Author: documentaryfestival

Showcase of the best DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: SAVE OUR SKY Best Cinematography: THE HUNT FOR THE ASIAN GIANT HORNET Best Direction: CONNECTED OFF THE GRID Best Sound & Music: CLIMATE EMERGENCY – FEEDBACK LOOPS Theme of night: Life NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – AUGUST 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

A showcase of the amazing DOCUMENTARY Feature Film…. THE WISDOM OF TRAUMA, 88 minutes, USA Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us… Continue reading Feature Film Trailer: THE WISDOM OF TRAUMA, 88 minutes, USA

Directed by Shota Fujii A professional pianist was diagnosed as an early on set dementia when she was in her 50’s and forgotten how to play the piano. She was depressed since then. Her husband wanted her to get back her meaning of life and they started practicing piano together. After 3 years practice and… Continue reading Short Film Trailer: MUSIC AND DEMENTIA, 13min., Japan, Documentary

Home One Step At A Time captures the story of brothers Kyle and Tom as they portaged canoes, over 200km and 20 days, in the Himalayan Mountains to raise money for KOSHISH Nepal. 100% of the money raised has gone directly to support KOSHISH Nepal in building a Women’s mental health Transit Centre in Kathmandu,… Continue reading Feature Film Trailer: ONE STEP AT A TIME, 50min,. Canada,, Documentary/Sports

https://www.climbdoc.org/ Directed by Neil Myers The story of a Santa Barbara triathlete that was nearly killed in a horrific training accident, survived, healed, rehabilitated, trained, and ultimately made it back to competition, winning the 2019 Santa Barbara Triathlon.

https://www.pollinatorsunderpressure.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pollinatorsunderpressure.org Tweets by PollinatorsP “Power for Pollinators” explores how large land managers have a unique opportunity to turn tens of millions of acres into healthy pollinator habitat. In particular, power companies with right-of-way corridors and buffer zones are uniquely positioned to create large pollinator highways. These untapped areas have the potential to become one… Continue reading Short Film Trailer: POWER FOR POLLINATORS, 19min., USA, Documentary

Rachel Bujalski is a documentary photographer and filmmaker specializing in long-form storytelling with a focus in highlighting the commonalities of humanity across age, gender, race, nationality, and socio-economic status. When Rachel discovered she could live on a sailboat in Marina Del Rey in 2014, she jumped at the opportunity. What had started as a temporary… Continue reading Director Biography – Rachel Bujalski (CONNECTED OFF THE GRID)

The last two generations have been striving to build bigger, better, stronger, faster but at a dangerous cost to the environment and society. At the end of the day, the dream is not always the cookie cutter house, the nine to five workday, the fancy car, and the repetition of the daily routine. A hidden… Continue reading Short Film: CONNECTED OFF THE GRID, 20min., USA, Documentary

Susan Gray is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films give voice to the major issues of our times addressing timely themes from racial, and environmental justice to politics and economics. Her films have appeared in festivals worldwide as well as on a range of television channels including PBS, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel,… Continue reading Director Biography – Susan Gray (CLIMATE EMERGENCY – FEEDBACK LOOPS)

Subtitled in 20 languages and narrated by Richard Gere, Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops is a series of five short films, featuring twelve leading climate scientists, that explores how human-caused emissions are triggering nature’s own warming loops. We submit the five shorts to your festival (total 57:34) for screening of any or all of the films.… Continue reading Short Film: CLIMATE EMERGENCY – FEEDBACK LOOPS, 13min., USA, Documentary