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USD Magazine - Eric Ebner Finds Resilience, Strength, and Grace in the heights of the Peruvian Andes.

By Karen Gross

Banff Center for Arts and Creativity sits down with Filmmaker Eric Ebner

Documentary filmmaker Eric Ebner is no stranger to the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival. Ebner produced Voice Above Water, winner of the Best Short Mountain Film in the 2020 Banff Mountain Film Competition and selected for the 2020/21 World Tour, and co-directed Opening the Earth: The Potato King (2019 Banff Mountain Film Competition finalist). His latest film Perpetual Plastic was filmed while Ebner was locked down in Indonesia due to the pandemic. We caught up with him for a Q&A:

Music Vine: How an island of 2,000 farmers reignited my passion for filmmaking

When creative burnout halted production on a career-defining documentary, award-winning filmmaker Eric Ebner went off the grid to a tiny island in Lake Titicaca to reaffirm his love for storytelling.

Coast Film Festival Announces Award Winners

The second annual Coast Film Festival shared the top honors and awards from the 2020 event, held at The Ranch Laguna Beach and online.

Save the Waves Film Festival: 2018 Filmmaker Awards

The 10 year anniversary of the Save The Waves Film Festival received submissions from 18 countries this year, and the quality of films we receive has continued to grow year after year. Although all officially selected films are inherently recognized for their creative merits and production quality, the following films are representative of the best of class for the 2018 Save The Waves Film Festival selections.

2017 Florida Surf Film Festival Announces Awards

“Crafting a movie with such efficiency and beauty happens infrequently, believe it or not. Eric did it.”