Film Archives

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...And This Is My Garden

Directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer

Eleanor Woitowicz, and Bonnie Monias, both teachers at Mel Johnson School, in Wabowden, Northern Manitoba are literally breaking new ground in education and are growing a healthier community in the process. Over the past 4 years the teachers have established 58 small vegetable gardens right in their students' backyards. This documentary film follows the teachers and their students for a season of seeding, planting, harvesting, preserving and ultimately a celebration of the fruits of their labour at the school’s annual community harvest display and feast. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

11 Degrees

Directed by Anna Ewert

The documentary follows the development of a skiing season in a Scottish ski resort. It explores the effects the climate change has on the Scottish winters and consequently on the ski resort. Narrated by one of the lift operators, we are introduced to this old fashioned place with its slow pace of life, dominated by the rhythms of the lifts and the machines. Starting at the height of the winter season, the film depicts an idyllic scenery which suddenly takes a shift when the temperature rises to 11 Degrees over night. Due to less snowfall and more rain, skiing has become more difficult in Scotland. As such, the documentary focuses on visual metaphors which tell the story of the struggling resort and also explores the people’s passion and enthusiasm to keep skiing alive no matter how difficult the conditions are. The character’s love for skiing and his optimism are intertwined with the images of a changing world. Embedded in the transition of the scenery, the film slowly reveals the challenges and economical problems the communities are facing in these times. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

A Dog Goes From Here to There

Directed by Carl Knickerbocker

A colorful concoction of canine transportation which asks the question 'How do you get from here to there?' Transformation of a child's picture book into film by Suburban Primitive artist Carl Knickerbocker. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film, EcoKids Film

A Mongolian Couch

Directed by George Clipp and Eva Arnold

In a city of tower blocks and tents comes a unique story of energy and enterprise; Begzsuren lives with his wife and four children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and possesses an inspiring passion to improve both his family's and his community's lot. Installing a rain water shower, changing his family's diet, planting trees, Thai Chi-Begzsuren is a busy, dedicated and extremely forward-thinking Mongolian. Begzsuren welcomes guests into his home from all over the world, offering these visitors aspects of traditional Mongolian culture and in exchange his guests offer insight into how they live and work back home. Everyday Begzsuren is on an adventure and a mission, by exploring an inviting the world into his home, he is slowly but surely improving his own world. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

A Simple Question: The Story of STRAW

Directed by David Donnenfield and Kevin White

A Simple Question: the Story of STRAW tells the story of STRAW — Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed - in an inspiring 35 minute film. In 1992, Laurette Rogers 4th-grade class asked her what they could do to save endangered species? The response was to initiate a class project to restore streams in the Stemple Creek watershed in Marin County in order to save the endangered California Freshwater Shrimp. This remarkable effort evolved into an award-winning regional program that has since restored over 20 miles of habitat, galvanized the local community, and led to significant educational innovations that connect children and their teachers with their local watershed. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

A Tree and a Flower

Directed by Tomoko Oguchi

The tree was lonely, but one day he found a flower growing on his shoulder. Trailer and screening times >>

EcoKids Film, Short Film

Bag It

Directed by Suzan Beraza

Our story follows Jeb Berrier, an average American guy who is admittedly not a “tree hugger,” who makes a pledge to stop using plastic bags. This simple action gets Jeb thinking about all kinds of plastic as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. When Jeb’s journey takes a personal twist, we see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up to us and what we can do about it. Today. Right now. BAG IT is a film that examines our society’s use and abuse of plastic. The film focuses on plastic as it relates to our society’s throwaway mentality, our culture of convenience, our over consumption of unnecessary, disposable products and packaging—things that we use one time and then, without another thought, throw them away. Where is AWAY?? Away is over flowing landfills, clogged rivers, islands of trash in our oceans, and even our very own toxic bodies. Jeb travels the globe on a fact-finding mission—not realizing that after his simple resolution, plastic will never look the same again! Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez

Directed by Robert Cornellier

In the early hours of March 24th 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil supertanker runs aground in Alaska. It discharges millions of gallons of crude oil. The incident becomes the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. In a flash, dramatic images shoot across the planet. They show thousands of carcasses of seabirds and sea otters covered in oil. A thick black tide rises and covers the beaches of once-pristine Prince William Sound. For twenty years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world's most powerful oil company - ExxonMobil. They tell us all about the environmental, social and economic consequences of the black wave that changed their lives forever. This is the legacy of the Exxon Valdez. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Born Sweet

