Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature: MEKO
Best Short Film: OUR SEA FOREST
Best Story: HALF PAST FOUR
Best Micro-Short: WHO SHOULD DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE AMAZON?
Best Experimental: AUTUMN’S EMBRACE
Best Direction: SALT IN THEIR VEINS
See info for each film:
AUTUMN’S EMBRACE, 6min., USA
Directed by Jessica Gomula-Kruzic
Autumn’s Embrace is a dance for camera work which emphasizes the dancer’s connection with the natural world. The dance retells the story of the Greek goddess Persephone, goddess of vegetation, anticipating her annual return to the underworld to rest, and highlighting the beauty of nature’s rhythms.
http://www.jgomula.com/video/autumns-embrace/https://www.facebook.com/GKIntermedia
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WHO SHOULD DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE AMAZON?, 2min,. Ecuador
Directed by Martin Kingman
Indigenous peoples and their territories in Ecuador are constantly threatened by extractive mining and oil industries. For this reason, a question arises: Who should decide the future of the Amazon?
https://amazonfrontlines.org/campaigns/who-should-decide/
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HALF PAST FOUR, 10min,. South Korea
Directed by Seung-il Chon
A rural village in South Korea in the 1960s when wall clocks were rare. A 6-year-old girl with a red skirt goes to the village store to ask the time. However, the child does not return home immediately and is fascinated by the animals and plants of the neighborhood. When the child arrived home, the sun had already set and darkened.
https://www.facebook.com/chon.seungil/
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OUR SEA FOREST, 30min., UK
Directed by Sarah Cunliffe
OUR SEA FOREST tells the moving story of how a once thriving underwater forest, home to a multitude of different sea creatures, was lost and its slow road to recovery. Told through the eyes of Eric Smith, a 74-year-old free diver, who’s been diving in Sussex since he was 11 years old, and his daughter Catrine, it tells of how a once thriving ecosystem was destroyed by trawling.
https://www.bigwavetv.com/productions/our-sea-forest-sussex-kelp/
https://www.instagram.com/bigwavetv/
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SALT IN THEIR VEINS, 16min,. Australia
Directed by Rita Hencke
East Indonesia. Communities of sea people live a life that ties them closely to the marine environment. They are known as Bajo, descendants of former sea nomads who were once roaming the ocean to fish and trade.
https://www.ritahencke.com/film
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MEKO, 62min,. USA
Directed by Harrison Buck
A film 7-years in the making, Meko is the story of man and community who have weathered the storm. Join filmmaker Harrison Buck on an in-depth look into the macro-effects of climate change on delicate coastal communities like the Bahamas Outer Islands through the lens of legacy fly fishing guide and angler Omeko “Meko” Glinton.
https://pandioncreative.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pandioncreative/
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Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival 