JACKSON, Wyo. — Trout Unlimited and Slow Food in the Tetons invite the community to join us for a special film festival presented by Loop Tackle and Cox Outdoors that explores the connections between water, fish, community-led conservation, and sustainable food ways!
The family-friendly evening will explore the connections between water, fish, community-led conservation and sustainable foodways through local, regional and international films. 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 evening will also include a panel discussion with conservation and food sustainability changemakers, raffles, swag giveaways, partner booths, casting competition, the “Legends of the Snake” children’s book signing (by Abby Paffrath and Roberta Roush) and food tastings. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Center Theater, films begin at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 + a $3 ticketing fee. If cost is a barrier, please use the code SLOWTROUT at checkout.
Purchase Film Fest tickets and view full lineup here!
“We’re so excited to bring together this first-ever Trout Unlimited and Slow Food collaboration. In the Tetons area and beyond, water, fish, ranching, and agriculture are so closely tied. The films and panel will explore these connections and inspire us with conservation stories from near and far,” – Leslie Bahn Steen, Wyoming State Director, Trout Unlimited.
Lineup
Iconic Rises (A.J. Swentosky / Jon Klaczkiewicz / Frogwater Productions / Friends of the Bridger Teton+): 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.
Guardians of the Snake: Behind the Scenes: Girl’s Day Out (Jon Klaczkiewicz / Fish Camp / Visit Jackson Hole): 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.
Chasing Hatches (Jon Klaczkiewicz / Fish Camp / Henry’s Fork Foundation / The Salmonfly Project): 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.
When Fish Return (Josh Duplechian / Trout Unlimited): 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 what declining salmon and steelhead returns mean for anglers, families, and communities across the region.
Undammed (Swiftwater Productions / Patagonia): After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. Undammed follows her journey to free the Klamath.
Loop Flyfishing Adventures in Iceland: “The Stronghold” (Ted Logart / Emilie Bjorkman / Loop Tackle / Cox Films): Amid Iceland’s winds and waterfalls, Emilie Björkman chases wild Atlantic salmon –and discovers what’s at stake for one of their last untouched strongholds. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations are in decline in many parts of the world, but Iceland is still considered a stronghold for this iconic fish.
School of Fish (Colin Arisman / Oliver Sutro / Wild Confluence Media / Orvis / Trout Unlimited): Indigenous people and salmon have been intertwined for thousands of years in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Now Pebble Mine threatens to pollute the pristine headwaters of Bristol Bay. “School of Fish” offers an intimate portrait inside one family’s seasonal salmon rituals and their connection to the Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy. Can the next generation step up to defend the most prolific salmon run left on earth?
This is the opening night of the Slow Food in the Tetons 2026 Farm to Fork Festival, October 2-3 at Jackson Hole’s Center for the Arts. The annual festival brings together producers, educators, community partners and food lovers for two days of hands-on learning, local food and connection around our regional food system. On Saturday, Oct. 3, please join Slow Food for fermenting classes, the final People’s Market of the year, morning and afternoon workshops, live music, the Pride of Bristol Bay Salmon Stockup, and more!
About Trout Unlimited
Trout Unlimited is the nation’s leading conservation organization working to care for and recover rivers and streams and their trout and salmon populations. We bring people together across the country to be champions for their rivers and help make our water cleaner and our communities healthier. Locally, Trout Unlimited and the Jackson Hole Chapter of TU work together to lead the Snake River Headwaters Initiative, an ambitious initiative to restore and protect the headwaters of the Snake River and its native cutthroat fishery, together with a diverse group of community, landowner, and agency partners.
About Slow Food in the Tetons
Slow Food in the Tetons works to grow the local and regional sustainable food economy by supporting producers, educating consumers and connecting them together in the spirit of good, clean and fair food.
