Special Selected Screenings of Symphony of the Soil
The Yard Theatre, Paradigm Screenings, Manchester, England, October 2015
Fairlight Hall, SlowFood UK, East Sussex, England, October 2015
Rosewood Hotel, Slow Food UK, London, England, October 2015
University of Edinburgh, Soil Association Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2015
Flat Irons Film Festival, Boulder, CO, October 2015
Aberden TechFest, James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, October 2015
Findhorn Foundation, Findhorn, Scotland, October 2015
Ballymaloe Grainstore, Cork, Ireland, October 2015
The Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, Ireland, October 2015
Cinema Utopia, Avignon, France, October 2015
Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, September 2015
Harris Center for Conservation Education, Keene NY, April 2015
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN, April 2015
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, April 2015
Association Bio-Logiques Gulf of Saint Tropez, Sainte Maxime, France, April 2015
Special Screening at the North Orientation Theater at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC April 2015
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria April 2015
*Science in the Sandias, NM Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, April 2015
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
*Port Townsend Film Festival Focus on Women Weekend, Port Townsend, WA
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ, March 2015
Harborfields Public Library, Greenlawn, NY, March 2015
Paradigm Shifts Music and Film Festival, New York, NY , March 2015
Omak Theater, Omak, WA, March 2015
Chisholm United Church, Powassan, Ontario, Canada, March 2015
Daily Acts Aqus Film Series, Petaluma, CA, March 2015
Soil Organic Matter Generators, Mazeppa, MN, March 2015
The Merwin Conservancy, Maui, HI, March 2015
Deborah Koons Garcia and Molly Jones in attendance
GreenMe Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, January 2015
Natural OC Access, Santa Ana, CA, January 2015
United Nations, New York, NY, December 2014
World Soil Day as part of the International Year of the Soils launch
Deborah Koons Garcia and Dr. Igancio Chapela in attendance
FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, December 2014
part of the International Year of the Soils launch
Merced College and Slow Food Great Valley, Merced, CA November 2014
Redd økoskulen, Aurland, Norway, November 2014
Simsbury Public Library, Simsbury, CT November 2014
Community Garden Network of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA – November 2014
Shelton Community Cinema, Shelton, WA – November 2014
Iowa State University Pesek Colloquium, Ames, IA – September 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance with Dr. Kate Scow
California EPA – Sacramento, CA – September 2014
Environemtnal Forum of Marin’s Geology and Watershed Day – Sausalito, CA – September 2014
Glengall Wharf Garden, London, England – September 2014
Arcata Theater/Locally Deliciousv- Arcata, CA – September 2014
The Camden Conference, Camden, ME – August 2014
Arlington Community Center , Arlington, VA – August 2014
Rialto Theater – Transition Albany, El Cerritto, CA – June 2014
Growing Wild Garden Supply, Hayfork, CA – July 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
20th World Congress of Soil Science, Jeju, Korea – June 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Mendocino FIlm Festival – Mendocino, CA – May 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, DocCorner – Cannes, France – May 2014
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME – May 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Boston Environmental Film Festival – Boston, MA – May 2014
National Farmers Union – Ontario, Middlesex Local London, Ontario, Canada – May 2014
14 Pews/Bayou City Food and Film Festival, Houston, TX – May 2014
The Armory Arts Center Pasadena, CA – May 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, MA – May 2014
Community College of Baltimore County/Sustainable Horticulture Program Baltimore, MD – April 2014
Casket Cinema Minneapolis, MN – April 2014
Northern United Place, Ecology North Yellowknife, Canada – April 2014
Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD – April 2014
Seedy Saturday, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada – April 2014
Sustain Jefferson’s Fith Annual Organic Gardening Workshops, Concord, WI – March 2014
Eco Film Series, Lowell, MA – March 2014
Bowie Environmental Advisory Committee – March 2014
Good Food Film Festival, Chicago, IL – March 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Bay Street Film Festival, Thunder Bay, Cananda – March 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Western Slope Microbial Soil Health & Water Conservation Event, Montrose, CO – March 2014
Making Brooklyn Bloom, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Brooklyn, NY- March 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
2nd Annual Food Film Festival, Tama, IA – March 2014
Oneota Film Festival, Decorah, IA – February 2014
10th Annual February Eco Film Festival Corvallis, Corvalis, OR – February 2014
Garden Club of America National Affairs and Legislation Committee, Washington, DC – February 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
George Grown Winter Movie Series, Hood River, OR – February 2014
Takoma Horticultural Club, Takoma Park, MD – February 2014
Trees New York at HERE Art Center, New York, NY – February 2014
23rd Annual PASA Farming for the Future Conference, State College, PA – February 2014
Museum of Science, Boston, MA – January 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Ravena Community Garden, Seattle, WA – January 2014
Transition Whatcom, Billingham WA – January 2014
Viroqua Biodynamic Group, Viroqua, WI – January 2014
Austin Film Society’s Doc Nights, Machesa Theater, Austin, TX – January 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
The Linda Documentary Film Series, Albany, NY – January 2014
Sustainability Film Series, Round Valley, CA – January 2014
The Sebastiani Theaters, Sonoma, CA – January 2014
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Muvico Parisian, West Palm Beach, FL – November 2013
Sponsored by Gray Mockingbird Community Gardens and EcoArts South Florida.
