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The Ghost Rainforest

John Davies

Told through the eyes of Indigenous activist Narubia Werreria, The Ghost Rainforest follows a group of five Indigenous leaders and activists from the Amazon rainforest making an emotionally charged journey to the last remnant of a lost ecosystem — a desperately rare temperate rainforest habitat on the west coast of Scotland.

(UK, 2022, 10 min.)

Colorado Premiere

TAD’S EMERGING WORLDGLEN CANYON EXPOSED

Dawn Kish

In Person: Filmmakers

Conservation photographer Dawn Kish photographs the epic landscape of red sandstone walls, flowing rivers and cultural sites of Glen Canyon, which is re-emerging from beneath Lake Powell. Kish goes on an adventure of rediscovery with an old Crown Graphic 4x5 camera, following in the footsteps of photographer Tad Nichols, who documented this magical place from 1950-1963.

(USA, 2022, 20 min.)

U.S. Premiere

Where The Sun Always Shines

Rosie Baldwin

The climate crisis is threatening to swallow up the United Kingdom seaside town of Bognor Regis by 2050. Historically a thriving holiday spot turned national butt-of-the-joke, the town’s residents are used to defending its reputation. But when research emerges suggesting it could end up underwater due to rising sea levels, the community grapples with what this means, both for themselves and for the place they call home.

(UK, 2022, 17 min.)

Colorado Premiere

BETWEEN EARTH & SKY

Andrew Nadkarni

In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject

School Of Fish

Oliver Sutro, Colin Arisman

In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject

For thousands of years, Bristol Bay, Alaska has been home to the most prolific salmon run in the world and a thriving native people living alongside it. As modern-day threats fall on this pristine environment, one family fights to keep their relationship with the salmon alive.

(USA, 2023, 20 min.)

World Premiere

Nalini Nadkarni is a renowned ecologist who climbs trees in the rainforest to study “what grows back” after an ecological disturbance. After nearly dying in a fall on a research climb and making a miraculous recovery, Nalini begins to explore a new research subject: herself. Now, Nalini is doing the work of untangling the roots of her past to understand how they impacted her life’s course. In an attempt to heal, she revisits the site of her fall in Washington State, where her past, present and future converge.

(USA, 2023, 26 min.)

Colorado Premiere

CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2022