Shorts Programs

Ode To Desolation

On the Edge Shorts USA, 2020, 14 min.

Fire lookouts used to abound across the wilderness in North America, but like so much in the woods, they have become diminished. There are a variety of reasons, including less wild places and advanced technology, but there are some folks still out there looking for smoke amidst the trees. Ode to Desolation introduces us to Jim Henterly, a naturalist and illustrator who continues to do this unusual yet valuable work.

DIR/PROD Lindsey Hagen

On A Wing And A Prayer

Playing in front of The Cost of Silence USA, 2019, 11 min.

The Louisiana Wetlands are a national treasure that few folks really know about. Filmmakers Nadia and Dominic Gill set out into this untold region to tell us more about a low-flying, high-risk happy pilot and the curious people who inhabit this incredible place in On a Wing and a Prayer a section of the overall film Last Call for the Bayou

DIR Dominic Gill PROD Nadia Gill

SACRED

Strides

Playing in front of Public Trust USA, 2018, 13 min.

For many, running heals, but the runners in this film are looking to do more than to feel good - they want their moving feet to have an impact on a critical issue: the Bears Ear National Monument. Since President Obama proclaimed the monument, entities who wish to extract from the mineral-rich region have contested it. On the other side are environmental activists and indigenous people running 800 miles to protect their sacred land.

DIR Forest Woodward, Anna Callaghan, Marie Sullivan

PROD Anna Callaghan

Saving Salma

Offbeat Green Shorts Indonesia/USA, 2020, 7 min.

This clever short doc tells the story of a young Indonesian elephant named Salma. She had fallen into a hole and was near death when a local conservation group led by a Goldman-prize winning activist banded together with some other noble folks to rescue the gentle giant. The film is both gripping and strangely fun to watch as Salma finds her way back to health.

DIR James Robinson