Throughout the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, dozens of films tell varied stories in fewer than 10 minutes. They not only balance the programming, they tackle well the challenge of short form filmmaking.
62 Years: In the Grand Canyon, Ken Brower paying homage to the long term activism of his father, David Brower
Avaatara: A perfect combination of nutsoid climbing skill; incomparable scenic architecture; and an unfamiliar location, Lebanon
Denali: Ever adventuring together, man and dog both have cancer; sensitively told from the dog’s point of view
Hanford, A Race against Time: Telling report on the size and scope and difficulty of this radioactive legacy close to the Columbia River
Mother of All Rivers: On Rio Blanco in Honduras, a guardian female spirit flows against a dam project violating indigenous people [One of five Goldman Prize short shorts in the festival; reports about individuals around the world making a difference against the odds]
Nature Rx: Spoofing drug commercials, a clever and hilarious satire promotes the all-natural wonder drug – nature
Net Positive, A: About as out-of-the-box as a commute gets, a teacher approximates the shortest distance between two points by bicycle, paddle board, and motor scooter
Thousand Year Journey, Oregon to Patagonia: “Activating the muscle of [his] brain” bicycling for more than a year of not letting his days and years whiz by him
Worse than Poop: Cute albeit simplistic “kid scientist” delivery of our CO2 problem
XBoundary: Mining disasters in British Columbia, Canada threaten fish and fish-related livelihoods in Alaska, USA