To protest the construction of a new car lot, a young guy named Bernat comes to the vacant lot in order to tie himself to the only left living tree. Upon arrival, Bernat finds Joel, an unknown young man who also has decided to tie himself up.
Using the opening paragraphs of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay of the same name as a point of departure, Circles employs lofi environmental textures to explore concepts surrounding circularity, sight, and the passage of time. Its world is flickering in and out of existence. It begins with footage of recognizable spaces and objects and gradually transitions into ever more manipulated, glitchy and transparently artificial and abstracted images. Textual interludes put the film in conversation with the viewer, contextualizing its images and their aged digital patina.
This documentary explores a variety of projects undertaken by scientists at Environment Canada's Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg to study the processes that pollute or disrupt clean and balanced freshwater environments.
An environmental lawyer is successful in closing illicit mining in Los Farallones de Cali. He is attacked, and his wife dies; he resolves to take action with his friends to ensure the safety of his daughter and the water of his grandkids.
A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.
“Let’s Do It!” is a story about how a national cleanup campaign in a small European country grew into an ambitious global environmental movement. The idea spread far and wide, bringing about new wave of civic activism in many countries. However, even good initiatives can hit rough spots. The important thing is not to lose hope. This documentary captures the passion to change the world over the course of 10 years, culminating in World Clean-Up Day in 2018. The movie also showcases how grass-root initiatives can grow and subside and how some ambitions can be defeated only to give rise to even more ambitious ones.
Our planet is choking in garbage. As the garbage pile grows, it transformes into a live embodied force that is invading and upsetting the delicate balance of life on Earth. Fortunately, Bo the dog who lives in a hut deep in the forest, is determined to fight the Trash. A brave chemist, Bo invents a magical solution in his laboratory which can overcome this dreadful monster. Risking his own life to save his friends and the nature in which they all live together, Bo will not be alone on this crucial mission.
One Earth is an environmental short film created and edited to help raise awareness about our impact on our environment day to day.
A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents.
Efforts to save the Atchafalaya Basin are highlighted with stunning visuals of the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge.
Toad People introduces audiences to the stories of people like Steve Clegg who make up a community-led movement to save this threatened species. In different parts of the province, people from all ages and walks of life come together to do whatever it takes to help toads survive. They stop road traffic, collect toads in buckets and carry them across the road, build toad tunnels. In the Kootenays, Debbie Pitaoulis is fighting to protect the toad habitat from logging. The film follows these individuals’ passion for the natural world, their fighting spirit, perseverance but also their struggles, demonstrating that people do not need to be environmental activists or scientists to take action, they just need to be citizens who care.
Rocky is the face of Astoria Pug; a micro composting operation in Astoria organized by Caren Tedesco and Lou E Reyes. In this "dogumentary", we see Rocky as boss as he takes us on a mini journey with food scraps
This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned west of South Bend, Indiana
Two activists and lovers meet a thrillseeking anarchist who wants to help them in their missions to improve the world. Unsure about the what and how, they start to doubt whether they can even make a difference at all - until their new friend proposes a radical plan. A short film about climate change and our inability to do 'the right thing' for the world at all times.
The fanatic beliefs of an internet mystic, a cult leader, and a rookie cop gone rogue are tested on the hunt for the "Hidden Man" -- an elusive forest-dwelling cryptid that terrorizes their idyllic suburb.
A young man experiences his last few minutes of singular consciousness while examining a wild falcon he has studied for months.
The Mother follows a colonial trapper as he wrestles with his violent past alone in the wild.
Influencer and vlogger Andrew Magsilang's crew tries to recall the events leading up to his mysterious disappearance. And in doing so, they paint a vivid picture of who he is.
We are a constantly evolving culture. A culture eternally cycling, dying, and being reborn. The cities we live in, the jobs we have shape our direction, but are we heading in the right direction?