2024 Official Selections

Schedule of Events

June 7th
10:30am Doors open for pictures and welcome
10:45am Guardians
11:10am Ride to Endure: A Journey for ALS to Set The Baja Divide FKT
11:45am Whales of the High Desert
12:10pm The Keeper
1:55pm The Stranger’s Case
3:40pm Talkback with filmmaker Brandt Andersen
4:00pm Reinventing Recycling
4:45pm 7000 Miles
6:10pm Down River Jordan
7:10pm Talkback with filmmaker Carly Harmon
7:30pm Ellavut Cimirtuq [our world is changing]
8:00pm Talkback with filmmakers Jacqueline Cleveland and Sonia Luokkala
8:30pm End of day

Documentary Feature

Down River Jordan
Directed by: Addie Navarro

Five friends navigate the river from its source in the mountains of the Golan to its endpoint in the Dead Sea. As the group travels south on the water, weaving between Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, they meet the people most affected by the river’s demise, and those fighting fiercely to protect it.

Available to stream.

Documentary Short

Ellavut Cimirtuq [our world is changing]
Directed by: Mischa Hedges, Jacqueline Cleveland, and Sonia Luokkala

(Yupik Pronounciation: Chla-vut jee-mik-tuk) As the village of Quinhagak works to save save its cultural artifacts from washing into the Bering Sea, a local filmmaker explores her community's relationship with its language and ways of life in Southwest Alaska.

Available to stream.

Whales of the High Desert
Directed by: Joseph Adam LeBaron

Whales of the High Desert explores the story of James Wickham; an Englishman who was reported to have brought whales to Great Salt Lake in the 1870's. The truth of this local Utah legend no longer matters as the debate around its veracity has uncovered a greater truth—the Great Salt Lake is dying—and if we want to keep legends alive, we have to keep the very real Lake alive that can support the legends.

Available to stream.

Reinventing Recycling
Directed by: Jay Windland

With the US recycling system teetering on the point of collapse, and a global plastic pollution crisis on the horizon, a group of determined scientists and engineers engage in a race to rescue recycling.

Available to stream.

Guardians
Directed by: Julián Stubbs Generali

Three remarkable enviomentalists from ordinary origins give every waking moment to the same goal. They care for life, in a dangerous world.

Ride to Endure:
A Journey for ALS to Set The Baja Divide FKT
Directed by: Reece Robinson

Driven by a mission to honor his Uncle Bruce's battle against ALS and contribute to the cause, ultra-endurance cyclist Miron Golfman attempts to establish a new self-supported Fastest Known Time (FKT) across the formidable 1600-mile Baja Divide bikepacking route in Mexico. Miron's journey transcends physical endurance, delving into the emotional strength required to confront life's profound challenges.

Available to stream.

Feature Film

7000 Miles
Directed by: Amy Glazer

A passionate pilot is challenged by her grandmother to live her life on her own terms but finds herself at a crossroads when that could mean revealing her grandmother's long-buried secrets.

Available to stream.

The Keeper
Directed by: Angus Benfield and Kendall Bryant Jr.

The true story of a special group of military veteran hikers who help "The Keeper" an Army veteran battling depression, PTSD, and suicidal tendencies, as he attempts to hike the Appalachian Trail while carrying 363 military name tapes on a mission to prevent Veteran suicide.

Available to stream.

The Strangers' Case
Directed by: Brandt Andersen

In Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare wrote a speech in which More makes a passionate defense for refugees, pleading for empathy from his fellow countrymen and culminating in a poignant description of the plight of refugees - “The Strangers’ Case” - which persists today.