OBJECTIVE/MISSION:
Les Bois Film Festival screens nature and outdoor films inspiring viewers to forge a deeper connection with the natural world. Film screenings serve as a launching pad for building a community around wildlife conservation and wild land preservation in Idaho's Treasure Valley.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
The 6th annual Les Bois Film Festival will take place in spring of 2021.
Les Bois Film Festival highlights stories from, by or about people and issues of our home state of Idaho, in addition to films from other parts of the world. Together, these films build a thread connecting conservation stories from Idaho and the Western U.S. to those from around the world.
The inaugural Les Bois Film Festival event, which took place in March of 2016, was hugely successful, drawing a sold-out crowd to the historic Egyptian Theatre in downtown Boise. For nine years before the creation of the Les Bois Film Fest, the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley had been hosting the Wild and Scenic Film Festival's traveling program, building a sizable audience for conservation and outdoor adventure films in the region.
The festival is hosted by the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley (LTTV), a 24 year old Boise-based non-profit organization. LTTV's mission is to conserve the natural, scenic, recreational, historic and agricultural values of Southwest Idaho's open spaces. The Les Bois Film Festival began with the help of Wild Lens, a non-profit focused on addressing wildlife conservation issues through documentary storytelling. It is possible due to the collaboration between non-profits, Boise's art community, and dozens of volunteers.
Audience Choice Awards:
Best-of-Fest
Best Idaho-produced film