Woods Hole Film Festival Features Samia Staehle in “Filmmaker Chat”
As a director of an official selection of the Woods Hole Film Festival, Samia Staehle was featured on their “Filmmaker Chat” series. Staehle, who’s desire to share her love of horses brought the film to light spent slightly more than a half of an hour discussing the filmmaking process. Alongside Staehle was the director of […]
Desert Flight wins Best Documentary and Cinematography at Tagore International Film Festival
Desert Flight has been presented with two awards during the June 2020 edition of the Tagore International Film Festival in West Bengal, India. The selection committee recognized the short documentary film about the horse-human connection for it cinematography and as the best documentary. Both wins are automatic nominations for the Sun of the East Awards […]
Desert Flight wins Best Documentary Short at Los Angeles Film & Script Festival
Desert Flight has been recognized by the Los Angeles Film & Script Festival. The event showcases bodies of work that exemplify originality, creativity and expressiveness among 16 categories. Hosted virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Desert Flight proved to best the competition in the category of Documentary Short in this the festival’s 12th edition. […]
Desert Flight AMDOCS Screening Rescheduled
The 9th annual American Documentary and Animation Film Festival to originally have taken place in Palm Springs, California in March of 2020 has been rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival will now take place from September 25th to the 29th, 2020. All originally selected films including DESERT FLIGHT are expected to screen. Desert […]
Desert Flight takes part in Iconic Olympia Horse Show, London
Equestrian documentary Desert Flight is scheduled to take part in Olympia, The London International Horse Show which runs from December 16th through the 22nd. Known worldwide for being a massive indoor annual equestrian event, Olympia has always combined the top levels of equestrian sport with entertainment in the form of shopping, demonstrations and exhibitions. This […]
Desert Flight Makes European Premiere; award-winning documentary to partake in historic Dublin Horse Show
The connection between horse and human knows no geographical bounds. Every country has its fair share of equine lovers and some countries are particularly horse crazed. Ireland is one such where the Dublin Horse Show marks its 151st edition this week and it’s a special one as it is the centennial of women’s participation in […]
A Desert Flight VIP Experience at Longines Masters of New York
As their cheers filled the air and they pumped their fists, it was clear the eight women who had won the Desert Flight VIP Experience at the world class Longines Masters of New York on Saturday night, April 27, were thrilled. The team behind the Desert Flight movie had done it again and won the hearts and souls of […]
Equestrian documentary DESERT FLIGHT makes history on the USEF Network
American horse lovers are in for a treat as award winning film DESERT FLIGHT is now available to stream on demand via the USEF Network. The 39-minute documentary film explores the horse-human bond through the eyes of a group of equestrians from differing walks of life. Shot on location at the HITS Coachella Desert Circuit, […]
Desert Flight takes top honors at EQUUS Film Festival in New York City
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]‘Desert Flight’ was selected as Best of Festival as well as Best Sports Documentary from more than 40 U.S. and International entries in the annual festival which showcases equine themed films in all lengths and genres. The honors were presented during the Winnie Awards Ceremony on the final evening of the festival which took place […]
Equestrian Documentary DESERT FLIGHT World Premieres at World Equestrian Games
It’s likely that every attendee at this month’s FEI World Equestrian Games™ knows what it feels like to be ‘bitten by the horse bug’ but where does this passion come from and what are its implications? In her documentary film “Desert Flight” former Associated Press news producer and amateur equestrian Samia Staehle of Washington state […]