Directed by Cynthia Wade

Despite being only fifteen years old, Vinh Voeurn has accepted his destiny – to be sick for the rest of life with incurable arsenic poisoning. He longs to fall in love with a girl with long, smooth hair. He fantasizes about becoming a karaoke star, winning the affections of adoring fans. But his body is terribly scarred by illness and there is a good chance the arsenic will soon take his life like the girl who once lived across the road. Vinh spends his days in his remote Cambodian village tending the cows and escaping into song with his family’s car battery powered karaoke machine. He worries he will never marry and live the life he wants for himself. A chance to be in a karaoke video about the dangers of arsenic allows Vinh to wonder if he truly knows his destiny. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Burning in the Sun

Directed by Cambria Matlow and Morgan Robinson

26-year-old charmer Daniel Dembele is equal parts West African and European, and looking to make his mark on the world. Seizing the moment at a crossroads in his life, Daniel decides to return to his homeland in Mali and start a local business building solar panels – the first of its kind in the sun drenched nation. Daniel's goal is to electrify the households of rural communities, 99% of which live without power. BURNING IN THE SUN tells the story of Daniel’s journey growing the budding idea into a viable company, and of the business’ impact on Daniel’s first customers in the tiny village of Banko. Taking controversial stances on climate change, poverty, and African self-sufficiency, the film explores what it means to grow up as a man, and what it takes to prosper as a nation. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Call of Life

Directed by Monte Thompson

A documentary film that explores the mass extinction, its six main causes, the cultural myths and values that drive it, the psychology that underpins it, and the latest insights into natural systems that could help us turn back the tide. The mass extinction is the cumulative result of many causes, all of which are related to human activity. In interviews with eminent scientists and field biologists, we present the facts and evidence of the shocking decline as we consider the six primary drivers of extinction. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Carbon Nation

Directed by Peter Byck

Carbon Nation is a documentary film about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how SOLUTIONS to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues. We meet a host of entertaining and endearing characters along the way. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision

Directed by Rhett Turner and Jonathan Wickham

World Premiere. co-production of Red Sky Productions and ZoëTV for Georgia Public Broadcasting. The one-hour documentary is narrated by Emmy award-winning actor Peter Coyote, and includes music by Grammy award-winning musician and composer Peter Buffett. Filmmakers Rhett Turner and Jonathan Wickham examine the complex issues surrounding the 20-year water conflict between Alabama, Florida and Georgia. They tell powerful stories of  individuals affected and consider possibilities for resolution, the need for conservation and the economic ramifications that will result if no action is taken. The film will be released in October, 2010 and the country of origin is the United States. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Coffee Awakens a National Economy

Directed by Rob Holmes

Opportunity brews: SPREAD, a USAID-funded development alliance of institutes, industries and NGOs, spotted the potential for Rwandan coffee to become a powerful economic driver for a recovering nation: a widely produced crop that could demand top dollar if a premium product was consistently delivered to market. Rwandan coffee has come through as economic manna from Rwandan fields, demanding a premium price on the international coffee market thanks to SPREAD’s commitment to quality control, coffee producer education, support and marketing: creation of coffee washing stations and assisting in the arrival of over 1,000 coffee cargo bikes in Rwanda, vehicles that help farmers get larger payloads to washing stations more quickly, improving product quality and assure that farmers receive optimal payment for their harvests. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Cravings

Directed by Jane Sablow

The short CG animation chronicles the brief journey of a determined little girl to satisfy her rather surprising desire. With food as the theme, the piece presents a healthy food choice to children ages 3-8 (and their families) through visual storytelling. Trailer and screening times >>

EcoKids Film, Short Film

CUD

Directed by Joe York

Meet Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, a cattle rancher with deep roots in the Deep South. He has rejected the corn-fed, feedlot cattle model in favor of raising grass-fed cattle. Will is no arriviste. The Harris family has raised cattle on the same Early County, Georgia farm for 5 generations. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Die Rechnung (The Bill)

Directed by Peter Wedel

Three friends meet in a bar and start talking about cars, holidays, energy and diet. Business as usual until the waitress serves the bill...  Developed in the context of a screenplay competition of the independent development and environmental organization Germanwatch e.V. regarding the topics of climate change and climate justice. Highlights the relationship between the perpetrator of climate change (industrial countries) and those most affected (developing countries). Funded by the ministry of Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Germany.


