Since she was a girl, Lizzi had used the pool as a way to experience the world, it was who she was. After missing the bronze by 1/100th of a second in Rio, she was lost. This soulful story shares how she went from “Lizzi the girl with one hand” to Lizzi, and that’s all she needs to be. <a href="https://www.karlstelter.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Film Website</a>

Swimming with Butterflies

After missing bronze by 1/100th of a second at the 2016 Paralympic Games, Lizzi Smith shares an intimate story of how changing her self-perception didn’t just bring her back to the pool - it’s bringing hope to the next generation.

Brilliant blue streams flow into seemingly never-ending chasms, crystals of ice glisten in the warmth of the sun, and rain falls gently where at one time only snow could touch. Climate change is melting this land from the outside-in. What remains of the archive of the ice when it melts?

Glacine

A lyrical film about an ephemeral beauty of Arctic ice, its very essence holding our future in its grasp.

Hussein Mahmood is an elderly Kurdish carpenter who makes artificial legs for people who have lost a leg due to mine explosions and similar accidents by cutting down dried trees in the Zagros forests. He greens new trees in the forests to keep the forests from dying and can make artificial wooden legs for all those who have lost a limb like himself. <a href=" retawfilm.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Film Website</a>

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Carpenter

An old Kurdish carpenter scavenges wood to hand carve artificial limbs for people who have lost their legs in landmine explosions.

Renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni studies "what grows back” after a disturbance in the rainforest canopy. After surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself to explore the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her own life. <a href="https://www.betweenearthandsky.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Film Website</a>

Between Earth and Sky

After surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, renowned forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni explores "what grows back” following a disturbance.

In the borderlands of El Paso, Texas, Fidel confronts the complex reality of his life as a Border Patrol agent. Finding himself at the edge of two nations, he works to enforce the law while uncovering the human stories behind the headlines--of dreams pursued and lost, hopes carried and shattered. <a href="http://abreakforimpact.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Film Website</a>

Beneath the Same Sky

In El Paso, Texas, a dedicated Border Patrol agent must balance duty with compassion.

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SDFF 2025 Virtual is a selection of short & feature-length, indie docs curated from the live version of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. SDFF aims to engage viewers in the diverse realities & experiences captured by our docs. SDFF is an Oscar® qualifying festival for documentary shorts.

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