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 excited to announce the finalists of the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Biodiversity.
The judges – professional filmmakers, scientists and stakeholders from around the world – chose the finalists from over 300 entries.
Winners will be announced at UN Headquarters in New York at a high-level event on Tuesday, March 3 to observe World Wildlife Day, and then both the finalists and winners will be showcased at screenings around the world.
See 2020 finalist highlight reel!
The judges – professional filmmakers, scientists and stakeholders from around the world – chose the finalists from over 300 entries.
Winners will be announced at UN Headquarters in New York at a high-level event on Tuesday, March 3 to observe World Wildlife Day, and then both the finalists and winners will be showcased at screenings around the world.
See 2020 finalist highlight reel!
Science, Innovation and Exploration
A Song for Love - An Ape with an App
A co-production of Terra Mater Factual Studios, Mark Fletcher Productions and Colorful Nature Films |
Nature: The Serengeti Rules
A Production of HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Passion Planet in association with Sandbox Films, Thirteen Productions Llc and WNET |
Serengeti: Nature's Living Laboratory
Day's Edge Productions for Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Issues and Solutions
People and Wild Species
Stories of Hope
Global Voices
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
Borneo - Earth's Ancient Eden
A production of Terra Mater Factual Studios The Sanctuary: Survival Stories of the Alps
Boreales / Winds, France Televisions, Terra Mater |
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 Elephant Queen
An Apple Original and A Deeble, Stone and Oliff Production |
Biodiversity Short
How to Save Our Planet
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK |
Hunting the Helmeted Hornbill
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Geographic Magazine and Rangkong Indonesia |
Nigerians Fight to Protect the World's Most Trafficked Mammal
Coral and Oak Studios, National Geographic |
Last Wild Places: Gorongosa
National Geographic Society |
Biodiversity Micro Movie
Breathe
Pioneer Studios |
How to Raise Baby Corals
Exposure Labs, bioGraphic |
#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. |
Ocean Farmer
Silverback Films, Netflix, WWF UK |
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 |
Fantastic Fungi
Moving Art |
Walking Thunder
Last Stand Films |
Honorable Mentions: Short
Beyond The Fence (South Africa)
Tessa Barlin in association with the Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress (NEWF) |
Sounds of Survival
Katie Garrett, bioGraphic |
1 MILLION Species Could Go Extinct... Here's Why.
Spotzen, PBS Digital Studios |
The Flying Gold of Arabuko
John Davies, National Film and Television School |