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Environmental Focus

Exploring urgent stories about our planet, sustainability, and the fight for a livable future.

Environmental Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition

ANNA – A Tale for Tomorrow

Film ANNA – A Tale for Tomorrow Directed by Jonathan B. Behr Plagued by nightmares of a future devastated by climate disasters and wars, 16-year-old Anna believes the world is…
Environmental Focus, Shorts Competition

Arctic Alchemy

Film Arctic Alchemy Directed by Colin Arisman, Zeppelin Zeerip “Arctic Alchemy” follows renowned Alaskan adventurer and climate scientist Roman Dial and his team on a 112-mile research…
Environmental Focus, International Spotlight, J. Kim & Sharon Tucci Italian Focus, Robert French & French-Language Focus, Shorts Competition

Common Pear

Film Common Pear Directed by Gregor Božič In a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate crisis, a team of scientists analyzes archival footage of farmers from…
Environmental Focus, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Shorts Competition

Fireline

Film Fireline Directed by Robin Takao D'Oench In the backdrop of a historic fire season, an inmate firefighter is denied parole and desperately tries to…
Animation, Environmental Focus, Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids

Forevergreen

Film Forevergreen Directed by Jeremy Spears, Nathan Engelhardt An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads…
Animation, Environmental Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition

Goldau

Film Goldau Directed by Roman Kaelin On September 2, 1806, a massive landslide struck the village of Goldau, claiming 457 lives—the most devastating natural…
Asian Focus, Environmental Focus, Fine Arts Spotlight, Shorts Competition

Handwoven

Film Handwoven Directed by Dasha Levin, Mason Cazalet, Matthew Wisdom, Mihika Das A lyrical portrait of Nikyle Begay, a non-binary shepherd and weaver; working to preserve their way of life…
Environmental Focus, International Spotlight, J. Kim & Sharon Tucci Italian Focus, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight

In Perpetuo

Film In Perpetuo Directed by Federico Barassi In perpetuo explores the life of the last knowers of garganic trabucco fishing. Trabucchi become the microcosm where…
Environmental Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake

Film Qotzuñi: People of the Lake Directed by Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama “The lake was our mother, our father. Now, we are orphans.” The Uru Nation lived for generations on…
Animation, Environmental Focus, Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids

Snow Bear

Film Snow Bear Directed by Aaron Blaise When a lonely polar bear can't find a friend.... he makes one.

Set in a rapidly changing…
Asian Focus, Environmental Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition

The Congress

Film The Congress Directed by Eko Krisna Indonesian activist, Rukka Sombolinggi believes the key to confronting the climate crisis is to unite and mobilize the…
Environmental Focus, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, SLIFF Kids

THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD

Film THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD Directed by Doug Hawes-Davis THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD is a passionate and comprehensive deep dive into the ecological crisis…
Environmental Focus, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight

The Price of Milk

Film The Price of Milk Directed by Nicholas Bruckman, Yoni Brook The untold story behind the ‘90s ‘Got Milk?’ campaign leads a multi-part investigative romp from the dairy farm…
Environmental Focus, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spanish-Language Focus

Underland

Film Underland Directed by Robert Petit Based on Robert Macfarlane’s bestseller, UNDERLAND is a cinematic voyage beneath the
surface of the earth.
Environmental Focus, Women in Film

CLIMATE SUMMIT II – Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong

Film CLIMATE SUMMIT II – Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong Directed by Alex Wolf Lewis, Kaitlyn Schwalje As America’s aging wastewater systems begin to fail, one plant and its motley crew of unlikely heroes do…