2024 Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film Festival
Opening Night Program includes (Reception at Hilton Garden Inn and Film at the Dairy Arts Center)
Opening Night Reception & Film
Thursday, July 11 at 5:30PM to 9:00PM
Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Boulder on Canyon. Outdoor Courtyard
Heavy Appetizers & Libations (cocktails, wine, beer, or soft drink)
Live Music by The Atom Collective, a jazz band making people happy on Colorado’s front range since 2019.
Kyle Banker at Piano, Tobin Munsat on Drums, Adisa Nickerson on Trumpet, & Todd Van Selus on Bass. Click here for short clip
Film at 7:30PM at Dairy Arts Center HARD MILES
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Opening Night Film - HARD MILES with special guest COACH GREG TOWNSEND
Dairy Arts Center — Gordon Gamm Theater at 7:30 pm
Hard Miles tells the uplifting true story of the bicycling team at Rite of Passage's Ridge View Academy, a medium-security correctional school in Colorado. The film follows beleaguered coach Greg Townsend (Matthew Modine) as he rounds up an unlikely crew of incarcerated students for a seemingly impossible bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. As the beginner bicyclists battle heatstroke, speed wobbles, and the greatest enemy of all cyclists -- a chafed crotch -- they must learn to stop fighting and ride together as a peloton. The bicycle serves not just as a means of transportation, but as a test; a way for each of these young men to see what they are truly capable of, physically, mentally, and emotionally. As caring social worker Haddie (Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) attempts to be the voice of reason, coach Greg Townsend pushes the boys to their limit, and cracks begin to form in the peloton. Ultimately, Greg's words will ring hollow unless he can apply his coaching advice to his own life and make amends with his dying father. In the sweltering desert, the boys reach a crossroads and must decide whether to continue down the path of least resistance, or take agency of their futures and pave the way to forgiveness.
"Matthew Modine finally gets the starring role he deserves, the first that’s fully tested him since his Eighties heyday, in this true-life sports drama about the healing power of cycling.”
“[T]he film is a combination of spectacular scenery, arduous exertion, inspiring pep talks, adolescent rebellion, emotional confrontations, and lessons learned by both the teenagers and their leader.”
GREG TOWNSEND: A coach using tough love and bikes to give juvenile offenders a future
Greg Townsend is an avid cyclist. He started racing bikes when he was a teen.
"Being a troubled kid myself, I was one of those things that got me on the straight and narrow," Townsend told CBS News Colorado.
As a social worker, Townsend works with troubled teens, and he uses cycling as therapy.
"The atmosphere, the environment, the experiential education that they get out of it, and the physiological part of riding a bike, kind of does a lot of really amazing things if you want it to," he explained.
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THE LAST RESORT — the Great Salt Lake
Friday, July 12 at 4:00 PM @ Boedecker Cinema
TWO SHORT FILMS CELEBRATING THE GREAT SALT LAKE: “THE LAST RESORT” + short film “WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT”
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WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT
Whales of the High Desert is a short documentary film that explores the story of James Wickham, an Englishman who is said to have introduced whales to the Great Salt Lake in the 1870s. The film was created by The Good Line and RadioWest in partnership with FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake, and directed by Joseph Adam LeBaron. It features Dr. Lynne McNeill, a folklore professor at Utah State University, as the narrator, who explores the origins of Wickham's tale and explains how paying attention to it today can help ensure the Great Salt Lake's future health. The film's message is about the preservation of the lake.
Directed by Joseph LeBaron
Runtime: 20 mins.
THE LAST RESORT
The Last Resort explores Utah’s Great Salt Lake from a new perspective. The issues plaguing the lake are well documented as of late, however the lake’s mystique and natural beauty are far from understood. Through the lens of adventure and passion, we see what the lake truly means to those who rely on it, and what catastrophes lie ahead should we fail to save it.
Directed by Michael Fleischner
Runtime: 62 mins.
Michael Fleischner will be attending
Michael Fleischner is a filmmaker and commercial director. His film The Last Resort explores Utah's Great Salt Lake and those who call it home. A desolate and distinct environment, it serves as a visually stunning backdrop upon which to tell this meaningful story.
Originally from New England, he is captivated and inspired by the landscapes of the American West. He runs a production company and is in the midst of shifting from more commercial work to documentary and narrative storytelling.
