Alaska Fish Film Festival to Showcase Alaska’s Fisheries

Over 20 short films will be featured at the first annual Alaska Fish Film Festival that focus on the connections between people and salmon, the unique life cycle and habitat needs of different species, how ordinary people are helping conserve fish and their habitats, and more.

The films are from a variety of perspectives—from fishermen to subsistence users, researchers, volunteers, landowners, and the fish themselves.

The first showing will be hosted in Juneau by the Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership on Tuesday, October 21 at the welcoming social of the annual meeting of the Alaska Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and American Water Resources Association. A public showing will take place in Juneau following the conference and will be co-hosted by  the Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School/Taku House Science Class with support from The Salmon Project on Sunday, Oct  26, from 3:30-6:30 pm at the Gold Town Nickelodeon theatre; other follow-up showings are being arranged around the state.

The festival seeks to inspire fisheries conservation, grow appreciation for and awareness of Alaska’s fisheries and the many ways in which we’re connected to fish and all the goods and services they provide – as well as grow a collection of short films that can be shared with Alaskans and beyond. An archive of the festival program and associated weblinks for the films will be made available on the SEAKFHP website at: www.seakfhp.org.