NFFTY Earth Film Festival: 4TH ANNUAL NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR TALENTED YOUTH

Film Starts Here with 190 films from the next generation. Mark your calendar for 4 days of film genius from the talents of young filmmakers from 33 states and 16 countries. NFFTY also includes 6 film panels and workshops featuring top talents from Hollywood and Seattle.  

WHY NFFTY ROCKS
NFFTY provides young filmmakers a "full feature" festival experience with screenings held inside state-of-the-art venues, prime access to industry professionals, and ample exposure to large, enthusiastic audiences. After the festival, filmmakers continue to benefit from year-round Internet streaming, ongoing screening and distribution. Variety magazine recently named NFFTY co-founder Jesse Harris one of 25 people who transformed youth entertainment in 2009.

Human trafficking, spontaneous bicycling, and other environmental and social justice issues are brought to light through these films motivating awareness and positive change.

Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 1:00pm
EMP|SFM JBL Theatre (MAP)
Ticket Price: $10 General / $5 Kids 12 and Under - BUY NOW

CRITICAL MASS

Norah Hummel, Brontë Neel, Morgan Kluck, Sophia Baca-Jackson, 18, Washington

Synopsis: Seattle's spontaneous monthly bike rides draw driver and pedestrian attention to alternative forms of transportation and the importance of traveling using your own two feet.

Runtime: 7 min

LOCAL FOOD: A GREENER HARVEST

Mario Ayoub, 13, New York

Synopsis: A look at local food, its production and distribution. My goals are to make people aware of local food, how and where to get it, and the benefits of local food for their health, the economy and the environment.

Runtime: 8 min

NAMASTE

Sarah R. Miller, 17, California

Synopsis: A personal comparison of a Southern Californian suburban teenage girl's life with her peers she met in Nepal. Share the filmmaker's discovery, finding different definitions of necessity, wealth, and happiness, and learning what it means to be a global citizen.

Runtime: 7 min

ONLY ONE

Conor Arnodo, 13 California

Synopsis: A boy is bored. He sits on a curb, waiting for something to do. Along comes a plastic bag, on its way to messing up the environment. But does the bag know this? The boy follows the bag to its fateful death at a dumpsite. But when he gets there, he finds so many others...what was so special about his bag? He falls asleep and has a strange dream.

Runtime: 3 min

TRAFFIC

Oliver Milne, 19, Canada

Synopsis: You can sell a package of cocaine once; you can sell a girl ten thousand times. Lydia Cacho, a journalist fighting for women being trafficked and former victim herself; Ben Perrin, the founder of The Future Group, an NGO looking at trafficking in Canada, and Lou Berube, an officer of the law, all give us their takes on the existence of human trafficking in North America today.

Runtime: 8 min

WHAT IS GREEN?

Andre Hines, 18, California

Synopsis: San Francisco youth break down what it means to go green, from living a healthy lifestyle to learning about green jobs.

Runtime 10 min

NEW EYES

Bruna Monteiro do Nascimento, 17, Brasil

Synopsis: Sometimes, when we listen to unknown people, we see that there is something beautiful and human in them, and also inside ourselves. We all are human beings and have the ability to see things more carefully and differently. US Dept of State 2010 Exchanges Connect Contest winner.

Runtime: 2 min

SOULS OF SOL

Rebekah Austin, 17, California

Synopsis: How a 17 year old girl created a micro financing program with the incentive to follow in Muhammad Yunis's footsteps, and to empower women worldwide.  US Dept of State 2010 Exchanges Connect Contest winner.

Runtime: 2 min

LIVING BEYOND LANDSCAPES

Lan Li, 21, California

Synopsis: Two sisters reminisce the achievements of their grandfather, artist and scholar Li Xing Bai. Dedicated to connecting with people and protecting environments through art, Li as a grandfather always reminded his children to contribute to society and leave landmarks that will last beyond their lifetime. US Dept of State 2010 Exchanges Connect Contest winner.

Runtime: 2 min

XENOESTROGENIA

Annalise Littman, 17, Massachusetts

Synopsis: This piece is a short educational film about the issue of endocrine disruptors in our society and environment (Endocrine disruptors are substances that act like hormones in the endocrine system and disrupt the physiologic function of hormones).

Runtime: 11 min

CLOUDS FLY WEST

Veselin Cholakov, 17, Bulgaria

Synopsis: Face global issues like Urbanization, Growing World Population and Migration raised by local conflicts. A film based on a true story about a man in unknown city with no friend to talk with and nothing to do for a living but play an accordion. Bulgarian with English subtitles.

Runtime: 22 min