DROUGHT
Friday, July 12 at 4:30PM @ Gordon Gamm Theater
CLIMATE CRISIS: DROUGHT
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discussion with Nancy Smith, TNC, on Colorado water sources
The impacts of climate change are felt in every corner of the world. Extreme drought conditions are increasingly threatening livelihoods, and no corner of the globe seems to be immune from its devastating consequences. In the summers of 2021 and 2022, extreme weather events struck countries all around the world, and China was no exception.
In the summer of 2022, China was on the brink of a water catastrophe as it was hit by its worst heatwave ever recorded since 1961, due to its intensity, duration, geographic extent and number of people affected. The country looked like a barren land. The Yangtze River Basin, which stretches from coastal Shanghai to Sichuan province in China’s southwest and includes Asia’s longest river, was considered the worst-affected area.
For more than 70 days straight, the brutal heatwave ravaged much of China, with sustained temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius, day and night, in at least 17 provinces. It affected more than 900 million people.
Directed by Roxane Schlumberger
Runtime: 52 mins
Speaker Nancy Smith, The Nature Conservancy
Nancy Smith has worked for 25 years with The Nature Conservancy, developing, implementing, and managing conservation strategies to protect critical land and water resources. Currently, as Conservation Director for the Conservancy's Colorado River Program, she works to develop and test innovative approaches to meeting the water needs of people in a manner that supports a thriving natural environment. Previously, she worked with a broad coalition in the Yampa Valley of Colorado to create the multi-million dollar Yampa River Fund. Before that, she worked with wine producers in Northern California to keep water in rivers to support endangered salmon populations. She also led the effort to secure protective environmental provisions in California’s 2016 marijuana legalization ballot initiative. She is a second-generation Colorado native with a law degree and MBA from University of Colorado in Boulder.
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French kayaker, Nouria Newman
Friday, July 12 at 7:00PM @ BOEDECKER CINEMA
WILD WATERs + THE WATERFALL HUNTERS (short film)
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Boulder based filmmaker Lindsey Hagan will join us to discuss THE WATERFALL HUNTERS
THE WATERFALL HUNTERS
If you don’t know something exists, how do you give it a voice? Waterfall Hunters follows three Costa Ricans -Javier, Jimmy and Miguel- as they seek to find, document, and inspire others to preserve invaluable ecosystems and habitats in the Costa Rican jungle. A beautiful journey into rarely-seen territory, teeming with life but under imminent threat of destruction. The stakes couldn’t be higher, as the men abseil, climb and hike into the heart of the jungle.
Directed by Lindsey Hagen
Runtime: 24 mins
WILD WATER
Adventurer, competitor, daughter, friend, pioneer, hero, and badass human are all words used to describe French kayaker, Nouria Newman. In Wild Waters, we follow Nouria as she prepares to become the first female to run a 100ft (30m) waterfall; we watch her grow from a young, keen Olympic hopeful to one of the greatest kayakers of all time – male or female.
However, running some of the world’s hardest whitewater isn’t Nouria’s biggest life challenge. Realizing that the expectations placed upon her as both an athlete and as a woman weigh heavily on her decisions and ambitions, she pushes back to make her own path.
It is this central aspect of her life— this refusal to conform to others’ expectations— where Nouria is able to use kayaking as a way to transform into her truest self, and become a once-in-a-generation kayaker.
Directed by David Arnaud
Runtime: 86 mins
Filmmaker Lindsey Hagen will Join us For discussion
Lindsey Hagen, Boulder based Oscar-qualified Director and Executive Producer, specializes in cause-related storytelling. With a diverse background encompassing sales, marketing, journalism, brand strategy, and documentary filmmaking, she excels at crafting impactful narratives. Her films, featured at renowned festivals like Tribeca and DocNYC, have garnered awards and recognition, including Oscar qualification for "After Skid Row" (2023), a James Beard Commercial Media Award nomination for "California Natural," and Vimeo's Best of the Year in the branded film category for "High Road."
A concerned mother joins grassroots activists to protect her son’s school from oil and gas drilling but the oil and gas industry fights back.
Friday, July 12 at 7:30PM @ Gordon Gamm Theater
FRACKING THE SYSTEM with Boulder based filmmaker Brian Hedden
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director Brian Hedden will join us afterwards for a discussion
Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice activism in Colorado. When a fracking mega-site gets moved from a White neighborhood to a BIPOC neighborhood, a concerned mother fights to try and stop it. She embarks on a journey that exposes the harms of fracking, the lengths to which the government is complicit with industrial pollution, and the nefarious tactics the oil and gas industry uses to undermine democratic elections.
Directed by Brian Hedden
Runtime: 92 mins
Brian Hedden | Director
Brian Hedden has been an activist and filmmaker since the age of 11 when he made his first environmental public service announcement video. He went on to train as a filmmaker, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. In 2010, he started a San Diego-based production company, making videos about sustainable businesses and non-profit organizations. After becoming immersed in local activism, Brian took a hiatus from filmmaking to study mediation, farming, teaching, and more. After calibrating his inner compass, he returned to filmmaking in 2016 to express what he had learned, and was soon engaged in the subject that became his first feature documentary, Fracking the System: Colorado’s Oil and Gas Wars. Now, as a result of his learnings from the film, Brian is pioneering a social media app for constructive political engagement: Stump. You can learn more about Stump at the website, https://Stump.vote
Australian Wind Farm
Saturday, July 13 at 1:00PM @ Boedecker cinema
PLANET WIND
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DISCUSSION ON COLORADO Wind and renewable energy with Walker Willis
Andy Evans, Australian renewable energy pioneer, as he follows the story of Offshore Wind across the globe, exploring our relationship to this immense planetary force.
Filmed in thirteen countries and featuring over twenty offshore wind experts, "Planet Wind" delves into humanity's relationship with the wind throughout history and cultures. This global journey reveals the real story behind the development of offshore wind as an energy source, how this ever-present planetary force is being harnessed, and its transformative potential for our future. Beyond just power, it offers the world and it's nations a path to energy independence, revitalises regions hit hard by industrial decline, and presents a crucial solution to reduce harmful emissions. Offshore Wind Energy is not presented as mastery over nature, but as a step towards a deeper connection with it. "Planet Wind" offers a visionary perspective on a sustainable and regenerative world.
Directed by Dominic Allen
Runtime: 90 mins
Walker Willis will join us for a discussion afterwards
With a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and focus on power systems, I have spent the past 8 years working exclusively in renewable energy. I have worked across the three major pillars of wind, solar, and battery energy storage. While working on the construction of renewable energy projects, I helped build over 1.5GW of wind generation in Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri along with the design and build of numerous High Voltage interconnections for both wind and solar. Transitioning from the construction side of the equation to the development owner of renewables I was a lead engineer on the Edwards Sanborn project in California that has over 800MW of PV and 3GWh of Battery Energy Storage. Additionally leading engineering for the implementation of multiple stand alone BESS, BESS+PV, BESS+Wind projects. In the past few years, I started Saga Energy with 3 other co-founders focused on developing a renewable Rocky Mountain Region, www.sagaenergy.com.
Alex Honnold descending Greenland glacier with Hazel Findlay
Saturday, July 13 at 4:00PM @ Boedecker cinema
ARCTIC ASCENT
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This special event will include a screening of a feature-length festival cut of the new National Geographic series Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold. In Arctic Ascent, Alex Honnold (“Free Solo”) embarks on an epic quest of unclimbed walls in one of the most remote corners of Greenland, a country on the frontline of the climate crisis.
Honnold has always dreamed of exploring Greenland and its unclimbed peaks. Now he and world-class climbers Hazel Findlay and Mikey Schaefer attempt to summit Ingmikortilaq, an unclimbed seacliff that rises out of the frozen wilderness and is nearly 1,000 feet higher than Free Solo’s El Capitan. They are accompanied by glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre, Greenlandic guide Adam Kjeldsen, and renowned adventurer Aldo Kane. For Honnold, a long-time climate activist, this expedition is about more than just climbing, it is an opportunity to witness firsthand the impact of climate change on a wilderness that is vitally important to the future of the planet.
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Runtime: 90 mins
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SOUNDS OF THE OCEAN short film
Saturday, July 13 at 4:30PM @ Gordon Gamm Theater
SHORT FILM Competition Program
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Finalists of short films curated from over 100 submissions to the festival in 2024 - An eclectic mix of environmental Advocacy, Wildlife conservation, and artistic expressions of nature and what it all means to us.
