A Free Festival of Environmental Film :: November 6-8, 2009 :: Madison, WI
Recap of 2007 Festival

Tales from Planet Earth about films speakers community events sponsors media contact

Gregg Mitman and Judith Helfand discussed Tales from Planet Earth. (links to Real Player file of the program)
Wisconsin Public Radio's statewide Ideas Network from 9 to 10 a.m., November 6, 2009.

Student films connect environment and community issues
77 Square, November 6, 2009

Student films aim to save the planet
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, November 6, 2009

Film festival challenges definition of 'environment'
SmartPlanet, November 5, 2009

Students take environmental messages, activism local
UW-Madison, November 5, 2009

UW's environmental film festival becomes a popular pathway for spreading planet-wise messages
77 Square, November 5, 2009

Planet Earth Notables
Madison.com, November 4, 2009

Preview Review: The Greening of Southie at the Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Dane101.com, November 4, 2009

John Ford's classic Grapes of Wrath (1940) screens in Madison's Tales from Planet Earth film fest
Milwaukee Examiner, November 4, 2009

Film festival gives Earth some love
The Badger Herald, November 4, 2009

Preview Review: Garbage Dreams at the Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Dane101.com, November 3, 2009

Gregg Mitman and Judith Helfand talk about Tales from Planet Earth (links to mp3 of the program)
"A Public Affair," WORT-FM, Tuesday, November 3, 2009

What else ails the world?: The A.V. Club's Tales From Planet Earth Film Festival preview
A.V. Club Madison, November 2, 2009

Preview: Trouble the Water at Tales from Planet Earth
Dane101.com, November 2, 2009

UW-Madison Student News Releases, November 2, 2009:

Op-Ed: Tales from Planet Earth is more than a film fest
The Cap Times, November 1, 2009

Tales from Planet Earth shaping up to be Madison's second great film festival
Dane101.com, October 29, 2009

Majora Carter, Hurricane Katrina film to open Tales from Planet Earth festival
UW Nelson Institute, October 29, 2009

Tales from Planet Earth film fest 2009 returns with broad community ambitions
The Isthmus Daily Page, October 27, 2009

Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Madison Audubon Society Newsletter, October 2009

Activate your inner environmentalist at Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Madison Nature Travel Examiner, October 27, 2009

Environmental Film Festival held in Madison
Chicago Tribune, October 25, 2009

Festival leverages power of film for community action
Wisconsin Week, October 21, 2009

Tales from Planet Earth Leverages Power of Film for Community Action
UW Nelson Institute, October 15, 2009

Tales from Planet Earth: Films for Environmental Action
Sustainable Times, October 2009

For a recap of press surrounding our first festival in 2007, click here.

Listed below are links for those Tales films that have websites with available screenshots (though not always high-resolution images). Where high-resolution shots are available, we have collected them on this website. Click on any thumbnail for a link to the high-resolution image. Please check all film websites for appropriate copyright accreditation.

The Chances of the World Changing (2005)
Directed by Eric Daniel Metzgar (99 min., color, Digibeta, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9:20 pm, Fredric March Play Circle

Picture site: http://www.amdoc.org/pressroom_photos.php?film=chancesoftheworld

The Chances of the World Changing 1       The Chances of the World Changing 2

Photo Credits: Noe Venable; Eric Daniel Metzgar

The Cove (2009)
Directed by Louie Psihoyos (92 min., color, 35mm, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7:00 pm, Wisconsin Union Theater

Picture site: http://thecovemovie.com/the_cove/press.htm

The Cove 1       The Cove Screenshot 2
Deep Down (2010)
Directed by Jen Gilomen and Sally Rubin (~60 min., color, DV Cam, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7 p.m., Fredric March Play Circle

Picture site: http://deepdownfilm.org/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&Itemid=63

A Drop of Life (2007)
Directed by Shalini Kantayya (17 min., color, DV, US)
Sunday, November 8, 2009, Fredric March Play Circle

