A House Without Snakes (USA/BOTSWANA, 29 min) Writer/Director: Daniel Koehler In Botswana, two young Bushmen struggle to build their futures in the wake of their people’s relocation from their ancestral homeland.
Fragile (USA, 10 min) Director: Nilo Batle Using the transformative power of art, Gil Batle carves images of his twenty-year incarceration onto delicate ostrich eggs.
Soul City (USA, 20 min) Directors: Monica Berra, SheRea DelSol, Gini Richards Civil rights activists attempt to build a multiracial utopia in the heart of Klan County – North Carolina in the 1970s. Faced with difficult obstacles, they are forced to balance idealism with the hostile reality of the times.
Well Groomed (USA, 9 min) Director: Rebecca Stern Well Groomed is a psychedelically hued journey into the colorful world of competitive creative dog grooming - diving deep into the passion these specialized groomers bring to their competitions.
The Soul of a Tree (USA, 17 min) Director: Mari Walker World famous woodworker George Nakashima's path crosses twice with a man in Eden, Idaho named Bill Vaughn: once when George was interned during World War II... and decades later, when Bill picked up the book The Soul of a Tree.