Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents "The Fire Poppy," which follows MYSTERY RANCH ambassador Sasha Berleman as she transforms her view of fire—from fear to reverence. Through her work in land stewardship, she reveals how fire sustains ecosystems and sparks renewal, including the rare fire poppy that blooms only after flames.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents The Dolphins, capturing San Francisco’s iconic Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club through stunning visuals and rare archives. Centered on longtime female swimmers braving the Bay’s frigid waters, it’s both a portrait of resilience and a love letter to the city and its wild rhythms.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents The Book of George, which follows photographer George McKenzie Jr., who traded guns for a camera to capture nature from Brooklyn to the Everglades. A National Geographic Explorer, he uses his lens to inspire kids of color in conservation and prove wild dreams know no boundaries.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents The American Southwest, narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, journeys down the Colorado River to reveal its wildlife, cultural history, and urgent threats from dams and depletion. Featuring beavers, elk, and rattlesnakes, the film calls for bold water and wildlife conservation.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents The Eyes of Ghana, a stunning feature documentary following 93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—as he races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,000 films that captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties. Yet unseen by the public, these films may not only rewrite Ghanaian and African history—but world history itself.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Swimming with Butterflies, which follows para swimmer Lizzi’s journey from heartbreak at the 2016 Paralympics to rediscovering her identity beyond competition. An intimate portrait of resilience, self-acceptance, and the power of swimming to define—and redefine—a life.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents See Like Me. Blind children are often born with perfect pitch and a natural aptitude for music. In 1980, music programs were cut from schools in the US and access to music for such uniquely talented musicians was nearly lost. A music school was founded in 2020 to help fill the void and change the lives of musically gifted blind children.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Sea Country, which follows marine biologist Tishiko King, a proud Kulkalaig woman from Masig Island, as she brings her people’s fight against climate change to the world stage. From Sea Country traditions to the UN, the film reveals resilience, ocean healing, and a struggle for survival.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Rogatkin, a film about professional mountain bike slopestyle athlete Nicholi Rogatkin's 20-year career. From the highs to lows, Nicholi has changed the sport of slopestyle with countless world-first tricks. All while pushing the sport he has been a positive influence on the community of slopestyle.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Rock | Plastic | Salmon. Set on Newfoundland’s South Coast, this film explores life after the 1992 cod moratorium. Through local voices, it follows communities resisting industrial salmon farming and striving to protect their land, waters, and way of life by building a conservation-driven future.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Rêverie. Set in the Alps in the heart of winter, photographer Barbara Thollot embarks on a visual and sensory journey—where dream and poetry intertwine to explore solitude and create a suspended reality.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Reel Rock: Death of Villains, a former child climbing prodigy confronts his struggle with disordered eating to attempt his life-long dream of climbing a groundbreaking 5.15 first ascent, with the help of an unlikely and controversial partner.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Pressure Drop. From Norway to Jackson Hole, Pressure Drop follows the world’s top skiers and snowboarders through deep powder, huge cliffs, and iconic lines. Born from a dream and forged on the edge, this is TGR’s 30th annual film—a tribute to the fleeting moment when breath slows, gravity takes over, and everything else fades.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents The San Antonio Million Gardens Project, launched with Grant Community AME Church and Big Green, has helped 300 families grow food at home—bringing healthier diets, hope, and community healing through the power of gardening.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Out of Plain Sight, from the LA Times and Pulitzer finalist Rosanna Xia, which uncovers a hidden disaster off California’s coast: hundreds of thousands of toxic barrels dumped after WWII, their deadly impact still haunting the ocean today.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Ohio: Wild at Heart, narrated by Archie Griffin, showcases the state’s stunning parks and waterways on the giant screen. From Hocking Hills to Lake Erie, witness eagles, fireflies, and epic comebacks of rivers and wildlife in a breathtaking story of nature’s resilience and renewal.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Mother River. A look into Devin Brown's journey as she seeks to be the First black female on record to kayak the entire Mississippi River.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Monumental Moment. In 2023, Maya Tilousi-Lyttle introduced President Biden as he declared Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument, protecting sacred Grand Canyon lands. Yet threats like Canyon Mine and legal challenges remain—leaving the fight to Maya and the next generation.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Momo. From the humble beginnings of a small African village to the dazzling heights of Cirque du Soleil, 'Momo' shares the story of a man who defied gravity and destiny. This short film is a celebration of resilience and the magic of flight, where Momo doesn't just perform - he transcends.

Coast Film & Music Festival 2025 presents Miles Between Us, Miles to Go. Author Jedidiah Jenkins takes his mother on a roadtrip through the Canadian Rockies. To ease the mother/son tension that often comes with family in prolonged proximity, she brings along her best friend. Laughter and discovery follow. This short film is an ode to mothers and the priceless memories we never regret making.