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JOIN US FOR OUR FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION and FILM
THURSDAY, JULY 11 beginning at 5:30PM
at HILTON GARDEN INN on Canyon Blvd. and then over at the DAIRY ARTS CENTER
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JOIN US for our OPENING NIGHT EVENT of the 2024 Boulder Environmental/ Nature/Outdoors Film Festival Thursday, July 11th at the Dairy Arts Center.
Opening Night Event Overview
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Opening Night Reception — start the festival off with music, food, and conversation at the Hilton Garden Hotel on Canyon. Libations & Appetizers, Live Music by ATOMIC JAZZ quartet and to our Opening Film afterwards at Dairy Arts Center, HARD MILES with special guests.
Make sure to get your photo taken on our "green" carpet at the reception.
Live Music by "The Atom Collective", a jazz band making people happy on Colorado’s front range since 2019. Kyle Banker at Piano, Tobin Munsat on Drums, Adisa Nickerson on Trumpet, & Todd Van Selus on Bass. (Often seen at the St. Julian Hotel)
Heavy Appetizers will be served in the Hilton Garden Inn Courtyard with a Cash Bar (each attendee will be provided one (1) free drink ticket to start).
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE
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Atomic Jazz is an eclectic jazz combo that performs instrumental versions of jazz and pop classics.
Featuring
Kyle Banker at Piano, Tobin Munsat on Drums, Adisa Nickerson on Trumpet, & Todd Van Selus on Bass. (Often seen at the St. Julian Hotel)
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7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Film at the Dairy Arts Center.
The party shifts from the Hilton to the Dairy Arts Center (one block away), for the opening night film HARD MILES starting at 7:30 PM.
We suggest you park at the Dairy Arts Center, and walk to the reception and then back for the film at 7:30 pm. One ticket for both events.
To purchase tickets in advance for combined Opening Night Reception and Film click here to BUY YOUR TICKETS.
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OPENING NIGHT FILM - HARD MILES
Hard Miles tells the uplifting true story of the bicycling team at Rite of Passage's RidgeView Academy, a medium-security correctional school in Colorado. The film follows beleaguered coach Greg Townsend (Matthew Modine) as he rounds up an unlikely crew of incarcerated students for a seemingly impossible bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon. As the beginner bicyclists battle heatstroke, speed wobbles, and the greatest enemy of all cyclists -- a chafed crotch -- they must learn to stop fighting and ride together as a peloton. The bicycle serves not just as a means of transportation, but as a test; a way for each of these young men to see what they are truly capable of, physically, mentally, and emotionally. As caring social worker Haddie (Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) attempts to be the voice of reason, coach Greg Townsend pushes the boys to their limit, and cracks begin to form in the peloton. Ultimately, Greg's words will ring hollow unless he can apply his coaching advice to his own life and make amends with his dying father. In the sweltering desert, the boys reach a crossroads and must decide whether to continue down the path of least resistance, or take agency of their futures and pave the way to forgiveness.
"Matthew Modine finally gets the starring role he deserves, the first that’s fully tested him since his Eighties heyday, in this true-life sports drama about the healing power of cycling.”
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GENERAL FESTIVAL INFORMATION
ALL-ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS - Only $150
BEST VALUE IF YOU PLAN TO BE WITH US FOR THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL. BUY YOUR FESTIVAL PASS HERE
Pass-holders receive:
Access to All Events/Parties/Films
NO online fees if purchased at DAC Box Office
Opening Night Event Ticket - Only $75
Tickets to just Film: $20 per film, $15 CHILDREN 14 OR YOUNGER.
Excludes Opening Night Reception (21+ age event)
Festival Passes and Individual Film Tickets available for purchase online or at the Dairy Arts Center box daily (if you'd like to avoid online fees) by June 15th.
FREE PARKING located at the Dairy Arts Center parking lot and surrounding residential streets. Additional low cost parking at the Hilton Garden/Embassy Suite Hotels - 1 block away. Park at the DAC and walk over to the Hilton for the reception.
For more information please contact rich@BoulderENOFF.org or call us at 774-392-2972 for details.
Thank you, Sponsors!
