3 CLIMATE ACTION SHORTS

Awarding-Winning REFABRICATE
Directed by Brielle Barozzini

Refabricate is an experimental documentary about sustainable fashion innovation in & around the Raleigh/Durham area in North Carolina. The documentary explores the topics of circular economy and accessibility within sustainable fashion.

Awarding-Winning SILENT SKIES
Directed by Casey Hogue and Remi Oktay

Silent Skies follows the groundbreaking journey of three Pennsylvania college students who orchestrated and piloted the first ever fully electric airplane stadium flyover. Stunning fans with a whisper-quiet show, this event signaled the dawn of America’s transition to electric aviation. The students completed a record breaking trip flying the airplane from its base in Hartford, CT to the stadium in Easton, PA, recharging at enroute airports directly from a fleet of electric F-150 trucks.

NOAH’S ARK – A Coral Rescue First
Directed by Michael Alexander Zimmer

Florida Coral Rescue. An Unprecendented Expedition into the unknown. A disease called stony coral tissue loss was sweeping across Florida’s Coral Reef. A team of scientists descended on the marquessas in the dry Tortugas to rescue and create a gene bank for future ciral restoration efforts. Were they too late? The inspiring story of risk… rescue and restoration.

OUR AWESOME PANEL:

BRIELLE BAROZZINI, Director of Refabricate, is a documentary filmmaker originally from New Jersey. She received her BA in Film Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and currently works as a documentary production coordinator in Raleigh, NC. Brielle has been producing documentaries for ten years, and she’s especially interested in telling stories about environmental topics. Refabricate is a passion project she has been developing since 2020, and she is so excited to see this film become a reality with the support of talented collaborators. Refabricate is Brielle’s directorial debut, and she looks forward to sharing the documentary throughout 2025.

REMY OKTAY, Co-Director of Silent Skies. Not only did Remy lead and direct Silent Skies, Remy is the pilot who organized and flew the first-ever electric airplane stadium flyover — the story that Silent Skies follows. After graduating from Lafayette College last year with degrees in Engineering and Environmental Studies, he’s been launching a couple new projects: helping deploy unleaded aviation fuel in the push to eliminate 70% of nationwide lead pollution, and designing patent-pending hardware to make commercial-grade tree swings safer for trees, opening the door for more parks and public spaces to bring people outside and reconnect with the world around them.

MODERATOR:

ELISA SOLOMON is the Project Coordinator at the Fairfax Food Council. She holds a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in food security and nutrition.

EVENT SPONSOR: Climate Action NOW (CAN) 501c3. EVENT PARTNERS: Network NOVA, Trace – The Zero Waste Store, Climate & Clean Energy Working Group, Go Electric DMV.