16th Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Nov. 19, 2022
ARC Pavilion
2040 Park Avenue
Chico, CA 95928
We had a great turnout at the ARC Pavillion again this year with a whole new lineup of exciting and fun films. There are Currents of Hope in the future that will bring great promise to the lives and habitats of the Spring Run Chinook Salmon and Steelhead on Butte Creek. Thank you for all your support through the years and please join our email list.
Films Featured on November 19th
An Alaskan Fight. Running becomes a metaphor for the conservation effort to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay
National Parks “One-Star Reviews”. They say National Parks are America’s greatest idea. Some of the most beautiful and sacred places in all the world. Well, for some people, there’s still room for improvement!”
Oshkigin: Spirit of Fire. Shows the ways that traditional fire uses can reconnect us with the land and preserve the natural world.
Life in the Slow Lane. One snail’s epic adventure as he tries to cross a dangerous garden in search of dinner.
Shaba. After losing her mother to poachers, an unruly elephant named Shaba is rescued to the mountains of Northern Kenya to be rehabilitated back to the wild. The women keepers of Reteti Sanctuary have a maternal solution to soften Shaba’s heart.
Finding Salmon. Follow 11-year old Keyona into a wondrous world of trees, water, and friendly fish . . . “
Ghost Ponds. A grassroots movement seeks to reverse biodiversity loss by recovering a lost feature of the landscape . . . ghost ponds.”
Ocean to Idaho. Follows the disappearing salmon migration 850 miles from Oregon’s coast to Idaho’s wilderness.”
Wonder of the Bobolink. Fist-sized birds fly from nest in New York to Argentina . . . and back”
Sea Creatures Strike Back. In this news broadcast parody, sea creatures “strike back” by subjecting humans to the same problems that we cause in the marine environment.
Maneuvers. An experimental animation combining skiing with stop motion animation
The Tree Carvers. A Polynesian woodcarver and his son, in Mendocino, use an energy called “Mana” to bring out the spirits within a tree stump.
The Land of Griffons. A conservation story of the last native Italian colony of griffon vultures, in a land where shepherds and griffon vultures have to cohabit for mutual need.
The Magical Forest & The Things. A critical and child-led observation of human consumption habits and the social reinforcements that influence it.