ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Indian Point Directed and written by Ivy Meeropol. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary. Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has generated controversy for the surrounding community. In the brewing fight for clean energy and the catastrophic possibilities of complacency, director Ivy Meeropol weaves a startling portrait of our uncertain nuclear future. The Survivalist Directed and written by Stephen Fingleton. (Northern Ireland, UK) – World Premiere, Narrative. Self-preservation takes on a new level of meaning in this organic post-apocalyptic drama, where the only way to get food is to farm it. A man is threatened when two starving women stumble across his cabin and demand to stay. Each new mouth to feed strains the limits of what the farm can produce and diminishes their chance for survival. Uncertain Co-directed and co-written by Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. An aquatic weed threatens the lake of the small American border town of Uncertain, Texas, and consequently the livelihoods of those who live there. As some of the men in town attempt to figure out their future, they confront a past that haunts them. Short Films The Gnomist Directed and written by Sharon Liese. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary. A true story about the mysterious appearance of fairy homes in a suburban forest. What Lies Beneath the Sky Directed and written by Vladimir de Fontenay. (France, USA) - World Premiere, Narrative. A meditation on urban alienation and personal disconnection in the eye of a hurricane. Wrapped Directed and written by Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, and Florian Wittmann. (Germany) - New York Premiere, Narrative. The deterioration of one cycle is the foundation for another, an exploration of time and change.
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Indian Point Directed and written by Ivy Meeropol. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary. Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has generated controversy for the surrounding community. In the brewing fight for clean energy and the catastrophic possibilities of complacency, director Ivy Meeropol weaves a startling portrait of our uncertain nuclear future. The Survivalist Directed and written by Stephen Fingleton. (Northern Ireland, UK) – World Premiere, Narrative. Self-preservation takes on a new level of meaning in this organic post-apocalyptic drama, where the only way to get food is to farm it. A man is threatened when two starving women stumble across his cabin and demand to stay. Each new mouth to feed strains the limits of what the farm can produce and diminishes their chance for survival. Uncertain Co-directed and co-written by Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. An aquatic weed threatens the lake of the small American border town of Uncertain, Texas, and consequently the livelihoods of those who live there. As some of the men in town attempt to figure out their future, they confront a past that haunts them. Short Films The Gnomist Directed and written by Sharon Liese. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary. A true story about the mysterious appearance of fairy homes in a suburban forest. What Lies Beneath the Sky Directed and written by Vladimir de Fontenay. (France, USA) - World Premiere, Narrative. A meditation on urban alienation and personal disconnection in the eye of a hurricane. Wrapped Directed and written by Roman Kaelin, Falko Paeper, and Florian Wittmann. (Germany) - New York Premiere, Narrative. The deterioration of one cycle is the foundation for another, an exploration of time and change.
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