A Perfect Planet Synopsis: Narrated by Sir David Attenbourgh and from the award-winning team behind the original Planet Earth and The Hunt, A Perfect Planet explains how the living planet operates, showing how the forces of nature–weather, ocean currents, solar energy and volcanoes–drive, shape, and support Earth’s great diversity of life. In doing so, it … Read more
River’s End Synopsis: A documentary that reveals California’s complex struggle over who gets fresh water, and shows how moneyed interests game the system. Constant battling over uncertain water supplies heralds an impending crisis—not just in California, but around the world. WINNER Directors: Jacob Morrison Producers: Jacob Morrison, Kurt Kittleson, Sam Furie Duration: 1hr 21min 30sec … Read more
Nest 38 Synopsis: A pair of Banded Dotterels–small plovers native to New Zealand–attempt to defy the odds to raise their chicks on a surprisingly hostile beach, as their self-appointed guardian Ailsa looks on. Included in the 2021 touring collection. WINNER Director: Tegan Good Producers: Tegan Good & Tom Neunzerling Duration: 13min 10sec Category: Short New … Read more
Under Review: Katahdin Synopsis: A boy grows up spending his days swinging from a tree’s branches,developing a loving friendship with the tree and her saplings. As he grows up he loses his affection for the natural world. Eventually he becomes a logger and is told to slaughter his beloved family of trees. Under Review: Katahdin … Read more
Gamechangers: The Football Team Scoring Conservation Goals Synopsis: Six species of sea turtle once nested on Ghana’s beaches, but only three are seen today. Hoping to stop the decline, Daniel Kwesi Botchwey has joined EJF’s conservation campaign in Gomoa Fetteh, a coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana. A local project officer who also … Read more
Entangled Synopsis: Entangled is a new, multiple award-winning film about how climate change has accelerated a collision between endangered North American right whales, the lucrative lobster industry, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal agency mandated to protect them both. winner Director: David Abel Producers: David Abel and Andy Laub Duration: 1hr 15min … Read more
After The Wildfires Synopsis: Australia’s fauna has a long, impressive history of surviving on the driest inhabited continent on Earth. After the Wildfires charts the long-term recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia’s recent catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope, human intervention, and resilience. It provides an urgent message to safeguard our environment and … Read more
Life on the Rocks Synopsis: At the mouth of the Firth of Forth in Scotland sits an ancient volcanic island, home to the world’s largest colony of gannets: the Bass Rock. For three years in the 1960s, June Nelson and her late husband Bryan called it their home, studying the birds and their behaviors. June … Read more
Sea Lions: Life by A Whisker Synopsis: Between a cliff face and an ocean lives one of the rarest marine mammals on the planet, the Australian sea lion, and one very special pup named Otto. Embark on an epic quest from the wilderness of the Great Australian Bight to the lush kelp forests off the … Read more
Leopard Legacy Synopsis: Living along the banks of Zambia’s Luangwa River for more than three years, Will and Lianne Steenkamp follow a devoted mother leopard and her two newborn cubs as each face its own challenges, threats, and triumphs in the African wilderness. Finalist Directors: Will Steenkamp & Lianne Steenkamp Producers: Kurt Mayer, Will Steenkamp … Read more