After Tim’s work-related stroke leads to troubling health complications, his son Michael returns home to Montana. As they spend the most time together since Michael’s childhood, they reckon with the past that haunts Tim. MEANTIME is a deeply personal exploration of memory, guilt, labor, and the attempt to preserve the fleeting.

Meantime

After Tim’s work-related stroke leads to troubling health complications, his son Michael returns home to Montana. As they spend the most time together since Michael’s childhood, they reckon with the past that haunts Tim. MEANTIME is a deeply personal exploration of memory, guilt, labor, and the attempt to preserve the fleeting.

A Dutch former professional runner-turned-stroopwafel baker in Billings, Montana faces the reality that after 40 years of baking cookies he has to stop. As retirement looms, he questions who he has become, the choices that brought him here, and the choice still ahead.

The Cookie Man

A Dutch former professional runner-turned-stroopwafel baker in Billings, Montana faces the reality that after 40 years of baking cookies he has to stop. As retirement looms, he questions who he has become, the choices that brought him here, and the choice still ahead.

John Hoiland is among the last of a bygone era. He’s lived his entire life in the rugged Western terrain where he chose working his family ranch over marriage and children. At 94 years old, with no heirs, John is facing the loss of his land and his legacy.

For Love of the Land

"John Hoiland is among the last of a bygone era. He’s lived his entire life in the rugged Western terrain where he chose working his family ranch over marriage and children. At 94 years old, with no heirs, John is facing the loss of his land and his legacy. "

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Now entering its 19th year, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. This year the festival takes place both in-person and online.

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