A Sweet Story

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A Sweet Story

In Mountain Shadow’s film selection for May, Meg Ray is the owner of the beloved Bay Area Miette pastry empire in the San Franciso Bay Area. But in this charming documentary there’s a tiny café on a remote island in the Baltic Sea where Meg and a small team of islanders can strive to preserve it. Meg rediscovers lost joy, community and the powerful alchemy of sourdough in this multi-award winning feature documentary.. Click on the image above to read an interview with the filmmakers.

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The "Best" of the Oscar Shorts"

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An annual Mountain Shadow tradition — in advance of the Academy Awards each year —Mountain Shadow presented a variety of short film Oscar nominees from the three categories; documentary, live-action and animation. You can view the six selections; as well as the nine other nominees that were not shown HERE. Our audiences completed paper ballots of their favorites, which can be seen HERE. In addition, those who completed our online survey, HERE, with comments HERE.

“Measuring the Height and Breadth of a Life”

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“Measuring the Height and Breadth of a Life”

“The Last Class” was Mountain Shadow’s July selection; that included a ‘live’ Q&A with the film’s producer. The documentary is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course and reflecting on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. To read a Mountain Shadow film review, click on the image above.

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Pilgrim's Progress

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Pilgrim's Progress

Mountain Shadow’s film selection for May, 2025: Based on Bill Bennett’s best selling Camino memoir, “The Way, My Way” is the charming and captivating true story of an Australian who decides to walk the 800 kilometre-long Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. He doesn’t know why he’s doing it, but one step at a time it will change him and his outlook on life forever. To read a brief Mountain Shadow commentary and review of the film click on the image above.

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“When This Land is Your Land”

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“When This Land is Your Land”

When a widow in Paris hears on the radio that an NGO is putting in touch homeless migrant refugees with people who are willing to welcome them -- she decides to welcome Reza who is a young Afghan broken by war and exile. Our March selection was a pre-theatrical release from France. Click on the image above to read a Mountain Shadow review of this film most appropriate for the times in which we find ourselves.

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All in the Family

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All in the Family

Straight from the Toronto International Film Festival, Mountain Shadow’s October selection was an uplifting docu-drama, along with Toronto filmmaker Q&A via Zoom. BORN HUNGRY is a gritty, life-affirming human drama about a young boy in India, abandoned on the streets, then adopted by a compassionate Canadian couple; only to become a renowned 5-star chef. Click on the image above to read a brief commentary on this film.

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