The Films

• Year 2022
• Country USA
• Runtime 6 min
• Director Henry Schenkel

Filmmaker in Attendance, Michigan Premiere, First Time Filmmaker

Department of Natural Resources officer, Jay Wesley, and two avid outdoorsmen dive into the importance of salmon preservation in one of the top fisheries in the country because of the effect salmon has on the freshwater ecosystem of Michigan.

• Year 2024
• Country USA
• Runtime 19 min
• Director Lea Rodbarry & Jonathan Mullen

Family Friendly

In the rivers that flow through our neighborhoods lives an unseen but important creature: the freshwater mussel. These mussels perform key ecosystem services, including a remarkable capacity to filter and clean water. Once almost extinct and now struggling to make a comeback in DuPage County’s urban waterways, freshwater mussels need help.

• Year 2024
• Country USA
• Runtime 4 min
• Director Nick & Chris Loud

Filmmaker in Attendance, Michigan Premiere, World Premiere

The Leelanau Conservancy’s long-running, highly trusted water quality program. This video profiles Chase Heise of the Leelanau Conservancy as we venture out onto Lake Leelanau to learn more about their water quality program that has been operating continuously for over 30 years, and the overall health of our freshwater lakes in northern Michigan.

The film is produced by The Boardman Review, the creative culture and outdoor lifestyle journal of the northern Michigan.

• Year 2023
• Country France
• Runtime 36 min
• Director Morgan LE FAUCHEUR

Has Subtitles, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

Six monumental statues are immersed between the Lérins Islands under the gaze of their creator, the sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor. Molded from the faces of six inhabitants of Cannes, these stone giants were made from an ecological marine material. If today, these statues constitute the first underwater eco-museum inFrance and the Mediterranean created by the artist, tomorrow they will serve as a habitat and refuge for local marine biodiversity.