Alex Honnold (“Free Solo”) embarks on an epic quest conducting scientific research on a remote unclimbed Arctic seacliff rising out of Greenland’s frozen wilderness. Honnold is joined by world-class climbers Hazel Findlay and Mikey Schaefer along with glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre, Greenlandic guide Adam Kjeldsen...
Celebrated author Tim Winton takes us to one of the planet’s last truly wild places. A refuge for many endangered species. A World Heritage treasure. Where the desert has its feet in the sea. Screened at the Saturday Evening Program on April 6, 2024 at The...
A short documentary about the challenges a baby spider monkey named Kalu faces growing up in the jungle of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. He must learn to climb, forage for food, communicate, face predators and make difficult decisions in order to survive. It...
Award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet has been invited by a team of conservationists from the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo for a grueling but vital mission in a last-ditch effort to protect the eastern lowland gorilla, a critically endangered great ape and...
"Janwaar" celebrates a rambunctious group of kids whose lives are transformed when a skatepark is built in their small village in India. Raw talent, creativity, and unadulterated childhood find a home on four wheels, and manage to break down generations of caste and gender barriers...
Vidal Merma, a Peruvian Indigenous journalist, risks his life daily to secure a future where his son, Erik, can savor the simple joy of drinking clean water. "Wings of Dust" is about a father's sacrifice, community resilience and the unwavering human spirit in the face...
Narrated by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Disneynature's “Tiger” lifts the veil on our planet’s most revered and charismatic animal, inviting viewers to journey alongside Ambar, a young tigress raising her cubs in the fabled forests of India. Curious, rambunctious and at times a bit clumsy, the...
Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves in Canada. Digging into the oddly fascinating world of subterranean exploration uncovers a story of true adventure and (if they’re lucky) record-setting discovery. Q&A with Director François-Xavier "Fix" De...
Bernie Krause, the legendary pioneer of Acoustic Ecology, takes us on an immersive journey to understand the roadmap that natural soundscapes can offer for overcoming the climate crisis. Q&A with Producer Rose Wyatt, Hosted by Natalie Cash Screened at the Saturday Evening Program on April 6, 2024...
The mission of a former local hunter in Mongolia is now to enforce the law of environmental protection, whose objective is to put an end to illegal mining, but also to traditional practices of hunting and nomadism. A very delicate mission for a just cause...
A heartwarming, yet thrilling tale of a Alaska Native family’s struggle to recover from animal activists’ online assaults against their teenage son, the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his village. Q&A with Director Pete Chelkowski, Hosted by Tim Sohn Screened at the WILD Sunday...
Taking the style of a thriller, "Murder in The Pacific" pieces together the events before and after the fatal 1985 bombing of Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior in the peaceful harbour of Auckland, New Zealand. It’s an extraordinary tale of state terrorism, environmental passion, and international power...
Renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni studies "what grows back” after a disturbance in the rainforest canopy. After surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself to explore the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her own life. Q&A with Director...
Why do we make films? Skiers, Sam Favret & Nikolaï Schirmer team up in Norway to find the best mountain lines on a ski touring trip. Screened at Opening Night on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at The Paley Center for Media ...
After discovering the orange rivers in a former coal town poisoned by iron oxide, one artist has an unorthodox idea: to extract the chemical and transform it into pigment for paint. Screened at the Saturday Afternoon Program on April 6, 2024 at The Explorers Club ...
"The Bear Coast" is a conservation film about the Alaska Peninsula's pristine wilderness and the wildlife and people who depend on it. Screened at the Saturday Shorts Program on April 6, 2024 at The Explorers Club...
Set in the remote village of Yakutat, Alaska, “With the Tide'' follows the youth of the Tlingit tribe as they further explore their relationship to the ocean, themselves, and the expanse of isolated wilderness they call home. Over the span of four years, this story...
