Wild and Scenic Film Festival

Schedule of Events

8:00 AM - High School Program (PRIVATE EVENT) at Various

5:00 PM - Welcome Ceremony at LFA

Start the fest with a warm welcome, including beverages and delicious small bites. Opening remarks from SYRCL staff, Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribal Council member and spokesperson Shelly Covert, and more

7:00 PM - Feathers in Focus at Nevada Theatre

As they say in Portlandia, this session puts a bird on it. Enjoy wild stories of feathered friends.

The Bird in My Backyard
The Joy of Parrots
Flight Of The Swans

7:30 PM - The Cigarette Surfboard at Center for the Arts - Cal Solar Main Stage

Impassioned surfer Taylor Lane builds a functional surfboard with 10,000 cigarette butts collected from California beaches. The Cigarette Surfboard becomes a platform to learn from professional surfers who are working to protect the ocean, and the symbol of a grassroots campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal.

7:30 PM - Standing Above the Clouds at Oddfellows Nevada City

When the massive Thirty Meter Telescope is proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, an uprising of kiaʻi (protectors) in Hawaiʻi and around the world dedicate their lives to protecting the sacred mountain from destruction. Through the lens of mothers and daughters in three Native Hawaiian families, Standing Above the Clouds explores intergenerational healing and the impacts of safeguarding cultural traditions.

The session will begin with the short film Cham, which beautifully depicts Indian monks on their winter pilgrimage to the Thiksey Monastery to participate in a ceremonial dance that honors their sacred traditions.

Cham
Standing Above the Clouds

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