An intimate portrait of midwestern lake surfer Erik Wilkie.
Great Lakes
24 films at Fresh Coast 2021
A Surfer's Search
Coreyon
Filmmaker in Attendance
The Coreyon Reef restoration is aimed at bringing open water spawning reef habitat back to Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. Throughout history, land use, pollution, overfishing and …
Diving UP
Filmmaker in Attendance
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, there are many who enjoy the numerous wonders of nature this state has to offer. However, there is another natural treasure that has been mostly …
Eight Days on Isle Royale
Filmmaker in Attendance
Isle Royale is the nation’s least visited National Park, however it is the most revisited National Park. In the spring of 2021, Kristin Ojaniemi, co-host of the U.P.’s …
Feast or Famine
Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance
Mike King presents “Feast or Famine”. A film that connects passion with purpose, as I’ve discovered the importance of protecting the places I love while chasing powder and …
Freshwater
Freshwater is a documentary that dives into the cold waters of Lake Superior along Minnesota’s North Shore. Despite the fact that it contains ten percent of Earth’s freshwater, …
Leelanau Conservancy - Farmland Protection
Filmmaker in Attendance
Local farmers band together with the Leelanau Conservancy to preserve the land, environment, and way of life that defines Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula, and thanks to their …
LOON
Filmmaker in Attendance, World Premiere
Is wilderness more valuable than money? It depends on who you ask. Loon is a through hiking naturalist who understands what’s truly valuable in life. At 80 years old with …
Made in the Mitten
On December 25th, 1965, amidst the blustery winds and sand dunes of Muskegon, Michigan, Sherman Poppen made history by strapping two skis together and sending his young daughter …
Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue
Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance
Follow Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue as they work two heart-wrenching cases helping the families search for their missing loved ones.
Nibi: The fight for water, rights and a way of life
While there has been a widespread focus on the controversy of Line 5, this film takes a closer look into perhaps one of the most often overlooked, yet most important perspectives …
Ode to Minnesota
Filmmaker in Attendance
On August 6, 2018 Stephen Schreader and Eli Nord launched on a self-made 1,000-mile journey around the arrowhead region of Minnesota by bike, canoe and foot, using primarily …
Open Water
Open Water is a short documentary film about what it feels like to swim across the largest freshwater lake in the world. It follows 61-year-old open-water swimmer Marilyn Korzekwa …
Operation Wolf Patrol
Staff Pick, Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Adult Language, Michigan Premiere
“Operation Wolf Patrol,” is a feature length documentary about eco-activist, Rod Coronado, and his attempt to end wolf hunting in the United States.
Over the course of …
Oshkigin: Spirit of Fire
Filmmaker in Attendance
Not all fire is bad. Increased droughts and longer fire seasons in recent decades have caused more frequent, dangerous, and intense fires across the country. But for thousands of …
Our Water
Staff Pick, Filmmaker in Attendance, Adult Language
Four friends set out on an expedition inspired by Lake Superior. They travel in kayaks, paddle stroke by paddle stroke to circumnavigate the worlds largest freshwater resource. …
Saving Buffalo Reef
Filmmaker in Attendance
Buffalo Reef is a natural cobble feature in Lake Superior, located just off the eastern edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.P of Michigan. The reef has historically maintained …
Stewards of All Creation
Filmmaker in Attendance
United in stewardship, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa join our neighbors in protecting the land, water, and original orders of creation. The decisions we make today …
Superior Steel 3
Filmmaker in Attendance
The third film of Superior Steel brings acrobatic fish, low and high water, new and old places and the same great fish.
Sweetwater
Filmmaker in Attendance
Cast your line into another world. What is out there? An unknown.
Meet the people who explore the hills and valleys of the lake bottom.
Why do they do it? What happens when they …
The Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative
The Arctic Grayling disappeared from Michigan waters over 100 years ago. This is the story of what it will take to bring it back. The Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative is a …
The Waterbird Counter
Tim Baerwald talks the importance of collecting data to establish patterns. The data is essential to have informed discussions on how development can effect our environment. His …
Wild Side
After competing in 3 Olympics for speed skating, this is my story of retirement and discovering a new side of the sport.
Win(d) Over Cancer
Subject in Attendance
When the world closed, our waters opened and so did an opportunity for this crew of kids to make a difference. Follow our crew of kids as they compete in a sailboat race to raise …