Green Film Festival presents:
THE TERROIRIST

The Terroirist is a character study of the legendary winemaker Randall Grahm (founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard). Randall has embarked on a journey to discover an entirely new grape variety that's indigenous to North America. It's a Sisyphus-like story of a true iconoclast trying to overcome huge odds, both agriculturally and personally. It’s a meditation on staying true to one’s mission and the obsession that comes with it. It's also about Randall’s connection and commitment to his land.

Q&A with filmmaker & subject expected after the screening.

PLANT LIFE

Biologist Joanne Chory is undertaking the final mission of her lauded career: supercharging crop plants to sequester carbon deep into Earth's soil, with the goal of cutting the pace of climate change in half. But she’s racing the two ticking clocks of ecological collapse and her own advancing Parkinson’s disease.

Q&A with filmmaker expected after the screening.

Forget the guilt trip, the Green Film Festival of San Francisco, the mischievous, tree-hugging cousin of the 29 year old SF IndieFest, returns Oct 15-22 to prove that saving the planet doesn't have to feel like homework. We've ditched the doom-and-gloom documentaries that make you want to crawl under a (sustainably sourced) blanket and never come out. The line-up this year pairs sharp environmental storytelling with wit, weirdness, and unapologetic irreverence. And yes, our Eco-Horror midnight movie is back!

Whether you’re an eco-curious cinephile or a die-hard activist, come join in the fun because if we're going to talk about the end of the world as we know it, we might as well laugh, gasp, and maybe even dance a little on the way there. Through this experience the festival hopes audiences can begin to engage with sustainable solutions to the problems facing the planet.