2024 Selections:
The Purple Bear
Director Jon Portman
Amid a treacherous ascent where the elements conspire against her, ice climber Molly Kawahata confronts her inner turmoil to forge a new path towards the summit.
5:05 mins
COLOURS
Director Dominique Mertens
I’ve been drawing fauna and flora for many years. The colours of my palette change with the seasons. But today begins my journey to discovering complementary colours with my camera as my brush.
5:00 mins
The Untranslatable Forest
Director Ivan Miguel
A journey through a surreal airport where nature and untranslatable words unexpectedly reveal on the way.
2:30 mins
Aldo's Bug Extravaganza
Day's Edge Productions
In "Aldo's Bug Extravaganza," join 5-year-old Aldo and his dad on a backyard safari filled with tiny wonders and big laughs. Armed with a camera and boundless curiosity, Aldo embarks on a bug-hunting escapade, narrating his discoveries with adorable wit and charm. As the week unfolds, Aldo's wide-eyed explorations not only capture the audience's imagination, but also subtly echo the timeless wisdom of Aldo Leopold, making for a delightful and endearing ode to the joy of nature's smallest marvels.
6:00 mins
LIQUID HIGHWAY
Director Kyle LaMontagne
From tranquil nature doc to industrial fever dream this documentary takes you on a wild ride from the most pure waters in all of America to the least.
7:43 mins
PERSEVERANCE
Director Dominique Mertens
A kingfisher is trying to get the biggest fish for her female. But things are not so easy. Many attempt will be necessary. Will he succeed?
4:13 mins
Wingspan
Director Matthew Fabiano
Wingspan follows Joshua Asel, a wildlife and conservation photographer and iLCP Fellow, as he hikes to the peak of Pinnacles National Park in search of one of the world's most critically endangered birds: the California Condor.
10:17 mins
Dream Big for What you Want to Happen
Director Peter Vordenberg
To better succeed in our efforts to combat climate change we need to talk less and listen more. That's what Bill Barron set out to do. 750 miles by bike to have conversations about climate change across rural Utah.
14:57 mins
A Good Neighbor
Directors Maggie Hart
A Good Neighbor is a short documentary about a Latina single mother’s fight against racism and climate change as she campaigns for city council in one of the nation’s most polluted zip codes.
19:00 mins
SOUNDS OF THE OCEAN
Directors Elise Lein and Joshua Sam Miller
Sounds of the Ocean is an award-wining immersive experience to guide you on a mindful underwater odyssey. The experience connects us with the underwater world, through sound, music, visual art, dance, and poetry.
10:00 mins
Program Runtime: 85 minutes
Coastal Redwoods
Saturday, July 13 at 7:00PM @ BOEDECKER CINEMA
GIANTS RISING
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Discussion to Follow with Dan Burke, Director of Open Space and Mountain Parks
Journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests, GIANTS RISING reveals the secrets and the saga of the coast redwoods–the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. It’s an epic tale that explores the wonders of these silent giants and our dramatic, ever-evolving relationship with them. Living links to the past, redwoods also hold powers that may play a role in our future, including their ability to withstand fire and capture carbon, to offer clues about longevity, and even to enhance our own well-being. How do they do it –and how will redwoods keep working their magic as they’re pushed to their limits? Through the voices of biologists, artists, Native peoples and others racing to understand and safeguard these trees, GIANTS RISING reveals the scientific wonders of redwoods, our deep cultural ties to them, and efforts to help these iconic forests overcome the legacy of logging that nearly wiped them out. It’s a story that offers lessons about resilience and connection, and the promise of solutions that will help us ALL rise up from the past and face the challenges that lay ahead.
Directed by Lisa Landers
Runtime: 85 Mins
Dan Burke will join us for a discussion on trees
Dan brings over 29 years of land and water conservation experience and leadership into his role as Director of Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP). Before being named director in spring 2018, Dan served as OSMP's Deputy Director and before this was Supervisor of OSMP’s Real Estate Services. While at OSMP Dan has led and coordinated efforts to acquire high priority properties for the City's open space system, identified and implemented important operational improvements, and helped to complete OSMP's recently approved Master Plan.
