{"id":160114,"date":"2026-02-18T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160114\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:15:09","slug":"eckerd-college-festival-brings-five-nights-of-environmental-films-to-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160114\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College festival brings five nights of environmental films to St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AWild Wolf in Yellowstone National Par Credit: Robert Frashure \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll cost movie-lovers nothing to answer the call of the wild this month.<\/p>\n

On five nights over Friday, Feb. 20, to Saturday, Feb. 28, will be showing six environmental films for its annualVisions of Nature\/Voices of Nature Environmental Film Festival.<\/p>\n

For over 25 years, the festival has brought together film scholars and established and emerging filmmakers from around the world to bring Tampa Bay and the Eckerd College community environmental perspectives through documentary, animated, experimental and feature films.<\/p>\n

\u201cLost Wolves of Yellowstone,\u201d written and co-directed by Thomas Winston screens on Wednesday, Feb. 25<\/a>. The documentary follows the effort to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone, 50 years after their eradication from the national park.\u00a0 Led by the late Molly Beattie, the first female director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the re-introduction effort is described in the film as \u201cthe greatest wildlife restoration project ever undertaken.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winston will hold a virtual discussion following the film, and scholars or directors will lead discussions following each of the other films.<\/p>\n

Chris Passig, director of the journalism movie \u201cTeenage Wasteland\u201d will also talk to festival goers after his film screens on Friday, Feb. 27.<\/a><\/p>\n

Visions of Nature\/Voices of Nature Environmental Film Festival\u2019s lineup includes everything from a short film highlighting Eckerd\u2019s own College Community Farm to an animation film featuring a solitary cat learning to live amongst other animals on a boat (\u201cFlow\u201d<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no cover for the 2026 Visions of Nature\/Voices of Nature Environmental Film Festival happening at St. Petersburg\u2019s Eckerd College from Feb. 20-28.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This article appears in Feb. 12 \u2013 18, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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