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Series 5 - 2017 WCFF

The 2017 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) celebrates our seven year anniversary. All film screenings take place at:

Cinema Village Theater
22 East 12th Street & University Place
New York, NY 10003

Series 5 | Saturday, October 22
12:00-2:00pm
Tickets $18 in advance | $30 at the door

GIRAFFES: AFRICA'S GENTLE GIANTS
60 minutes
Produced by Tom Mustell, BBC Natural History Unit (United Kingdom)
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Everyone loves giraffes, but what do we really know about them? Dr Julian Fennessy starts to reveal their secrets - most importantly, the reasons they are gradually disappearing.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/233138874

THE LAST STAND: VANISHING CARIBOU RAINFOREST
34 minutes
Produced by Colin Arisman (USA)
Hidden in the interior of the Pacific Northwest is the largest remaining inland temperate rainforest on Earth. This magnificent landscape is home to numerous First Nations communities, thousand year old trees and critical habitat for endangered species like mountain caribou. However, industrial development has pushed this ecosystem to the tipping point. The forthcoming documentary Last Stand puts the Caribou Rainforest on the map before its too late.

SEARCHING FOR THE GOLD SPOT: THE WIND AFTER FIRE
30 minutes
Produced by Maya Khosla (USA)
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/213550745

SPHERE OF LIFE
8 minutes
Produced by Rodolfo Juarez (Mexico)
This short film offers an introspective view of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, a region that has witnessed transcendental and dramatic changes in its territorial dimension.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/216901774

FARAJI THE ELEPHANT
3 minutes
Produced by Francesca Cook (United Kingdom)
A stop motion short film intending to raise awareness of the under-rated issues surrounding the war on ivory and animal abuse in the tourism industry.

CONDENADO
5 minutes
Produced by Megan Basaldua (USA)
A short animated film that explores the dangers of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.

Panel discussion with producers Rodolfo Juarez, Megan Basaldua, and Francesca Cook.

(Schedule of films and speakers subject to change.)