Green FF: Stay at Conder Beach & Preserving Our Place

Stay at Conder Beach

Director: Aaron Khandros

In this narrative fiction mystery, Conder Beach is a crumbling tourist town on the Gulf Coast, reliant on seasonal commerce and oil rigging. As threatening events, including a string of unaccountable deaths, begin to expose the delicate nature of their existence, one shop worker is the only resident willing to ask questions. Jordan (Joseph Cross) is a man out of time, the only one seeking truth in a community based in sexual and corporate exploitation, class inequality, and impending ecological disaster.

Though he is desperate for an ally, sounding the alarm only serves to further isolate him in a town that is quickly running out of options. STAY AT CONDER BEACH draws you into a world that vacillates between reality and metaphor, examining the intangible evils that threaten our society and have crystalized so many into a pattern of self destruction. 

The film’s shooting location saw its final fate in Hurricane Ida, which destroyed the town as principal photography was about to end.

Runtime: 87 minutes

Preserving Our Place

Director: Jeremey Lavoi

Two indigenous artists band together with a traveling photo exhibit to share the beauty of their communities which are under extreme threat from climate change. Dennis Davis of Shishmaref, AK and Chantel Comardelle of the Isle de Jean Charles, LA want people to see the beauty of their tribal lands through their eyes, and learn why they are worth saving.

Runtime: 13minutes

Presented as part of Green Film Festival of San Francisco.