The 2016 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival & Biodiversity Conference will take place in October 14-23. Ten days of films screenings, field trips, conference, receptions and parties. Join us as we celebrate our six year anniversary.
2016 Film Festival Pass
October 17-23
New York, NY
All film screenings and conference sessions
$175.00
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596102
*BEST VALUE, Film festival pass is for all film screenings and conference sessions. Savings of over $225 if you purchase film screenings separately.
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October 14, 2016
Private Reception and Viewing for Film Producer’s & VIP guests
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
6:00-9:00 pm
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October 15
Field Trip
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
& Gateway National Recreation Area
Brooklyn, NY
Time: TBA
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October 16
Field Trip
New York Urban Field Station
Fort Totten Search Facility
Queens, NY
Time: TBA
Private Dinner
Film Producers, Scientists & VIP’s
7:00 pm
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Monday, October 17
Film Series 1
6:00-8:00 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2593852
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
The Magic and Mystery of Sable Island Red Wolf Revival Sun Bear ——————————————————————– Monday, October 17 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2593865 Madagascar’s Whale Aware Yosemite Medieval Monsters The Drills of the Afi Mountains *Q&A with Lauren Gilbertson —————————————————————— Tuesday, October 18 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2594769 Stop the Burning The Grouper Mystery Tree Lions —————————————————————— Tuesday, October 18 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2594788 Yellowstone The Lonely Planet Return of the Salmon Red-Shanked douc: Primates on the Edge Soul of the Elephant Panel discussion/Q&A with Amandalyn Dorner & Catherine E. Semcer Wednesday, October 19 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2594876 The Realm of the Snow Leopard Crabs of Kawar Pakke Paga-Protecting the hornbills of Arunachal Pradesh Safe Harbor The Truth Behind Swimming With Dolphins * Q&A with Richard Elson ——————————————————— Wednesday, October 19 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595648 Into the Wild of Borneo I Am Morgan Voces del Mar Q&A with Jorge Camillo Valenzuela —————————————————– Thursday, October 20 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595656 Knights of the Monsoon Mountain Gorillas The Secret Life of Mountain Lions Pathways to CoExistence *Q&A with Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer and Dr. Amanda Stronza ——————————————————— Thursday, October 20 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595819 Americas Amazon The Nature of People We’re Oyster Farmers Yubartas *Panel Discussion/Q&A with Bess Tassoulas and Stefan Beaumont ——————————————————– Friday, October 21 Speechless to the Polar Realm Badlands Acadia Baja Wild Alaska Finisterra In Harmony with Whales ——————————————————- Saturday, October 22 Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595861 Film Series 9 Kaziranga A Tale of Crows Wildlife Detectives: Sharks of Puget Sound Flying Rainbow *Panel Discussion with Katie Campbell, Michael James Werner ————————————————– Film Series 10 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595978 Indias Tigers: A Threatened Species India’s Wandering Lions Wrestlers of Western Ghats Jewels of Thane Creek *Q&A with Srikanth Kashyap —————————————————– Film Series 11 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595987 The Private Lives of Salmon Vamizi-Cradle of Coral Why The Little Fish Matter: The Arctic Coastal Ecosystem Survey The Starlight Ninja: The Civet * Q&A with Johanna Vollenweider and Brianna Cillessen —————————————————— Film Series 12 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595995 Gardeners Of the Forest Tanhavash Zoe and her Adventures in the Mediterranean Sea The Great Forest Tigers in the Backyard * Q&A with Ceylan Carhoglue and Majid Mohammad Doost ——————————————————————– Sunday, October 23 Film Series 13 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596009 Being Different If You’re a Weddell Seal in Antarctica Ulin Irelands Ocean Animal Rescue Heroes: Saving the Amazon River Dolphin The Path of Grey Owl * Q&A with Mary Lynn Price ———————————————————————– Film Series 14 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596073 Killer Dragons Feral The Everglades A Watery Wilderness * Q&A with Alixandra Saucier, and Adrian Arce —————————————————————— Film Series 15 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596086 The Evolution of Madagascar * Q&A with Dilum Alagiyawanna ——————————————————————- Film Series 16 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596100 Anti-Poaching: Mozambique Dehorning a Rhino in the Wild: A closer look at what it takes to save a species
