""Wild and Scenic" was already the best environmental festival out there and it just keeps getting better! A terrific selection of films, put together by the friendliest crew of staff and volunteers you could ever find, and ample chance to chat with fellow film-makers and activists makes me want to keep coming back year after year!"
John de Graaf, filmmaker
Featured Films
Flathead Wild
Trip Jennings, Andrew Maser
Join the adventure; experience one of the cleanest river’s water, the camera trapping, the wildlife and the breathtaking views. The photographers have 13 days to make iconic images that can be used as tools for conservation and could possibly help to tip the scales in favor of protecting this pristine wilderness. Will they do it? www.flathead.ca
A Simple Question: The Story of S.T.R.A.W.
Wild & Scenic Spirit Activism Award 2010
Kevin White, David Donnenfield
In 1992, a fourth grade class-project began what is now a remarkable program restoring over 20 miles of habitat, galvanizing the local community, and leading to significant educational innovations. www.asimplequestion.org, www.bay.org
Watershed Revolution
Rich Reid, Paul Jenkin
What is a Watershed? The answer is explored through interviews with concerned citizens working to protect and preserve the Ventura River watershed. www.surfrider.org, www.watershedrevolution.com
A Year in the Desert: Anza Borrego
Chris Pyle, Nicholas Clapp
Each season in the Anza Borrego Desert has its special creatures: tiny hummingbirds, darting lizards, slithering snakes, head-butting bighorns. Their land is seared by ground temperatures of 180 degrees, swept by a flash flood, even blanketed by a snowstorm. Yet they not only survive, but thrive. www.theabf.org
What is That?
Constantin Pilavios
Father and son are sitting on a bench. Suddenly a sparrow lands across them and their story comes full circle.
Carpa Diem
2008 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival selection
Sergio Cannella
A short film that examines the problem of wasting water, as seen through the eyes of two children and an aquarium fish.
Garbage Angels
Pierre Trudeau
What happens when trash meets trash? Could there be life in a dump? Best Canadian Short, Planet in Focus.
Get Up, Stand Up
David Gonzales
Surfing in Wyoming? These guys make it look easy. Wyoming Short Film Contest Winner. www.thesnaz.com
Lady Bug Swarm
Michael Ramsey
Enjoy one of the wonders of nature ... and rediscover the beauty of nature through the eyes of a child. www.onespokenimage.com
For more information on the 6th Annual Gila River Festival or to receive a Festival brochure, contact the Gila Conservation Coalition at 575.538.8078 OR info@gilaconservation.org
Gila Conservation Coalition
305A N Cooper Street
Silver City, NM 88061
575.538.8078 voice/fax
info@gilaconservation.org
Organized in 1984 to protect the free flow of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and the wilderness characteristics of the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness areas, the Gila Conservation Coalition (GCC) is a partnership of local environmental and conservation groups and concerned individuals that promote conservation of the Upper Gila River Basin and surrounding lands.
