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The 2016 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival & Biodiversity Conference will take place in October 14-23.

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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
45 minutes – William Barton, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Canada

Red Wolf Revival
24 minutes – Roshan Patel, Producer
New York Premiere – Country: USA

Pangolins in Peril
15 minutes – Ali Ijaz, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Pakistan

Sun Bear
12 minutes – Eddie Roqueta, Producer
Forest Clay Productions
East Coast Premiere – Country: Malaysia

* Panel Discussion/Q&A with William Barton, Bram Gunther

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Monday, October 17
Film Series 2
8:30-10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2593865
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Madagascar’s
5 minutes – Camille Wainer, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Madagascar

Whale Aware
8 minutes – Lauren Gilbertson, Producer
New York Premiere

Yosemite
52 minutes – Oliver Goetz, Producer
East coast Premiere – Country: Germany

Medieval Monsters
10 minutes – Oliver Mueller, Producer
Country: United Kingdom – East Coast Premiere

The Drills of the Afi Mountains
12 minutes Tom Richards, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Nigeria

*Q&A with Lauren Gilbertson

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Tuesday, October 18
Film Series 3
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/2594769
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Stop the Burning
10 minutes – Narrated by Dr. Jane Goodall
North America Premiere – Country: USA

The Grouper Mystery
54 minutes – Jaques Hinstin, Producer / Andromede Oceanologie
World Premiere – Country: France
Language: French

Tree Lions
48 minutes – Gryphon Productions
Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer
North America Premiere – Country: Uganda

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*Q&A with Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer

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Tuesday, October 18
Film Series 4

8:30 -10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2594788
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Yellowstone
54 minutes – Oliver Goetz, Producer
East coast Premiere – Country: Germany

The Lonely Planet
6 minutes – Amandalyn Dorner, Producer
World Premiere – Country: New Zealand

Return of the Salmon
8 minutes – Tim Plowden, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA

Red-Shanked douc: Primates on the Edge
4 minutes – Tim Plowden, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Vietnam

Soul of the Elephant
50 minutes – Beverly & Dereck Joubert, Producers
East Coast Premiere – Country: Botswana

Panel discussion/Q&A with Amandalyn Dorner & Catherine E. Semcer
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Wednesday, October 19
Film Series 5
 6:00-8:o0 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2594876
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

The Realm of the Snow Leopard
42 minutes – Volker Angres, Producer
North America Premiere – Country: Kyrgyzstan

Crabs of Kawar
12 minutes – Radha Rangarajan and Ardarsh Raju, Producers
North America Premiere – Country: India

Pakke Paga-Protecting the hornbills of Arunachal Pradesh
12 minutes – Adarsh Raju, Producer
North America Premiere, Country: India

Safe Harbor
25 minutes – Richard Elson, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Canada

The Truth Behind Swimming With Dolphins
20 minutes – Oleg Finodeyev and Meera Aminova
World Premiere – Country: Russia

* Q&A with Richard Elson

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Wednesday, October 19
Film Series 6

8:30-10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595648
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Into the Wild of Borneo
52 minutes – Jorge Camilo Valenzuela, Director / F Productions
World Premiere – Country: Malaysia

I Am Morgan
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

Voces del Mar
Alvaro Farias and Amaro Gomez-Pablos, Producers
36 minutes – World Premiere
Country: Chile -Language: Rapa Nui

Q&A with Jorge Camillo Valenzuela

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Thursday, October 20
Film Series 7
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/2595656
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Knights of the Monsoon
15 minutes – Saurabh Sawant & Ramit  Singal, Producers
World Premiere – Country: India

Mountain Gorillas
48 minutes – Gryphon Production
Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer, Producers
North America Premiere – Country: Rwanda

The Secret Life of Mountain Lions
6 minutes – Sharon Negri, Producr
Chris Morgan, Narrator
East Coast premiere – Country: USA

Pathways to CoExistence
18 minutes – Richard Huges and Dr. Amanda Stronza, Producers
North America Premiere- Country: Botswana

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Through the Thick
14 minutes – Nino Leitner, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Austria

*Q&A with Peter & Sheera Von Puttkamer and Dr. Amanda Stronza

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Thursday, October 20
Film Series 8
8:30 -10:30 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595819
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Americas Amazon
60 minutes
Country: USA – East Coast Premiere

The Nature of People
12 minutes – The Nature Conservancy
Bess Tassoulas, Producer
Languages: English & Spanish
World Premiere

We’re Oyster Farmers
5 minutes – The Nature Conservancy
Stefan Beaumont & Corey Adams, Producers
World Premiere – Country: USA

Yubartas
27 minutes – Natalia Merchan, Producer
Languages: English & Spanish
World Premiere – Country: Colombia

