Wild Fish Slow Food Film Fest

5:30 | Reception 6:30 | Films Join Slow Food in the Tetons and Trout Unlimited for a special film festival as part of the 2026 Farm to Fork Festival in The Center Theater! Wild Fish Slow Food Film Fest Presented by Loop Tackle and Cox Outdoors Friday, Oct 2nd 2026 | Doors 5:30 | Films 6:30 Wild Fish Slow Food Film Fest explores the connections between water, fish, community-led conservation, and sustainable foodways. The first half will include local and regional films from the Upper Snake River Basin, from the Snake River Headwaters to the Lower 4 Snake River dams. The second half will feature dam removals in the Klamath River, Atlantic salmon conservation in Iceland, the fight against the Pebble Mine, and indigenous conservation leadership.The family-friendly evening will conclude with a panel discussion of local, regional, and national conservation and food sustainability changemakers. Come for the films and stay for the raffles, door prizes, partner booths, children’s book signing, and food tastings! If cost is a barrier please use code SLOWFISH100 For more information check here: https://www.jhfarmtofork.com/ Casting competition – grand prize is a Loop Strom Rod 9’6 #7w valued at $1,150! Local and regional food tastings by: Pride of Bristol Bay Lark’s Meadow Farms Canewater Farms / Gherardo Olive Oil Red Gold // Bristol Bay Farmstead Cider Panelists include: Steve Kurian, Pride of Bristol Bay Rafe Rivers, Canewater Farms Patti Baldes, Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, Sweetgrass Lodge, and Buffalo Youth Nation Project Eric Crawford, Trout Unlimited Iconic Rises Director: A.J. Swentosky / Frogwater Productions Producers: Jon Klaczkiewicz / Frogwater Productions Runtime: 16:34 Presenters / Supporters: Friends of the Bridger-Teton National Forest (presenter), Trout Unlimited, Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Snake River Fund, Jackson Hole One Fly, American Rivers, and Frogwater Productions film about our local Snake River cutthroat fishery and water issues. Description: Told from the perspective of 3rd generation Jackson Hole fly fishing guide Boots Allen, Iconic Rises conveys the reverence the local fly fishing community has for the native Snake River Fine Spotted Cutthroat Trout and the upper Snake River fishery. At a time when climate change, water temperatures, in-stream flows, invasive species, fishing pressure and water management are all having compounding negative effects on many of the West’s wild trout fisheries, these native cutthroat trout are in relatively healthy condition thanks to fortuitous geographical factors and passionate human efforts. This story celebrates the successful conservation and preservation work of many non-profit and government organizations, while also communicating the need to avoid complacency by proactively addressing some of the fisheries’ looming threats. Guardians of the Snake: Behind the Scenes: Girl’s Day Out Director / Producer: Jon Klaczkiewicz / Fish Camp Runtime: 6:04 Presenters / Supporters: Visit Jackson Hole Description: During the filming for Guardians of the Snake, an official 2026 Fly Fishing Film Tour selection, the Fish Camp crew got out on the Snake with a trio of highly effective and passionate female guides. Girls Day Out follows Sloane Bergien, Maddie Dittbrender and Katie Finnegan through a golden autumn day on the water where they reflect on their journeys and experiences of being successful fly fishing guides in the Jackson Hole region. Edited as a behind-the-scenes companion to the feature film, this short cut features real laughter, real camaraderie, and a reminder of why this river, and the community built around it, is worth guarding. Chasing Hatches Director / Producer: Jon Klaczkiewicz / Fish Camp Runtime: 16:24 Presenters / Supporters: Henry’s Fork Foundation, The Salmonfly Project Description: On one of the West’s most iconic rivers, generations of angler observations collide with data-driven science as the Henry’s Fork Foundation and Salmonfly Project work to understand a changing river, and what it will take to protect it for the future. Aquatic insects are the foundation of river ecosystems, yet remarkably little long-term data exists about their populations. Without understanding what’s happening at the bottom of the food web, we risk missing the earliest warning signs of ecological change. Chasing Hatches is a film about the people racing to close that gap, legacy science, new technology, and the anglers, researchers, and rivers caught in between. If the hatches disappear, what does that mean for fly fishing? Jackson premiere! When Fish Return Director / Producer: Josh Duplechian / Trout Unlimited Runtime: 6:55 Presenters / Supporters: Trout Unlimited Description: For Terry Myers, the future of a free-flowing lower Snake River is about more than fish. It’s about the communities and way of life that depend on them. Told by the people who’ve experienced it firsthand, TU’s inspiring new short film highlights