November 2023 – SCIENCE & NATURE Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: TOOTH REGENERATION
Best Direction: SILENT SKIES – THE FIRST ELECTRIC PLANE FLYOVER
Best Cinematography: TOKU WAIATA / MY SONG

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

THE INVISIBLE FOREST, 27min., Brazil
Directed by Andy Costa
In a time of advanced deforestation in the Amazon, we delve into the stories of struggle and resilience of individuals who view the forest as an inseparable part of their lives. These are people who shield the forest, confront the harassment of invaders, and safeguard the transmission of their knowledge and culture in the pursuit of caring for the planet’s largest tropical rainforest. This documentary uncovers their journey and dedication to preserving the Amazon’s vital legacy.

http://www.dotfilms.com.br/
https://facebook.com/dotfilms
https://instagram.com/dotfilms

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


PLASTIC GOURMET, 3min., Germany
Directd by Pester Kuhtz
A mysterious seaman cooks plastic-polluted fish meals in a gloomy ship’s kitchen in the middle of a storm on the ocean.

https://www.jupeter.com/plastic-gourmet
https://www.instagram.com/peterkuhtz/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


REQUIEM FOR A RIVER, 58min., USA
Directed by Mary Patierno
Requiem for a River explores the New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande — an iconic but endangered American waterway — in a time of climate change and calls for environmental justice. Through lyrical imagery and in-depth interviews with a diverse range of residents — Native, Latino, Indo-Hispanic and Anglo — this visually poetic documentary reveals the once-mighty river’s role as a lifeline in the desert and asks whether the keys to a more sustainable, equitable future lie in New Mexico’s ancient past.
https://www.requiemforariver.com/?embed=true#?secret=CWvhO8Roi4#?secret=ML02kUaNhs

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


EXTINGUISH THE BURNERS AND LIGHT UP LIFE, 30min., Netherlands
Directed by Angel Hernandez
Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian population affected by oil activities. Together with the activist Donald Moncayo and the Union of People Affected by Texaco, the discourse in defense of the environment extends and structures a series of events and testimonies with a clear purpose: to make visible the struggle and injustice that has been going on in that region of Ecuador for more than fifty years, for the humble attempt to cross borders and raise awareness among the public of all ages of the fragility, duality and privilege promoted by the dominant energy system in the world.

http://www.odinedoc.com/https://www.instagram.com/_angel_hernandezzz_

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


CUSPID, 16min., USA
Directed by Rose Beth Johnson-Brown
In a near future Los Angeles enduring environmental collapse, a tight-knit family comes to terms with a difficult loss, all seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl.

https://www.instagram.com/cuspid_film/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


TOKU WAIATA / MY SONG, 13min., New Zealand
Directed by Millie Gillard
Millie Gillard
Star is a bird of many names. K?rearea, k?iaia, the New Zealand falcon.
Aotearoa was once a nation of manu. Winged creatures reigned: bats, bugs and birds. Whilst flightless creatures crawled the land, the skies were ruled by aerial predators, some of these birds almost mythical in size.

https://instagram.com/milliegillard_wild

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


TOOTH REGENERATION, 6min., Canada
Directed by Ken Yu, David Klitovchenko
Ken Yu, David Klitovchenko
Tooth decay is a problem that affects roughly over a third of the population. Although treatments like fillings and root canals can take care of this issue, sometimes the problem is so severe that teeth need to be extracted and replaced by implants. However, this is a complex and costly procedure that cannot always be performed in certain patients. In this video, we describe the alternative possibility of adult tooth regeneration by exploring how sharks naturally regenerate thousands of teeth over their lifetime.

https://www.instagram.com/ken_unot

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


SILENT SKIES – THE FIRST ELECTRIC PLANE FLYOVER, 17min., USA
Directed by Matthew Troy, Casey Hogue
Silent Skies follows the groundbreaking journey of three Pennsylvania college students who orchestrated and piloted the first ever fully electric airplane stadium flyover. Stunning fans with a whisper-quiet show, this event signaled the dawn of America’s transition to electric aviation. The students completed a record breaking trip flying the airplane from its base in Hartford, CT to the stadium in Easton, PA, recharging at enroute airports directly from a fleet of electric F-150 trucks.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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