SNEAK PEAK: Wild & Scenic Film Festival!

Rogue Riverkeeper’s
7th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Join Us!

Celebrate our ten years of Clean Water Defense at this year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival!

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is our signature event, bringing together community to celebrate our work to protect and restore clean water in the Rogue Basin. It is a night of fun with a happy hour, silent auction, food, beverages, films, a raffle, guest speakers and more! We hope you will join us at this year’s event as we celebrate our 10th Anniversary!

Considered one of the nation’s premiere environmental and adventure film festivals, the Wild and Scenic films combine stellar film making, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire, and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation.

Come enjoy award-winning films, local food & drink, and opportunities to engage and activate for the Rogue!

SNEAK PEAK!

Check out a few of the trailers for films we’ll be showing at this year’s event as well as some of the shorter films that we will not be showing.

BIG WORLD - How do we teach our kids there is a world beyond social media, standardized tests and soccer practice? In April 2018, Eddie Bauer athlete David Morton and his seven-year-old son, Thorne, embarked on a week-long standup paddleboard journey down the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in western Nepal. “There’s a basic paradox to parenting,” says David. “You have to keep your kids safe, but you have to teach them to take risks and follow curiosity. Life is undeniably richer with a little bit of daring."

SNEAK PEAK!

GRIZZLY COUNTRY - After serving in the Vietnam War, author and eco-warrior Doug Peacock spent years alone in the Wyoming and Montana wilderness observing grizzly bears. His time in the wild changed the course of his life. With the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies now under threat, Peacock reflects on the importance of habitat and why he continues to fight for wild causes.

We could show three days of awesome films! Alas, we only have one night. The following didn’t make the cut of November 8 - but check ‘em out anyway!

BLUE - A dreamy dive into the steep mountains, glaciers, and rivers of Valdez with a crew of boundary-pushing female fat bike athletes from Alaska and beyond. Filmed on location in Valdez Alaska during the annual Fat Bike Bash. Blue is a fantastical journey into a young girl’s imagination. Our character is a four-year-old growing up in Valdez, Alaska. Fresh off training wheels, she begins to push her boundaries and explore what’s possible on her bike, her eyes naturally drifting to the mountains. We dive into the world of her fantasy and explore the mountains, glaciers and rivers of Valdez by fat bike with a crew of boundary-pushing female athletes hailing from Alaska and beyond.

HEAR OUR OLYMPICS - The wild Olympic Peninsula is like nowhere else. It has been recognized as a national park, a wilderness area, an International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, and the quietest space in the lower 48. Yet, the park’s rare and distinctive soundscape is threatened by new and unnatural noises: Navy electronic warfare training by jet in the skies over the park. “Hear Our Olympics” examines this threat and the challenges it poses to the park’s soundscape as well as to U.S. military veterans.

PERPETUAL MOTION - A visual journey through the moment a photographer is pinned to the ocean floor, In Perpetual Motion captures the collide of ambition and fear all in pursuit of incredible imagery. Director, Krystle Wright steps out from behind the camera and shares with us a spirited self-portrait of her life as a leading adventure photographer.

Happy Hour and Fun!

Get your tickets and come early to enjoy our happy hour, silent auction and partner tables. From 5 - 6:30PM enjoy wine, beer, and tamales while bidding on awesome silent auction prizes. Items include guided fishing trips, gift certificates to local restaurants, wine and more.

Get to know our partners and allies at info tables during the event. This event is about celebrating community and we can’t work for the river without amazing partners. Groups like Rogue Climate, Freshwater Trust, WaterWatch, Native Fish Society and more will be on hand to talk to you about the incredible work that they’re doing to protect our waters, public lands, climate, and communities.

Film Fest Sponsorships and Donations

A great way to support our work for clean water is to become a film fest sponsor or donor. Whether donating an item to the silent auction, food or beverage or financial support, you will help offset the costs of this event while promoting your business to thousands of people through our online marketing and promotion. It is a great event and one that is heavily promoted and talked about!

For options and info about film fest support, please contact our film fest organizer at sara@rogueriverkeeper.org or 541.488.9831.

Volunteers Needed!

We are always in need of rock star volunteers to put this event on. If you’d like to help out, we’d like to give you a ticket to the show. We need folks to help with: