The Little Things

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47 min

Filmmakers: Marie-France Roy and Darcy Turenne

Environmentally conscious snowboarders inspire by leading sustainable lifestyles. This mesmerizing film is interlaced with breathtaking shots of riders in pristine, backcountry settings, and features David Suzuki discussing the principle of protecting the things we love by living in balance with our environment. Proceeds from the purchase of the film go to Protect Our Winters and The David Suzuki Foundation.

4:30 pm on Saturday at the Opera House – Block 8

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The Power of One Voice: A 50 Year Perspective on the Life of Rachel Carson

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52 min

Filmmaker: Mark Dixon

Rachel Carson is widely regarded as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Her talent as a writer, combined with her deep knowledge of the natural world, made her a potent advocate for the use of precaution when working with biological systems. In 1962, her best-selling book, Silent Spring, awoke the environmental consciousness of America with poignant words of caution in the face of rapidly advancing scientific progress.  This documentary film pulls insights from a variety of speakers at a 50 year anniversary celebration of Silent Spring.

7:40 pm on Thursday at the NCTC Byrd Auditorium

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Tiger, Tiger

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DC Environmental Film Fest Presents at ACFF

91 min

Filmmaker: George Butler

Spotlighting the tiger as the most charismatic animal on earth, this adventure-conservation film takes the audience to the Sundarbans region on the border of India and Bangladesh. Known as one of the most dangerous places on Earth, this tidal mangrove forest may be largest, wildest remaining tiger population. Tiger Tiger follows Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, as he confronts the dangerous terrain both tiger and man must navigate in their struggle to survive. Asking the essential question of wildlife conservation everywhere — how can man co-exist with nature? — the film seeks to communicate the desperate state of tigers and the vital work being done to save them.

6:15 pm on Sunday at the Opera House – Block 15

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Unbranded

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106 min

Filmmaker: Phillip Baribeau

3,000 miles, 16 wild horses and 4 men are the raw ingredients of an outrageous plot. To demonstrate the value of wild mustangs, these men adopt, train, and ride their horses from the Mexican border to Canada through the wildest terrain of the American West. Unbranded is a soaring tale of danger and resilience, an emotionally charged odyssey that shines a bright light on the complex plight of our country’s wild horses.

7:05 pm on Friday at the Opera House – Block 2

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Vultures of Tibet

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21 min

Filmmakers: Russell O. Bush, Annie Bush

Sky Burial, a private ritual where the bodies of Tibetan dead are offered to wild griffon vultures, becomes a tourist attraction in Chinese-modernized Tibet. This intimate window illuminates an ideological conflict often hidden to the outside world, confronting the potential for oppression in the act of observation.

2:27 pm on Saturday at the Opera House Block 5

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White Earth

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ACFF Student Award Winner

20 min

Filmmaker: Christian J. Jensen

Thousands of desperate souls flock to America’s Northern Plains seeking work in the oil fields. White Earth is the tale of an oil boom seen through unexpected eyes. Three children and an immigrant mother brave a cruel winter and explore themes of innocence, home and the American Dream.

7:07 pm on Saturday at Reynolds Hall – Block 10

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XBoundary

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6 min

Filmmaker: Ryan Peterson

An open-pit mining boom is underway in northern British Columbia, Canada. The massive size and location of the mines, at the headwaters of major salmon rivers that flow across the border into Alaska, has Alaskans concerned over pollution risks that threaten multi-billion dollar fishing and tourism industries.

3:45 pm Sunday at the Opera House – Block 13

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Zapovednik – When Man and Tigers Meet in the East

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US Premiere!

17 min

Filmmaker: Emmanuel Rondeau

Almost extinct in the 1930s, the Siberian Tiger made an extraordinary come back when the Soviet Union closed its borders, dramatically reducing the trade of tiger parts between Russia and China. From the 500 animals present in the Far East at the end of the Perestroika, only 350 descendants survive today, but the truth is, nobody really knows what is happening in the Taiga. Andre and his rangers, however, are determined to investigate.

2:08 pm on Saturday at the Opera House – Block 5

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