lens of the local non-profit, Helen’s Daughters.
https://helensdaughters.org/
https://www.instagram.com/helensdaughters/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-roots-of-resilience
Manly Dam Something Incredible Stirred, 4min., Australia
Directed by Malcolm John Fisher
A glimpse into the Incredible Biodiversity of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park and why it is so important to protect it.
https://manlydambiodiversityproject.org/
https://www.instagram.com/keepmanlydamwild/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-manly-dam-something-incredible-stirred
A Silent Cry, 2min,. USA
Directed by Donna Weng Friedman
"A Silent Cry" is a two-and-a-half-minute microfilm set in the Himalayan Mountains—one of the world’s most vital and fragile ecosystems. The film uses evocative visuals and music to highlight the urgent need to sustain and protect this unique environment, which is essential for countless species and provides life-sustaining resources for millions of people.
https://www.instagram.com/5wengfriedmans/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-silent-cry
From Waste to Wages: Tennessee's Economic Potential in Recycling, 7min., USA
Directed by Ryan Scott, Jeffrey Barrie, Shelby White
Tennessee is in the midst of a crisis. Landfills are reaching capacity, and raw materials are becoming more expensive. But all across the state, major companies are looking to recycling as a solution. Aluminum, glass, and plastic are precious resources that are being lost in landfills - but with improved recycling infrastructure, Tennessee can reclaim that wasted value.
https://www.instagram.com/iamjeffbarrie/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-from-waste-to-wages
Walking With Elephants, 9min., China
Directed by Yuqing Jiao
Every Asian elephants is a living archive, deciphering the rifting of the Gondwana supercontinent. Fifty-five million years ago, as the ancestors of Asian elephants began their evolutionary journey in Africa, a slow-motion collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates thrust the Himalayas to the roof of the world.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-walking-with-elephants
The Inga Tree Model 2025, 10min., Honduras
Directed by Adam Wakeling
The Inga Alley-Cropping pilot is in year 13 in rural, northern Honduras and has impressive results for carbon sequestered and avoided--876,000 tons in 12 years--trained and assisted by an all-Honduran team, 500 smallholder families have planted over 3 million native, nitrogen-fixing trees on steep, highly degraded land. The clearing/burning stops when a family plants their alley (a process that destroys 200,000 acres a day).
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-inga-tree-model-2025