Jackson Wild, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are thrilled to announce the finalists of the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Forests.
This year was a record setting showcase with over 275 films entered from all over the world!
A special thank you to the judges – professional filmmakers, scientists and stakeholders from around the world – who screened approximately 750 hours of film collectively to select the finalists.
This year was a record setting showcase with over 275 films entered from all over the world!
A special thank you to the judges – professional filmmakers, scientists and stakeholders from around the world – who screened approximately 750 hours of film collectively to select the finalists.
People & Forest: Long Form
Sponsored by: National Geographic
Australia's Great Wild North
Wild Pacific Media, Definition Films |
Backyard Wilderness
Archipelago Films, Arise Media, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, SK Films and Reconsider |
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees
Merit Motion Pictures, Edgeland Films |
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure : Episode 1
Atlantic Productions for discovery+ |
People & Forest: Short Form
Sponsored by: National Geographic
The Church Forests of Ethiopia
Emergence Magazine |
Traces
Alchimie Productions, Sébastien Pins |
Water Logged
Ramshackle Pictures |
My Forest: Long Form
Sponsored by: Fable & Mane
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Participant and Documentales Univision present a Tarasios Production in association with Human Pictures |
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest
Happen Films |
Great Bear Rainforest
Spirit Bear Entertainment & MacGillivray Freeman Films |
Mundiya Kepanga, the voice of the forest
ARTE France and Muriel Barra / Lato Sensu productions |
Sacred Forest
Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation |
My Forest: Short Form
Sponsored by: Fable & Mane
Arunachal Virtual Archive
National Geographic Society, Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department |
The Guardians of Dampa
Green Hub (NEN - DFF), Dampa Tiger Reserve |
Think Like a Scientist: Renewal
Plumb Productions, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios |
Ulin
Leo Plunkett, Environmental Investigation Agency |
Future of Forests: Long Form
Sponsored by: San Diego Zoo
After the Wildfires
Northern Pictures for ABC, CBC, Love Nature and Blue Ant International |
Eyes In The Forest
Google VizLab |
River of Gold
An Amazon Aid Foundation Production in association with Uber Content |
The Lost Forest
Grain Media, Rideback Films, The Nobel Prize |
Trees, a Global Superpower
Hauteville Productions In Coproduction with INRAE, with the participation of France Télévisions, Planète +, CNC, Procirep/Angoa, International sales: France TV distribution |
Future of Forests: Short Form
Sponsored by: San Diego Zoo
How Old Cell Phones Are Protecting the Rainforest
Seeker Media |
How To Get Grizzly Bears the Space They Need to Survive
Seeker Media |
Our Planet - How to Restore Our Forests
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK |
Reforestation Alert
If Not Us Then Who |
Living Forests: Long Form
Sponsored by: HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Earth's Tropical Islands: Borneo
BBC Studios Natural History Unit, PBS |
Planet Earth II: Jungles
BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, ZDF, Tencent, France Televisons |
The Magical Four - Our Seasons
Marco Polo Film AG in collaboration with WDR |
Tiny World - Woodland
Plimsoll Productions |
Unknown Madagascar - Forest of the Indri
A Film by Thomas Behrend / Blueplanetfilm produced by Doclights GmbH in association with NDR, ARTE, ORF |
Living Forests: Short Form
Sponsored by: HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Chasing Ghosts
Grizzly Creek Films, bioGraphic |
Memories of the Future
a Mares Mexicanos production |
Protecting Nature for Good
Day's Edge Productions for World Wildlife Fund |
The Golden Lion Tamarins of Poco Das Antas
National Geographic Society |
Forest Micro Movie
Sponsored by: WaterBear Network
#WildForLife Forest Champion: Mount Kenya Trust
UN Environment, Joan Manuel Poggio, PCI Media |
Gajah Borneo
Shervin Hess, Oregon Zoo |
Koa Talking to Me
Harpers Ferry Center & Haleakalā National Park, National Park Service |
The Man Who Planted A Forest
101India Digital Services |
Honorable Mentions
Alianza Ceibo: Equator Prize Winner of 2020
UNDP Equator Initiative, What Took You So Long |
Can Farms and Forests Coexist?
Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios |
Clatter
Rémi Rappe |
Eeya
House Tiger Productions |
If We Plant 1 TRILLION Trees Can We Stop Climate Change?
Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios |
Jungle Guardian
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm |
Moss Man
Tilapia Film, Topic Studio |
Primary Forests
Rojo Visuals and Wild Heritage for IntAct - International Action for Primary Forests |
Rearing Giants
Green Hub (NEN - DFF) |
Rise of the Warrior Apes
KEO Films for Discovery Network International |
Sungai Utik -The Fight for Recognition
If Not Us Then Who |
The Ogieks; Guardians of the Mau Forest
Maurice Oniang'o |
