A showcase of the best DOCUMENTARY films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from the FEEDBACK Festival Screening):
Best Feature Film: GLOBAL WARNING
Best Short Film: ECHOES FROM THE KITCHEN – A Tale of Comida & Culture
Best Micro-Short FilM: NAPALM GIRL
Best Cinematography: PEACE WILDERNESS MAN
Best Sound & Music: THE SEA
Best Human Interest Film: BORN AN IMMIGRANT – THE DRESSMAKER
Best Society Film: A LETTER TO CHINATOWN
Best Direction: CAUGHT
Best Editing: WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER: THE WISDOM OF AGING
Best Story: KERHONKSON
NAPALM GIRL, 6min., Canada
Directed by Isabel Mainella
Mary reflects on her life as a female singer in a male dominated scene.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-napalm-girl
Peace Wilderness Man, 35min., Australia
Directed by Tim Millard
An Australian war veterans journey from trauma to inner peace in Norways remote Arctic Circle.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-peace-wilderness-man
THE 3100, 49min., USA
Directed by Mark Fisher
The 3100™ is a cinematic exploration of Idaho’s 3,100 miles of navigable whitewater, the most found anywhere in the Lower 48. This film showcases the state’s most rugged and revered whitewater river systems while highlighting the power of experiencing wild places at any age. Through the voices of those who know these rivers best, this film reveals the transformative power of Idaho’s whitewater rivers.
https://www.instagram.com/visitidaho/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-3100-short-film
THE SEA, 10min., Canada
Diercted by Son Roberts
This experimental short film is a “Jazz Monologue” presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, incendiary prose and inspirational poetry, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey. And he insists that we embrace the redemptive power of truth, from generation to generation.
https://www.instagram.com/thesonroberts/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-sea
Born an Immigrant – The Dressmaker, 22min., Canada
Directed by Jennifer Lee
As the eldest in her family, Lillian Shum quit school at the age of 12 to pick potatoes to support her mother and siblings after her father died. Despite being born in Victoria, Lillian, along with other Chinese Canadians, had to register with the Department of Immigration and Colonization during the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-born-an-immigrant
A LETTER TO CHINATOWN, 47min., UK
Directed by Alexandra D’Onofrio, Elena Barabantseva
A 21st century coming of age story, we meet Daniel He a decade on from ‘British Born Chinese’ (2015), no longer living in his family takeaway, but preparing to graduate from Oxford University. Within a matter of weeks, life rapidly propels him from train to train, city to city and headlong into adulthood. ‘A Letter To Chinatown’ is a poetic, philosophical and emotional journey across time and place, in search of self and belonging.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-letter-to-chinatown
CAUGHT, 8min., USA
Directed by Kevan Doyle
Caught is a short documentary filmed in Sri Lanka that explores how building economies around recycling can inspire sustainable change in developing communities. Directed by Kevan Doyle, the film was featured in his TEDx talk after the organizer was so moved by its message, she insisted it be shared with the audience. Caught is a hopeful portrait of how local action can spark global impact—turning ocean waste into opportunity.
https://www.kevandoyle.com/caught
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-caught
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER: THE WISDOM OF AGING, 50min., USA
Directed by Don Scioli
Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging is a one hour documentary film about the myths, facts and contradictions in the never-ending battle for both longevity and healthy aging, produced by Zan Media. The filmmakers behind this movie offer no conclusions but suggest each viewer examine the information and decide for themselves whether living longer is a good thing or a bad thing. Is real progress being made in the field of healthy aging? Are folks being taken advantage of in the quest to remain young – and how? Who are the charlatans? Is aging actually a disease or a natural, degenerative process? How much longer would you actually live if the diseases associated with aging are cured? What is the real role of diet and exercise in aging? What is the difference between lifespan and healthspan?
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-who-wants-to-live-forever
ECHOES FROM THE KITCHEN – A Tale of Comida & Cultura, 11min., USA
Directed by Chef Eddie Garza
World renowned Plant Based Chef Eddie Garza takes us on his fantastic culinary journey.
https://instagram.com/Theeddiegarza
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-echoes-from-the-kitchen
KERHONKSON, 14min., USA
Directed by Kate Anne Thorpe
“Kerhonkson” is a short documentary film that paints the picture of a very small town in the Hudson Valley of Upstate New York, as told through the voices of Vishal Patel, Chris Kelder, Claudia Sidoti, Christopher Weathered, Paul Weathered, Mel Tapper, Glenn Pomerantz, Frank Dunn, Monica Byrne, Dan Schoonmaker, and Renee Schoonmaker. Each Kerhonkson natives or current residents, the participants of this documentary describe how the area has changed over the years and how they have been able to put down roots in Kerhonkson through farming, local business ownership and communities of faith.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-kerhonkson
GLOBAL WARNING, 74min., Ireland
Directed by Garry Keane
An extraordinary journey across the planet showing how climate change is affecting our world, what it will really mean for us and what we can do about it.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-global-warming
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 