A look into the past, present and future of the Middle Fork of the Feather River, one of the first 8 rivers designated as Wild & Scenic in 1968.

An 81 year old man stays active by riding his bicycle

Students compete for the coveted Golden Gnome by creating culinary delicacies from school grown food.

A resilient 92-year-old widow reflects on the struggles and wisdom that comes with aging while living alone in Chico, California.

The film follows the family of Lesley Doughty, a man who killed a 24-year old girl drink driving. Lesley was my grandfather and dying when I was 5 meant that I never really got a chance to know him. Exploring the issues of mental health and alcoholism my family try to understand the events leading up to the crash, within this they examine their own feelings of guilt and regret for not doing more.

This is the result of the challenge of completing a timelapse, which means a before and after, completing a film of more than five minutes in just 11 days on the island of La Palma. From here comes the second part, a timelapse that I wanted to complete, and from which has come a short 51 scenes where I get more in the soul of the island. It includes nocturnal scenes within the Astrophysical Institute of the Canary Islands.

This is the first chapter of a trip along the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula that I started in Galicia, going through the western half of Asturias, and that I intend to finish in Hendaye, the eastern end of the Cantabrian Sea. Filmed for 11 days in September 2017, it responds to the dream of starting the filming of a film that shows the incredible beauty of these sites. An idea that haunted me long ago by the head. Here is the beginning ...

A short film on how light pollution affects the view of the night sky. It shows how the view gets progressively better as the light pollution reduces (from Los Angeles to Great Basin desert).
Thanks to darksitefinder.com on finding the locations. Traveling and shooting at every level of light pollution was a challenge. Furthermore, I was mostly alone in some of the locations, which is a bit scary because of the presence of wildlife (bear, mountain lion, snake). Despite the challenge, I was awestruck by the beauty of night sky at very less polluted areas.

Most of us live under heavily light polluted skies, and some people have never even seen the Milky Way. During a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called the observatories when they saw the Milky Way for the first time. Although we can't imagine popular cities like L.A. and Manhattan almost dark upon nightfall, we can limit the light pollution specially the sky glow. Sky glow is the result of light directed upward instead of where it is most useful: on streets and homes. Thus most of a city’s artificial light is wasted anyway.

We are losing our connection with the night sky, which provided us with wonders like Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza and the Mayan calendar. It also keeps our overworked, politicized lives simple, and makes us kind, thoughtful. Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson said: “When you look at the night sky, you realize how small we are within the cosmos,” “It’s kind of resetting of your ego. To deny yourself that state of mind, either willingly or unwittingly, is to not live to the full extent of what it is to be human.”

In our ever-digital world, a film development studio in Norfolk, Virginia fights to keep the analogue processes alive.

Western Jubilee is a documentary film about a private music venue and recording studio in Colorado Springs, CO devoted to traditional cowboy music. The film features avid collector Scott O'Malley, the owner of Western Jubilee, and Grammy-nominated cowboy singer Don Edwards. These two men share a friendship, an obsession, and a true love for all things cowboy.