Wildlife Conservation Film Festival

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
Location New York City, USA
Founded 2010 by Christopher J. Gervais
No. of films 70+
Language International
Website http://www.wcff.org/

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) is an international film festival based in New York, that promotes and produces interactive events around independent films that promote sustainability and the conservation of biodiversity.

About WCFF

The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Christopher J. Gervais as a 2 day event and has now grown to a 10 day festival.[1] It is a juried event and attendees and participants are international wildlife conservationists, filmmakers, photographers, scientists and people across the globe that work toward the preservation of global biodiversity. It has grown into a educational conference in which attendees are informed and inspired. In 2016 WCFF announced that DDB Worldwide (New York) will be partnering with them on a pro bono basis in order to further their exposure.[2]

2016 Award Winners

  • Animation - "MadagaSCAR'S" by Camille Wainer
  • Conservation - "Soul of the Elephant"
  • Ecosystem/Habitat - "Into the Wild of Borneo" by Jorge Camilo Valenzuela
  • Education - "Being different if you’re a Weddell Seal"
  • Endangered Species - "Mountain Gorilla’s" by Peter von Puttkamer and Sheera von Puttkamer
  • Feature - "Yellowstone" by Oliver Goetzl and Ivo Nörenberg [3]
  • Foreign - "Tanhavash"
  • Foundation - "The Nature of People" by The Nature Conservancy
  • Live Action - "Anti-Poaching Mozambique" [4]
  • Humans & Nature - "Red Wolf Revival" by Roshan Patel
  • Newcomer - "Magic & Mystery of Sable Island"
  • Ocean’s - "Ireland’s Ocean" by Ken O'Sullivan
  • Short - "Wrestlers of Western Ghats"
  • Student (secondary) - "The Evolution of Madagascar"
  • Student (post-secondary) - "Whale Aware"
  • Wildlife Activism - "Pangolins’ in Peril"
  • Wildlife Conservation - "Gardeners of the Forest"
  • Wildlife Crime - "Mystery Sharks of Seattle" by Michael Werner

Board of directors

OccupationName
Founder and CEOChristopher J. Gervais
PresidentFergus Beeley
Board MemberLarry McClenney
Board AdvisorJane Alexander
Board AdvisorRon Magill
Board AdvisorCasey Anderson
Board AdvisorJohn Martin
Board AdvisorGale Brewer
Board AdvisorMatt Pickens
Board AdvisorHolly Marie Combs
Board AdvisorIan Redmond
Board AdvisorFabien Cousteau
Board AdvisorClare Richardson
Board AdvisorSylvia Earle
Board AdvisorStan Waterman
Board AdvisorElizabeth David Dembrowsky
Board AdvisorDominic West
Board AdvisorDr.Birute Galdikas
Board AdvisorDr. E.O. Wilson
Board AdvisorDr. David Guggenheim
Board AdvisorDr. Patricia Wright
Board AdvisorDavid Hamlin
Board AdvisorVictoria Franklin

References

  1. ↑ Updates, Industry (4 May 2016). "DDB NY get sexually creative for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival". Creative Pool.
  2. ↑ Zanger, Doug (28 March 2016). "DDB New York named Wildlife Conservation Film Festival AOR". The Drum. Carnyx Group Limited.
  3. ↑ Bankso, Film Fest. "BFF 2016: "YELLOWSTONE", GERMANY". www.banksofilmfest.com.
  4. ↑ Billings, Jacki. "Pro-hunting film premieres at wildlife film festival in New York City". www.guns.com.

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