films of art and science.

  • THE MEMORY OF DARKNESS, LIGHT AND ICE

    THE MEMORY OF DARKNESS, LIGHT AND ICE

    A covert Cold War-era military camp in Greenland unearthed 400,000-year-old plant remains from deep under the ice sheet – stunning evidence the region was once ice-free. The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice is an award-winning documentary about scientists who apply cutting-edge science to a forgotten core and the implications for sea level rise and our socio-economic future. (2025)
    Streaming October 14th, 2025!

  • LOOSE HORSES

    LOOSE HORSES

    Loose Horses is a feature-length documentary about horses caught up in the sociopolitical effects of commercial trade. Loose Horses explores the purgatory of a horse auction, capturing the genuine grit of the livestock market subculture and the complicated human-equine connection in the American West. Rather than an activist film, Loose Horses takes a sensory-vérité style immersing the viewer and fostering critical dialogue. (2016)

  • THE LAKE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

    THE LAKE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

    An international team of scientists explores a subglacial lake buried 3,600 feet beneath the Antarctic ice to reveal hidden truths about our planet’s dynamic past. As they struggle against the ferocity of the ice and wind, they consider how our relationship with nature – and with one another — will impact humanity’s future and the future of all life on our rapidly changing planet. Streaming on Amazon, Curiosity Stream, iTunes, and more. (2023)

  • THE LIVING ICE OF GREENLAND

    THE LIVING ICE OF GREENLAND

    A feature-length documentary film about the startling discovery of the dark microbial forest melting the Greenland Ice Sheet far faster than any models predict, and the Arctic scientists witnessing it.

    The film is framed by the remote and perilous research high on the Greenland Ice Sheet, where rivers of melt water carve deep cracks in the ice and plunge into mile-deep holes dropping to the floor of the ice sheet.

    In Post-Production (2026).

  • EARTH SHOT: REPAIRING OUR PLANET (BBC)

    EARTH SHOT: REPAIRING OUR PLANET (BBC)

    The Earthshot Prize is intended to look forward to solutions for a brighter future on Planet Earth. Joined by Sir David Attenborough, Prince William investigates the five missions of the award and introduces the finalists for its first ever year.

    FIVE PART SERIES (2021)


    Kathy Kasic was a field director for four stories in the Earthshot series.

    Streaming on Amazon Prime, Discovery+ and BBC

  • YELLOWSTONE: BATTLE FOR LIFE

    YELLOWSTONE: BATTLE FOR LIFE

    This landmark Yellowstone documentary series follows the intertwining stories of the National Park’s iconic inhabitants: the grey wolf, the grizzly bear and herds of antelope and buffalo. The dramatic fortunes of these animals are inexorably bound together. (2009)

    Kathy Kasic was Producer of two of the Yellowstone People programs / Assistant Producer for the series.

  • WILD CARIBBEAN’S DEADLY UNDERWORLD

    WILD CARIBBEAN’S DEADLY UNDERWORLD

    Renowned ocean explorer Robert Ballard and the Nautilus ship will lead a team of scientists on a daring deep-sea expedition to the most active submarine faults and volcanoes along the perimeter of the Caribbean plate. These dangerous hot-spots also support some of the richest and most bizarre biological communities on our planet – alien-looking creatures that can survive in total darkness miles beneath the sea.  (2014)

    Kathy Kasic was a cinematographer aboard the Nautilus.

  • LIFE BELOW ANTARCTIC ICE

    LIFE BELOW ANTARCTIC ICE

    We know more about the surface of Mars than we know about Subglacial Antarctica. Watch this short documentary about the life hidden 3600 feet down in a subglacial lake in Antarctica. (2021)

  • GLACINE TRAILER

    GLACINE TRAILER

    GLACINE, a poetic ice film, A requiem for the ice. (2025)

  • THE DRIFTWOOD FEELING

    THE DRIFTWOOD FEELING

    A portrait of Montana’s poet laureate and Crow Native American, Henry Real Bird.

  • SYZYGY: LIFE IN A HEALTHY CONSTELLATION

    SYZYGY: LIFE IN A HEALTHY CONSTELLATION

    A live cinema performance of an experimental film about life in misalignment.

  • FRAMING FIRE

    FRAMING FIRE

    Framing Fire follows an international group of scientists as they study the effect of thousands of years of wildfires on the fragile ecosystems of Patagonia.

  • KILLING RIVERS IN THE NAME OF RESTORATION

    KILLING RIVERS IN THE NAME OF RESTORATION

    A short documentary about the perils of using Rotenone to kill fish in streams and rivers.

  • THROUGH THE MIRRORS

    THROUGH THE MIRRORS

    A poetic and musical evocation of the inevitability of time, inspired by W.H. Auden’s poem “As I Walked Out One Evening.”

  • REVERENCE

    REVERENCE

    A tranquil contemplation of Mark di Suvero’s sculpture, Beethoven’s Quartet, on display at Tippet Rise Art Center.

  • THE STAINLESS STEALER STEALS THE UNIVERSE

    THE STAINLESS STEALER STEALS THE UNIVERSE

    A lyrical-performative film, based on Alexander Calder’s fascination with the universe, using space imagery from NASA projected on onto his sculpture, The Stainless Stealer.

  • THE PITCHFORK RANCH

    THE PITCHFORK RANCH

    The manager of the Pitchfork Ranch in Wyoming talks trout and conservation of rivers.

  • CORING FOR CLIMATE

    CORING FOR CLIMATE

    A documentary short about the climate change science in a lake 3600 feet beneath the ice in Antarctica.

  • A LITTLE CREEK NAMED WATKINS

    A LITTLE CREEK NAMED WATKINS

    It’s easy to overlook small tributary creeks, but they play a big role in ensuring river health—and fishing opportunities. In this video, Lyndy Caine of Firehole Ranch in Montana speaks about her collaboration with Trout Unlimited to preserve healthy flows and habitat in Watkins Creek, which serves as a wild trout nursery for Hebgen Lake.

  • AGAINST THE CURRENT

    AGAINST THE CURRENT

    This film underscores the importance of healthy rivers and streams in the arid West. Told through the wisdom of four people: two ranchers, a biologist and an environmental lawyer, this film tells the story of a rancher who, after 70 years, restored water to the stream that feeds his ranch. (2007)

  • THE FISHMAN

    THE FISHMAN

    An essay film about the Yellowstone River told by a man who swims with fish.