June 2024 – SCIENCE & NATURE Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: A FIGHING CHANCE
Best Feature Film: SCANDINAVIA – INTO THE LIGHT
Best Spritual Movie: THE RHYTHMS NEVER END
Best Direction: DORMOUSE DETECTIVES

See info for each film:

THE RHYTHMS NEVER END, 5min., USA
Directed by Leonard L. Eckhaus
“The Earth is Created. It is day number one.” A spiritual, self-reflective, series of short poems about creation – about all the gifts mankind has been given: the rhythms of night and day, of life, the seasons, the oceans and more. All with the promise of peace and love, which man sometimes abuses, but for which he is always forgiven.

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SCANDINAVIA – INTO THE LIGHT, 50min., Germany
Directed by Mi-Yong Brehm, Verena Feige
Winter in Scandinavia is characterised by the polar night: months in which the sun is barely visible. The documentary shows how people, animals and plants adapt to these extreme conditions, because a lack of light affects all organisms. It is a journey through the north of Scandinavia, starting in absolute darkness on 21st of December and ending with the arrival of the midnight sun in early summer.

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DORMOUSE DETECTIVES, 52min., Germany
Directed by Rosie Koch, Roland Gockel
Garden dormice are supposed to be at home all over Europe. But recently they have started to go missing. A disappearance so mysterious, that researchers and conservationists have hurried to form a special task force of unprecedented size and scope. Their investigation focuses on possible causes for the massive decline in the cute rodent’s numbers. Time is of the essence. Only if the Dormouse Detectives manage to solve this puzzling case, they may still be able to save the species.

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A FIGHING CHANCE, 12min,. USA
Directed by Rob McAllister
The Klamath Basin on the California-Oregon border has historically been home to a vast array of interconnected wetlands. These wetlands have long provided vital benefits for nature and people, ranging from water storage and filtration, flood protection, carbon storage, and important refuge for a diverse array of birds and other wildlife species. Over time, however, these wetlands have almost entirely been lost through damming and draining. There is hope – a critical collaboration between landowners, scientists and government agencies are fighting to save the Klamath through new partnerships. Through the eyes of the Dowitcher, we uncover the work that is being done in these critical habitats.

https://www.pointblue.org/our-work/working-landscapes/klamath-wetlands-conservation/

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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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