Oneota Film Festival
Luther College - Decorah, IA
First Annual
January 22 & 23, 2010
www.OneotaFilmFestival.org

Luther College will be the site of the first Oneota Film Festival, Jan. 22-23, as the college hosts two days of films and information about sustainability in food, energy and living.

The festival’s selection of feature-length and short films will also include pieces on eco-tourism, short comedies, and some locally produced films. Selected film sessions will be followed by panel discussions with local and national experts who will provide additional information and lead open forums to share ideas about what the local community can do to improve its economy and promote sustainable living.

Based on the theme “Sowing the Seed,” the two-day Oneota Film Festival will seek to entertain festival goers and encourage them to become involved in the region’s many sustainability projects, programs and resources. It also aims to foster discussion about developing a more sustainable local economy and community.

Flms will include “King Corn,” “Big River, “Tapped,” “Fuel,” “Seed Hunter, “Mad City Chickens,” “Gimme Green,” “American Outrage,” “Light of the Himalaya,” “Asparagus: Stalking the American Life,” “For the Price of a Cup of Coffee ,” “Oil + Water,” “American Eagle.”  There will also be four local submissions: “Tracking the Iowa Mural,” “Coming Home: E.F. Schumacher & the Reinvention of the Local Economy,” “Iowa Learning Farm,” and “Seed Savers Exchange.”

Registration is required to be eligible for admittance to films and is available on-line and at the festival. You still must check in at the festival in order to receive your pass.  Click here to register on-line. Admission is on a first come, first served basis the day of the showing at the venue only. Additional information about the films being shown and the film festival is available at www.OneotaFilmFestival.org.