Susan Kucera (USA), Hot Money, Doc Feature – from Executive Producer Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges with deft direction from award winning Susan Kucera – with wit, satire and historical context, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark and his son Wes Clark Jr. take us on a journey unpacking the circulatory system connecting complex economic forces and the impact on our planet and our lives.
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The Florida environmental film festival's purpose is education and literacy through films. Our selection of films (shorts, documentaries, and feature films) will offer the audience an accessible medium through films and speakers to discuss critical thinking with the audience. We will be soliciting speakers and filmmakers to be available after the film showing to answer questions from the audience for educational benefits (in person). Our hope is that this will broaden the ...
Best Documentary Feature: Hot Money By Susan Kucera
WINNERS 2022
Best New Filmmaker: Home From School By Angela Lavelle
Best Student Filmmaker: Ruby Days By Noah Wong
Best Comedy Short Film: Letter From God By Johnny Rey Diaz
Best Suspense/Thriller Short Film: Trafficked By Doug Stroup
CIFF Art Award: Desert Sounds Performing Arts
Best Horror Short Film: Finally, You By J.R. ...
The Chandler International Film Festival is a diversified and pioneering film festival located in Chandler, Arizona. CIFF is going to screen over 120 films from more than 35 countries! Our 6-day (January 18-23, 2022) festival will include Red Carpet, Opening Ceremony, World Premiers, Award Ceremony, Networking, Workshops, Q&A and After Parties.
Chandler International Film Festival is merging with the 27th Chandler Multicultural Festival where attendees will watch a special outdoor scree...
FINALISTS AND WINNERS
OCTOBER | NOVEMBER 2021 EDITION
Every month we recognize the film that stood out among all those sent for consideration. In addition to the main “Only The Best” award, all productions also compete in the “Jury Award” and “Special Award.” Click on the buttons below to check the lists and find out if you ...
12TH HOUR narrated by David Morse
Documentary by Susan Kucera (director of Jeff Bridges Living in the future’s past)
USA July 2021 51 minutes 48 seconds
Much of our population currently lives with hopeful delusions about climate change. These delusions, many of which are built in by evolution, hamper our ability to meaningfully address the problem.
Our brains evolved to solve short-term challenges for our survival. Climate change is a long-term challenge to our survival. Can we ...
Interview by John Lyman
What was the impetus behind Hot Money?
Your film paints a dire picture for America unless the ship is righted. Is it all doom and gloom?
Hot Money highlights Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela as a real-world example of what awaits America unless it changes course. Is this a fair reading?
Many hold the belief that America is an extremely wealthy country. Considering the debt held by Americans and the U.S. government, what is your view?
Do...
From Susan Kucera, Jeff Bridges, and General Wesley Clark, Hot Money untangles the financial system, government, politics, and climate change through humor and intelligence.
Hot Money from Vision Films on Vimeo.
Confused by the foundations of our economy, stocks, derivatives, cost of energy and taxes? You are not alone. Untangle the complicated realities of our global financial system and its profound relationship to government, politics, and climate change with the hel...
A film by Susan Kucera, from Executive Producers Jim Swift and Jeff Bridges.
CAST & EXPERT SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
General Wesley Clark retired from the military after 38 years of service in the United States Army. Wesley K. Clark rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. Since retiring in 2000, he has become an investment banker, businessman, commentator, a...
Susan Kucera has been working in film since her youth, first as a camera assistant studying the Athabasca Glacier creating educational short films with her father, Glaciologist, Dr.Richard Kucera, for Encyclopedia Britannica Film Corporation, then as a screenwriter and director of documentaries.
She produced, wrote, directed, and filmed Trading on Thin Air starring Nation Magazine’s Alex Cockburn (2009). She wrote, filmed, directed, edited, and co-produced ...
I met General Clark and his son Wes Jr. while filming Living In the Future’s Past, then met the General again at a speaking engagement two years later and the kernel of a film planted itself in my mind – a conversation between a father and son on how climate change will affect our financial system. It seemed logical to follow up to the introspective Living In The Future’s Past with a nuts and bolts view of how the machinery of our money system contributes and reacts to climat...
Vision Films Inc. ("Vision") announces that immediately following the Clean Energy for America (CE4B) Inaugural Ball, the documentary Hot Money will be available on VOD and DVD in the U.S. and Canada. Co-executive producers, Retired General Wesley Clark and Jeff Bridges virtually introduced the preview at the streamed inaugural event. Hot Money is from director and acclaimed filmmaker Susan Kucera, and co-executive producers Jim Sw...
