Film Selections 2012

Film Selections 2010

Feature Films

• "...And This Is My Garden" directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer
• A Simple Question: The Story of STRAW directed by David Donnenfield and Kevin White
• Bag It directed by Suzan Beraza
• Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez directed by Robert Cornellier
• Born Sweet directed by Cynthia Wade
• Burning in the Sun directed by Cambria Matlow and Morgan Robinson
• Call of Life directed by Monte Thompson
• Carbon Nation directed by Peter Byck
• Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision directed by Rhett Turner and Jonathan Wickham
• Dirt! The Movie directed by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow
• Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' and the Battle for Our Energy Future directed by Peter Bull
• Dive! directed by Jeremy Seifert
• Greenlit directed by Miranda Bailey
• Houston We Have a Problem directed by Nicole Torre
• Lunch Line directed by Ernie Park and Michael Graziano
• Play Again directed by Tonje Hessen Schei
• Queen of the Sun directed by Taggart Siegel
• Soundtracker directed by Nicholas Sherman
• Sun Come Up directed by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
• The Last Days of Shishmaref directed by Jan Louter
• 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
• Waste Land directed by Lucy Walker; co-directed by João Jardin and Karen Harley
• What's On Your Plate? directed by Catherine Gund

Short Films

• A Dog Goes From Here to There directed by Carl Knickerbocker
• A Mongolian Couch directed by George Clipp and Eva Arnold
• A Tree and a Flower directed by Tomoko Oguchi
• Coffee Awakens a National Economy directed by Rob Holmes
• Cravings directed by Jane Sablow
• CUD directed by Joe York
• Die Rechnung (The Bill) directed by Peter Wedel
• Eclipse directed by Liat Koren
• I Stopped for a Turtle This Morning directed by Champ Williams
• India Explains Solar Power to Rudy directed by Anita George
• Lighter on the Planet directed by Michael Lyons
• Mashed directed by Adam Fisher
• Plastic and Glass directed by Tessa Joosse
• Save the Future directed by Jenny Deller
• Skimming the Surface directed by Landon Lott and Tim Arnold
• Slow Coffee directed by Jason Miller and Ben Myers
• Smart Machine directed by Jane Sablow
• The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger directed by Bill Plympton
• The Hybrid Union directed by Serguei Kouchnerov
• The Machine directed by Paul Blayney
• The Smallest Thing directed by Yong Jin Kim
• Truth or Consequences directed by Sebastian Hernandez
• Wishful Thinking directed by Jane Sablow

Awards

• Audience Favorite Award: Best Feature Film

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

• Audience Favorite Award: Best Short Film

  A Mongolian Couch directed by George Clipp and Eva Arnold

• Best Cinematography

  Soundtracker directed by Nicholas Sherman

• Environmental Shorts Competition Jury Prize

  A Mongolian Couch directed by George Clipp and Eva Arnold

• Environmental Shorts Competition: Best Animated Short Film

  The Hybrid Union directed by Serguei Kouchnerov

• Green Lifestyle Award

  Bag It directed by Suzan Beraza

• Human Spirit Award

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

• Most Inspirational Film

  "...And This Is My Garden" directed by Katharina Stieffenhofer

• Point of View Award

  Houston We Have a Problem directed by Nicole Torre

• Spirit of Activism Award

  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

• Spirit of Innovation Award

  Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' and the Battle for Our Energy Future directed by Peter Bull

Film Selections 2009

Feature Films

• Addicted to Plastic directed by Ian Connacher
• Earth Days directed by Robert Stone
• End of the Line directed by Rupert Murray
• Homegrown directed by Robert McFalls
• Milking the Rhino directed by David E. Simpson
• No Impact Man directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein
• Recipes for Disaster directed by John Webster
• Saving Luna directed by Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit
• So Right So Smart directed by Justin Maine, Guy Noerr, Leanne Robinson Maine, and Michael Swantek
• Tapped directed by Stephanie Soechtig and Jason Lindsey
• The Cove directed by Louie Psihoyos