*Panel Discussion/Q&A with Bess Tassoulas and Stefan  Beaumont

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Friday, October 21
Screening & Awards Reception
TBA

Speechless to the Polar Realm
45 minutes – Richard Sidey, producer,
World Premiere – County: New Zealand

Badlands
5 minutes – Jim Pattiz and Will Pattiz, Producers
World Premiere – Country: USA

Acadia
5 minutes – Jim Pattiz and Will Pattiz, Producers
World Premiere – Country: USA

Baja
5 minutes – Erick Higuera, Producer
New York Premiere – Country: Mexico

Wild Alaska
6 minutes – Richard Sidey, Producer
World Premiere

Finisterra
5 minutes – Erick Higuera, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mexico

In Harmony with Whales
6 minutes – Erick Higuera, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mexico

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Saturday, October 22

Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595861
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Film Series 9
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Kaziranga
15 minutes – Mariah Wilson, Producer
Languages: Assamese & English
World Premiere – Country: India

A Tale of Crows
7 minutes – Roy Taylor, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA

Wildlife Detectives: Sharks of Puget Sound
52 minutes – Katie Campbell & Michael James Werner, Earthfix
North America Premiere – Country: USA

Flying Rainbow
48 minutes – Vishal Jadhav, Producer
World Premiere – Country: India

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Eureka Dreams
12 minutes
Anna Zhikhareva, Producer
World Premiere
Country: USA

*Panel Discussion with Katie Campbell, Michael James Werner
and Major Scott Florence, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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Film Series 10
2:00-4:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595978
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Indias Tigers: A Threatened Species
20 minutes – Mary Ferreira, Producer
World Premiere – Country: India

India’s Wandering Lions
48 minutes – Kosmik Global Media
East Coast Premiere – Country: India

Wrestlers of Western Ghats
15 minutes – Srikanth Kashyap S. Producer
World Premiere – Country: India

Jewels of Thane Creek
15 minutes – Sabyasachi Patra, Producer
World Premiere – Country: India

*Q&A with Srikanth Kashyap

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Film Series 11
5:00-7:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595987
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

The Private Lives of Salmon
5 minutes – Liz McKenzie, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA

Vamizi-Cradle of Coral
52 minutes – Mattias Klum, Producer At Tierra Grande
World Premiere – Country: Mozambique

Why The Little Fish Matter: The Arctic Coastal Ecosystem Survey
10 minutes – Liz McKenzie, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA

The Starlight Ninja: The Civet
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

* Q&A with Johanna Vollenweider and Brianna Cillessen

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Film Series 12
8:00-10:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2595995
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Gardeners Of the Forest
15 minutes – Ceylan Carhoglue and Nicole Jordan-Webber, Directors
Dhont Documentary Film Center at Dodge College, Chapman University
New York Premiere – Country: Laos

Tanhavash
55 minutes – Wildlife Pictures Institute of Iran
Fatholla Amiri and Majid Mohammad Doost, Producers
Country: Iran – World Premiere
Language: Persian (English subtitles)

Zoe and her Adventures in the Mediterranean Sea
5 minutes – Patricia Marti Puig, Producer
World Premiere – County: Italy

The Great Forest
12 minutes – Stephanie Westwood, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Australia

Tigers in the Backyard
10 minutes – Last Wilderness Foundation
Languages: Hindi & English
World Premiere – County: India

* Q&A with Ceylan Carhoglue and Majid Mohammad Doost

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Sunday, October 23
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023

Film Series 13
11:00 -1:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596009
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Being Different If You’re a Weddell Seal in Antarctica
12 minutes – Mary Lynn Price, Producer
East Coast Premiere

Ulin
17 minutes – Leo Plunkett, Producer
East Coast Premiere – Country: Indonesia
Language: Dayak

Irelands Ocean
50 minutes – Ken O’Sullivan, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Ireland

Animal Rescue Heroes: Saving the Amazon River Dolphin
25 minutes – Alejandra Samper and Luis Carlos Urrutia, Producers
Fundacion Natibo
World Premiere – Country: Colombia
Language: Spanish (English subtitled)

The Path of Grey Owl
10 minutes – Goh Iromoto, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Canada

* Q&A with Mary Lynn Price

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Film Series 14
2:00-4:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596073
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Killer Dragons
50 minutes – Mark Strickson, Producer
East Coast Premiere – Country: Indonesia

Feral
12 minutes – Alixandra Saucier, Producer
World Premiere – Country: USA

The Everglades  A Watery Wilderness
52 minutes – Zoltan Torok, Producer
New York Premiere – Country: Sweden

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Metamorphosis
15 minutes – Adrian Arce, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish (English subtitled)

