2014 Red Rock Film Festival

Herd in Iceland
(Iceland, USA) 29 min. (2013) Documentary Short
DIR Lindsay Blatt CAST Arinbjörn Jóhannsson, Gudlaug M. Jónsdottir, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Haukur Pálsson, Jóna Guðbjörg Guðmundsdóttir, Sigurður Órn Ágústsson
For over 1,000 years, Icelandic law has made it illegal to import horses onto the island. For that reason, Icelandic horses are a pure breed, isolated by oceanic borders. 
During the summer months, the horses live a remote and wild existence, grazing in the highlands and raising their young. Every September, they are rounded up by local farmers and directed across the rugged terrain to reunite with their owners. It's a breathtaking tradition that unites the country. This film documents the annual horse round-up. The result is a unique and moving portrait of Iceland's people, horses, and stunning landscape.

Who Owns Water
(USA) 51 min. (2014) Documentary Featurette
DIR David Hanson, Michael Hanson, Andrew Kornylak CAST Michael Hanson, David Hanson
There's a lot at stake on a few big, slow, brown rivers in the Deep South. The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF) is becoming the canary-in-the-coal mine for a looming East Coast water crisis. The Hanson brothers grew up in Atlanta beside the Chattahoochee River. In March 2013, they returned and paddled, together and separately, the 542 miles of the basin from its source in the Appalachian Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. Their journey and the people they meet along the way tell the story of an endangered and essential natural resource.