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Short Film

Dirt! The Movie

Directed by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow

Dirt! The Movie is an insightful and timely film that tells the story of the glorious and unappreciated material beneath our feet. One teaspoon of dirt contains a billion organisms working in remarkable balance to maintain and sustain a series of complex, thriving communities that impact our daily lives. Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, Dirt! The Movie takes a humorous and substantial look into the history andcurrent state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to. An eclectic group of participants ranging from biologists to prisoners incarcerated on Rikers Island offer answers to problems and inspire us to clean up the mess that we’ve created. Dirt! The Movie will make you want to get dirty. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' and the Battle for Our Energy Future

Directed by Peter Bull

DIRTY BUSINESS: 'CLEAN COAL' AND THE BATTLE FOR OUR ENERGY FUTURE is a documentary that reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories of innovators who are pointing the way to an alternative future powered by green energy. In the Digital Age, half our electricity still comes from coal, and guided by Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell, the film examines what it means to be so dependent upon a nineteenth century technology that is the largest single source of greenhouse gases. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Dive!

Directed by Jeremy Seifert

Inspired by a curiosity about our country’s careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of LosAngeles’ supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food – resulting in an eye-opening documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Eclipse

Directed by Liat Koren

A short animation following the plight of Solar Creatures. When the sun (their source of life) disappears, two friends help one another while most of the others fight for survival. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Greenlit

Directed by Miranda Bailey

Movie people are legendarily liberal and left leaning, particularly when it comes to the environment. Greenlit puts their commitment to the test as filmmaker Miranda Bailey (executive producer of The Squid and the Whale) follows the production of The River Why, starring Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) as it attempts to keep an environmentally friendly set thanks to the supervision of a "green" consultant. What starts off with great enthusiasm quickly devolves in this insightful and hilarious film. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Houston We Have a Problem

Directed by Nicole Torre

Step inside the energy capital of the world, to hear the hard truth about oil, straight from the Texas oilmen themselves. For decades American presidents have warned of our nation’s dependence on foreign oil. See just how the U.S. Energy Policy turned into a strategy of defense, not offense; the recent Gulf disaster, an inevitable tragedy. As Americas become more and more fed up with corporate lies and powerless politicians, we stand at the crossroads. See birth of the clean energy revolution and 21st century “Wildcatters” who are leading the way. HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM brings both sides together, seeking solutions, making it clear that we must embrace all forms of alternative energies in order to save the planet and ourselves. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

I Stopped for a Turtle This Morning

Directed by Champ Williams

A filmmaker seizes an opportunity to shed light on an important subject. Viewer discretion advised: animal bloodshed. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Lighter on the Planet

Directed by Michael Lyons

Three friends hatch a plan to be 'lighter on the planet'. It's a dark and gloomy afternoon in the city and these friends have nothing to do but sit around their local coffee house. To pass the time, they consider things that they can do to be lighter on the planet, and we the audience are transported into their extremely varied thinking processes. This light and silly comedy with a conscience will leave every viewer with a smile on their face and a plan of their own to be Lighter On The Planet. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Lunch Line

Directed by Ernie Park and Michael Graziano

LUNCH LINE reframes the school lunch debate through an examination of the program's surprising past, uncertain present, and possible future. In the film, six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago set out to fix school lunch and end up at the White House. Their unlikely journey parallels the dramatic transformation of school lunch from a weak patchwork of local anti-hunger efforts to a robust national feeding program. The film tracks key moments in school food and child nutrition from 1940s, 1960s, and 1980s to the present – revealing political twists, surprising alliances, and more common ground than people realize. Along the way, Senators, Secretaries of Agriculture, entrepreneurs, and activists from across the political spectrum add top-down perspective to a bottom-up film about the American political process, the health and welfare of its future, and the realities of feeding more than 31 million children a day. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Mashed

Directed by Adam Fisher

Trevor hates vegetables, but he loves the Captain Harvey show. As the time draws near for the show to begin, he is trapped at the dinner table staring down at a heaping pile of gravy smothered mashed potatoes, an assortment of Brussel sprouts, and a few strands of asparagus. His mother flatly states that he is going to miss Captain Harvey if he doesn't eat. Faced with this dilemma, he sullenly pokes and prods the food, until suddenly the potatoes spring to life in angry monster form, followed by his little minions, the sprouts and asparagus. 'Big Mashy' instructs these minions to tie up Trevor and declares that they've decided they will be eating TREVOR tonight! When things begin to look bleak for young Trevor, Captain Harvey himself arrives on the scene to help free him from this evil abomination masquerading as food! However, will Big Mashy prove too tough for Harvey? Will Trevor need to find the strength to free not only himself, but his beloved hero? Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Plastic and Glass

