6th GREEN FILM FESTIVAL OF SAN FRANCISCO:

MELT: The Memory of Ice

(Filmmakers expected to attend for live Q&A)

MELT: The Memory of Ice is a visually mesmerizing cinematic song cycle, a powerful and contemplative invitation to sit bedside in communion with our earth’s body melting and spilling through climate change. Created during a summer the composer/director spent in Greenland with her mother and 5-year-old daughter, the film slowly explores a spectacular river of icebergs, increasingly interrupted by flashes of memory. An immersive soundtrack rich with glimmers of sound — calving ice, reindeer bells, sled dogs — surrounds the spellbinding vocal ensemble Moving Star and a solo child reciting an unfathomable list of winter’s loss — flurries, ice skates, snow angels. The ice melts on.

Terminus

This is a memorial for an ancient glacier that will fade out of existence in this generation. Emerson and Cedar, a five and three year-old pair of brothers who live on a sailboat, share what they have learned about this vanishing glacier in Olympic National Park. This short film is ancillary to the main effort, which is to ensure the glacier lives on in the heart of the next generation while fostering a deep connection to nature.

The Green Film Festival is presented by SF IndieFest, a 501c3 non-profit, that has presented over 60 film festivals over the past 27 years, acquiring a strong following with independent film fans and garnering press coverage and recognition for thousands of films and filmmakers. SF IndieFest is a founding member of the Film Festival Alliance.