Green Festival of San Francisco 2024

Environmental Shorts Program + Q&As

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Chasing Time
If a single photo can inspire change, how influential are a million images? Over the course of the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project, photographer James Balog and his team brought some of the world’s first and most compelling visual evidence of climate change to the global stage as he depicted the rapid melting of glaciers around the world. Thoughtfully helmed by acclaimed director Jeff Orlowski-Yang (Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral, The Social Dilemma) and first-time filmmaker Sarah Keo, Chasing Time is a meditative exploration of time and mortality, following James and his crew as they bring the decades-long project to a close, cataloging more than one million images in the process. The short documentary reunites James and the Emmy-winning team behind Chasing Ice to capture the end of the epic undertaking and spotlight the power of an intergenerational effort to seed hope and inspire action toward a sustainable future.
Isle Wild
An animal rehabilitator on Roosevelt Island fights to save one of the last remaining wild areas in New York City.
Trash Pie
In the heart of San Francisco, Shuggie’s is more than just a restaurant—it’s a movement.
I Break Dams for Coho
Spawn, a Marin County environmental group, has worked since 1997 to restore the local watershed, educate and engage the community and remove a dam all to help the critically endangered local salmon.
Magicicada
A short film about the magical lives of periodical cicadas and their importance to the environment.
Eyes on the Forest
Deep in the Congo Basin, the world's second largest rainforest, lies a refuge for some of our planet’s most enigmatic and endangered creatures, including bonobos, giant pangolins and the African forest elephant. But who watches over these vanishing species?
Eyes on the Forest Q&A
I Break Dams for Coho Q&A
Isle Wild Q&A
Magicicada Q&A
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Deep in the Congo Basin, the world's second largest rainforest, lies a refuge for some of our planet’s most enigmatic and endangered creatures, including bonobos, giant pangolins and the African forest elephant. But who watches over these vanishing species?


Follow the biodiversity team of the Mai Ndombe REDD+ Project as they embark on a challenging expedition into the depths of the forest, with the mission to recover and replace camera traps. These small, unobtrusive devices have revolutionized conservation efforts by capturing otherwise impossible to collect footage of these elusive animals, enabling eco-guards to monitor poaching activities while also providing researchers with invaluable data. These “eyes on the forest” offer a rare window into the lives of endangered species and have become an indispensable tool in efforts to protect the biodiversity of the region.

  • Runtime
    4 minutes
  • Country
    Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • Director
    Leo Plunkett