Directed by Tessa Joosse

In a recycling factory in the north of France the machines dance, the workers join in song, and the truck drivers almost make a ballet. The film shows the process of recycling by impressive machines and by hand. We hear the noise that accompanies this process. Slowly the factory noise becomes a rhythm and a truck driver starts to sing a song for his love. He wants to build an island with the materials at hand, where he and his love can be together to ‘sort things out‘. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Play Again

Directed by Tonje Hessen Schei

One generation from now most people in the U.S. will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature. New media technologies have improved our lives in countless ways. Information now appears with a click. Overseas friends are part of our daily lives. And even grandma loves Wii. But what are we missing when we are behind screens? And how will this impact our children, our society, and eventually, our planet? Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Queen of the Sun

Directed by Taggart Siegel

In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, a scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. His prediction has come true with Colony Collapse Disorder, where reports continue to surface that bees are disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. In an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner’s prediction QUEEN OF THE SUN examines the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers. On a pilgrimage around the world, the film unveils 10,000 years of beekeeping,highlighting how our historic and sacred relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices. Featuring Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk and beekeepers from around the world, QUEEN OF THE SUN weaves a dramatic story which uncovers the problems and solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Save the Future

Directed by Jenny Deller

In SAVE THE FUTURE, a 13-year-old girl reimagines a day in her life as a public service announcement, blurring the lines between her fear of environmental apocalypse and her unstable home life. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Skimming the Surface

Directed by Landon Lott and Tim Arnold

Louisiana, a once rich and beautiful wetland, is now suffering from an unseen virus. Crude oil continues to leak from BP's doomed DeepWater Horizon well at a rate of 60,000 barrels per day. This problem is intensified by the use of over 2,000,000 gallons of toxic dispersant used to battle the oil, despite ominous warnings from federal and local officials. These two problems together continue to wreak havoc on not only the fragile ecosystem of southern Louisiana, but the economy as well. We discuss with local politicians, business owners, and residents about the impact that the spill has had on their lives and careers. We take a moment to reflect on what should be done so that a man man disaster like this never happens again. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Slow Coffee

Directed by Jason Miller and Ben Myers

Athens-based filmmaker Jason Miller traveled to the rainforest of Ecuador in 2010 to conduct a series of interviews with philosophers, coffee farmers, roasters, and ecologists to shine light on how Slowness can improve the coffee industry from seed to cup. Brought forth by the Norwegian organization Slow Coffee, this film documents a special connetion between Athens' 1000 Faces Coffee and the Ecuador's Cafe Choco Andes alliance of coffee farmers. This short film brings to light the revolutionary power that art and transparency can have on an otherwise industrialized or commodity-based sector of our daily consumables. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Smart Machine

Directed by Jane Sablow

The short CG animation captures a little boy's unusual encounter with a vending machine during a family vacation. Pulling into a roadside motel at that magical moment just before nightfall, when the sky is a deep saturated blue,and time seems suspended, the glow of the neon signs and the light radiating from the lone vending machine focuses the child's attention. About food, the piece offers a healthy food choice to children ages 5-12 (and their families) through visual storytelling. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Soundtracker

Directed by Nicholas Sherman

Gordon Hempton is an Emmy Award-winning sound recordist who has spent the last thirty years of his life trying to find and record the vanishing sounds of nature.  Every year, he takes several “soundtracker trips” across the globe in search of new listening opportunities.  This film follows Gordon on one of these trips.  This month-long journey will take him deep into the wilderness and then into uncharted territory where a surprising new sound captures his imagination.  Shot throughout the Pacific Northwest and sound-mixed to incorporate Gordon’s own pristine binaural recordings, Soundtracker explores the sounds and the soul of an uncompromising artist. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Sun Come Up