Before joining the City, Dan served 20 years as Executive Director of the Door County Land Trust (DCLT), one of Wisconsin’s largest and most successful land conservation organizations. Under his leadership, DCLT received Wisconsin Land Trust of the Year honors and Dan himself was recognized as Wisconsin’s Conservationist of the Year in 2015. During his 20-year tenure as Executive Director, DCLT grew from a fledgling non-profit with under $100,000 in net assets to a nationally recognized $29 million land conservation organization. Before leading DCLT, Dan served in various capacities for the Alliance for the Great Lakes working to conserve and restore waters in the Lake Michigan watershed.
Dan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.
Producer, Director & Write
LISA LANDERS
For more than two decades, Lisa has been developing and creating award-winning programs for television and museums. Her work has been featured on the Smithsonian Channel, PBS/KQED, National Geographic Television, Discovery, at the American Museum of Natural History and Mexico City’s Papalote Museo del Niño, among other venues. She's traveled the world covering diverse subjects ranging from Nile crocodiles to aerial dancing, and crafting multimedia experiences that engage diverse audiences.
She's most passionate about telling stories that spark connections with the natural world -- and with each other. Lisa lives, works and finds inspiration among the coast redwoods of northern California and the Andean oaks of Bogotá, Colombia.
A Buffalo Story
Saturday, July 13 at 7:30PM @ Gordon Gamm Theater
A BUFFALO STORY
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Discussion afterwards with director Colin Ruggiero
A Buffalo Story tells of the return of bison to the North American landscapes they once defined and outlines some of the important ecological and cultural impacts of that restoration. The primary story arc follows the efforts of Tribal Buffalo Manager, Jason Baldes to restore bison to the Wind River Reservation. His efforts to help people believe in buffalo again require him to confront his own trauma. His personal growth and healing throughout the process are the lens through which we examine the challenges facing the restoration of bison as a wild animal as well as the potential for healing that reconnection with buffalo and culture can provide. In so doing, the film examines the forces and mindsets that undermined that ancient relationship in the first place as well as some ways that the benefits of that relationship can be reimagined in a modern context. Jason’s personal story raises a lot of questions about the value of culture and tradition and how to move forward in positive change. His work and story also provide valuable insights for all Americans to think about the future they want and the ways in which Indigenous values and wisdom might contain important lessons for everyone and provide blueprints for healthier and more sustainable lifestyles for human beings.
“Buffalo heal the land ecologically and can heal people emotionally, spiritually, and culturally.” —Jason Baldes
Directed by: Colin Ruggiero
Length: 120 mins
Filmmaker Colin Ruggiero will join us for a discussion
Colin Ruggiero makes films about people, science, and wild places. He has extensive camera experience both in and out of the water. He especially loves stories about our place in the natural world. Colin has a wide variety of award-winning work shooting, directing, and producing films of all shapes and sizes for clients that have included National Geographic, Discovery, the BBC, PBS, ESPN, The Nature Conservancy, and The National Wildlife Federation among many others. You can learn more about Colin and his work on his website: www.colinruggiero.com
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Sunday, July 14 at 1:00PM @ Boedecker Cinema
SONGS OF EARTH
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Followed by a discussion with director Margreth Olin via Zoom
Songs of Earth is a majestic symphony for the big screen. The film is an audio-visual composition of the earth’s primordial forces with our camera taking you from inside nature’s smallest components to outside the wild panoramas. The filmmaker’s father (85) is our guide. Bringing us through Norway’s most scenic valley, he grew up in and where generations have been living alongside nature to survive. The sounds of the earth harmonize together to make music in this breathtaking journey.
“Unique cinematic experience” – TIFF
“The cinematic nature experience of the year. A magnificent existential journey.” – CPH:DOX
Directed by Margreth Olin (Norway)
Runtime: 90 mins
Margreth Olin will join us via Zoom
Margreth Olin Mykløen is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. She is educated at the University of Bergen and Volda University College. She is best known for her documentaries, in which she highlights the weak in society. She has received many national and international awards for her work.
Hummingbirds, nature’s smallest birds
Sunday, July 14 at 1:30PM @ Gordon gamm theater
EVERY LITTLE THING
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Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.
