Shorts Programs

The saying “there is no Planet B” reminds us of the singular nature of our planet. These documentary short films illuminate our responsibility towards Earth’s preservation and restoration. 

The Art of Sharing

Directed by Ric Serena 
USA, 20 min.
Georgia premiere

Michelin star chef and multidisciplinary artist Minh H Phan explores the dual crises of food waste and hunger from a refugee’s perspective, creating an art installation and culinary experience that reveals her findings. The Art of Sharing showcases those most impacted: the people whose lives depend on the supply bridge connecting food waste and abundance to food deserts and insecurity.

Producers: Nkemdilim Nwosu, Jen Serena, Ric Serena 
Cast: Minh H Phan 

Buckskin

Directed by Mars Verrone 
USA, 17 min.
Georgia premiere

Carroll B. Williams Jr. was the first African American to receive a doctorate in forestry and entomology, the first African American scientist to be hired by the U.S. Forest Service, and among the first African Americans to be a part of the environmental science and forestry faculties at both Yale and University of California, Berkeley.

Producer: Mars Verrone
Editor: Mars Verrone 
Cinematographer: Stella Rae Binion 

Listen

Directed by Taliesin Black-Brown 
USA, 15 min.
Southeast premiere

As his mother slips away into Dementia, an Alaskan sound recordist listens for what remains. 

Producer: Sam Davis
Cast: Hank Lentfer, Mary Lentfer 

Plant Life

Directed by Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg 
UK, 24 min.
Southeast premiere

Biologist Joanne Chory is undertaking the final mission of her lauded career: supercharging crop plants to sequester carbon deep into Earth's soil, with the goal of cutting the pace of climate change in half. But she’s racing the two ticking clocks of ecological collapse and her own advancing Parkinson’s disease.

Producers: Chad Cohen, Jared Lipworth, Tate Lancaster
Cast: Joanne Chory, Wolfgang Busch, Todd Michael 

Lost Snows of the Alps

Directed by Kevin McCarey
USA, 32 min.
Southeast premiere

Lost Snows of the Alps traces snow as an ecological lifeline woven through the Alps’ past, present, and uncertain future. For centuries, snow and glaciers shaped alpine life, fueling myth, exploration, and the rise of mountain culture and winter tourism. Today, that same snow is vanishing at an unprecedented rate, as temperatures in the Alps climb faster than the global average.

Producer: Fran McCarey
Cinematograper: Nina Miller
Narrator: Caroline Sorunke