DOORS OPEN at 1:30pm
Warm up with a slideshow featuring images of birds and nature by talented local photographers.
2pm -5:15pm
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chetco Adventure- a very short (2 min.) adventure piece by top-notch kayaker and Banff-Mountain-Film-Festival-award winner Andy Maser gives us a rare glimpse at the upper Chetco River as it flows deep in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness.
FEATURE: A Wild American Forest-- Learn what makes the Klamath-Siskyou ecoregion --in our own backyard--so extraordinary. This film aired on OPB last year. Narrated by Susan Sarandon
Intermission
FEATURE: Vanishing of the Bees (starting around 3pm) - A gripping narrative documentary about Colony Collapse Disorder--a health threat to bees that risks the loss of much more than honey since we depend on honeybees to pollinate 1/3 of the food on our tables.
5:15-6:30pm
INTERMISSION • DINNER BREAK
Grab a quick bite at a local restaurant, at home, or at the Savoy Concession stand.
6:00 to 6:30pm
Festival Reception
Mingle at the stage, refreshments provided by KAS-member volunteers.
6:30 -9:15 pm
EVENING SESSION
Mini-sneak Preview: Ocean Frontiers—promising approaches ocean stewardship, featuring Port Orford! --coming to the Savoy on Feb. 11
LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE:
Salmon Skin --Go eye to eye with five West-coast salmon species! A short film by Arcata-based underwater videographer Thomas Dunklin, plus additional under-river footage of the robust 2011 Chinook runs on our own Elk and Chetco Rivers. A unique opportunity to enter the world of the salmon.
Wild Oregon--WORLD PREMIERE! Enjoy a stunning tour of Oregon's wild landscapes in this short film by Emmy-award winning, Port-Orford-based cinematographer David Fortney. Fortney's eye for beauty, distinctive perspective, and filming techniques set his work apart and give viewers a sense of awe and wonder.
Intermission
FEATURE: Ghost Bird--(starting around 7:45pm) A smart and humorous documentary that considers the “rediscovery” of the Ivory-billed woodpecker and how it changed a small, rural Arkansas town. The Wall Street Journal has called it "witty and metaphysical" and the New York Times says it’s "a multi-layered story that will fascinate practically everybody." --WINNER OF THE CINE 2010 GOLD EAGLE AWARD, SOUTHERN SOUL OF INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD, INDIE MEMPHIS AWARD, and many others...