* Q&A with Alixandra Saucier, and Adrian Arce

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Film Series 15
5:00-7:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596086
$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

The Evolution of Madagascar
50 minutes – Andy Clark, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Madagascar

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Can we Save the Frog Prince?
14 minutes – Jonathan Kolby, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Honduras

* Q&A with Dilum Alagiyawanna

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Film Series 16
8:00-10:00 pm

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596100
$18.00 in advance $25.00 at the door (if available)

Anti-Poaching: Mozambique
50 minutes
Conrad Evarts, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Mozambique

Dehorning a Rhino in the Wild: A closer look at what it takes to save a species
5 minutes – James & Sam Suter & Oli Caldow, Producers
Black Bean Productions
World Premiere – Country: South Africa

War of Space: Human/Elephant Conflict in the Maasai Mar
5 minutes
Matt Mays, Producer
Country: Kenya

Six of Africa’s Survivors
5 minutes – James & Sam Suter & Oli Caldow, Producers
Black Bean Productions
World Premiere – Country: South Africa

Tracks in a Tiger Economy
28 minutes – David Borish, Producer
World Premiere – Country: Malaysia 

* Panel discussion/Q&A with Conrad Evarts, Catherine E. Semcer, and Matthew Lewis from the SCI Foundation

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Additional films to be included. Schedule TBA shortly

Little Teeth-Saving Sharks on Bali
7 minutes – Claudia & Hendrik Schmidt, Producers
World Premiere – Country: Germany

Lands of Wind and Change
5 minutes
World Premiere – Country: Bolivia

Shark Whisperer
Oleg Finodeyev and Meera Aminova, Producers
World Premiere – Country: Russia

Bighorns at the Junction
Country: Canada
World Premiere
76 minutes

One Voice
Country: USA
North America Premiere

Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise
Six part series
Country: Netherlands / Mozambique
East Coast Premiere

The Fence
10 minutes
Warren Pereira, Producer
New York Premiere
Country: India

Sonic Sea
60 minutes
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Narrated by Rachel McAdams & Sting
Country: USA
World Premiere

Call of the Ancient Mariner
Country: USA
New York Premiere
57 minutes

Their Land
Country: Tasmania
New York Premiere

Unnatural Enemies: The War on Wolves
45 minutes
Kirstie day, Producer
Pyramid Productions
East Coast Premiere
Country: Canada

A Coral Nightmare
World Premiere
Country: Germany

Flights of Summer: The Blue-tailed Bee-eaters
53 minutes
Wei Song Xie, Producer
World Premiere
Language’s: Mandarin & English
Country: Taiwan

Hunting the Horned Horse
9 minutes
Caitlin Bailey, Producer
World Premiere
Country: USA

Love Song of the Drone
3 minutes
Brian J. Larson, Producer
World Premier
Country: USA

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* Film producers & scientists in attendance (As of 7/10/16)

Dilum Alagiyawanna
Film Producer & Author
Sri Lanka

Dr. Patricia C. Wright
Primatologist & Founder of ValBio Research Center
Madagascar

Majid Mohammad Doost
Wildlife Pictures Institute
Iran

Fathollah Amiri
Wildlife Pictures Institute
Iran

Erick Higuera
Film Producer & Marne Biologist
Mexico

Ceylan Carhoglu
Film Producer
Dhont Documentary Film Center at Dodge College, Chapman University

Jorge Camilo Valenzuela
Film Producer & National Geographic Explorer
France

Jonathan Colby
USA

Warren Pereira
India

Dr. Emily Puckett
USA

Claudia & Hendrik Schmidt
JetLagged Productions
Germany

Bram Gunther
Director, Urban Filed Station and
Chief of Forestry, Horticulture, and Natural Resources
New York City Parks & Recreation

Sergey Yastrzhembskiy
Yastreb Film
Russia

Eddie Roqueta
Film Producer
USA

Francisca Severino
Film Producer
Chile

Srikanth Kashyaps
Film Producer
India

Peter and Sheera Von Puttkamer
Gryphon Productions
Canada

Lauren Gilbertson
Film Producer
USA

Dr. Amanda Stronza
Director, Ecoexist Project
Botswana

Brianna Cillessen
Film producer
USA

Catherine E. Semcer
Chief Operations Officer
Humanitarian Operations Protecting Elephants (H.O.P.E.)

Alixandra Saucier
Film Producer
USA

Conrad Evarts
Film Producer
Mozambique

Johanna Vollenweider
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Amadalyn Dorner
Film Producer
USA

Katie Campbell
Producer, Earthfix

Michael James Werner
Five-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and journalist

Major Scott Florence
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

*Dates, venues, speakers and films subject to change prior to October 17


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