Biodiversity

A Partnership with United Nations Development Program and CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) celebrating World Wildlife Day. In a world confronting unprecedented environmental threats, it is essential to empower locally-driven engagement that inspires action, with measurable impact.

On World Wildlife Day 2020, we celebrated wildlife as a component of biodiversity in its many beautiful and varied forms, raised awareness of the multitude of benefits of wildlife to people, the threats it's facing, and the urgent need for everyone to take actions to help conserve wildlife before it's too late. Winners were celebrated at a high-level event celebrating the launch of World Wildlife Day at UN Headquarters in NYC, on Tuesday March 3, 2020.

Winning and Finalist Films will be showcased throughout the world through special premiere and World Wildlife Day screening events as well as at the Jackson Wild Summit and through Jackson Wild On Tour.

Special Thanks to:

And our official Digital Partner:

Science, Innovation and Exploration

WINNER
Nature: The Serengeti Rules
A Production of HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Passion Planet in association with Sandbox Films, Thirteen Productions Llc and WNET

A Song for Love - An Ape with an App
A co-production of Terra Mater Factual Studios, Mark Fletcher Productions and Colorful Nature Films

Serengeti: Nature's Living Laboratory
Day's Edge Productions for Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Issues and Solutions

WINNER
Watson
Local Hero, Participant Media, Terra Mater Factual Studios for Animal Planet

Gorillas of Gabon
Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks

Our Gorongosa
A Gorongosa Media and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios Production

People and Wild Species

WINNER
Grasslands - North America's Hidden Wilderness
A River Road Films production in association with CBC and Terra Mater Factual Studios

Kingdom of the White Wolf: Episode 103
Nat Geo Wild

Sharkwater Extinction
Sharkwater Pictures

The Serengeti Rules
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios/Passion Planet

Stories of Hope

WINNER
Silent Forests
House Tiger Productions

Europe's New Wild: Episode 103
Nat Geo Wild

Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark: Episode 1
WGBH Boston and So World Media, LLC in association with National Geographic Channels

Global Voices

WINNER
Mundiya Kepanga, The Voice of the Forest
Muriel Barra / LatoSensu productions

Okavango - River of Dreams - Episode 1: Paradise
A Terra Mater Factual Studios / Wildlife Films production in co-production with Thirteen Productions LLC, Doclights/NDR Naturfilm in association with PBS, CPB, Arte France / Unité Découverte et Connaissance, National Geographic Channels and SVT

On the Front Line, The Rangers of Gorongosa National Park
Gorongosa Media

Queen without Land
Artic Light in association with NRK, NDR/Doclights, ORF, France 3, Smithsonian Channel, SVT

Web of Life

WINNER
The Elephant Queen
An Apple Original and A Deeble, Stone and Oliff Production

Borneo - Earth's Ancient Eden
A production of Terra Mater Factual Studios

Epic Animal Migrations: Mexico
Earth Touch, Oscura Producciones Mexico, Smithsonian Channel.

Lost Kings of Bioko
Gulo Film Productions for NDR Naturfilm / Doclights, NDR, WDR, ARTE, ORF, Smithsonian Channel, SVT

The Sanctuary: Survival Stories of the Alps
Boreales / Winds, France Televisions, Terra Mater

Biodiversity Short

WINNER
How to Save Our Planet
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK

WINNER
Last Wild Places: Gorongosa
National Geographic Society

Hunting the Helmeted Hornbill
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Geographic Magazine and Rangkong Indonesia

MY 25: The Ocean Between Us
Inka Cresswell, University of the West of England - MA Wildlife Filmmaking

Nigerians Fight to Protect the World's Most Trafficked Mammal
Coral and Oak Studios, National Geographic

(Re)Connecting Wild - Restoring Safe Passage
NineCaribou Productions, LLC

Biodiversity Micro Movie

WINNER
#NatureNow
A @tommustill Film for Gripping Films, Greta Thunberg and writer/climate activist George Monbiot with support from Conservation International, Nature4Climate, The Food and Land Use Coalition and Gower Street.

WINNER
Ocean Farmer
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK

Breathe
Pioneer Studios

The Story of Cabo Plumo
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK

Uncle Elephant
Wild Earth Allies and Emic Films

What is Biodiversity?
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK

How to Raise Baby Corals
Exposure Labs, bioGraphic

Honorable Mentions: General

Tree Climbing Lions
Nat Geo Wild

Okavango - River of Dreams - Episode 3: Inferno
A Terra Mater Factual Studios / Wildlife Films production in co-production with Thirteen Productions LLC, Doclights/NDR Naturfilm in association with PBS, CPB, Arte France / Unité Découverte et Connaissance, National Geographic Channels and SVT