“The way Aitken and her ace team have made a handful of these birds, each a few inches long and weighing a couple of grams, into compelling screen characters is, well, no small thing.” — Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
“Every Little Thing isn’t a movie you watch for story — it’s a movie you watch for understanding.” — Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence
Directed by Sally Aitken
Runtime: 93 mins
SALLY AITKEN
Director & Writer
Sally Aitken is an Emmy nominated director and writer, and a Showrunner of multiple international series. Known for visually arresting work characterized by sensitivity and humor she relishes unknown stories and the world's complexities Her formidable directing slate includes some of the most talked about and highest rating screen content for broadcasters around the globe, delivering both theatrical feature documentaries and hours of original programming toAmazon Studios, Disney+, BBC, ABC, PBS, Nat Geo, SBS, C4, Channel7, CBC, Foxtel, Discovery, the History Channel, ZDF, Arte, and TVNZ.
EVERY LITTLE THING is her second film to play in competition at Sundance Film Festival after delighting audiences with the 2021 Sundance Film Festival hit, Playing with Sharks (Disney+), the remarkable life of maverick conservationist Valerie Taylor and her love affair with the ocean’s most terrifying predator. Described as “extraordinary” “visually stunning, enthralling” and “a moving portrait of grace and compassion” it was named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the 15 best films of the year.
Closing Night Film at Dairy Arts Center, Award Presentation, and Reception at Fjällräven flagship store on Pearl Street
Jeff Orlowski Yang, our 2024 EARTH ANGEL HONOREE
Prior to Closing Night festivities, the festival will honor Jeff Orlowski-Yang with the festival’s EARTH ANGEL statuette for his work in environmental advocacy and education. Jeff Orlowski-Yang is the Founder and Creative Director of Exposure Labs, a film and impact production studio that uses stories to change the world. Orlowski-Yang directed the Sundance-premiering, Emmy-winning documentaries The Social Dilemma (2020), Chasing Coral (2017) and Chasing Ice (2012), which were seen by hundreds of millions worldwide and screened everywhere from classrooms and local communities to Capitol Hill and the United Nations. Orlowski-Yang has traveled on tour representing the Sundance Institute, President Obama's Committee for the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment of the Arts, among many other speaking and press engagements. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
CHASING TIME TEAM
Sunday, July 14 at 4:00PM @ Gordon gamm theater
CHASING TIME
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The team behind Chasing Ice reunites for one final mission to close out the Extreme Ice Survey project: an unprecedented 15-year photographic record of the melting glaciers.
If a single photo can inspire change, how influential are a million images? Over the course of the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project, photographer James Balog and his team brought some of the world’s first and most compelling visual evidence of climate change to the global stage as he depicted the rapid melting of glaciers around the world. Thoughtfully helmed by acclaimed director Jeff Orlowski-Yang (Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral, The Social Dilemma) and first-time filmmaker Sarah Keo, Chasing Time is a meditative exploration of time and mortality, following James and his crew as they bring the decades-long project to a close, cataloging more than one million images in the process. The short documentary reunites James and the Emmy-award-winning team behind Chasing Ice to capture the end of the epic undertaking and spotlight the power of an intergenerational effort to seed hope and inspire action toward a sustainable future. A beautiful tribute to the power of images and the importance of mentorship, the team examines the legacy their efforts have made on the world.
“You need to see this on a screen as big as possible. I don’t say that lightly, I say that because the images here will knock your socks off.” —Steve Kopian, Unseen Films
Directed by Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Sarah Keo
Runtime: 40 mins
Sarah keo, co-director,, will join jeff Orlowski-yang for q&a
Sarah Keo is a Cambodian-American filmmaker from Seattle, Washington. After receiving a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Washington, Sarah pursued her childhood dream of telling stories and changing the world, believing that film was the perfect medium to do both. Her first venture into filmmaking was as the Production Coordinator on Jeff Orlowski-Yang's Emmy-winning documentary, The Social Dilemma. Since then, Jeff and Sarah have co-directed a short documentary film together called Chasing Time, which is Sarah's directorial debut. Sarah currently resides in Denver, Colorado and is a 2024 Cine Fe Fellow.
Closing NIGHT Award Ceremony, FILM & Reception
Sunday, July 14
Film at 4:00PM at Dairy Arts Center CHASING TIME
Reception from 6:00PM to 7:30PM
Reception at Fjällräven Store, on Pearl Street
Libations & Appetizers, DJ Music
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