2018 • USA • 16 min • Jason Whalen

Filmmaker in Attendance

A film about the spring songbird migration through the Great Lakes region and the people who interact with them. From research to rehab, it takes a lot to understand and conserve this natural phenomenon.

2017 • New Zealand • 4 min • Briar March

Death is inevitable. And expensive. But it doesn’t have to be boring. In New Zealand, a group of rebellious retirees are shunning black garb, dull funerals and mahogany caskets by creating a club where they construct their own coffins. The whimsical boxes are painted with shamrocks, beach scenes, cartoon chickens and pictures of Elvis, and reflect the colorful lives of their makers. The Coffin Club is a glittery, musical number that celebrates how these seniors will make a splash on their final day.

2017 • USA • 3 min • Matthew Key

Filmmaker in Attendance

This film is an interview with a local rock climber in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

2018 • USA • 17 min • Jake Youngman

Filmmaker in Attendance

A Superior Island is a personal travel documentary with stunning nature cinematography sequences that tells the story of when two diabetics set off to the Upper Peninsula into the remote wilderness of Isle Royale National Park, with five pounds of medical supplies, eleven pounds of food, and twenty two pounds of camera gear.

2016 • United Kingdom • 10 min • Jen Randall

The Bothy Project is about exploring the wilds on your own terms, in your own style. Artists Tessa Lyons, Natasha Brooks and writer Claire Carter take themselves into the vast emptiness of the Sheneval bothy in the Scottish Northwest to let go and unravel. A run, a hike, a swim; a painting, a poem, or an animation, each woman’s experience is woven into this beautiful short film.

2018 • USA • 5 min • Courtney and Michael Kent

Filmmaker in Attendance

On an island in Lake Superior, creativity, environmental philosophy, and remote wilderness come together to create an artist residency like no other. The Compass Points Here provides a visual taste of this unique remote island.

2018 • USA • 5 min • Nick Loud and Chris Loud

Filmmaker in Attendance

Bike Leelanau is advocating for building and sustaining accessible trails for all abilities while helping to build a local community focused around a love of biking

2017 • Latvia • 14 min • Jacob Dimiters

This documentary features the difficult and time-consuming process of making a traditional expanded dugout canoe using mostly traditional hand tools and techniques. The woodworker is Rihards Vidzickis, an experienced green woodworker, wood sculptor and dugout canoe maker. Rihards’ passion for green wood and solid wood creations has only grown since his childhood days.

2018 • USA • 27 min • Stephanie Gandulla

Filmmaker in Attendance

The Big Five Dive is a short adventure documentary that follows a group of women as they attempt to SCUBA dive one historic site in all five Great Lakes within the span of 24 hours. Directed by Elizabeth Kaiser, and filmed by a female led crew, these women show that there is a place for everyone under the water.

2018 • USA • 30 min • Matt & Jenny Acker

Filmmaker in Attendance

A floofty lil video from Matt and Jenny Acker’s bike packing trip on the Baja Divide during November/December of 2017. A glimpse into some of the terrain, animals and snacks encountered along the way told in a truly weird way by an amateur videographer and bearded cyclist. Thanks to all our sponsors for hooking us up with the goodies necessary to ride the Baja, and to Mexico, for being so hospitable, beautiful and delicious, and for welcoming Matt and I and our bikes with open arms. Hope many more people get a chance to ride and enjoy the Baja Zig Zag Divide

2016 • USA • 4 min • Ryan Maxey

An (unofficial) history of our nation’s National Parks.