CEFF 2022 All-Virtual Festival

Top 10 Films, Under 10 Minutes Collection

Expired March 11, 2022 6:59 AM
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10 films in package
Crisis
The state of water in the world is critical, but the relationship between a shower man and a reading fish that are in story is more critical.
Animals Habitat
Various wild animals are tragically losing their habitat caused by massive environmental destruction. This stop motion animation shall intensify the awareness of species and their habitat and the urgency to preserve it.
Eyes
A short look into a community of people that join together at night in the meatpacking district of downtown Los Angeles. Often displayed as radical and violently preachy, Eyes captures the true nature of activists and animal lovers.
The Dukha
In the remote taiga of northern Mongolia live the Dukha, one of the last groups of nomadic reindeer herders in the world. Tuvshuu is five years old. He and his sisters help with their family's herd at the summer camp. Their way of life and knowledge of reindeer has been passed down for millennia, just as the shamanic myths surrounding their culture. With less than 40 Dukha families left in the world, Tuvshuu will have some big decisions ahead.
A Food Story: The Regenerative Rancher
The future of the land, the animals, and the soil is a vital conversation that we need to keep having in the most thorough way possible. So the team at MarketPlace, headed out to Green Pastures Farm to immerse themselves in the world of Greg and Jan Judy, regenerative ranchers.
Cracked
A little girl tries her best to help nature in a drought stricken village. A story of an 8-year-old girl that shows us individually what we can do about the climate crisis.
If You Give a Beach a Bottle
Inspired by a picture book, Max Romey heads to a remote beach on Alaska's coastline in search of marine debris. What he finds is a different story altogether.
I Am Ocean - PT Hirschfield
This short film showcases the inspirational story of PT Hirschfield, who's successful 11-year battle with endometrial cancer has been fuelled by her passion for scuba diving, a deep connection with the underwater world, and a mission to save the heavily persecuted wildlife at her local dive sites.
Wildlife in Our Backyard
It is often said that we must tolerate wildlife, but what happens if we learn to thrive with them instead? What can this mean for the wildlife? What can it mean for the people of Florida? And what can it mean for the endangered Florida panther? Wildlife in Our Backyard shows us some of the problems facing the wildlife as well as the hope of a brighter future as we learn to share the landscape with them.
Cicada Time
A new father returns to his native Princeton with his infant daughter to experience the Brood X cicadas of his youth. In the process, he discovers a novel way to measure the passage of time.
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Films Included:

  • Crisis
  • Animals Habitat
  • Eyes
  • The Dukha
  • A Food Story: The Regenerative Rancher
  • Cracked
  • If You Give a Beach a Bottle
  • I Am Ocean - PT Hirschfield
  • Wildlife in Our Backyard
  • Cicada Time
  • Virtual Recorded Q&A Session

A new father returns to his native Princeton, New Jersey with his one-year-old daughter to experience the Brood X periodical cicadas who were also legion the year he turned one. He discovers that the appearance of these insects every 17 years presents a curious way to mark life-cycle milestones and measure the passage of time. Writer Ross Kenneth Urken, the father, teams up with filmmaker Eli Obus, his childhood friend, to chronicle this journey and capture the ephemeral beauty of these charismatic and cacophonous bugs, the ones immortalized by Bob Dylan and now implanted in the hearts of the next generation.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Colorado
  • Director
    Eli Matthew Obus
  • Screenwriter
    Ross Kenneth Urken
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