December 2021 New York Feedback Festival – Highlights and Videos

Film Award Winners: Best Film: COLD STUN Best Cinematography: THE LIVING SEA Best Sound & Music: NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: COLD STUN, 5min., USA, Documentary Directed by Marvi Lacar, Benjamin Lowy On February 14, 2021, a winter storm hit Texas. Met with freezing temperatures combined with a disabled power grid, a… Continue reading December 2021 New York Feedback Festival – Highlights and Videos

Short Film: THE LIVING SEA, 15min., Hong Kong, Documentary

Logline: 12-year-old scuba diver Ema sets on a quest to find out why corals around the globe are dying but somehow in Hong Kong they are more resilient. Synopsis: We are the only planet with oceans, and they are indispensable for our survival. However, many people are unaware of the importance of ocean creatures and… Continue reading Short Film: THE LIVING SEA, 15min., Hong Kong, Documentary

Director BIO: Mike Morash (NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION)

Mike Morash is a director and editor based out of Victoria, British Columbia. Mike started making impact driven films when studying Political Science at the University of Victoria. After finishing his degree, he founded One Island Media, a production company focused on supporting research institutions, non-profit organizations, and indigenous communities. “New-Chah-Nulth: Reclaiming Tradition” is part… Continue reading Director BIO: Mike Morash (NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION)

Short Film: NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION, 17min., Canada, Documentary

The Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations of Vancouver Island, BC are decolonizing indigenous education. They are integrating language, tradition, and land-based skills into their school curriculum to save their culture from the brink of extinction and offer a different future for the next generations.  Synopsis:There are few elders left who speak Nuu-chah-nulth, the traditional language of the… Continue reading Short Film: NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION, 17min., Canada, Documentary

Short Film: COLD STUN, 5min., USA, Documentary

On February 14, 2021, a winter storm hit Texas. Met with freezing temperatures combined with a disabled power grid, a small organization fought to save the lives of thousands of cold stunned sea turtles that would have otherwise frozen to death and drowned. With the help of a community of volunteers, Sea Turtle, Inc. sheltered… Continue reading Short Film: COLD STUN, 5min., USA, Documentary

Director BIO:  William Freund (WILDLIFE IN OUR BACKYARD)

Max Freund, the founder/owner of M. Freund Photography is a graduate of Syracuse University where earned a dual degree in Photography at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Entrepreneurship at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. He was also a staff photographer for the independently student-run school newspaper, The Daily Orange,… Continue reading Director BIO:  William Freund (WILDLIFE IN OUR BACKYARD)