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Please take a look at our Nature Films, from amateur and professional filmmakers from around the world. Included in these films are the winners and finalists of the London Eco Film Festival and their films that focus on Nature from around the world.

If you have or know any films that should be included in this body of work, please let us know.

Please note that due to copyright law, we are only allowed to show a certain number of films in full length. Where we do not have the full film, due to it still being submitted to other festivals, we will have the trailer and we would urge you to get a copy of the film yourself!

Sharkwater extinction



​Sharkwater Extinction was judged to be the Best Documentary Feature  at the 2019 London Eco Film Festival.​
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Sharkwater Extinction is a thrilling and inspiring action packed journey that follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the massive illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption behind it — a conspiracy that is leading to the extinction of sharks.

From West Africa, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica, and France Stewart’s third film dives into the often violent underworld of the pirate fishing trade to expose a multi-billion dollar industry.

Shark finning is still rampant, shark fin soup is still being consumed on an enormous scale, and endangered sharks are now also being used to make products for human consumption. Stewart’s mission was to save the sharks and oceans before it’s too late.

Sharkwater, Rob’s first film, brought the devastating issue of shark finning used in shark fin soup to the world stage. His multi award-winning film changed laws and public policy worldwide and created hundreds of conservation groups.

Today more than 90 countries have banned shark finning or the trade of shark products.

​Tragically, Rob passed away during the making of this incredible film. His family and friends vow to continue his legacy and work in order to stop the global slaughter.

cloud kingdom

Cloud Kingdom was judged to be a Finalist in the Best Documentary Short category at the 2019 London Eco Film Festival.​​

Amidst larger issues like climate change, the Cloud Forest of Mount Brinchang is facing attacks from within its environment by the very people living under its shelter.

Excessive use of pesticides by farmers pollute its microclimate and water reserves, while expansion into the forest for commercial purposes damages its ecological structure.

​If this destruction continues, the 200-million-year-old Cloud Forest will soon see its end - and with it, its protection of Cameron Highlands as a whole.

the beaver believers

The Beaver Believers was judged to be a Finalist in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 2019 London Eco Film Festival.​​

The Beaver Believers shares the urgent yet whimsical story of an unlikely cadre of activists - a biologist, a hydrologist, a botanist, an ecologist, a psychologist, and a hairdresser - who share a common goal: restoring the North American Beaver, that most industrious, ingenious, furry little bucktoothed engineer, to the watersheds of the American West.

The Beaver Believers encourage us to embrace a new paradigm for managing our western lands, one that seeks to partner with the natural world rather than overpower it. As a keystone species, beaver enrich their ecosystems, creating the biodiversity, complexity, and resiliency our watersheds need to absorb the impacts of climate change. Beavers can show us the way and even do much of the work for us, if only we can find the humility to trust in the restorative power of nature and our own ability to play a positive role within it.

​Shot in 8 western US states, Mexico, and Canada, through desert drought, raging wild fires, spring floods, and the peaceful calm of wetlands, this film will change the way you think about climate change and inspire you to take a bite out of the challenges we face, one stick at a time.

albatross

We are living in a plastic age and the solutions may seem glaringly obvious, so why aren’t all 7.6 billion of us already doing things differently? Shocking statistics don’t guarantee effective change. So what’s the alternative?

American photographer and filmmaker Chris Jordan believes the focus should be on forcing people to have a stronger emotional engagement with the problems plastic causes. His famous photographs of dead albatross chicks and the colourful plastic they have ingested serve as a blunt reminder that the planet is in a state of emergency.


While making his feature-length film Albatross, Jordan considered Picasso’s approach: “The role of the artist is to respect you, help you connect more deeply, and then leave it up to you to decide how to behave.”

Most nature documentaries devote their final few minutes to hopeful solutions, but Jordan avoids this. He simply shines a light on the crisis facing the huge colonies of Laysan albatrosses on the remote Pacific island of Midway. “There’s something so archetypal about these legendary birds and seeing bright colours of ocean plastic against dead sterility is a powerful symbol for our human culture right now. We’re in a state of emotional bankruptcy,” says Jordan.

IN PRAISE OF SLOW:
​MONIQUE AND THE SLOTHS

In Praise of Slow: Monique and the Sloths was judged to be a Finalist in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 2019 London Eco Film Festival.​​

​Surinam, in South America. The under-forest beauty equals the superb littoral, and the laid back style of life gives the region a very cinematographic touch.

A paradise ? Not for the sloth, one of its first inhabitants, who hardly survives in a context of deforestation and loss of its last territory.

​The film portrays the action of Monique Pool, nicknamed "Lady Sloth" who is fighting day after day for the survival of this species, qualified by the IUCN as one of the most threatened in the world.

THE COVE

Academy Award® Winner for “Best Documentary of 2009”

A team of activists, filmmakers, and freedivers embark on a covert mission to expose a deadly secret hidden in a remote cove in Taiji, Japan. By utilising state-of-the-art techniques, they uncover a horrible annual tradition of unparalleled cruelty.

Dolphins are chased to shore, corralled in a cove, and then selected for marine parks and aquaria, or killed for their meat.

In September of each year, the dolphin drive hunting season begins in Taiji, Japan. Over 2,000 small whales and dolphins may be captured or killed annually. A variety of dolphin species are taken in a brutal process that can last for days.

A provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery makes this an unforgettable and courageous story that inspires outrage and action.

the plastic marathon

A documentary by AWDF volunteers showing their 27 mile paddle in a plastic bottle boat across the Atlantic.

This was an awareness stunt organised by AWdF volunteers to focus on the issues affecting nature that are caused by the overuse of plastics and the lack of recycling around the world.

chasing the jetstream

Chasing the Jetstream was judged to be a Finalist in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 2019 London Eco Film Festival.​​

​Skydiver Marc Hauser's bid to jump where no man has jumped before.

Chasing The Jet Stream's Marc Hauser is a visionary, or is he mad? A record-holding skydiver, Hauser has a grand ambition: to become the first man to jump into a hurricane force jet stream at over 8,000 meters. A big risk, but with potentially huge rewards. 

Hauser wants to show the power of the jet stream as an energy source, which he believes could solve the global energy crisis. As Hauser's preparations take shape, the scale of his challenge becomes clear.​

​Pestrop: An Ugandan story

Even for smallholder farmers in Uganda the ‘spray more, produce more’ logic has become the norm and generous pesticide use without adequate protection is a widespread reality. 

The film follows David, a farmer from Wakiso district near Kampala, as he becomes selected to be part of a Swiss TPH-led study that looks into the health and environmental effects of pesticides.

​The film gives voice to Ugandan researchers and government officials and accompanies David on his journey as he discovers the dangers of his practice and finally sees a practical alternative for his farm when he meets an old school friend.

Pilot: A documentary of a concept

This documentary follows the work of AWdF Research Interns: Luke McMillan, Natalie Montoya Pelaez and Chris Light, as well as many other volunteers over the summer of 2010 with their research of the resident Short-finned Pilot Whales of Tenerife.

beneath the waves

AWdF Research Volunteers put this film together in 2009 to document the cetaceans in Tenerife's waters. 

Around one third of all whale and dolphin species either reside in or pass through Canarian waters. There are 4 resident species and a total of 24 migratory species to be seen. 
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