CAIÇARA is a short film about conscious consumption of products (fish) from the maritime ecosystem. This warning can be reflective of many places around the world as it is a global emergency. The film is set in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most famous cities in the world, and with one of the oldest artisanal fishing colonies in Brazil - 'Colônia de Pescadores Z-13'. The character who reflects on the issue is a young “caiçara”, who are the inhabitants of the coast of the southeastern and southern regions of Brazil, and whose traditional culture is based mainly on artisanal, subsistence fishing.

JACK'S SOLAR GARDEN is a short film about agrivoltaics which is the combination of solar energy collection and agriculture. By utilizing the land while capturing solar energy - this model offers land developers and farmers a win-win scenario.

The film features Jack's Solar Garden - the largest commercial research site using agrivoltaics in the US. It describes the agrivoltaics model and the research being done at Jack's to further prove this method.

Can a film create a state of devotional meditation? “Listen to the voice of being…” in the Sierra Nevada. An enchanting electronic score immerses the viewer in a voyage of reverence.

If land that is difficult or impossible to farm returns to a wild state, how does that impact people and wildlife? PLACES TO BE WILD profiles a successful partnership between a landowner and the Wetland Reserve Program. By combining insightful and inspiring on-camera interviews with captivating landscape and wildlife footage, the film illustrates the concept of wildlife Cores and Corridors, and shows how rewilding can benefit people and the wider world.

SAMQWAN: WATER is a short documentary about the current threats to the world's water systems from the extractive industry, and the need for us to support Indigenous water protectors on the front lines of protecting the earth's water sources. It is set within the context of my home reserve - Eel River Bar First Nation - and the water sources on Mi'kmaw territory.

This short doc was adapted from a podcast I created for imagineNATIVE 2022 for the FLOW exhibit. I decided to take that podcast and turn it into a short, educational documentary with a powerful call to action take-away for viewers.

I specifically designed it for a social media audience in terms of how people absorb social media content. Many social platforms are designed around fast-paced, short content that is visual, auditory and that can maintain the viewers attention by consistently changing the visual components every 8 seconds or less.

Similarly, the visual content is expected to keep pace with the narration - matching images to words. The reason the documentary was done this way, is to increase audience size and accessibility, and thus increase the impact of my call to action.

The only way to save the water is for Canadians and Americans to join with Indigenous peoples while we protect the water for all life on Mother Earth. #waterislife

80 close up shots, 7 seconds each.
80 abstract paintings in motion.
Form, abstraction, light, reflection, movement, flow, colour, transparency, monochrome.
Original audio.

Inspired by Herman Melville's epic tale, "Moby-Dick or The Whale", THE WHALE GUITAR: INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE follows a late-blooming singer/songwriter and former toy designer, Jen Long, as she acts on a startling vision and commissions the design and build of a remarkable custom electric guitar. Its body is "The Whale" itself as it snags the mad Captain Ahab in the tangled ropes of his own obsession and prepares to launch a boat of his whalers to their doom. The entire guitar re-interprets Melville's tale as an Anthropocene climate change warning, with the whale representing the seas and storms of climate change arising on this "third day" of late-stage capitalism.

Hundreds of guitarists, including J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., and Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females, have played and signed this "Instrument of Change" to amplify the alarm to turn our ship of over-production and over-consumption around while there is still time. As the embroidered strap featuring Starbuck's last words implores: "Oh! Ahab, not too late is it, even now, the third day, to desist."

AQUAVERSE is a story about disappearance and the quest for a refuge. Through the dive of a half-human, half-machine character, the film raises a paradox attached to the deep sea: that of a tangible and real world, but considered less real than our new virtual worlds. The "Aquaverse" as a place not occupied by humanity is in fact a parallel world.

The character does not fall into the trap of his own reflection but falls beyond it to lead the spectators in a wandering in the heart of a Mediterranean coral reef. We discover a mysterious biodiversity that seems to observe us quietly, as if unaware of the danger we represent for it. It is in the form of a phantom net that this danger will materialize, leaving the character alone in front of a plastic trap that closes little by little on humanity.

