Documentary Feature
Air Land & Sea
105 min
In an investigation into agricultural solutions to climate change, Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell offer a comprehensive profile of an uplifting food sustainability movement. COMMON GROUND follows white, Black, and Indigenous farmers using alternative regenerative agriculture that demonstrates potential to balance the climate,…
Directed By Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
240 min
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman returns with his latest deep dive into the fabric of modern culture, introducing us to the entire community behind a three-Michelin star restaurant in central France. The film centers on the day-to-night operations of the legendary restaurant Troisgros, founded 93 years ago and currently…
Directed By Frederick Wiseman
Documentary Feature
Compassion Justice & Animal Rights
72 min
US Premiere
Unable to come to terms with the cruelty of animal agriculture, former Texas cattle rancher Renee King-Sonnen goes vegan, transforming her husband's beef operation into an animal sanctuary. When their story goes viral, she realizes her true calling: helping farmers transition to a more sustainable and financially-viable,…
Directed By Jason Goldman
Documentary Feature
Air Land & Sea
85 min
World Premiere
In 2001, 85,000 baby teeth were discovered in Missouri, collected 50 years earlier in a study on the radioactive consequences of nuclear testing conducted on US soil. Carried by the wind, radioactive material produced by more than 100 nuclear explosions contaminated pastures, vegetables and water across the continent.…
Directed By Hideaki Ito
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
90 min
US Premiere
Using her native Norway’s dizzyingly beautiful mountain landscapes as a monumental backdrop, director Margreth Olin embarks on a yearlong existential journey, reconnecting with her aging parents as they reflect on both their long and happy marriage and their place in the natural world. As she exquisitely documents her…
Directed By Margreth Olin
Documentary Short
Short Films
16 min
US Premiere
Researcher Karen Lips observes frogs while living in a tiny shack in Costa Rica. When she returns to the cloud forest after a short time, the frogs are gone. Karen sets out to find them—and encounters a horrible…
Directed By Volker Schlecht
Documentary Feature
Air Land & Sea
115 min
East Coast Premiere
The entangled lives of people and the trees they love take center stage in this contemporary tale of our connection to the natural world and to one another. Lyrical and meditative, TREES AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS traces an array of deeply human stories, among them a young boy kidnapped and hidden amongst trees; an artist refining…
Directed By Irene Taylor
Documentary Short
Short Films
15 min
East Coast Premiere
A natural history fantasy film following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by Marianne…
Directed By Karni Arieli, Saul Freed
Documentary Feature
Compassion Justice & Animal Rights
75 min
North American Premiere
Inspired by Isabella Tree's captivating best-selling novel, David Allen’s WILDING introduces us to a young couple who bet on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. In daring resistance to entrenched tradition, they bravely take a gamble by ripping down their fences, entrusting the land’s recovery…
Directed By David Allen