The festival features films by renowned storytellers from National Geographic, the BBC, and seven award-winning regional wildlife filmmakers. Among its highlights are stories of untamed wildness and the indomitable human spirit.
Film screenings take place at the historic Columbian Theater. There are four film blocks, each approximately two hours long. The festival culminates with a Sunday afternoon screening of National Geographic’s, Path of the Panther.
There will also be two local pop-up events in Astoria. These informal gatherings are open to the public and feature special panel discussions. Attendees can eat, drink, and nerd-out on conservation topics.
Enjoy a beer, or other beverages of choice, as we chat with experts about the joys and benefits of native plants. Learn how to transform your yards and about exciting new habitat restoration projects happening right in our neck of the coast!
Join us for coffee and hot cider and get a chance to meet several filmmakers and stars of the festival. Expect a lively panel discussion, complete with audience Q+A, to talk about how to bring compelling conservation stories to life.
Attendees will receive a 10% discount at Mess Hall Market and their sister store, Menagerie.
Astoria, Oregon is balanced at the edge of the Columbia River, one of North America’s mightiest rivers. With a history steeped in reliance on its wild bounty and millions drawn in by its mist-filled forests, beachcombing elk, wild oceans, legendary salmon, and excellent beer, it is only natural that it be the place to showcase how we survive from the land, care for it, are shaped and awed by it.
This celebration is the brainchild of the Wildlife Center of the North Coast, which rescues over 1,000 wild animals a year, and Astoria-based Neon Raven Story Labs, a conservation production company working with nonprofits and outlets such as Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Audubon.
Proceeds benefit the Wildlife Center of the North Coast.
The Wildlife Center of the North Coast was established in 1997 by Sharnelle Fee, who had a vision to care for native Oregon wildlife by providing both rehabilitation and education. The Wildlife Center currently operates in Astoria, Oregon, providing wildlife rehabilitation for injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife on the north coast. They operate a wildlife crisis hotline for the public, and provide long-term rehabilitation care for seabirds transferred from other centers all around Oregon.
The mission of The Wildlife Center of the North Coast is to promote compassion, empathy, and respect for all life through rehabilitation, ecological teachings, and wildlife conservation. They offer educational programs, including summer camps, public tours, and an educational ambassador program with native Oregon bird species.
Through these programs, they educate Oregonians about the diversity and importance of native wildlife, provide outdoor education experiences for children living on the north coast, and provide resources to members of the public seeking to coexist with native wildlife in their communities.
Neon Raven Story Labs is a storytelling platform connecting conservation to our everyday lives. Founded by Morgan Heim, a Senior Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, National Geographic grantee, and friend of The Wildlife Center of the North Coast, Neon Raven produces stories for outlets such as National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian and Newsweek, with films in Telluride and Banff Mountain Film Festivals, Jackson Wild, and Wild & Scenic.
Columbian Theater
1102 Marine Dr
Astoria, OR
(Tickets $10 online or at the door)
March of the Newts
Izembek
Colors of Change
Path of the Bear
Florida Caviar
Nigerians Fight to Protect the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal
A River Called Home
Shaba: A film about Retiti Elephant Sanctuary
Columbian Theater
1102 Marine Dr
Astoria, OR
(Tickets $10 online or at the door)
JOJO: A Toad Musical
Ploverville
Wildfire Preparedness
Kings of the North
The Wild Reborn
A Disappearing Forest
Sym-bee-o-sis
Hargila
Buoy Beer Food Hub
1152 Marine Dr
Astoria, OR
TALKING PLANTS
Enjoy a beer, or other beverages of choice, as we chat with experts about the joys and benefits of native plants. Learn how to transform your yards and about exciting new habitat restoration projects happening right in our neck of the coast!
Columbian Theater
1102 Marine Dr
Astoria, OR
(Tickets $10 online or at the door)
Cormie: The Pickpocket Cormorant
JOY
Diving For Rays: A Queer Conservation Story
Finding Salmon
Hellbent
Feathers in Flight: The Bird Genoscape Project
Paving Tundra
Mess Hall Market Pier 39
100 39th St #25
Astoria, OR
MEET THE STORYTELLERS
Join us for coffee and hot cider and get a chance to meet several filmmakers and stars of the festival. Expect a lively panel discussion, complete with audience Q+A, to talk about how to bring compelling conservation stories to life.
Attendees will receive a 10% discount at Mess Hall Market and their sister store, Menagerie.
Columbian Theater
1102 Marine Dr
Astoria, OR
(Tickets $10 online or at the door)
Where Life Begins
The Tide is Coming Home: Hoquiam Middlefork Tidal Restoration Project
Remembering Sudan
Path of the Panther (feature length film)