Sonoma Environmental Film Festival

6:30PM - Opening Night Reception
Admission: $10.00 (general, student, senior)
Meet and mingle with filmmakers, sponsors and guest speakers and enjoy complementary snacks and award winning wine! The Café is open all weekend featuring a menu of fresh seasonal food prepared in the venue kitchen by guest chefs and event volunteers. Yum!

7:15PM Films
Skylight is an animated mock documentary about the ecological plight of penguins in the Antarctic (5 mins) by David Baas
www.skylight-short.com

THE SUZUKI DIARIES (41 mins) by Kenton Vaughan
This film follows geneticist and science broadcaster, Dr. David Suzuki and his youngest daughter, Sarika, as they travel to Europe to explore what a sustainable future looks like, and to see if two different generations can find reason for hope.

As they travel through Germany, Denmark, France and Spain, father and daughter begin to see what is possible as they meet the people who are working towards restoring the equilibrium between human needs and planetary limits.

Green Fire: The Life and Legacy of Aldo Leopold (13 mins) This is an introductory preview of the first feature documentary about the great conservationist, Aldo Leopold which will be released in February 2011. The film explores the joint themes of community and responsibility, introducing the ideas of a land ethic. And indeed what we do on land directly impacts the quality of our planet's rivers, ponds, lakes, and oceans.
With Bay Area producer/director Steven Dunsky in person.

Steve Dunsky has written, produced and directed documentaries for more than twenty years. He and his wife Ann have been the primary film production team of the U.S. Forest Service during most of this period. Green Fire is produced by the Aldo Leopold Foundation and US Forest Service.
Followed by Q&A