Jackson Hole 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 winners of the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Living Oceans.
The final jury included Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (Former president of Mexico, President of the Sustainable Human Development Foundation), Tom Dillon (Vice President, The Pew Charitable Trusts), Sylvia Earle (Founder of Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle Alliance), Adrian Grenier (Actor, Filmmaker, Philanthropist, co-founder of the Lonely Whale Foundation), Lynn Hirshfield (Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Participant Media) and Ivonne Higuero (Secretary-General of CITES).
Winners were announced at UN Headquarters in New York at a high-level event on Friday, March 1 to observe World Wildlife Day.
OCEAN HEROES
WINNER
Mission Blue – A Netflix Original Documentary-Insurgent Media-True Blue Films- Diamond Docs
RUNNERS UP
A Feather to Kill – BlueVoice in association with Mundo Azul and OceanCare
Chasing the Thunder – Brick City TV and Vulcan Productions, Discovery
Shark Girl – Kaufmann Productions Pty Ltd
PEOPLE AND OCEANS
WINNER
Ghost Fleet – Seahorse Productions, Vulcan Productions
RUNNERS UP
Humpback Whales: A Detective Story – Gripping Films for BBC Natural World and PBS Nature
Jago: A Life Underwater – Produced by James Reed for Underdog Films In association with James Morgan Films, Fantomline Films and Vistaar Productions
ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
WINNER
Sonic Sea – Discovery Channel presents a film by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Imaginary Forces in association with the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Diamond Docs
RUNNERS UP
Huntwatch – Produced by IFAW
Racing Extinction – Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery Channel present an Oceanic Preservation Society Film In association with Vulcan Productions, the Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP’s Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs, and Insurgent Docs
MARINE LIFE
WINNER
Blue Planet II – One Ocean – BBC Studios Natural History Unit
RUNNERS UP
My Octopus Teacher – Sea Change Project & Off the Fence – A ZDFE company
SHARK – Episode 1 – BBC, BBC Worldwide, Discovery
Whale Wisdom – A TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS production in co-production with DOCLIGHTS / NDR NATURFILM in association with ARTE FRANCE / Unité Découverte et Connaissance produced by WILD LOGIC
SHORT
WINNERS
A Voice Above Nature – Annie Moir in association with the University of the West of England
The Southern Right Whale – Lyra Films
RUNNERS UP
A Place for Penguins – Tom Parry in association with the University of the West of England
Treasures from the Tides – Catherine Brookes in association with the University of the West of England
The Secret Life of Plankton – Parafilms, Tara Expeditions Foundation, TEDed
MICRO MOVIE
WINNER
The Deepest Dive in Antarctica Reveals a Sea Floor Teeming With Life – OceanX, BBC Earth
RUNNERS UP
Into the Deep Unknown – Novus Select / bioGraphic
Our Underwater States of America – OceanX, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Radio Free Orca – Great Big Story
The Edge – Steer Films / 333 Productions
The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp |
Deep Look – KQED, PBS Digital Studios
HONORABLE MENTION
Anote’s Ark –EyeSteelFilm
Becoming Visible –Vanishing Present Productions
Blue Planet II: Our Blue Planet –BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Coastal Fisheries Initiative – Peru and Ecuador –PNUD Perú
Gwala Rising –Conservation International, Eco-Custodian Advocates, PNG
Perempuan –Conservation International
Revolution –Diatribe Pictures, Revolutionary Films, Inc.
The End of Sushi –The Water Brothers, SK Films
The Canary Islands – World of the Fire Mountains –ScienceVision Filmproduction, ORF, NDR/doclights, ORF Enterprise, SVT, DR
Toxic Puzzle –Scandinature Films USA Inc, Sveriges Television SVT
Vey nou Lagon –Vey nou Lagon Ltd