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Bringing Food Home Food Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada – November 2013
Heart of Maine Soil Conference, Bangor, Maine – November 2013
Half Moon Bay, CA – November 2013
Sponsored by the Heal Project
Films for Change Malmö, Sweden – November 2013
Music Hall 3, Beverly Hills, CA – November 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
14th Annual Wise Traditions Conference, Atlanta, GA – November 2013
Presented by Weston A. Price Foundation
Magik Latern Theater, Point Richmond, CA – November 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Global Justice Film Festival, Winnepeg, MB – November 2013
Summerfield Theater, Santa Rosa, CA – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Global Film Festival, Nanaimo, British Columbia – October 2013
Greater Good Film Festival, San Francisco, CA – October 2013
New Parkway Theater, Oakland, CA – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Bioneers Conference, San Rafael, CA – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Cinémonde, New York, NY October – 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, NY – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela in attendance
The Quad Theater, New York, NY – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Michael Hansen in attendance
Salem Progressive Film Series, Salem – OR October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia virtual attendance
The Mariemont Theater, Cincinnati, OH – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Michael Hansen in attendance
Facets Cinémathèque, Chicago, IL – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Northern California Permaculture and Transition Convergence, Hopland, CA – October 2013
The California State Grange, Sebastopol, CA – October 2013
Palm Springs, CA – October 2013
Presented by City of Palm Springs Office of Sustainability
Napa Valley Opera House, Napa, CA – October 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela in attendance
The Roxie Theater, San Francsico, CA – September 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela in attendance
The Smith Rafael Theater, San Rafael, CA – September 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela in attendance
Threefold Café, Chesterville, NY – September 2013
Presented by the Hungry Hollow Coop
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Michael Hansen, Jane Gussow in attendance
Canada Organic Week Toronto, Ontario September 2013
Jacob Burns Nature Series, Opening Night, Pleasantville, NY – September 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Chef Dan Barber in attendance
Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA – September 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Breadalbane Plains Landcare Film Night, Breadalbane, Australia – August 2013
Green Guerillas Film Festival, Queens, NY – August, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia virtual attendance
Transition Bondi Film & Feast, Bondi, Australia – August, 2013
Growing Green Festival, Nova Scotia, Canada – August, 2013
Sponsored by Cinema Politica, Council of Canadians (South Shore Chapter), Fresh Air Films, Helping Nature Heal, Municipality of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Environment, Resource Recovery Fund Board and South Shore Public Libraries.
American Renewable Energy Day Conference, Aspen, CO – August, 2013
American Community Gardening Association Conference, Seattle, WA – August, 2013
Sponsored by the ACGA and the University of Washington
The Colonial Theatre, Belfast, ME – August, 2013
Sponsored by the Belfast Coop, Maine Farmland Trust and The Colonial Theatre
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Justice Begins With Seeds Conference, Seattle, WA – August, 2013
Part of the he GMO Awareness Week Film Series, presented by Biosafety Alliance
Kenworthy Performing Arts Center, Moscow, ID – July 2013
Presented by the University of Idaho Soil Stewards
Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station, CA – July, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela and Warren Weber in attendance
IFC Center, New York, NY – July, 2013
New York City premiere with Deborah Koons Garcia, Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Michael Hansen
Fargo Theatre, Fargo, ND – June, 2013
Sponsored by FARRMS
Deborah Koons Garcia and Fred Kirschenmann in attendance
The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale, NY – May, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia virtual attendance
The Royal Theater, Toronto, Canada – May, 2013
Presented by the Toronto Farmers Market Network
Crossroads Film Festival, Graz, Austria – May, 2013
Sausalito Film Festival, Sausalito, CA – May, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Numina Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA – May, 2013
Screened at the Church of the Incarnation
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Food + Film Fest at the Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA – May, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Nickelodeon Theater, Santa Cruz, CA – May, 2013
Olympia Film Society’s Environmental Film Festival, Olympia, WA – April, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Portland EcoFilm Festival at the Hollywood Theatre, Portland, OR – April, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Sustainable Living Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey – April, 2013
Screened at the Italian Cultural Institute
Forest Row Film Society, Forest Row, United Kingdom – April, 2013
International Festival of Science Documentary Films, Olomouc, Czech Republic – April 2013
As part of Academia Film Olomouc
Salt Spring Film Festival, Salt Spring Island, Canada – March, 2013
Best of the World Community Film Festival, Courtenay, Canada – March, 2013
Sponsored by the North Island College
Sacramento Food Film Festival, Sacramento, CA – March, 2013
Sponsored by Slow Food Sacramento, with Deborah Koons Garcia and Kate Scow in attendance
Bard College, Hudson, NY – February, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia and Ignacio Chapela in attendance
MOSES Organic Farming Conference, Spring Valley, WI – February, 2013
Soil and Nutrition Conference, Northampton, MA – February, 2013
Princeton Environmental Film Festival, Princeton, NJ – February, 2013
Canada Organics Growers Conference, Toronto, Canada – February, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Cinema Verde Film Festival, Gainesville, FL – February, 2013
*Winner Food Award
Slow Foods Berkshire & Wiltshire, United Kingdom – January, 2013
Ecofarm Conference, Pacifica, CA – January, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Nevada City, CA – January, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia and Ignacio Chapela in attendance
Acres U.S.A. Conference, Springfield, IL – December, 2012
Iowa Organic Conference, Iowa City, IO – November, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia virtual attendance
American Conservation Film Festival, Shepherdstown, WV – November, 2012
Tri-Society Conference and Meeting, Cincinnati, OH – October, 2012
The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, with Deborah Koons Garcia, Kate Scow and Daniel Hillel in attendance
Life Sciences Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic – October, 2012
*Winner Best in Festival
Open Cinema Canadian, Victoria, Canada – October 2012
Canadian premiere with Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
Vashon Theater, Vashon Island, WA – October, 2012
Sponsored by the Vashon Island Growers Association with Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance
SXSW Eco, Austin, TX – October, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Heirloom Seed Expo, Santa Rosa, CA – September, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Seattle Town Hall, Seattle, WA – September, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Greentopia Film Festival, Rochester, NY – September, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia virtual attendance
Common Ground Fair, Unity, ME – September, 2012
Sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Natural Products Expo East, Baltimore, MD – September, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
The Biochar Conference, Rohnert Park, CA – July, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, New York, NY – May, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia, Fred Kirschenmann and Jack Algiere in attendance.
Soil Association at the Curzon Theatre, London, United Kingdom – May, 2012
UK premiere in London, sponsored by the Soil Association with Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Film Festival, Minneapolis MN – April, 2012
Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma, CA – April, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Iowa State University, Ames, IA – March, 2012
Sponsored by the Leopold Institute with Deborah Koons Garcia and Fred Kirschenmann in attendance.
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC – March, 2012
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Fresno State University, Fresno, CA – August, 2011
A special work-in-progress version of the film was shown at Fresno State University as part of its 100 year anniversary celebration. Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Bay Area Science Festival, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA – August, 2010
Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Hans Jenny Memorial Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley – May, 2010
A special work-in-progress version of the film was shown as the Hans Jenny Memorial Lecture at UC Berkeley. Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Yale University, Hartford, CT – February, 2010
A special work-in-progress version of the film was shown at Yale University. Deborah Koons Garcia in attendance.
Symphony of the Soil Awards
Winner of the Merit Award for Scientific Information – September, 2012
Montana CINE International Film Festival, Missoula, MT
Winner of the Life Sciences Film Festival – October, 2012
Selected as best in festival by a specialist jury from over 40 films in competition
Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Winner of the Food Award – February, 2013
Cinema Verde Film Festival, Gainesville, FL
Symphony of the Soil Filmmaker’s Awards
John de Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award, Wild & Scenic Film Fesitval – January, 2013
Deborah Koons Garcia received the award for her body of films on agriculture, genetically modified food and sustainability at the 2013 Wild and Scenic Film Festival.
Educational Institutions
The following is a partial list of the universities using Symphony of the Soil for instructional purposes: Cornell University, Dickinson College, Dominican University of California, James Madison University, Los Picos de Nagueles, Mississippi State University, Montana State University, Newcastle University, North Carolina State University Soil Science Department, Purdue University, University of Sydney, University of Tennessee, University of Waterloo, Upper Iowa University Wake Forest University, Whittier College, Iowa State, University of Kentucky and The New School in New York.
Purchase the Symphony of the Soil Educational Collection for your university, college, library or institution.
Sonatas of the Soil
Soil in Good Heart (2008)
Film Festivals: San Francisco Green Film Festival (October 2010), Mill Valley Film Festival (October 2010), Aspen Shortsfest Film Festival (2010)
Awards: Special Jury Recognition Award at the Aspen Shortsfest Film Festival
Portrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog’s Leap (2011)
Film Festivals: San Francisco Green Film Festival (October 2010), Mill Valley Film Festival (October 2011), Wild and Scenic Film Festival (January 2012), Sonoma Valley Film Festival (April 2012)
Sekem Vision (2011)
Film Festivals: Reel Earth New Zealand (May 2012), Wild and Scenic Film Festival (January 2012)
Transition Town Totnes (2011)
Film Festivals: Ohio Indie Film Festival (April 2012), Flicker Fest in Australia (January 2012), Mill Valley Film Festival (October 2011), Taos Shortz Film Fest (March 2011), Yale Environmental Film Festival (March 2011)
Awards: Won Best Short in the 2011 Yale Environmental Film Festival.