Reviving the Legend

2025 • USA • 37 min • Hennie van Jaarsveld

Has Subtitles, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, First Time Filmmaker

Join Turkic-American pro-skier, Giray Dadali, on his journey to answer a life-long question: Which has a greater influence; the heritage from which you descended or the culture in which you were raised?

2024 • India, USA • 75 min • Taira Malaney

Has Subtitles, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, First Time Filmmaker, Staff Pick

In the late 1970s, Satish Bhaskar embarked on an epic journey along India’s coastline and the spectacular Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where he uncovered the vital nesting beaches of sea turtles. During his death-defying quest, he unravels mysteries surrounding these enigmatic ocean creatures – and sets out to save them from extinction.

2025 • Norway • 12 min • Ryan Rumpca / Nate Dodge

Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, Filmmaker in Attendance

Following in his father’s footsteps of polar exploration, captain Peter Schurke takes us up the West coast of Svalbard in a small sailboat, dwarfed by the towering mountains of this arctic archipelago.