ENOFF is made possible by: Fjallraven (Boulder), Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau, Create Boulder, Alpine Bank (Boulder), Boulder Camera, Hilton Hotels on Canyon, Boulder Weekly, Dairy Arts Center, KGNU Radio, Boulder Magazine, Boulder Colorado Renewable Energy Society, Boulder County Film Commission, Compass Natural, Ocean First Institute, and others.
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TWO SHORT FILMS CELEBRATING THE GREAT SALT LAKE: “THE LAST RESORT” + SHORT FILM “WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT”
WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT
Whales of the High Desert is a short documentary film that explores the story of James Wickham, an Englishman who is said to have introduced whales to the Great Salt Lake in the 1870s.
Directed by Joseph LeBaron
Runtime: 20 mins.
THE LAST RESORT
The Last Resort explores Utah’s Great Salt Lake from a new perspective. The issues plaguing the lake are well documented as of late, however the lake’s mystique and natural beauty are far from understood. Through the lens of adventure and passion, we see what the lake truly means to those who rely on it, and what catastrophes lie ahead should we fail to save it.
Directed by Michael Fleischner
Runtime: 62 mins.
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CLIMATE CRISIS: DROUGHT
DISCUSSION ON COLORADO RIVER WATER RESOURCES WILL FOLLOW
The impacts of climate change are felt in every corner of the world. Extreme drought conditions are increasingly threatening livelihoods, and no corner of the globe seems to be immune from its devastating consequences. In the summers of 2021 and 2022, extreme weather events struck countries all around the world, and China was no exception.
In the summer of 2022, China was on the brink of a water catastrophe as it was hit by its worst heatwave ever recorded since 1961, due to its intensity, duration, geographic extent and number of people affected. The country looked like a barren land. The Yangtze River Basin, which stretches from coastal Shanghai to Sichuan province in China’s southwest and includes Asia’s longest river, was considered the worst-affected area.
Directed by Roxane Schlumberger
Runtime: 52 mins.
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THE WATERFALL HUNTERS
If you don’t know something exists, how do you give it a voice? Waterfall Hunters follows three Costa Ricans -Javier, Jimmy and Miguel- as they seek to find, document, and inspire others to preserve invaluable ecosystems and habitats in the Costa Rican jungle. A beautiful journey into rarely-seen territory, teeming with life but under imminent threat of destruction. The stakes couldn’t be higher, as the men abseil, climb and hike into the heart of the jungle.
Directed by Lindsey Hagen
Runtime: 24 mins
WILD WATER
Adventurer, competitor, daughter, friend, pioneer, hero, and badass human are all words used to describe French kayaker, Nouria Newman. In Wild Waters, we follow Nouria as she prepares to become the first female to run a 100ft (30m) waterfall; we watch her grow from a young, keen Olympic hopeful to one of the greatest kayakers of all time – male or female.
However, running some of the world’s hardest whitewater isn’t Nouria’s biggest life challenge. Realizing that the expectations placed upon her as both an athlete and as a woman weigh heavily on her decisions and ambitions, she pushes back to make her own path.
It is this central aspect of her life— this refusal to conform to others’ expectations— where Nouria is able to use kayaking as a way to transform into her truest self, and become a once-in-a-generation kayaker.
Directed by David Arnaud
Runtime: 86 mins
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FRACKING THE SYSTEM
DIRECTOR BRIAN HEDDEN WILL JOIN US AFTERWARDS FOR A DISCUSSION
When a fracking well got moved from a white neighborhood to a BIPOC neighborhood, a mother joins the fight to try and stop it. She eventually joins the state-wide effort to change the law but the oil and gas industry does everything they can to fight back.
Directed by Brian Hedden
Runtime: 92 mins
Brian Hedden has been an activist and filmmaker since the age of 11 when he made his first environmental public service announcement video. He went on to train as a filmmaker, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. In 2010, he started a San Diego-based production company, making videos about sustainable businesses and non-profit organizations. After becoming immersed in local activism, Brian took a hiatus from filmmaking to study mediation, farming, teaching, and more. After calibrating his inner compass, he returned to filmmaking in 2016 to express what he had learned, and was soon engaged in the subject that became his first feature documentary, Fracking the System: Colorado’s Oil and Gas Wars.
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PLANET WIND
DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS
Join Andy Evans, Australian renewable energy pioneer, as he follows the story of Offshore Wind across the globe, exploring our relationship to this immense planetary force.
Filmed in thirteen countries and featuring over twenty offshore wind experts, "Planet Wind" delves into humanity's relationship with the wind throughout history and cultures. This global journey reveals the real story behind the development of offshore wind as an energy source, how this ever-present planetary force is being harnessed, and its transformative potential for our future. Beyond just power, it offers the world and it's nations a path to energy independence, revitalises regions hit hard by industrial decline, and presents a crucial solution to reduce harmful emissions. Offshore Wind Energy is not presented as mastery over nature, but as a step towards a deeper connection with it. "Planet Wind" offers a visionary perspective on a sustainable and regenerative world.
Directed by Dominic Allen
Runtime: 90 mins
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SHORT FILM COMPETITION PROGRAM
FINALISTS OF SHORT FILMS CURATED FROM OVER 100 SUBMISSIONS TO THE FESTIVAL IN 2024
Short Film Selections on web page.
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ARCTIC ASCENT
DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS
This special event will include a screening of a feature-length festival cut of the new National Geographic series Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold.
In Arctic Ascent, Alex Honnold (SOLO) embarks on an epic quest of unclimbed walls in one of the most remote corners of Greenland, a country on the frontline of the climate crisis.
Honnold has always dreamed of exploring Greenland and its unclimbed peaks. Now he and world-class climbers Hazel Findlay and Mikey Schaefer attempt to summit Ingmikortilaq, an unclimbed seacliff that rises out of the frozen wilderness and is nearly 1,000 feet higher than Free Solo’s El Capitan. For Honnold, a long-time climate activist, this expedition is about more than just climbing, it is an opportunity to witness firsthand the impact of climate change on a wilderness that is vitally important to the future of the planet.
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Runtime: 90 mins
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GIANTS RISING
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW
Journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests, GIANTS RISING reveals the secrets and the saga of the coast redwoods–the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. It’s an epic tale that explores the wonders of these silent giants and our dramatic, ever-evolving relationship with them. Living links to the past, redwoods also hold powers that may play a role in our future, including their ability to withstand fire and capture carbon, to offer clues about longevity, and even to enhance our own well-being. How do they do it –and how will redwoods keep working their magic as they’re pushed to their limits? Through the voices of biologists, artists, Native peoples and others racing to understand and safeguard these trees, GIANTS RISING reveals the scientific wonders of redwoods, our deep cultural ties to them, and efforts to help these iconic forests overcome the legacy of logging that nearly wiped them out. It’s a story that offers lessons about resilience and connection, and the promise of solutions that will help us ALL rise up from the past and face the challenges that lay ahead.
Directed by Lisa Landers
Runtime: 85 Mins
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A BUFFALO STORY
DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS WITH DIRECTOR COLIN RUGGIERO
Over 30 million buffalo once inhabited North America’s Great Plains. Unfortunately, almost all free-ranging bison have disappeared after decades of devastation due to loss of habitat, natural resources, and human impact and conflict. More than 100 years later, momentum is building to restore bison to the American West, and many Tribally-led efforts are at the forefront.
A Buffalo Story follows the work of Jason Baldes, Eastern Shoshone Tribe Member and the Tribal Buffalo Program Senior Manager for the National Wildlife Federation’s Tribal Partnerships, to restore buffalo as wildlife to the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation.
Directed by: Colin Ruggiero
Length: 100 mins
“BUFFALO HEAL THE LAND ECOLOGICALLY AND CAN HEAL PEOPLE EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND CULTURALLY.” —JASON BALDES
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SONGS OF EARTH
FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR MARGRETH OLIN
Songs of Earth is a majestic symphony for the big screen. The film is an audio-visual composition of the earth’s primordial forces with our camera taking you from inside nature’s smallest components to outside the wild panoramas. The filmmaker’s father (85) is our guide. Bringing us through Norway’s most scenic valley, he grew up in and where generations have been living alongside nature to survive. The sounds of the earth harmonize together to make music in this breathtaking journey.
Directed by Margreth Olin (Norway)
Runtime: 90 mins
“UNIQUE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE” – TIFF
“THE CINEMATIC NATURE EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR. A MAGNIFICENT EXISTENTIAL JOURNEY.”
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EVERY LITTLE THING
FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.
Directed by Sally Aitken
Runtime: 93 mins
“THE WAY AITKEN AND HER ACE TEAM HAVE MADE A HANDFUL OF THESE BIRDS, EACH A FEW INCHES LONG AND WEIGHING A COUPLE OF GRAMS, INTO COMPELLING SCREEN CHARACTERS IS, WELL, NO SMALL THING.” — SHERI LINDEN, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“EVERY LITTLE THING ISN’T A MOVIE YOU WATCH FOR STORY — IT’S A MOVIE YOU WATCH FOR UNDERSTANDING.” — LIZ SHANNON MILLER, CONSEQUENCE
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JEFF ORLOWSKI YANG, OUR 2024 EARTH ANGEL HONOREE
Prior to Closing Night festivities, the festival will honor Jeff Orlowski-Yang with the festival’s EARTH ANGEL statuette for his work in environmental advocacy and education. Jeff Orlowski-Yang is the Founder and Creative Director of Exposure Labs, a film and impact production studio that uses stories to change the world. Orlowski-Yang directed the Sundance-premiering, Emmy-winning documentaries The Social Dilemma (2020), Chasing Coral (2017) and Chasing Ice (2012), which were seen by hundreds of millions worldwide and screened everywhere from classrooms and local communities to Capitol Hill and the United Nations. Orlowski-Yang has traveled on tour representing the Sundance Institute, President Obama's Committee for the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment of the Arts, among many other speaking and press engagements. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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JOIN US for our CLOSING NIGHT EVENT of the 2024 Boulder Environmental/ Nature/Outdoors Film Festival on Sunday, July 14th at the Dairy Arts Center.
Closing Night Event Overview
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Closing film, CHASING TIME presented at the DAC's GORDON GAMM Theater.
JEFF ORLOWSKI-YANG AND OTHERS WILL JOIN US AFTERWARDS FOR A Q&A
The team behind Chasing Ice reunites for one final mission to close out the Extreme Ice Survey project: an unprecedented 15-year photographic record of the melting glaciers.
If a single photo can inspire change, how influential are a million images? Over the course of the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project, photographer James Balog and his team brought some of the world’s first and most compelling visual evidence of climate change to the global stage as he depicted the rapid melting of glaciers around the world. Thoughtfully helmed by acclaimed director Jeff Orlowski-Yang (Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral, The Social Dilemma) and first-time filmmaker Sarah Keo, Chasing Time is a meditative exploration of time and mortality, following James and his crew as they bring the decades-long project to a close, cataloging more than one million images in the process. The short documentary reunites James and the Emmy-award-winning team behind Chasing Ice to capture the end of the epic undertaking and spotlight the power of an intergenerational effort to seed hope and inspire action toward a sustainable future. A beautiful tribute to the power of images and the importance of mentorship, the team examines the legacy their efforts have made on the world.
“YOU NEED TO SEE THIS ON A SCREEN AS BIG AS POSSIBLE. I DON’T SAY THAT LIGHTLY, I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE IMAGES HERE WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF.” —STEVE KOPIAN, UNSEEN FILMS
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Reception at Fjallraven Boulder Store, 1048 Pearl Street
Libations, Appetizers, and DJ music
Parking is free on Sundays downtown at the St. Julien Hotel, Boulder Bookstore, and on the streets near the store.
Heavy Appetizers and libations will be served throughout the store. Gift Certificates will be raffle off for products.
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE
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Thank you again, to all of our Sponsors!
ENOFF is made possible by: Fjallraven (Boulder), Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau, Create Boulder, Alpine Bank (Boulder), Boulder Camera, Hilton Hotels on Canyon, Boulder Weekly, Dairy Arts Center, KGNU Radio, Boulder Magazine, Protect Our Winters, Colorado Renewable Energy Society, Boulder County Film Commission, Compass Natural, Ocean First Institute, and others.
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Our Mission
Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film Festival celebrates the natural world around us – the ocean, land, nature, and the air we breathe. The selection of feature and short films will be drawn from around the world to bring to you both a local and global perspective of the challenges and solutions ahead for our environment. The films are just the beginning. Making your festival experience more enlightening, special guests from film, media, politics and science will discuss the films’ issues with our audiences afterwards.
More information needed? Call us at 774-392-2972
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P.O. Box 4393 Boulder, CO 80306-4393
774-392-2972 rich@boulderENOFF.org www.boulderENOFF.org
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