45 minutes – William Barton, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Canada
24 minutes – Roshan Patel, Producer
New York Premiere – Country: USA
Pangolins in Peril
15 minutes – Ali Ijaz, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Pakistan
12 minutes – Eddie Roqueta, Producer
Forest Clay Productions
East Coast Premiere – Country: Malaysia
* Panel Discussion/Q&A with William Barton, Bram Gunther
Film Series 2
8:30-10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
5 minutes – Camille Wainer, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Madagascar
8 minutes – Lauren Gilbertson, Producer
New York Premiere
52 minutes – Oliver Goetz, Producer
East coast Premiere – Country: Germany
10 minutes – Oliver Mueller, Producer
Country: United Kingdom – East Coast Premiere
12 minutes Tom Richards, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Nigeria
Film Series 3
6:00 -8:00 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
10 minutes – Narrated by Dr. Jane Goodall
North America Premiere – Country: USA
54 minutes – Jaques Hinstin, Producer / Andromede Oceanologie
World Premiere – Country: France
Language: French
48 minutes – Gryphon Productions
Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer
North America Premiere – Country: Uganda
*Q&A with Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer
Film Series 4
8:30 -10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
54 minutes – Oliver Goetz, Producer
East coast Premiere – Country: Germany
6 minutes – Amandalyn Dorner, Producer
World Premiere – Country: New Zealand
8 minutes – Tim Plowden, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA
4 minutes – Tim Plowden, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Vietnam
50 minutes – Beverly & Dereck Joubert, Producers
East Coast Premiere – Country: Botswana
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Film Series 5
6:00-8:o0 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
42 minutes – Volker Angres, Producer
North America Premiere – Country: Kyrgyzstan
12 minutes – Radha Rangarajan and Ardarsh Raju, Producers
North America Premiere – Country: India
12 minutes – Adarsh Raju, Producer
North America Premiere, Country: India
25 minutes – Richard Elson, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Canada
20 minutes – Oleg Finodeyev and Meera Aminova
World Premiere – Country: Russia
Film Series 6
8:30-10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
52 minutes – Jorge Camilo Valenzuela, Director / F Productions
World Premiere – Country: Malaysia
5 minutes – Dr. Ingrid Visser and Daniel Azarian, Producers
East Coast Premiere – Country: USA
Animal Rescue Heroes: The Mother of the Monkeys
25 minutes – Alejandra Samper and Luis Carlos Urrutia, Producers
Fundacion Natibo – World Premiere
Language: Spanish (English subtitled) – Country: Colombia
Alvaro Farias and Amaro Gomez-Pablos, Producers
36 minutes – World Premiere
Country: Chile -Language: Rapa Nui
Film Series 7
6:00 -8:00 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
15 minutes – Saurabh Sawant & Ramit Singal, Producers
World Premiere – Country: India
48 minutes – Gryphon Production
Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer, Producers
North America Premiere – Country: Rwanda
6 minutes – Sharon Negri, Producr
Chris Morgan, Narrator
East Coast premiere – Country: USA
18 minutes – Richard Huges and Dr. Amanda Stronza, Producers
North America Premiere- Country: Botswana
Through the Thick
14 minutes – Nino Leitner, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Austria
Film Series 8
8:30 -10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
60 minutes
Country: USA – East Coast Premiere
12 minutes – The Nature Conservancy
Bess Tassoulas, Producer
Languages: English & Spanish
World Premiere
5 minutes – The Nature Conservancy
Stefan Beaumont & Corey Adams, Producers
