Visualizing How We Interact with Our World

Moving Creatures is a call to artists for new or existing short and feature documentary films that align with a thematic 90-minute block for the Mimesis Documentary Festival. With the increasing frequency of catastrophic floods, wildfires, fatal heat waves, and droughts, people are witnessing the consequences of climate change in their own lives. This leads to feelings of isolation and powerlessness, particularly when the solutions seem so far outside any of our control. A missing piece of the dialogue is the significant role that degradation of living and social systems play in the climate crisis and the equally impactful and interconnected biodiversity crisis. Protection of nature and restoration of degraded lands, waterways and oceans is critical for the future of the planet. The media’s narrative paints a dire situation focused on technological fixes controlled by leaders mired in political division, which leads to cynicism and a generation losing hope for their future.

The aim of Moving Creatures is to explore and question the existing narrative, and find hope and purpose through transformative storytelling to create connection and empowerment. Local communities, individuals and indigenous peoples from around the world are taking matters into their own hands to heal the land in cities, farms and natural areas through connections within their own communities and new partnerships, creating a movement built of collective action.

We partnered with Mimesis to create a special submission category called Moving Creatures. Submissions to this category were automatically entered into juried competition for up to $5,000 in prize money for outstanding features and shorts. There will be opportunities to attend in person or view many of the submissions virtually, then join in a live virtual discussion on the submissions.

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Cool Boulder is supporting four blocks in the Mimesis 2024 program, all under the Moving Creatures concept. Check out these programs and how to register:

Saturday, August 17: The Axe Forgets (1:00pm) - in-person only due to live performances

Saturday, August 17: Kiss the Wing (4:00pm) -online streaming available

Special block sponsored by the Endangered Species Coalition: Sunday, August 18: The Tree Remembers (4:00pm) - online streaming available

The following block gives additional insight to protecting ecosystems and biodiversity - supporting efforts underway for the upcoming UN Biodiversity Summit in Cali, Columbia.

Sunday, August 18: Signals in the Mist (8:00pm) - in-person only