September 10-11, 2016
| Rivers Matinee – September 10 1:00 Doors Open, Films 1:30 – 4 Pageant Theater 351 East 6th Street Chico CA | Evening Program September 11 4:30 Doors Open, 6:00 Films Big Room Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 1075 East 20th Street Chico, CA |
Change of Course
That’s the theme of the 10th Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival coming up at the Pageant Theater and the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room on September 10th and 11th respectively. The Saturday afternoon matinee features rivers, fish, and will demonstrate the power of river restoration to improve our ecosystems. The evening progra at Sierra Nevada’s Big Room will feature 2.5 hours of inspiring environmental films. Sierra Nevada will prepare a delicious Brew Pub appetizer buffet which is included in the ticket prices and a wonderful selection of silent auctions items and free drawings will be offered.
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival is a benefit for the Friends of Butte Creek. Films this year are focused on a Change of Course to our enviromental compass.
Friends of Butte Creek works to raise awareness and to provide protection for the future of the Last Best Run of Spring Run Salmon in California.
We need your support – Please sponsor the Film Festival, become a new member or renew your membership! Sponsor Request
Tickets also available at Pure Skin, 136 W. 3rd. St. Chico
Major and local sponsors
Volunteers, Silent Auction Donor and the many Friends of Butte Creek
Bringing Back the Brooks!: Revival of the South’s Trout
Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk | 2015 | 9 min.
A poetic look at a forgotten native of Appalachia, the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout.
36 Inches James Parker, Matt Diamond, Elan Levy | 7 min.
A recovering apathetic millennial embarks on a journey of discovery to understand the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project, a $7.6 billion natural gas export project through Southern Oregon.
A Dam Problem Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, Wahoo Films | 2015 | 6 min.
Building successful relationships takes time but those relationships are the key to completing a successful dam removal and floodplain restoration project near Sisters, OR, that benefited farmers, fish and the surrounding ecosystem.
Emerald Waters of the Klamath-Siskiyou: Wild Rivers At Risk
Darren Campbell, Michael Dotson, KS Wild | 8 min.
In the heart of Southwest Oregon, the remote and rugged Kalmiopsis region is home to some of this country’s most iconic Wild and Scenic Rivers. A hotspot of biodiversity where salmon and steelhead still thrive, these rivers and the communities that depend on them are threatened by industrial strip mining.
Xboundary Ryan Peterson, Alaskanist Stories
2015 | 6 min.
An open-pit mining boom is underway in northwest British Columbia, Canada. The massive size and location of the mines–at the headwaters of major salmon rivers that flow across the border into Alaska–has Alaskans concerned over pollution risks posed to their multi-billion dollar fishing and tourism industries.
Eternally Wild
California Trout, Keith Brauneis Productions, Craig Ballenger 2015 15 min.
The Smith River is a poster-child for how an entire watershed can be protected. Here there are no dams, no wretched clear-cut blocks, no mitigating hatcheries. Instead, ancient forest, including iconic redwood, cloaks canyon walls. But this pristine watershed is threatened by the Red Flat Nickel Corporation that applied to drill and test 59 locations over 4,000 acres on the pristine North Fork of the Smith River. This would pave the way for one of the largest nickel mines in the West.
Leave It As It Is
Pete McBride, Kevin Fedarko, American Rivers | 3 min.
The Grand Canyon is one of the most iconic landscapes on the planet. But this natural masterpiece of the Colorado River faces a battery of threats. Unless the Department of the Interior acts to stop these threats, one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures will be scarred forever.
Martin’s Boat
Peter McBride | 24 min.
Honoring the legacy of Martin Litton, this film follows the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the Marble Canyon, on its maiden voyage down the legendary Colorado River through the through the grandest canyon on Earth. Martin pioneered whitewater dories on the Colorado River in the 1960’s and started a proud tradition of naming the boats after wild places that had been lost or compromised by the hand of man.
A Line Across The Sky Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr | 40 min.
The Fitz Roy Traverse is one of the most sought after achievements in modern alpinism: a gnarly journey across seven jagged summits and 13,000 vertical feet of climbing. Who knew it could be so much fun? Join Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold on the inspiring — and at time hilarious — quest.
An Education, A Father-Daughter Trip of Discovery Mike Libecki, Mike Schirf, Fitz Cahall | 2014 | 9 min.
National Geographic Explorer Mike Libecki tackles his 58th expedition with his 11 year old daughter, Lilliana, for her first skiing expedition to Antarctica. Neither had any idea of the magic, power and beauty they would encounter that would change their lives forever…
Invisible Ocean: Plankton & Plastic Emily V. Driscoll | 9 min.
Folow artist Mara Haseltine as she create a sculpture to reveal a microscopic threat beneath the surface of the ocean. During a Tara Oceans expedition to study the health of the oceans, Haseltine finds an unsettling presence in samples of plankton she collected. The discovery inspires her to create a sculpture that shows that the microscopic ocean world affects all life on Earth.
Mile for Mile James Q Martin | 2015 | 15 min.
Ultrarunners Krissy Moehl, Jeff Browning and Luke Nelson run 106 miles through the newly opened Patagonia National Park to experience the efforts to re-wild and protect this vast landscape.
Nature Rx Justin Bogardus, Jed Lazar, Joe Victorine, ©Dream Tree Film & Productions | 1 min.
Nature Rx offers a hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors – two timeless prescriptions for whatever ails you.
Paddle for the North Simon Lucas, Scott Sinton, Alex Behse, Alex Reed, Wild Lens Productions | 33 min.
Deep in the Canadian North, six young men embarked on an epic adventure – 1500km, six rivers, three canoes, two months. It was going to be a mighty test of endurance, determination and friendship. But what they didn’t expect was the impact of the stories from one First Nations family. This chance encounter showed the team, that the Peel Watershed debate is not just about protecting the environment, but also a way of life. A boys-own adventure turns into a mission to show the world why some places are worth preserving.
Sagebrush Sisters
Oregon Natural Desert Association, Wahoo Films | 2015 | 7 min.
Join three intrepid women, from ages 65 to 80, as they hike more than 50 miles following a pronghorn migration path across the high desert. The Greater Hart-Sheldon Region on the Oregon-Nevada border is a wildlife stronghold in the sagebrush sea, and these women hope to keep it that way.
The Unknown Sea: A Voyage on the Salish Kevin Campion, Shawnecee Schneider | 32 min.
Captain Campion shares his adventurous journey on the Salish Sea with a crew of teen researchers whom are poised to be the next generation of marine scientists and policy makers. The film is a fresh new look at a place with one foot still firmly rooted in tradition, and the other embracing future economic development. Captain Campion and his crew discuss the environmental threats that affect the health and sustainability of this finely balanced ecosystem.
To Slow Down and Breathe Grant Thompson | 2014 | 3 min.
The beauty of slacklining is that is can be as introspective as it is explorative. When we’re not moving to run away from our selves, going out in to the wild places of this world can be a movement into our own souls.