Featuring the Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability winner Wings of Dust plus finalists: A Symphony of Tiny Lights and Broken Flight.
The Eric Moe Award was established for the 2014 Festival by Julia and Richard Moe in memory of their son Eric. The award honors his strong interest in film and his commitment to sustainability, recognizing a short film for its solutions to balancing the needs of humans and nature.
Total program time: 80 minutes
Honorable Mention: Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability
In 1971 John Francis, known the world over as ‘Planetwalker,’ witnessed an oil tanker collision in the San Francisco Bay. The sight of oiled birds on the shoreline caused him to give up motorized transport and rely solely on his own two feet. Months after that he took a vow of silence convinced that listening rather than adding fuel to any fire was the way ahead.
He didn’t talk, but he kept on walking clear across the country and back again. During the next seventeen silent years, he listened and studied the world around him. Over many miles, his idea of environmentalism changed. At the core of his emerging belief were the people he met, talked to, and broke bread with.
Visit John's non-profit at https://planetwalk.org/
- Year2024
- Runtime31 minutes
- CountryUSA
- PremiereD.C. Premiere
- DirectorDominic Gill, Nadia Gill
Featuring the Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability winner Wings of Dust plus finalists: A Symphony of Tiny Lights and Broken Flight.
The Eric Moe Award was established for the 2014 Festival by Julia and Richard Moe in memory of their son Eric. The award honors his strong interest in film and his commitment to sustainability, recognizing a short film for its solutions to balancing the needs of humans and nature.
Total program time: 80 minutes
Honorable Mention: Eric Moe Award for Best Short on Sustainability
In 1971 John Francis, known the world over as ‘Planetwalker,’ witnessed an oil tanker collision in the San Francisco Bay. The sight of oiled birds on the shoreline caused him to give up motorized transport and rely solely on his own two feet. Months after that he took a vow of silence convinced that listening rather than adding fuel to any fire was the way ahead.
He didn’t talk, but he kept on walking clear across the country and back again. During the next seventeen silent years, he listened and studied the world around him. Over many miles, his idea of environmentalism changed. At the core of his emerging belief were the people he met, talked to, and broke bread with.
Visit John's non-profit at https://planetwalk.org/
- Year2024
- Runtime31 minutes
- CountryUSA
- PremiereD.C. Premiere
- DirectorDominic Gill, Nadia Gill