Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: CLEAR DAY THUNDER: RESCUING THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT
Best Short Film: SAGARMATHA NEXT
Best Direction: THE BEE
Best Cinematography: KARIBU NYUMBANI
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
THE BEE, 7min., USA
Directed by Kim Lowe
‘The Bee’ is the first short film in the series ‘In Their Nature’ and it highlights Bill Perkins, a beekeeper in Boston who shares his knowledge and love of bees with his community, much like a bee spreading pollen. He is vital to the health and well-being of his community without realizing how far he reaches or how important he is to the colony and the planet. He struggles with where our planet is heading but he pushes forward still and continues to educate those who will listen. We are all searching for the “good” in these wild, heavy times – and without even knowing it, Bill is the good story people are craving.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SAGARMATHA NEXT, 12min., Sweden
Directed by Martin Ivar Edström
A small organization of local Sherpa set out to solve the problem of waste management around Mt. Everest. Facing an explosive expansion of tourism in the last few decades, they work to turn the tide of trash and plastic from the mountains – one visitor at a time.
https://www.sagarmathanext.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sagarmathanext/
https://instagram.com/sagarmathanext
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
KARIBU NYUMBANI, 12min,. UK
Directed by Matthew Williams-Ellis
“Karibu Nyumbani” translates as “Welcome to my Home” in Swahili. Guides in the Maasai Mara have a deep-rooted pride, knowledge, and love for wildlife. This film encapsulates that passion from the perspective of George Osono, a guide in Mara North Conservancy, who completely embodies this spirit of caring for nature.
https://www.matthewwilliams-ellis.com/karibu-nyumbani
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
CLEAR DAY THUNDER: RESCUING THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT, 51min., USA
Directed by Rod P Murphy, Adams J Wood
This is the story of a tree. A mighty wonder that graced the forests of Appalachia and sustained all forms of life. Embraced us, from cradle to grave. At the turn of the 20th century, a deadly blight accidentally imported into the U.S. from Asia devastated the American Chestnut. Within a span of only two generations, the tree was nearly extinct.
https://www.rescuingtheamericanchestnut.com/
https://www.facebook.com/americanchestnut/
https://twitter.com/chestnut1904
https://www.instagram.com/tacf1983/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival 