Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: SURVIVING TO THRIVING
Best Short Film: LAST STAND: SAVING THE ELWHA RIVER’S LEGACY FORESTS
Best Direction: TIMEBANK THE GAME – THE RECORD OF AN EXPERIMENT
Best Story: SAFER STUFF: GREEN CHEMISTRY GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS
Best Micro-Short: FOR YOU
Best Student Film: TAMBOPATA
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SURVIVING TO THRIVING, 105min., Australia
Directed by Karin Isabelle Ochsner
As a fearless explorer with a disability, surfer and surf coach Karin Ochsner immerses herself in the raw beauty of nature. Her remarkable healing journey unfolds in the face of adversity.
http://www.surfingtosurvive.com/film2
https://www.instagram.com/surfingtosurvive/
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FOR YOU, 3min., UK
Directed by Luca Paulii
‘For You’ is a heartfelt letter from a father to his two-year-old son, capturing a summer day in the park, a world filled with wonders yet to be discovered and a looming danger. Set in Peckham, South East London, the director narrates the story in Italian, the language he has spoken to his son since birth. This project is deeply intimate and personal, yet carries a universal and resonating message: what lies ahead might be uncertain, but with love, courage, and imagination, we can create a better future.
http://www.perteshortfilm.com/
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SAFER STUFF: GREEN CHEMISTRY GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS, 13min., USA
Directed by William Hemminger
An upbeat exploration of solutions to the problem of toxic chemicals in everyday products and the part green chemistry plays, highlighted by a passionate group of green chemists who, along with young entrepreneurs and popular brands that are adopting green chemistry solutions, intentionally design chemicals and products with safety in mind.
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LAST STAND: SAVING THE ELWHA RIVER’S LEGACY FORESTS, 23min., USA
Directed by Dan Herz
When a large, ecologically sensitive legacy forest in the heart of the Elwha River Watershed was identified for harvest, the Earth Law Center, Keystone Species Alliance, and Center for Whale Research began using all legal means possible against the Washington State Department of Natural Resources in an attempt to halt the impending clear-cut. Through breathtaking cinematography and intimate interviews, witness the profound beauty and ecological significance of the watershed, as well as the dire consequences of unchecked deforestation.
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TIMEBANK THE GAME – THE RECORD OF AN EXPERIMENT, 40min., Hong Kong
Directed by Amy Cheung
One hundred life forms received a distressing signal from the vanished civilization of Pharmakon, learning that Earth is on the verge of self-destruction. Time Lord has devised a way to destabilize time, propelled Earth beings to enter an alternate reality through “THE GAME” – a mysterious portal that reduces them to a single-cell form.
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TAMBOPATA, 25min., USA
Directed by Adele Davis, Ceci Davis
Tambopata is a participatory short documentary examining the effects of the global climate crisis as manifested in one of the most protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon, Tambopata National Reserve.
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Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival 