SF Short FF: Inspiring Tales

Developing Our Future

Director: Goran Zaneti, Matthieu Brajot

Country: United States

Runtime: 25 minutes

A group of high school and college students join a real estate development program to learn about how they can shape their futures and become leaders of their own communities. The program aims to bring more diversity into the industry by empowering youth from underrepresented communities and teaching them how to be agents of positive change. Each student has an inquisitive mind and expresses a desire to help their community but they each face their own personal struggles along the way. As the program progresses, the students learn about the inner-workings of development and that making an impact and influencing change is well within their reach.

Beyond The Curve

Director: Grace Galletti

Country: United States

Runtime: 14 minutes

College students, Mara Alonso and Brooke Covington, struggle to achieve their dreams of majoring in STEM while confronting their own collapsing mental health in an environment designed to weed them out.

I am Kanaka

Director: Genevieve Sulway

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 15 minutes

A local hero fights to save his culture by teaching Hawaiian language, sustainability and life skills to disadvantaged kids.

Room and Board

Director: Elizabeth Cameron

Country: United States

Runtime: 30 minutes

‘Room and Board’ is a documentary about the housing crisis in North Lake Tahoe and the impact on the local ski and snowboard community. Ski towns are notoriously popular vacation destinations, but the severe weather, fire risk, and geography can all lead to a complex housing crunch. ‘Room and Board’ digs into the causes and data surrounding the issue and presents solutions local towns are pursuing, all while highlighting why residents love living and playing in the beautiful Tahoe region.Featured Interviews: Dave Wilderotter, Founder of Tahoe Dave’s Ski ShopsIrie Jefferson, pro snowboarderChristine Savage, Head Coach of Beyond the BoundariesTom Mooers, Executive Director of Sierra WatchStacy Caldwell, CEO of the Tahoe Truckee Community FoundationDanny Kern, construction & snowboarding filmmakerBrad Tasik, van lifer

Finding Hetch Hetchy

Director: James Q Martin, Chris Burkard

Country: United States

Runtime: 10 minutes

FINDING HETCH HETCHY: Yosemite Valley is well-known as the epicenter of American climbing. Its sister valley to the north, has long been left in the shadows of Yosemite’s reputation. The Hetch Hetchy Valley, similarly home to towering granite walls and the majestic beauty for which the Sierra is known, stays well out of the limelight despite being part of Yosemite National Park. This is in part because of the controversy surrounding The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and it being the source of San Francisco’s water supply. Follow veteran Yosemite climber Timmy O’Neill, as he discovers the beauty and conflict of Hetch Hetchy.