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2020 SELECTIONS: Nature & Environment
32 Below
Jiakai Lou
32 BELOW takes an intimate look into the hard work, dedication and passion of one ranching family as they tend to their herd in… more info.
All That Remains
Eva Rendle
A year after deadly wildfires ravaged Northern California’s wine country, its vulnerable population of farmworkers, many undocumented,… more info.
Bobcats On Three
Alison Taupier
BOBCATS ON THREE is the powerful story of the Paradise High School Girls’ basketball team and their perseverance after the most… more info.
A Bold Experiment
Andrew Miller, Alexander Milan
In 1997, J. David Bamberger attempted to build the world’s first man-made bat cave, or in his words, chiroptorium. The idea… more info.
By the River
Keely Kernan
Harry Joseph, pastor of the Mount Triumph Baptist Church, takes us on a walk through his neighborhood, where the lives of his… more info.
Common Ground: The Story of Bears Ears
Paige Sparks
President Obama declared Bears Ears a National monument in December, 2016. One year later, President Trump reduced the monument… more info.
Current Sea
Christopher Smith
CURRENT SEA is an environmental thriller that follows investigative journalist Matt Blomberg and ocean activist Paul Ferber in… more info.
Dick Ogg: Fisherman
Cynthia Abbott
For fisherman Dick Ogg, the ocean is his home and in his bones. Faced with a changing environment, rising sea temperatures, derelict… more info.
Ignis
Ashleigh McArthur
Following Northern California’s devastating wildfires, artist Gregory Roberts transforms ash from the remains of his community’s… more info.
Jacket
Yuri Chicovsky
Spend a day with sheep rancher and unsung Colorado hero Al Villard as he fights for the lives of four orphaned lambs, and shows… more info.
The Love Bugs
Allison Otto, Maria Clinton
Over the course of 60 years, two married entomologists quietly amassed the world’s largest private collection of insects,… more info.
Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man
Lily Zepeda
Born in the Singapore slums, with firsthand knowledge of the horrors of improper toilets, entrepreneur Jack Sim sacrifices his… more info.
No Gold for Kalsaka
Michel K. Zongo
The people of Kalsaka have lived off the gold provided by their local mine for ages. This ended with the arrival of a multinational… more info.
Paradise
Erik Petersen, Kirk Rasmussen
An unlikely environmentalist, Bryan Wells, finds himself standing between Yellowstone National Park and an industrial-scale gold… more info.
Public Trust
David Garrett Byars
In a time of growing polarization, there is one thing a majority of Americans still share and agree on: Our 640 million acres… more info.
Riafn
Hannes Lang
RIAFN is a cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps. Idiom, song, and the calls and commands of shepherds intertwine… more info.
Salvage
Amy C. Elliott
In Yellowknife, the remote capital of the Northwest Territories of Canada, the town dump is the city’s most popular and notorious… more info.
The Seer and the Unseen
Sara Dosa
A magic realist documentary about elves, financial collapse, and the surprising power of belief. THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN playfully… more info.
The Story of Plastic
Deia Schlosberg
THE STORY OF PLASTIC brings into focus the alarming, human-made crisis of a world overflowing with toxic material. Striking footage,… more info.
To Keep as One
Katie Basile
Climate change has pushed erosion within a few feet of the remote Alaskan Native community of Newtok. Albertina Charles and the… more info.