Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
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| Location | New York City, USA |
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| Founded | 2010 by Christopher J. Gervais |
| No. of films | 70+ |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.wcff.org/ |
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) is an international film festival based in New York and Los Angeles, that promotes and produces interactive events around independent films that promote sustainability and the conservation of biodiversity. The WCFF has global partnerships in Brazil, China, Kenya and Scandinavia as of November 2019.
About WCFF[]
The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Christopher J. Gervais, FRGS at first as a 2 day event and has now grown to a 10 day festival.[1] It is a juried event with attendees and participants that include international wildlife conservationists, filmmakers, photographers, scientists and people across the globe that work toward the preservation of global biodiversity. WCFF has a global educational outreach program with scondary and post secondary institutions in North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe as of 2019.
2019 Award Winners[]
- Ecosystem/Habitat: "Desert Wetlands-Pulse of the Outback" by
- Education: "I Am Lion" - Tauana Films
- Endangered Species: "Dammed to Extinction" Peterson Hawley Productions
- Feature: "Lost Kings of Bioko" by and [2]
- Foreign: "Otters and the Exotic Pet Trade" - Four Corners Film Collective and World Animal Protection
- Humans & Nature - "Humans and Nature" - produced by Ian Mauro and David Suzuki
- Music & Nature - "The View South: Puma's in Patagonia" produced by Richard Szikler and Manuela Iglesias
- Newcomer: "Queen of Taru" - Aishwarya Sridhar
- Ocean’s: "The Secret Lives of Humpbacks" Andrew Stevenson, producer
- Short: "African Drivrs-Lion Lights Story" Hector Salgado and Diana Soto, producers
- Wildlife Conservation: "Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan" - Offspring Films Ltd and BBC Natural World
- Wildlife Crime: "The Hidden Tiger" - Rescue Doc Films
Board of Directors[]
Christopher J. Gervais, FRGS
Larry McCLenney, National Park Service
Board of Advisors[]
Jane Alexander
Casey Anderson
Gale Brewer
Holly Marie Combs
Fabien Cousteau
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Dr. Birute’ Mary Galdikas
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
Dr. David Guggenheim
Dr. Paula Kahumbu, OGW
Ron Magill
Ian Redmond, OBE
Dr. E.O. Wilson
Dr. Patricia C. Wright
David Hamlin
References[]
- ^ Updates, Industry (4 May 2016). "DDB NY get sexually creative for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival". Creative Pool.
- ^ Bankso, Film Fest. "BFF 2016: "YELLOWSTONE", GERMANY". www.banksofilmfest.com.
External links[]
- Documentary film festivals in the United States
- Film festivals established in 2010
- Film festivals in New York City