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!
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
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cloud kingdom
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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beneath the waves
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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. |