Calaveras Forest & Fire Film Festival & Forum
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/31/2025
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Bret Harte Theate
Categories
Join us Saturday, May 31 for The Calaveras Forest & Fire Film Festival & Forum from 12-5 p.m. at the Bret Harte Theater in Angels Camp in the heart of Gold Country.
The film festival aims to raise awareness about the critical issues surrounding our forests, particularly our vulnerability to catastrophic wildfires and the importance of responsible forest management and community ignition resistance practices from home hardening to vegetation clean up.
Through a blend of film screenings and informative forums, we’ll bring our community together to not only foster a deeper understanding of these vital topics but motivate us all to take greater and more urgent action to prevent megafires.
The event – Calaveras’ second annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival – is FREE, thanks to our generous sponsors, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, Calaveras Big Trees Association and the Calaveras Film Commission.
You’ll see powerful films about wildfire that reveal how forest restoration with prescribed burns and thinning can enable firefighters to stop megafires, and how each of us in the “ember zone” can act to prevent them from incinerating our homes.
Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas and “The State of Fire: Why California Burns,” will lead a panel discussion to discuss one of his truisms: “California burns because of decisions that people make” and explore “How do we live with fire?”
Other featured speakers include Angela Avery, executive officer of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and Bob Boughton, VP of Calaveras Big Trees Association.
Festival goers will meet acclaimed filmmakers like Dorrington homeowner Kevin White, director of “The Fire Next Time”, and Andy Robinson, CEO of Smith Robinson Films of LA, who produced “GUARDIANS” for National Geographic, along with interviewee Alexis Bernal, UC Berkeley fire scientist and giant sequoia expert.
With food trucks out front at 10:30 a.m., theater doors open at 11 to festival goers to grab a seat and then explore table displays by: Sierra Nevada Conservancy, Calaveras Big Trees Association, Stanislaus National Forest, The Red Cross & more!
Need an added incentive to join us? >$3,000.00 in giveaways from local businesses throughout the day include $1500 worth of home hardening consulting, products and installation, $1K in tree work, and $500 for lot cleanup work — & a pole saw and chainsaw! Plus, a free night’s lodging and dinner for two at Bear Valley Ski Resort, an American River rafting trip for two, and a Country Corner fruit pie from Ace in Arnold every month for a year – and more!
P.P.S. Look for more information at www.forestfirefilm.com or www.gocalaveras.com
