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Sam Vinal is a Director, Producer and founder of the Los Angeles based production company Mutual Aid Media. Sam’s filmmaking career has taken him to Honduras, Canada and Zambia among other places. He uses film as a means to combine his passion for the beautiful struggle and the power of art. Sam’s films have played… Continue reading Director Biography – Sam Vinal (WATER IS LIFE)

  LOGLINEOn the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it. STORY SYNOPSISL’EAU EST LA VIE: FROM STANDING ROCK TO THE SWAMP follows water… Continue reading L’EAU EST LA VIE (WATER IS LIFE): FROM STANDING ROCK TO THE SWAMP

SANCTUARIES: A NEW LIFE, 9min., USA, Documentary Directed by Paula Castro Short documentary on Sanctuaries dedicated to the rescue of farm animals in the south east of the United States.

SIMPLER. BIGGER. FREER, 15min., Canada Directed by Tanguy Locqueneux Portrait of a discipline that is often taboo : free soloing. Five climbers confess on their motivation for going rope-less. They talk about the risk that everyone seeing them think about, but most of all, they explain their search for freedom.

IN SEARCH OF A BETTER WORLD, 7min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Alexei Clarke The small city of Hi’an, China has embraced a radical new recycling solution that might just save the world.

#BUILDINGBRIDGES, 20min, Germany, Documentary Directed by Johannes Olszewski The Making of #buildingbridges is a documentary detailing the production of the film #buildingbridges from its conception in Germany to the final shoot in America. We follow members of the creative agency One Inch Dreams through the process of devising and filming the stunt featured in the… Continue reading Audience FEEDBACK Video: #BuildingBridges Short Film

RECIPE FOR DISASTER: GREEN CRABS IN THE GREAT MARSH, 6min., USA, Documentary Directed by Nubar Alexanian Recipe For Disaster is the story of an ecological catastrophe in the making in four neighboring towns on the Massachusetts coast. As native scallops, mussels, clams, and protective eelgrass disappear under the explosive invasion of green crabs, scientists, local… Continue reading Audience FEEDBACK Video: Recipe For Disaster: Green Crabs In The Great Marsh Short Film