https://thislandfilms.com This Land Films Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:38:27 +0000 https://thislandfilms.com en https://thislandfilms.com/Main Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:03:20 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Main https://thislandfilms.com/Stray-Embers Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:47:55 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Stray-Embers Stray Embers FEATURE DOCUMENTARY STRAY EMBERS is an intimate, vérité portrait of resilience, community, and climate crisis in rural Northern California. In the wake of the 2018 Camp Fire- the deadliest wildfire in California history- Brad Weldon, a fifth-generation resident of Paradise, saves his home with little more than luck, some garden hoses and sheer determination. What begins as a personal act of survival soon transforms into a makeshift communal experiment when Brad opens his doors to over 20 displaced neighbors, friends, and their many dogs, creating a sprawling, improvised household. The film follows this multi-generational household over five tumultuous years. 2026 | 94 min. . &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1848" height="834" width_o="1848" height_o="834" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c33197623f34498a210aa38e9b7d1817e3a31e80bf97cab5d48cb06fb65cea9/SFDocFest_Laurels_Black.png" data-mid="251853661" border="0" data-scale="16" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c33197623f34498a210aa38e9b7d1817e3a31e80bf97cab5d48cb06fb65cea9/SFDocFest_Laurels_Black.png" />. &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="3840" height="2377" width_o="3840" height_o="2377" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fd5e208080b6053541aef1ee38a08f4092a8a196e2868bfc7558165db100ad8/Feature-Competition-Laurels_Black-2026.png" data-mid="244332689" border="0" data-scale="14" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fd5e208080b6053541aef1ee38a08f4092a8a196e2868bfc7558165db100ad8/Feature-Competition-Laurels_Black-2026.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="772" height="475" width_o="772" height_o="475" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da352a47f841dc2027faf6c07818f518b42dd158979352c56aee1565e6a91929/NFF57-Official-Selection-black.png" data-mid="251853660" border="0" data-scale="12" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/772/i/da352a47f841dc2027faf6c07818f518b42dd158979352c56aee1565e6a91929/NFF57-Official-Selection-black.png" />.&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="898" height="344" width_o="898" height_o="344" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d81eb151d965391e92df6d0654252edeab7e4b127b60dbbcf685c54b776165b/RRIFF-Official-Selections-Laurel-2026-black.png" data-mid="251853667" border="0" data-scale="19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/898/i/1d81eb151d965391e92df6d0654252edeab7e4b127b60dbbcf685c54b776165b/RRIFF-Official-Selections-Laurel-2026-black.png" />. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://thislandfilms.com/Eric-and-the-Bees-for-Zendesk-Even-Odd-1 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:38:14 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Eric-and-the-Bees-for-Zendesk-Even-Odd-1 Eric and the Bees for Zendesk &amp; Even/OddBRANDED DOC Beekeeping is a lifesaving form of therapy for Eric Grandon, a U.S. Army veteran who suffers from PTSD after 20 years in combat. For the past several years, Eric has invited other trauma survivors to his farm so they could experience the healing powers of beekeeping.&nbsp; 8 min / West Virginia, 2020 https://thislandfilms.com/The-Regulars-for-the-San-Francisco-Chronicle Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:20:41 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/The-Regulars-for-the-San-Francisco-Chronicle The Regulars&nbsp; for the San Francisco Chronicle VIDEO SERIES The Regulars is a video series we started at the San Francisco Chronicle. It profiles everyday people caught in the cacophany of modern urban life. Suu The Street Sweeper Suu Ngo, 67, has been working as a street sweeper with the DPW the past five years along Irving Street in the Inner Sunset. She talks about the importance of family in her life and the urge to keep working. The Opera Singer From the biggest stages in the world to the streets of San Francisco. Tim Blevins has suffered from addiction, health problems and housing issues but retains a resiliency to rebound and make it back to centerstage, reconnect with his family and mend his missteps. Oldest Goat in the Bay At 90 years old, Walt Schneebeli swims in the bay three times a week with a group that calls themselves the ‘old goats.’ Walt is the oldest goat still swimming. The Real Fisherman’s Wharf Erik Sandquist takes us through the Golden Gate Bridge north of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean and speaks about his experience as a commercial anchovy fisherman https://thislandfilms.com/Last-Men-Standing-for-the-San-Francisco-Chronicle-1 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:41:22 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Last-Men-Standing-for-the-San-Francisco-Chronicle-1 Last Men Standing for the San Francisco ChronicleEDITORIAL&nbsp; FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Surrounded by the ghosts of a generation lost to the AIDS epidemic, eight gay men search for meaning in a life they never expected to have.65min / San Francisco, USA 2016 https://thislandfilms.com/Memories-of-the-Moment-for-Penland Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:27:05 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Memories-of-the-Moment-for-Penland Memories of the Moment for Penland Kreh Mellick‘s work relates fictions inspired by folklore, nostalgia, illustration and daily habits. She works primarily with gouache on paper, often cut and layered in reassembled environments. She combines complex, decorative patterns with airy, minimalist, ethereal landscapes. https://thislandfilms.com/Paradise-Lost-for-the-Guardian Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:15:17 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Paradise-Lost-for-the-Guardian Paradise Lost for the&nbsp;GuardianEDITORIAL Paradise, California, was a slice of heaven for those who lived there – until they lost everything in California’s worst wildfire. The Camp fire wiped out the town, killed at least 85 people, and scorched 150,000 acres. But in the face of a dark new reality, shellshocked residents are displaying resilience. https://thislandfilms.com/A-Fever-Dream-at-BeautyCon-for-The-New-Yorker Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:24:59 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/A-Fever-Dream-at-BeautyCon-for-The-New-Yorker A Fever Dream at BeautyCon for The New Yorker&nbsp; EDITORIAL On a weekend in August, the Los Angeles Convention Center was the setting for a surreal convergence of cosmetics, “influencers,” and a new generation of customers. https://thislandfilms.com/Hurricane-Irma-for-the-Guardian Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:03:23 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Hurricane-Irma-for-the-Guardian Hurricane Irma for the Guardian EDITORIAL A week on from the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, Florida Keys residents are finding strength in one another as they try to piece together their homes and make sense of what happened. https://thislandfilms.com/Ellen-Fullman-Elemental-View Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:38:27 +0000 This Land Films https://thislandfilms.com/Ellen-Fullman-Elemental-View Ellen Fullman - Elemental View Elemental View is a work for The Long String Instrument, retuned steel guitar and santur, performed by Ellen Fullman with The Living Earth Show commissioned by the Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts program. It was conceived of as a film, shot on location at the Headlands Center for the Arts in the Marin Headlands during the pandemic when live performance was shut down. Fullman took this opportunity to realize a life-time vision of orchestrating a piece in an expanded installation of 134 strings.