Directed by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

Sun Come Up follows the relocation of some of the world’s first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders – a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. When rising seas threaten their survival, the islanders face a painful decision: they must leave their beloved land in search of a new place to call home. The film follows the Carteret’s relocation leader, Ursula Rakova, and a group of young islanders led by Nick Hakata as they search for land in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea 50 miles across the open ocean. The move will not be easy as Bougainville is recovering from a 10-year civil war. Many Bougainvilleans remain traumatized by the “Crisis” as the civil war is known locally. Yet, Sun Come Up isn’t a familiar third world narrative. Out of this tragedy comes a story of hope, strength, and profound generosity. San Kamap (Sun Come Up) means sunrise in pidgin and reflects this sentiment - the resilience of the community, and the hope that’s present at the start of a new day. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger

Directed by Bill Plympton

A tragic story of a bovine seduced by advertising led down the path of butchers and carnivores. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

The Hybrid Union

Directed by Serguei Kouchnerov

Somewhere in the imaginary land of cyberdesert, unaware of each other's presence, two abstract characters, Plus and Minus, coexist. Plus struggles with a dependency on an obsolete source of energy while the light-powered system of Minus is threatened by an ominous competitive race until they are interrupted by the surprising appearance of another stranger. This new character, Smart, moves fast on demand and seems unaffected by an external circumstances. In order to challenge Smart, Plus and Minus are compelled to combine their unique individual capabilities. Will this Hybrid Union win the race against the newcomer? Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

The Last Days of Shishmaref

Directed by Jan Louter

The film The Last Days of Shishmaref takes place on the island of Sarichef, which is part of Alaska. Sarichef is located slightly south of the Arctic Circle in the Chukchi Sea. A major drama is rapidly unfolding in this 49th state of the USA as a result of the global warming which now threatens the world. Director Jan Louter and cameraman Melle van Essen traveled to the island to record the traditional lifestyle of a community of Inupiaq Eskimos, which is now in jeopardy. Their centuries of tradition will probably be lost forever if they are forced to settle on the mainland. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

The Machine

Directed by Paul Blayney

The Machine is a twisted fairytale about a mad inventor who struggles to save his hearing but begins to hear things that even he doesn't want to hear. Through his machines he discovers plants have feeling and decides not to pick any fruit or vegetables as this would hurt them. Because of his sacrifice the very plants he is trying to protect sacrifice themselves to save his life. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

The Smallest Thing

Directed by Yong Jin Kim

The smallest things are the most important things in life.


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Short Film

Truth or Consequences

Directed by Sebastian Hernandez

Leaving their workday New York lives for semi-rural New Mexico, Mikey and Wendy scrape by in the desert as they prepare for the coming collapse-of-all-we-know. They geek out on solar power, grow their own food, and get by on barter as they build their homestead on the frontier. Mikey is the circuits. He methodically tweeks the processes by which they generate their power and invents new ways to live on less. Wendy is the plants. She tends to and loves the garden embracing their new connection to the living world. In this warm yet honest look on into their daily life, Mikey and Wendy reveal the love, fear and commitment that goes into changing one’s life forever. Trailer and screening times >>

Short Film

Vienen por el oro, vienen por todo (They come for the gold, they come for it all)

Directed by Pablo D'Alo Abba and Cristián Harbaruk

United States Premiere! In Esquel, Argentinean Patagonia, a Canadian company was granted the rights to extract gold and silver from a mountain located 7 km away from the city,  using huge amounts of water and cyanide.  With 50% of the population living below the limits of poverty, the mining enterprise arises as the great solution for such dearth.  “They come for the gold, they come for it all” tells the epic victory of this little Patagonian town who defeated huge economical and political powers, making a big choice about their own future. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Waste Land

Directed by Lucy Walker; co-directed by João Jardin and Karen Harley

Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" -- or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both dignity and despair as the catadores begin to re-imagine their lives. Walker (Devil's Playground, Blindsight) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

What's On Your Plate?

Directed by Catherine Gund

WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE? is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old multi-racial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah take a close look at food systems in New York City and its surrounding areas. With the camera as their companion, the girl guides talk to each other, food activists, farmers, new friends, storekeepers, their families, and the viewer, in their quest to understand what’s on all of our plates. Trailer and screening times >>

Feature Film

Wishful Thinking

Directed by Jane Sablow

In the short, CG animation an imaginative three year old changes the theme of her birthday party when she makes a wish and blows out the candles on her cake, much to the delirious delight of her seven tiny guests. About nutrition, the piece presents healthy food choices to children ages 2-7( and their families) through visual storytelling. Trailer and screening times >>

EcoKids Film, Short Film