6th GREEN FILM FESTIVAL OF SAN FRANCISCO:

Transamazonia

(Opening Night Film)

Rebecca (Helena Zengel), the daughter of missionary Lawrence Byrne (Jeremy Xido), miraculously survives a plane crash in the Amazon as a child. She becomes a celebrity in the region and is revered as a miracle healer – which greatly benefits her father’s mission. But when illegal loggers threaten the land of the indigenous population, Rebecca is plunged into a deep inner conflict that shakes her loyalty to her father, the mission and her faith.

In Transamazonia, director Pia Marais weaves ecological, religious and political themes into a contemporary western. The film was shot in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and French Guyana and is full of hypnotic images.

Intangible Zone

In the Colombian Amazon, the Curare indigenous reservation survives and struggles to protect the Intangible Zone, a territory inhabited by isolated tribes in a natural, millenary state, extremely vulnerable to outside contact.

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.