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Selections from 2007 MOUNTAINFILM in Telluride

Saturday, March 22, 2008

12 noon

Ride of the Mergansers (USA, 2006, 11 min) Baird Auditorium Capturing the plunge of hooded merganser ducklings from a nest high in a lakeside tree on 24 hours after hatching, the filmmakers give new appreciation to the phrase “leap of faith.”
Award for Most Entertaining Nature Film

12:15 pm

Papa Tortuga (USA, 2006, 20 min) Baird Auditorium In the small town of Tecoluta, Mexico, Fernando Manzano has battled relentlessly against weather, predators and poachers – with no outside support – to return the leatherback sea turtle from the edge of extinction.

12:45 pm

Coast to Coast (South Africa/Switzerland, 2006, 52 min) Baird Auditorium South African and Swiss filmmakers search for beauty in the skies each time they take off in their ultra-light aircraft and spread joy on the ground whenever they touch down.
Award for Best Adventure Film

1:45 pm

Invisible Children Presents: Emmy–the Story of an Orphan (USA, 2006, 18 min) Baird Auditorium Ditching school to go fishing, Emmy is Uganda’s Huckleberry Finn. This is the story of a family – Emmy has four siblings – made up of those who survived the reign of terror that took over in northern Uganda.

2:15 pm

Titans of the Coral Sea (New Zealand, 2006, 18 min) Baird Auditorium A classic story of an ancient society – the Titan people of Papua New Guinea – adapting to and surviving in the modern world.

2:45 pm

Voyage to 109 Meters (France, 2006, 7 min) Baird Auditorium Guillaume Nery dove to a depth of 109 meters with a single breath to become the new constant-weight free-diving world-record holder in September 2006. And in the cold depths of dark water, the diver, Guillaume Nery, explores the human soul.

3:00 pm

Longfin (New Zealand, 2006, 24 min) Baird Auditorium A film about the little-know, endemic New Zealand eel as it moves through a changing land and faces dangers its ancestors would never have seen.

3:30 pm

Gimme Green (USA, 2006, 28 min) Baird Auditorium This film takes a humorous look at America’s obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life.

4:00 pm

Building the Future - Energy (UK, 2007, 54 min) Baird Auditorium Explore the stories of several forward-thinking individuals who aren’t just worried about the planet but are doing something to help save it by creatively adapting technologies that move us beyond oil consumption.
Manfretto® Environmental Award MOUNTAINFILM 2007.

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