Short Films

• A Thousand Suns directed by Stephen Marshall
• Arch's Iguanas directed by Steve Gatlin
• ARCHITECT/BUILDER/DEVELOPER directed by Jeffrey Durkin
• Clean?Coal directed by Joan Murray
• Farm! directed by Christine and Owen Masterson
• Green Eco-Machine directed by Kristen Alexander
• Hairytale directed by Lisa Forrest
• Kate and Bradbury directed by Colleen MacIsaac
• Life in Limbo directed by Sakae Ishikawa
• Nom Tèw directed by Pierre Deschamps
• Nora! directed by Joan Murray
• Out Here in the Fields: The Field on Beach Lane directed by Alec Hirschfeld
• Out of the Box directed by Asaf Billet
• Perchance to Dream directed by Lauren Kimball
• Play Hard Live Green directed by Melissa Butler
• Return to the Wild: A Modern Tale of Wolf and Man directed by Martin O'Brien and Robbie Proctor
• Skylight directed by David Bass
• The Invisible Bird Photographer directed by Dávid Attila Molnár
• The Solitary Life of Cranes directed by Eva Weber

Awards

• Audience Favorite Award

  Return to the Wild: A Modern Tale of Wolf and Man directed by Martin O'Brien and Robbie Proctor

• Jury Prize for Best Animated Short

  Kate and Bradbury directed by Colleen MacIsaac

• Jury Prize for Best Cinematography

  The Invisible Bird Photographer directed by Dávid Attila Molnár

• Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators

  ARCHITECT/BUILDER/DEVELOPER directed by Jeffrey Durkin

• Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators

  Green Eco-Machine directed by Kristen Alexander

• Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators

  Hairytale directed by Lisa Forrest

• Jury Prize for Creative Use of Cinema to Highlight Environmental Innovators

  Nora! directed by Joan Murray

• Jury Prize for Expanding the Idea of "Environmental" Film

  The Solitary Life of Cranes directed by Eva Weber

Film Selections 2008

Feature Films

• Carving Up Oconee: A Rural County Fights for its Future directed by Celestea Sharp
• Encounters at the End of the World directed by Werner Herzog
• For the Price of a Cup of Coffee directed by Hypatia Angelique Porter
• Fuel directed by Josh Tickell
• Kilowatt Ours directed by Jeff Barrie
• Saving Luna directed by Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit
• Sharkwater directed by Rob Stewart
• Tableland directed by Craig Noble
• The Garden directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• The Lord God Bird directed by George Butler
• The Story of Stuff directed by Louis Fox
• The Unforeseen directed by Laura Dunn
• Up the Yangtze directed by Yung Chang

Short Films

• Attack of the Sea Slugs directed by Champ Williams
• Bottled Tap Water? directed by Martha Spiess
• Bronx River Restoration directed by Vivian Trakinski
• Charcoal Traffic directed by Nathan Collett
• Common Scents directed by Steve Whitehouse
• Fisheye Fantasea directed by Guy Chaumette
• Forest to Desert directed by Sarah Boothroyd
• Free the River Park directed by Tara Nurin
• Justicia Now! directed by Robbie Proctor and Martin O'Brien
• Ladies of the Land directed by Megan Thompson
• Living on the Edge directed by Erik Subrizi, Heather Danskin, Katie Kassof, and Scott Kutler
• Melting Ice, Rising Seas directed by Vivian Trakinski
• Mundo Caliente directed by Bob Barancik
• Myakka River State Park directed by Darryl Saffer
• North Oconee River Greenway Project directed by Charles, Berdena, Richard, David, Kenneth, and Daniel Aguar
• Papiroflexia directed by Joaquin Baldwin
• Plain Ride Penn directed by Kyia Clayton
• Puffing Away directed by Isaac King
• Ride of the Mergansers directed by Steve Furman
• Rita directed by Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn
• Saving a River: Savannah River Pollution directed by David Tapper
• Six Feet Deeper directed by Dylan Siniscalchi
• The Last Wild Horse: The Return of Takhi to Mongolia directed by Vivian Trakinski
• Trouble in the Tropics: Invasive Lionfish directed by Lyn Gerner
• Warming directed by Colleen MacIsaac
• Water Detectives directed by David Springbett
• Wonder Water Web directed by Roger Blonder

Awards

• C. David Aguar Award for Excellence in Environmental Cinematography

  The Last Wild Horse: The Return of Takhi to Mongolia directed by Vivian Trakinski

• Runner-Up, Audience Award for Best Short Film

  Ladies of the Land directed by Megan Thompson

• Runner-Up, Audience Award for Children's Favorite Short Film

  Papiroflexia directed by Joaquin Baldwin

• Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film

  Justicia Now! directed by Robbie Proctor and Martin O'Brien

• Winner of the Audience Award for Children's Favorite Short Film

  Ride of the Mergansers directed by Steve Furman

• Winner of the Ecothena Jury Prize for Best Short Film

  Justicia Now! directed by Robbie Proctor and Martin O'Brien