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Ten award-winning short films from four continents in two hours. Explore the artistic and human response to climate change.  

Feeling the Apocalypse

Chen Sing Yap, Director

CANADA (7:02) ANIMATION

An experienced psychotherapist wrestling with climate grief explores what it means to live in a world he sees as dying. Comfort and communion---and a few laughs, too---for the anxious soul.

WINNER: BILL McKIBBEN SELECTION FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Mud on their Hands

Jason Whalen, Director

USA (14:06) DOCUMENTARY

On the Mississippi Delta, rebuilding a town torn apart by Hurricane Katrina is half the battle. For this pastor, climate change and protecting the next generation from storm surge become his new calling.

I Was Just a Child

Breech Asher Harani, Director

PHILIPPINES (5:05) NARRATIVE

From a child's point of view and told with shadow puppets, Super Typhoon Bopha devastates towns and families in the Philippines.

The Operator

Matt Riley, Director

UNITED KINGDOM (20:00) DRAMA

Connecting long-distance intergalactic calls is usually boring. This call is different. It's life or death for those on the line. An allegory for the Anthropocene age.

WINNER: BILL McKIBBEN SELECTION FOR BEST FILM

Calamity TV

Ryan Vemmer, Director

USA (1:07) COMEDY

How would you pitch a situation comedy to Hollywood about the coming end of civilization?

The Sprayer

Farnoosh Abedi, Director

IRAN (8:45) ANIMATION

Is this a vision of where corruption and nature exploitation can bring us? Or is it a satire of where they already have? Heroes have a role in either case.

I Want You to Panic!

Moritz Hoffmann, Director

GERMANY (9:20) COMEDY

A bomb lands in a museum without exploding. The ambitious museum director sees an opportunity. The museum guard sees something else. A funny take on greed and climate denial.

Sacrificed

David Sanchez, Director

CANADA (12:43) DOCUMENTARY

Flavie is a daring and opinionated 15-year-old practicing civil disobedience. Her parents want to support her activism but fear the legal fallout.

WINNER: BILL McKIBBEN SELECTION FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Ola Ka Honua

Jilli Rose, Director

AUSTRALIA (22:00) ANIMATION/DOCUMENTARY

Auwahi, a storied forest in Maui, is healed and restored in a generation with help from many who decided to try when trying seemed daunting. A gorgeous animation and moving musical score illustrating what's possible when we come together for the common good.

Baby Dolphins

Kevin Delobelle, Director

FRANCE (3:54) DRAMA

An ardent activist and an unmoved executive come face to face with one another and---for one of them---with oneself.

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