2021/2022 Films
Stolen Apes - Buanoi
By Colin Sytsma
11 minutes
The only gorilla in Thailand was trafficked and has been enclosed in a concrete cage on top of a shopping mall for the last 33 years.
Recently the singer Cher has come on board our team working to free Buanoi and shut down Pata Zoo. She tweeted our film twice on her platform of over three million twitter followers in December of 2020.
Nest 38
By Tegan Good
13 minutes
A pair of Banded Dotterels attempt to defy the odds to raise their chicks on a surprisingly hostile New Zealand beach, as their self-appointed guardian Ailsa watches on.
Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle
By Daniel Byers
22 minutes
Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle is an exploration of a renewed relationship between the tribe and the great raptor. From the development of collaborative science and monitoring practices to the revival of an ancient Eagle Dance, it shows an inspiring model for conserving both a culture and a rainforest.
Seabird
By Conor Ferris
20 minutes
Since he was a boy, writer Adam Nicolson has been visiting remote islands in Scotland that once filled with seabirds each summer. After witnessing the distressing decline of these colonies first hand, he shares a unique perspective on the resilience of life in the face of catastrophe.
The Last Vaquita
By Ed Harrison
14 minutes
With the Vaquita Porpoise on the brink of extinction, two brothers who collaborate as wildlife artists leave their studio behind and head to a small fishing town in Mexico. They board the M/V Farley Mowat to experience the front-line fight between ocean conservationists Sea Shepherd and the poachers, backed by the Mexican cartel, who are devastating countless marine species.
Voice Above Water
By Dana Frankoff
11 minutes
90 year-old Indonesian fisherman Wayan Nyo has spent his life aside the ocean, listening to the waves, reading the weather, learning the patterns of the fish.
Today however, he has a new pastime: cleaning away the endless mass of plastic from the waters he loves. His moving story is a visceral image of human impact on the natural world.
Sainaa’s Story
By Joe Pontecorvo & Gayle Podrabsky
11 minutes
Sainaa Sainbileg and her husband are herders in a remote Yamaat Valley in Mongolia. Her goats provide a livelihood for Sainaa and her husband. They also share their mountain home with snow leopards and wolves who have killed their livestock. In the past, a kill from a snow leopard might have meant certain death for the cat. But now Sainaa has better ways to deal with this loss where this iconic animal is not harmed.