Tahoe Film Fest

Tahoe Film Fest — December 5–8, 2019

Welcome to the Tahoe Film Fest, a four-day celebration of cinema set against the stunning backdrop of Lake Tahoe. Every dollar raised through the festival goes directly to the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, so your love of film helps support vital environmental science.

Browse the 2018 selections below, each with its own dedicated page.

2018 Tahoe Film Fest Selections

Featured Films

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018, USA)

Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, this anthology draws on a fictional collection of western tales. It follows a singing gunslinger, a luckless bank robber, a traveling medicine-show impresario, a determined prospector, two shy wagon-trail companions, and a stagecoach full of strangers. Each story stands alone yet shares a common thread of mortality. 132 minutes. Venice Film Festival winner for Best Screenplay and Golden Lion nominee.

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (2018, USA)

Directed by Aaron Lieber, this documentary follows the Kauai-born surfer who lost her left arm to a tiger shark at thirteen and returned to competition within a year. Now a mother, she faces her biggest challenge yet. 98 minutes. Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival with the filmmaker present.

The Biggest Little Farm (2018, USA)

Directed by John Chester, this heartfelt portrait follows a Los Angeles couple who leave the city to build Apricot Lane Farms and a sustainable life. Filmed over eight years, it is a life-affirming story of following your heart. 91 minutes. Telluride world premiere, Toronto People's Choice Award, and Hamptons Audience Award for Best Documentary.

Border (2018, Sweden)

Directed by Ali Abbasi, this genre-blending film follows a Swedish border agent who can smell human emotions. When she meets a man with similar abilities, she learns more about herself and her past. Based on a story by John Ajvide Lindqvist and steeped in Norse mythology. For mature audiences. 109 minutes. Cannes Un Certain Regard winner and Sweden's 2019 Academy submission.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, USA) — 50th Anniversary

Directed by George Roy Hill, this classic western follows the affable outlaws Butch and Sundance as a relentless posse pursues them across the turn-of-the-century west. 110 minutes. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and winner of three. A documentary on the making of the film screens immediately after.

Chasing Coral (2017, USA)

Directed by Jeff Orlowski, this film follows divers, photographers and scientists on an ocean adventure to understand why coral reefs are vanishing. 93 minutes. Sundance Audience Award winner and Boulder International Film Festival Best Feature Documentary.

Earthrise (2017, USA)

Directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, this short film pairs archival footage with the reflections of all three Apollo 8 astronauts on their historic voyage and its iconic image. 31 minutes. Screens prior to The New Environmentalists.

Everybody Knows (2018, Spain/France/Italy)

Directed by Asghar Farhadi and starring Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darin.

More 2018 Selections

• Free Solo (2018, USA)
• Into the Okavango (2018, USA)
• Living in the Future's Past (2018, USA)
• McQueen (2018, UK)
• The New Environmentalists
• The Other Side of the Wind (2018, USA)
• Short Films 2
• Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018, Italy/Germany)
• The Push (2018, USA)
• Roma (2018, USA/Mexico)
• Science Fair (2018, USA)
• The Serengeti Rules (2018, UK)
• Sharkwater Extinction (2018, Canada)
• Stay Human (2018, USA)
• The Sting (1973, USA)
• Studio 54 (2018, USA)
• This Changes Everything (2018, USA)
• Three Identical Strangers (2018, USA)
• Wild Daze (2018, USA)
• 22 July (2018, Norway/Iceland)

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