Picture site: http://www.adropoflife.tv/pressroom.html

Garbage Dreams (2009)
Directed by Mai Iskander (82 min., color, DVD, US)
Sunday, November 8, 2009, Noon, Fredric March Play Circle

Picture site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garbagedreams/sets/72157617469168953/

Garbage Dreams Screenshot 1       Garbage Dreams Screenshot 2
Ghost Bird (2009)
Directed by Scott Crocker (85 min.,color, BetaSP, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, UW Cinematheque

Picture site: http://ghostbirdmovie.com/pressgallery.html

The Greening of Southie (2008)
Directed by Ian Cheney (73 min., color, DVD, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 1:30 p.m., Fredric March Play Circle

Picture site: http://www.greeningofsouthie.com/, click "Menu" and then "Press Kit and Images"

Greening of Southie Screenshot 1       Greening of Southie Screenshot 2
The Hunger Season (2008)
Directed by Beadie Finzi (60 min., color, DV, UK and US)
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 1:00 p.m., First United Methodist Church

Picture site: http://www.hungerseason.org/gallery/

Hunger Season Screenshot 1       Hunger Season Screenshot 2
Losers and Winners (2006)
Directed by Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken (96 min., color, DVD, Germany)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 3:45 pm, Fredric March Circle

Picture site: http://www.losers-and-winners.net/sites_de/downloads/stills.htm

Losers and Winners Screenshot 1       Losers and Winners Screenshot 2
Men of the Lake (Los Hombres del Lago) (2007)
Directed by Aaron I. Naar (12 min., b/w, DV Cam, Bolivia/US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, UW Cinematheque

Picture site: http://www.shootthesky.com/projects/theater.php?project=Los_Hombres_del_Lago
(Select "Production Stills" in the bottom left of the webpage)

Milking the Rhino (2008)
Directed by David E. Simpson (83 min.,color, DV Cam, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, UW Cinematheque

Picture site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkingtherhino/sets

Our Daily Bread (2005)
Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter (92 min., color, 35mm, Germany)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9:30 p.m., UW Cinematheque

Picture site: http://www.ourdailybread.at/jart/projects/utb/website.jart?rel=en&reserve-mode=&content-id=1130864825121

Our Daily Bread Screenshot 1       Our Daily Bread Screenshot 2
Saving Luna (2008)
Directed by Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit (92 min., color, 35mm, Canada)
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 5:00 pm, Wisconsin Union Theater

Picture site: http://www.mountainsidefilms.com/savingluna/Gallery.html

Sharkwater (2006)
Directed by Rob Stewart (89 min., color, 35mm, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 4:30 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater

Picture site: http://www.sharkwater.com/presskit/index.htm
(Select "Production Galleries")

The Sixth Section (2003)
Directed by Alex Rivera (26 min., color, DVD, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, Noon, Fredric March Play Circle

Picture site: http://sixthsection.com/page-press.html

The Sixth Section Screenshot 1       The Sixth Section Screenshot 2
Sleep Dealer (2008)
Directed by Alex Rivera (90 min., color, 35mm, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater

Picture site: http://www.sleepdealer.com/gallery.html

Sleep Dealer Screenshot 1       Sleep Dealer Screenshot 2
The Story of Stuff (2007)
Directed by Louis Fox and Annie Leonard (21 min., color, DVD, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, Noon

Picture site: http://www.storyofstuff.com/downloads.html

Trouble the Water (2008)
Directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (96 min., color, 35mm, US)
Friday, November 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater

Picture site: http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=troublethewater&mode=downloads

Trouble the Water Screenshot 1       Trouble the Water Screenshot 2
What's On Your Plate? (2009)
Directed by Catherine Gund (80 min., color, DVCam, US)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 10 a.m., MMoCA

Picture site: http://www.whatsonyourplateproject.org/press/photos

What's On Your Plate Screenshot 1       What's On Your Plate Screenshot 2

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Tom Sinclair
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