The very-popular Bluff Film Festival short film program is returning as part of the 2021 Bluff Arts Festival! Join us for a selection of short films and filmmaker interviews.

For more information about the films and filmmakers, visit the bluffartsfestival.org/2021-film-festival

This screening will also be available in-person at the Bluff Arts Festival, visit bluffartsfestival.org for more information.

FILM LINEUP

UNEARTHED

Directed by Colin Rosemont | 16 min

This film examines the intersections of history, spirituality, colonialism, and contemporary archaeology through the experiences of archaeologists and Native Californians brought together by an excavation.

LIKE A RIVER

Directed by Jim Aiken | 4 min

Water. It’s one of the most critical resources we have. It’s also one of the most beautiful. Celebrate our waterways with a new collaboration, featuring the artwork of artist, athlete and activist, Jeremy Collins. 

TYRRELL TAPAHA

Directed by Nicholas Geib | 6 min

Tyrrell Tapaha is a 6th generation weaver and fiber artist originally from the Four Corners area, having learned the art form from his family's practice of agro-pastoral living in and around the community of Goat Springs, AZ.

KAPAEMAHU

Directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, & Joe Wilson | 8 min

Long ago, four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii. Beloved by the people for their gentle ways and miraculous cures, they imbued four giant boulders with their powers. The stones still stand on what is now Waikiki Beach, but the true story behind them has been hidden—until now. Narrated in an ancient Hawaiian dialect, Kapaemahu brings this powerful legend back to life in vivid animation, seen through the eyes of a curious child.

FARM TO CRAG

Directed by Kate Rutherford | 6 min

See how the Farm To Crag Map celebrates the landscapes we climb in, the food that’s grown in these beautiful and wild places, and the inspiring people who cultivate both for our pleasure and nourishment!

UNFENCED

Directed by Javier Fernandez & Greg Mionske | 10 min

The Red Desert in central Wyoming is the largest unfenced area in the continental United States. Out-of-state pressure from the oil and gas lobby is currently shaping how the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) manages this unique landscape. In order to raise awareness about this threatened ecosystem, several Wyoming conservation groups have banded together to organize a running race that brings runners, local stakeholders, and concerned citizens together to experience this special place and see exactly what is at stake. 

REMEMBRANCE RUN

Directed by Jason Bean | 7 min

Go along on the journey that Ku Stevens and others made from the Stewart Indian School to the Yerington Paiute Reservation during the Remembrance Run.

MYLO

Directed by Chris Burkard | 17 min

Mylo Fowler grew up on the Navajo reservation, raised by its red dirt and wild horses. But a spiritual elder’s prophecy upends his entire vision of the future, and Mylo enters the unknown to discover his rightful place in the world.