Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award:
Best Short Film: WHEN THE DEVIL SMOKED IN PARADISE
Best Feature Film: GHOSTS OF THE PACIFIC: A WHITE SEA BASS STORY
Best Micro-Short: DOLLARS THAT MAKE SENSE
Individual Film Awards:
Best Direction: Michael Raabe (GHOSTS OF THE PACIFIC)
Best Student Film: Sage Hill School (WHEN THE DEVIL SMOKED IN PARADISE)
Best Music: Peter Tramo, Tom Hamilton (DOLLARS THAT MAKE SENSE)
See info for each film:
DOLLARS THAT MAKE SENSE, 3min., USA
Directed by Richard Power Hoffmann
A fun, stop-motion animated film about how foundations need to align their endowments with their missions.
http://www.untoursfoundation.org/
https://www.instagram.com/untoursfoundation/
https://www.facebook.com/untoursfoundation/
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WHEN THE DEVIL SMOKED IN PARADISE, 10min., USA
Directed by Katherine Liao
In a city where the median home price is $1.8M and land costs $6M per acre because it is “The Safest City in America,” few know that tucked away in a hillock, a secret “All American Asphalt” plant is quietly belching 221 pounds of benzene and 1,800 pounds of formaldehyde every year. This is the tale of how a humble group of citizens (including normally quiet Asian Americans) found their voices to fight a Goliath corporation and its corrupt pocketed politicians for five years.
https://www.instagram.com/katherinebliao/
Watch NOW – the audience feedback video.
GHOSTS OF THE PACIFIC: A WHITE SEA BASS STORY, 63min., USA
Directed by Michael Raabe
Ghosts of the Pacific, a captivating and visually stunning documentary that delves into the mysterious world of the white sea bass, a prized and elusive species that has captured the imagination of spearfishermen along the Pacific coast. Through breathtaking underwater cinematography and intimate storytelling, the film explores the challenges and rewards of pursuing these “ghosts” of the deep.
http://www.raabephoto.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mike.raabe/
https://www.instagram.com/raabeproductions/
Watch NOW – the audience feedback video.
Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival 