ENVIRONMENTAL SHORTS

Some of the best environmental shorts from around the world. These shorts are eligible for the Deep Blue Environmental Shorts Award presented by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office.

 

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CAIÇARA

A short that addresses the problem of predatory fishing versus artisanal fishing through the ancestral knowled...
11 min | Oskar Metsavaht, Victoria Visco Mendonça | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | Brazilian Portuguese | English
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SPEAR, SPATULA, SUBMARINE: FLORIDIANS FIGHT TO TAKE BACK THEIR WATERS

With an avaricious appetite, no native predators, and rapid reproduction rates, the invasive lionfish is one o...
13 min | Shannon Morrall | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | English, Closed Captions
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A REFLECTION OF LIFE: VOICES OF OUR YOUTH

Native youth voices addressing the importance of recognizing that water is life. Filmed by Laronn Katcia, a Na...
4 min | Laronn Katchia | | HAWAI‘I PREMIERE | English
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OUR CHILDREN’S RIVER

The Kofan indigenous community in the Ecuadorian rainforest has been bearing the brunt of the effects of colon...
15 min | Dominic Gill
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BURNING OF THE GODS

With his island at risk from industrial tourism and environmental degradation, a boy travels back in time to r...
7 min | Karin Williams | | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE | English | English
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IVAN

As a hurricane threatens to destroy her home, a young mother struggles to keep her family safe. Set in Grand C...
9 min | Jazz Pitcairn | | WORLD PREMIERE | English
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PRESERVING OUR PLACE

Two indigenous photographers from coastal villages four thousand miles apart, one from Alaska the other from L...
13 min | Jeremey Lavoi | | WORLD PREMIERE | English
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GEN Z MENTAL HEALTH: CLIMATE STORIES

A short documentary that explores the mental health impacts of the climate crisis on young adults worldwide, a...
9 min | Tehya Jennett | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | Closed Captions
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WILD CONNECTION

Nick Kleer, a South African and wildlife enthusiast, left his corporate job in the city to find new meaning. S...
15 min | Jack Zakrajsek | | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | English
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RISING NATIONS

Tuvalu, a tiny island nation stands at the epicenter of the climate crisis. Unless the international community...
7 min | Michael Kirby Smith | | WORLD PREMIERE | English
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ENVIRONMENTAL SHORTS

Some of the best environmental shorts from around the world. These shorts are eligible for the Deep Blue Envir...
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