Available for rental in Canada and the USA | CAD $25Duration: 1 hr 48 minsAvailable until November 22, 2026 11:59pm MT Between Breaths&nbsp;19mOld Ladies Against Underwater Garbage&nbsp;15mListen&nbsp;15mShe Measures the Earth&nbsp;18mPlant Life&nbsp;22mHolding Ice&nbsp;19m

For many years, Florian Ledoux has lived and filmed on the sea ice of Svalbard, Norway. One day, a young polar bear crosses his path. He names her Grinch. Orphaned too soon, Grinch grows up alone on the ice. Florian follows her evolution, witnessing a fragile life in the heart of a changing world. Between them, there is no contact, only silence, distance, and presence. Photo credit: Florian Ledoux

Between Breaths

Follow Susan Baur, the 85-year-old leader, and her crew of fearless women as they defy limits, protect the environment, and rediscover wonder and joy through water and community. A reminder that adventure and activism know no age. Photo credit: Paul Wilson

Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage

Listen is a short documentary set in one of the largest wilderness areas on Earth. It follows Alaskan author Hank Lentfer as he records forgotten sounds of the natural world and cares for his mother with dementia. Listen is a sensory immersion that dissolves the boundaries between us and the more-than-human world.

Listen

She Measures the Earth follows four women scientists in Canada as they balance earth science research, personal lives, artistic expression, and outdoor pursuits. By disrupting traditional narratives of who can be a scientist, the film underscores the vital role of diverse voices and backgrounds in confronting the climate crisis.

She Measures the Earth

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.

Plant Life

Holding Ice follows an expedition deep into the Sierra Nevada, where a small team of artists and collaborators set out to document the rapidly-retreating ice of the Palisade Glacier, the southernmost glacier in the United States. Photo credit: Oliver Rye

Holding Ice

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