World Premiere – Country: USA
27 minutes – Natalia Merchan, Producer
Languages: English & Spanish
World Premiere – Country: Colombia
Screening & Awards Reception
TBA
45 minutes – Richard Sidey, producer,
World Premiere – County: New Zealand
5 minutes – Jim Pattiz and Will Pattiz, Producers
World Premiere – Country: USA
5 minutes – Jim Pattiz and Will Pattiz, Producers
World Premiere – Country: USA
5 minutes – Erick Higuera, Producer
New York Premiere – Country: Mexico
6 minutes – Richard Sidey, Producer
World Premiere
5 minutes – Erick Higuera, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mexico
6 minutes – Erick Higuera, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mexico
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
15 minutes – Mariah Wilson, Producer
Languages: Assamese & English
World Premiere – Country: India
7 minutes – Roy Taylor, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA
52 minutes – Katie Campbell & Michael James Werner, Earthfix
North America Premiere – Country: USA
48 minutes – Vishal Jadhav, Producer
World Premiere – Country: India
Eureka Dreams
12 minutes
Anna Zhikhareva, Producer
World Premiere
Country: USA
and Major Scott Florence, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
2:00-4:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
20 minutes – Mary Ferreira, Producer
World Premiere – Country: India
48 minutes – Kosmik Global Media
East Coast Premiere – Country: India
15 minutes – Srikanth Kashyap S. Producer
World Premiere – Country: India
15 minutes – Sabyasachi Patra, Producer
World Premiere – Country: India
5:00-7:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
5 minutes – Liz McKenzie, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA
52 minutes – Mattias Klum, Producer At Tierra Grande
World Premiere – Country: Mozambique
10 minutes – Liz McKenzie, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA
25 minutes – Mao-chun Chen and Chuan-tien Wang, Producers
World Premiere – Country: Taiwan
Languages: Mandarin & English
Sanctuary Fifi
8 minutes – Brianna Cillessen, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA
8:00-10:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
15 minutes – Ceylan Carhoglue and Nicole Jordan-Webber, Directors
Dhont Documentary Film Center at Dodge College, Chapman University
New York Premiere – Country: Laos
55 minutes – Wildlife Pictures Institute of Iran
Fatholla Amiri and Majid Mohammad Doost, Producers
Country: Iran – World Premiere
Language: Persian (English subtitles)
5 minutes – Patricia Marti Puig, Producer
World Premiere – County: Italy
12 minutes – Stephanie Westwood, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Australia
10 minutes – Last Wilderness Foundation
Languages: Hindi & English
World Premiere – County: India
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
11:00 -1:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
12 minutes – Mary Lynn Price, Producer
East Coast Premiere
17 minutes – Leo Plunkett, Producer
East Coast Premiere – Country: Indonesia
Language: Dayak
50 minutes – Ken O’Sullivan, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Ireland
25 minutes – Alejandra Samper and Luis Carlos Urrutia, Producers
Fundacion Natibo
World Premiere – Country: Colombia
Language: Spanish (English subtitled)
10 minutes – Goh Iromoto, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Canada
2:00-4:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
50 minutes – Mark Strickson, Producer
East Coast Premiere – Country: Indonesia
12 minutes – Alixandra Saucier, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA
52 minutes – Zoltan Torok, Producer
New York Premiere – Country: Sweden
Metamorphosis
15 minutes – Adrian Arce, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish (English subtitled)
5:00-7:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
The Great Elephant Gathering of Asia
45 minutes – Dilum Alagiyawanna, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Sri Lanka
50 minutes – Andy Clark, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Madagascar
Can we Save the Frog Prince?
14 minutes – Jonathan Kolby, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Honduras
8:00-10:00 pm
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)
50 minutes
Conrad Evarts, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mozambique
5 minutes – James & Sam Suter & Oli Caldow, Producers
Black Bean Productions
World Premiere – Country: South Africa