Moss Farm

The Moss Farm Film & Arts Invitational is a gathering of regenerative storytelling through film. We showcase stories that explore nature, community, culture, and imagination, grounded in the belief that creative expression is a vital part of restoring the Earth. Regenerative storytelling goes beyond representation; it seeks to repair, renew, and reimagine our relationship with the living world through narrative.

Past editions have been hosted in unique locations, including Moss Farm on the Marsh at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center in Wisconsin, where films from around the world were paired with hands-on workshops using natural earth pigments and botanical inks. The Montreal edition highlighted films about land use, sustainability, and education reform, with a strong focus on music and art as tools for change. Hosted by Institut Pégase-ISAEL and École Rudolf Steiner de Montréal, that gathering benefited the Los Angeles Fire Response of Emergency Pedagogy Without Borders.

This year’s edition will take place in Sacramento, California, in collaboration with Meristem—an educational community for neurodiverse young adults. The festival will be held on the historic former Rudolf Steiner College campus, nestled along the American River and surrounded by oaks, gardens, and biodynamic farmland. Meristem’s focus on practical skills, land-based learning, and creative development makes it a natural extension of the Invitational’s mission.

Presented in association with the Wild Arts Guild, the Invitational welcomes short and feature-length films, animation, experimental works, documentary, and music videos that explore ecology, land-based knowledge, neurodiversity, cultural memory, education, craft, music, and the arts as pathways to renewal.

Selected films will be featured in a program of screenings and events designed to foster dialogue between filmmakers, audiences, and the land.