Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Fest
The Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival is hitting the road with the Best of Fest screenings! Catch six unforgettable short documentaries from the 2025 film festival:
● A Little Story About Forever (10 minutes)
Told from the perspectives of father Max and son Kip, this animated short explores the meaning of “forever” as they attempt to write a book together. As Max becomes overwhelmed by threats to the future, he reaches out to an unlikely hero, Mark Ruffalo, for help understanding the bigger picture.
● Hustle and Run (19 minutes)
A joyful, exhilarating underdog story from an unexpected corner of British sport. Set in the high-energy world of flyball — known as “the F1 of dog sports”— the film follows maverick captain Jeannette and the Aces, a ragtag team of women from Kent. Betting on Hustle, a spirited whippet considered impossible to train, the team challenges decades of conventional wisdom.
● Big Bass (14 minutes)
What does it mean to feel seen by others before you’re ready to see yourself? A filmmaker investigates a surreal childhood memory involving a physical education teacher and a large plastic fish, uncovering a hidden ally in her journey toward recognizing herself as a queer woman.
● Planetwalker (31 minutes) – Filmmaker Q&A
In 1971, John Francis — known around the world as the “Planetwalker”— witnessed an oil tanker collision in the San Francisco Bay. After seeing oiled birds along the shoreline, he gave up motorized transportation and began traveling solely by foot. Months later, he took avow of silence, believing that listening rather than adding to conflict was the path forward. For 17 years, he walked across the country and back.
● FREYA (4 minutes)
Nine-year-old Freya shares how climbing helps her embrace discomfort, navigate fear, and build confidence while living with neurodiversity.
● Strong Grandma (15 minutes)
Catherine is a 95-year old competitive deadlifter who is entering what she believes will be her final weightlifting competition. She got into weightlifting when she was 80 years old because she had osteopenia, and was surprised to find she had a knack for it. She began competing at 85 and has won every event she has entered, simply because there’s no one else in her age to compete against.