INCIPIENCE is a short, experimental art film about the creation of the world, earth and water, the origin of life filmed by one person without the involvement of a film crew, VFX or combined filming.

In ECHOES OF THE RIO, a woman living on the U.S./Mexico border invokes the voice of the Rio Grande which guides her through the history of migration and the symbiotic relationship with the Indigenous people of the land. As the river speaks, echoes follow, ultimately exposing the socio-ecological destruction caused when the river became a border and a political weapon.

What is the true essence of Nature? In what way are we interconnected with it? Eddy, the protagonist of this story, explores an uncontaminated corner of the world and understands that everything on this planet is interconnected, and that humans are just a link in the chain that connects all things. Only when we free ourselves from our mentality of "dominant man" will we understand that Nature is the result of all relationships.

Through free diving, Eddy approaches the deep and mysterious world of the ocean, perceiving the extraordinary complexity and power of the interconnections between living elements in symbiosis, both aquatic and terrestrial. Like the communities that populate these environments (often in perfect harmony with the ocean itself), they represent an example of life in relation to nature, and can provide valuable lessons on how to protect and conserve this invaluable asset.

Eddy's sensitivity, in her search for understanding and connection with the natural world, could inspire many to take care of relationships as if they were precious corals, to capture the beauty of life and feel the energy of nature flowing in everything. It is time to consider Nature as an integral part of ourselves and to call ourselves by its same name.

Seen through the eyes of a goddess, a centuries old record of her crossing reveals the cultural losses of climate change.

When the largest dam removal project in history begins, a group of indigenous youth learn to whitewater kayak in hopes of becoming the first people to paddle the restored river from source to sea. With jaw-dropping aerial cinematography and moving storytelling, PADDLE TRIBAL WATERS
is a fully immersive experience, showcasing the unbreakable bond between people and their ancestral lands. The film gives viewers a bird’s eye view as an unforgettable group of young people training for the adventure of a lifetime.

In a place where water is plentiful, almost half the population has no running water. In this context, CASA (Amazon self-sustaining cities) proposed to work with the collection of rainwater

In the south of Madagascar, the village of Belemboké has no running water, no taps and no school. To access liveable amounts of water, 3 kids have to travel excruciating distances and make their way underground to the bowels of the Earth... everyday.

Alabama is not a dumpster.
Litter washing into our waterways is a problem not only affecting our pocketbooks and well-being, but it also spoils our enjoyment of Alabama’s great outdoors.
Join a passionate group of watershed guardians as they address the enormous issue of litter accumulating in our creeks, streams and rivers.

A short documentary chronicling the efforts of Ian Smith and dedicated volunteers as they use innovative techniques to bring new opportunities to underserved youth in Indiana County Pennsylvania, creating a community around the next generation of environmental stewardship. Along the way we meet environmental educators and mentors who were inspired by their own time in the program, as well as the youth who hold the key to a sustainable future.

WILDFIRE is a short documentary film about a little red panda, a rare species, that has become homeless as a result of the recent 16 day wildfire in the Nepali mid-hills, just one more of a growing number of symptoms of the climate crisis that spares no human or animal.

Johns Islanders fight to hold onto their ancestral land, culture, and trees amid the threat of land loss due to overdevelopment and climate change related sea level rise. Their story is reflected in the fight to protect the Angel Oak, a beloved live oak tree that is over 400 years old and located on a former plantation on the island.

In the tourism town of Livingstone, Zambia, a group of local men who make their living portering kayaks aspire to become safety kayakers on the Zambezi River. The proposed Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Scheme threatens to flood the famous rapids of the Zambezi, and eliminate river related jobs.

WATER IN THE DESERT is a portrait of an optimistic American archaeology student at the University of New Mexico, Emily Hayes-Rich (25), studying the ancient irrigation systems of the Moroccan Sahara called the khettara. Emily explores the history, management, and inherited knowledge of southern Morocco’s irrigation system with the guidance of the local Water Association to map the social structures that have made such a system viable for millennia, and what lessons desert communities of the present and future can gather from these ancient systems.

WATER IN THE DESERT explores its subject(s) with a collage-like approach, incorporating interviews with interesting, informative moments as well as more artistic, stylized moments between the camera and the landscape.