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Audience Awards (from FEEDBACK Festival):
Best Feature Film: THE TASTE OF NATURE II
Best Short Film: VALÈNCIA’S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Best Micro-Short Film: Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice
Best Direction: The windmill and the sea
Best Story: Restoring Hope
Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice, 5min., USA
Directed by Jason Lindsey
“Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son’s question about what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answers to a child who craves stability due to his medical history, Lindsey turns to art to explore this question.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-breaking-ice
The windmill and the sea, 12min., South Korea
Directed by Lysia Valentina Gani
In a coastal fishing village, fishermen often find plastic fragments inside their catch. A local child turns these into windmills, treating them as precious toys. One day, a visiting child disdainfully throws a windmill into the sea, shattering the local child’s effort. The child tries to rebuild it but fails, Later, an outsider photographer urges the villagers to change, but survival keeps them reliant on plastic. In the end, the plastic drifts back to the sea, and the child watches silently, trapped in an unending cycle.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-windmill-and-the-sea
RESTORING HOPE, 6min., USA
Directed by Sofia Ridgway, Jen Won, Nika Iverson
We are Sofia Ridgway, Nika Iverson, and Jen Won, three high school seniors who, before our senior year, filmed this documentary to explore coral restoration and the challenges facing coral reefs worldwide. With equipment borrowed from our school and little prior experience using a camera, we approached this project with curiosity and determination. We connected with coral scientists and other interviewees in the Florida Keys through countless emails and Zoom calls, and gained hands-on experience at ex-situ coral nurseries and out-planting sites.
https://www.instagram.com/restoringhopefilm/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-restoring-hope
VALÈNCIA’S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, 11min., Spain
Directed by PASCUAL IBÁÑEZ, CRISTIAN FONT
València is promoting a project to reduce food surplus in the meetings tourism sector, transforming events into more sustainable spaces.
https://www.instagram.com/cemasvlc/#
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-valencia-s
THE TASTE OF NATURE II, 62min., Japan
Directed by Tateyuki Adachi
Because it was a rare variety with a distinctive floral and fruity aroma, making Ecuador the world’s leading cacao producer. However, about 100 years ago, two diseases caused the cacao to become extinct.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-taste-of-nature-2
Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival 