The Latest News From IWFF
Showing Today 3:00 pm: William and the Windmill3:30 pm: Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface5:00 pm: Chattahoochee Unplugged5:15 pm: Snows of the Nile and Black Mamba- Kiss of Death7:00 pm: DamNation7:15 pm: Touching the Wild and She Wolf8:45 pm: Encounters at the End of the World Events Welcome Session: 9:30 am – 11amAdventures in Science – with Greg Trenish 10-11 amAnimal Corridors – John Davis, trekker and scout at TrekWest … Read more
Showing Today 5:00 pm: Path of the Pronghorn & Hunt for the Super Predator5:15 pm: Invasion of the Giant Tortoise and Szigetkoz- The Delta of the Danube7:00 pm: GMO OMG7:15 pm: Valley of the Sharks8:30 pm: Grizzly Man Events IWFF Registration at The Roxy, 10:00 am – 3:00 pmFilmmaker’s Welcome Party : 6:00 pm About the Films … Read more
Showing Today: 3:00 pm: Saving Otter 501 and Shark Girl3:15 pm: Bluebird Man and Parrot Confidential5:00 pm: Lion Guardians and Congo: Deep and Dangerous5:15 pm: La Soufriere and Flying Doctors of East Africa7:00 pm: Pride and On A River in Ireland7:15 pm: Great Zebra Exodus and Winning the War Saving Otter 501 Mark Shelley, Bob Talbot, USA, 55 min. On … Read more
Welcome to the wild! The IWFF is back and better than ever and it all begins today with two great films: The festival opens at 7:00pm tonight with a double feature: Flight of the Butterflies and Brooklyn Farmer. Flight of the Butterflies Join millions of real butterflies on an amazing journey along with one scientist’s 40 year search to … Read more
Don’t miss our opening film, Flight of the Butterflies. It plays Saturday April 12, 7pm at the Roxy Theater. — Join millions of real butterflies on an amazing journey along with one scientist’s 40 year search to unravel the mystery. A natural history epic and human detective story. Weighing less than a penny, the monarch butterfly makes … Read more
Are you ready to WildWalk? Sunday April 13th, join Missoula’s wildest citizens as we dance, crawl, swing and slither through downtown! Dress up and line up at the Red Xs in downtown Missoula at 11:15am to join the fun! Don’t have a costume? No problem! This Saturday, April 12 join us from 11 a.m. to 3 … Read more
Join us, April 12-19, 2014 It’s back and better than ever! Housed at the recently renovated Roxy Theater, get ready for a stellar week packed with groundbreaking, inspirational films and exciting special events. This year’s festival includes over sixty films from around the world – and a variety of events that propel our festival into new, … Read more
Registration for the 37th annual festival is now open. Delegates from around the world will converge on Missoula for a week of lively film screenings, energizing discussions, and cozy opportunities to meet and network with colleagues. Sign up today to come back to the wild! Download a registration form here. Or buy passes online. Check out … Read more
The International Wildlife Film Festival will present its 37th installment April 12-19, 2014 in Missoula, MT, at the newly restored Roxy Theater. The week-long event will feature new and exciting films, special guests, workshops, seminars, field trips, technology sessions, product demos, parties and dynamic networking events. A Filmmakers’ Festival, IWFF focuses on film and filmmakers, and celebrates … Read more
The 36th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival is thrilled to announce this year’s award winners! Awards were presented at a First Friday ceremony on May 3rd at the Roxy Theater in Missoula, MT. The Missoula Community Foundation generously sponsored the evening’s festivities. The 2013 IWFF Lifetime Achievement Award for Marine Conservation & Media was awarded to … Read more
Film Reviews
Press Release April 8th, 2020
43rd International Wildlife Virtual Film Festival April 18–25, 2020
MISSOULA, MT— The International Wildlife Film Festival returns for a 43rd year, adapting to our changing world and offering a virtual festival to an online, international audience.
Due to the generosity and cooperation of many filmmakers, production teams, and sponsors, the International Wildlife Film Festival is excited to offer more than 60 films from the 2020 IWFF festival slate digitally! A majority of the film selections will be free to stream the week of the festival, and a virtual pass can be purchased to access featured events including seven special online events - one for every day of the fest. Featured events will be accompanied by live Q&A events, extra video resources, discussions, and more. Digital passes are available on a sliding scale starting at $5 and all sales support the IWFF and its home, The Roxy Theater.
As an online festival, all IWFF selections and passholder content will be available to students and classrooms. Educators are encouraged to visit the website and research films to use in their lesson plans. Many films are paired with educational activities, resources, articles and extras that will be available on the IWFF website beginning April 18. Specific recommendations for films appropriate for younger learners will be included. Educators with curriculum or accessibility questions may contact IWFF Education Coordinator Brit Garner at [email protected].
IWFF’s featured events for passholders offer greater depth into the featured films and subject matter as well as opportunities for collective viewing. On April 20th, take a look into all things mushrooms with viewings of Mushroom Hunters and The Kingdom and a visit from the Untamed Science team. There will be a selection of shorts celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22nd, as well as a live Q&A with director Tom Mustill whose film #NatureNow focuses on Greta Thunberg and her powerful vision for our future. The co-creator of Takaya: Lone Wolf, Cheryl Alexander will give updates and extras after the film about a lone wolf living on an island near Vancouver on April 23. On April 24th, the festival closes with a look into the national fascination with tiger conservation with a screening of Sundance selection Tigerland and a talk from PhD candidate and Wild Tiger Executive Director Sarika Khanwilkar on the state of captive tigers in the world today.
The free-to-everyone streaming shorts and films include a wide variety of topics that explore great heights: climb into a golden eagle nest with ecologist Caitlin Davis, learn how the Quinault Nation is protecting blueback salmon, and play matchmaker for two skywalker gibbons! Watch The Smithsonian’s America’s Prairie Reserve shorts tracking restoration efforts or National Geographic’s series of shorts depicting researchers demonstrating the scientific method in action. Max Lowe’s Bare Existence encourages viewers to track the fate of polar bears in the Arctic, and The Oregon Zoo’s Gajah Borneo follows the challenges of Borneo pygmy elephants in stop-motion. For the entire festival week, virtual filmgoers can enjoy films on wildfire’s impact on wildlife, the realities of pangolin trafficking, the endangered helmeted hornbill, wolverines and much, much more.
Founded in 1977 at the University of Montana, IWFF is the first and longest-running event of its kind. In these fast-changing times, the IWFF staff is thrilled to be able to offer the festival to audiences all over the world and hopes to spark joy and engagement with our natural world. The vision of the IWFF will always be to champion wildlife filmmakers, challenge conventional expectations about conserving wildlife and habitat, and to foster an engaged, enlightened community that finds itself through cinema, and helps the planet to heal. For full event listings and times visit wildlifefilms.org.