The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is not just another film festival in a charming little mountain town — it’s a festival with a purpose. The film festival is a gathering of storytellers and story-makers; a festival by activists and for activists. And in just a few years, Wild & Scenic has become the largest and most energized environmental film festival in the United States.

We're excited to be on hand for the world premier of SPOIL: The Fight to Save Great Bear. The film, from EP Films, follows iLCP's RAVE through the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia to support the coastal First Nations’ fight against a proposed oil export pipeline from the tar sands. In the challenge of just 10 days, these world famous photographers must capture the iconic wilderness and wildlife of this suddenly threatened landscape. Learn more about the Great Bear RAVE here.

Show times: Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Nevada Theatre, doors at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16 at NC Elementary, doors at 12:45 p.m.

Winess: Defining Conservation Photography will also premier at the festival. Learn more here.

And what’s a film premier without a party? Join us to Celebrate Wild Salmon! We're teaming up with the good folks of Save Our Wild Salmon, EP Films and Patagonia to throw a premier party for SPOIL and EP's other film at the festival — The Greatest Migration.

Connecting ocean and forest in the Great Bear Rainforest and tackling an epic migration from Alaska to Idaho’s mountains, salmon are an integral piece of our cultures, ecosystems, food security and global economies. But to save them, we have to protect their habitat and restore migration corridors.

Join the filmmakers of The Greatest Migration and SPOIL for a beer and take action to protect wild salmon and the people, places and wildlife that depend upon them. Sierra Nevada brews, photo projections from iLCP and gear giveaways from Patagonia and Osprey Packs!

When: Saturday, January 15 — 5:30 to 7p.m.

Where: The National Hotel – 211 Broad Street, Nevada City at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival

iLCP partnered up with SOS in 2010 for the Snake River Tripods in the Mud (TIM). Snake River salmon travel farther and climb higher than any other salmon on earth. Now, dams prevent this migratory feat from happening. This one-of-a-kind story needed to be told with images. Learn more here and don't miss the premier of The Greatest Migration at Wild & Scenic!