Heartwarming Films
The Ecoflix Heartwarming Films Collection brings together inspiring true stories and tender moments from around the world. Each film celebrates kindness, resilience, and the simple acts of care that connect us showing that hope, compassion, and courage can change lives and protect our planet.
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Searching For Snow Hares
Searching for Snow Hares follows writer and mountaineer Dr Yvonne Reddick on a winter journey through the Cairngorms and the Peak District in search of one of Britain’s most elusive mammals. As she tracks mountain hares across fragile upland landscapes, the film reveals how warming winters, habit...
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My Sweet Paro
‘My Sweet Paro’ captures an emotional journey through the lens of a heartwarming documentary by Wildlife SOS. The film sensitively portrays the rapport forged between Baburam, a devoted caregiver, and the 74-year-old Suzy, a blind elephant, who he lovingly calls ‘Paro’.
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Koko - The Nature Documentary
An afternoon spent with the famous gorilla who knows sign language, and the scientist who taught her how to "talk". One of the first words that Koko used to describe herself was Queen. The gorilla was only a few years old when she first made the gesture-sweeping a paw diagonally across her chest ...
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Baby elephant's first trip to the river
Pyi Mai and Wan Mai experience water for the first time in the Mae Thang river, Kuet Chang, northern Thailand
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Disabled boar gets new wheels
At the Nature Park, Kuet Chang, northern Thailand
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Finding Solo
Amongst the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur city lies Bukit Serdang, an isolated forest, home to one of our closest living relatives.
Gibbons live in small family groups and mated pairs sing duets every morning in a coordinated fashion, but this isolated forest only has one song.
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The Starfish Story
In this heartwarming Ecoflix animated short, a young child teaches us that even the smallest action can make a big difference. Inspired by the classic starfish tale, the film celebrates compassion, hope and the power each of us holds to help our planet — one gentle rescue at a time
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Living with Snow Leopards, Dolma and Chodon
Dolma and Chodon live with their families in the high Himalayan village of Kibber India a population of roughly 450 people. Their families depend on their livestock to survive. What concerns them is when their animals fall prey to the stealthy preditor, the snow leopard. Retaliatory killing is th...
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How The World Works - A Secret about Pumpkins
The show reveals the biological secret of pumpkins, which makes them more of a berry than a vegetable. We explore the fascinating make-up of pumpkins and the origin story of why American families have pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.
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It's Up To Us
It’s Up To Us is based on the Terra Carta, a roadmap to sustainability issued by His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Former Prince of Wales and his Sustainable Markets Initiative in 2021. More than 400 corporations have already signed on, agreeing to put the health of Nature, People & Planet a...
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How The World Works - Hummingbirds
A child’s simple question about a tiny bird’s flight opens a window into the amazing world of hummingbirds. A local bird expert helps to fill in the details. Through breathtaking close-ups and playful aerial moves and a bit of science, we uncover their secret powers from hovering flight which he...
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Path of the Bear
In a world from ancient times, wild brown bears have coexisted with humans for 6000 years in the mountains of Italy. Bear expert Chris Morgan travels to meet conservationists & locals on the frontline with one of the world’s rarest bears.
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Remaking Wolf Connection Part 2
Wolf Connection is a wolf rescue centre located close to Los Angeles Wolves and wolf-hybrids are saved from fur farms, roadside zoos and private owners and housed safely here.
The centre is the brainchild of former solider and counselor Teo Alfero- who has long believed in the healing power of ...
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My Neighbour Is A Bear
A rare Marsican bear family wanders down from the Italian Apennines to the charming village of Villalago, in search of food in the local orchards. For most people this would be a cause for concern, but for the residents of Villalago it is a rather different situation. The film tells the story of ...
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Endangered Migration - The Monarch Butterfly Story
The annual monarch butterfly migration to Mexico is at risk, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has l. Together, local communities and World Wildlife Fund have made significant progress toward protecting monarch butterflies' habitat in the alpine forests that the butter...
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Faces of the Cloud Forest
In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Southwestern Uganda, growing conflict with people puts the local population of Mountain Gorillas at risk.
In her struggle to protect them, one veterinarian discovers that the similarities between the two communities threatening to destroy them both.
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Ocean Guardians
Ocean Guardians, recounts the journey of humpback whales as they migrate between Alaska and Hawai‘i while illuminating PWF’s ongoing work to save the species and restore the delicate balance between humankind and marine life. Shot on location in Alaska and Maui, with additional visual support pro...
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Children's Pool
A documentary short exploring the controversy around community efforts to protect the seal pups who have made a home at the Children’s Pool, a public beach area in San Diego.
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Saving Baby Bani
Saving Baby Bani tells the remarkable story of a young elephant calf, Bani, who is critically injured after a tragic train collision in Uttarakhand, India. At just nine months old, Bani loses her mother and the ability to walk, facing a grim fight for survival. Rescued by Wildlife SOS, Bani recei...
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Guardian of the Sea Lions
Guardian of the Sea Lions" is a film centred around Janet Ledingham, an 83 year-old woman who voluntarily collects data on sea lions, a nationally vulnerable species, for the New Zealand Sea Lion Trust. It is both informative and inspiring as we learn about Janet’s passion for sea lions and her r...
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Return To Freedom 2 - Rebirth
Return to Freedom rescues mustangs from US government holding pens and places them in sanctuaries across California. Now drought and over grazing is threatening their ranch- and they must find solutions which may also help wild horses on the range.
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Karibu Nyumbani
Photographer Matthew Williams-Ellis focuses on wildlife photography from the Maasai Mara in Kenya. 'One thing that really struck me during my time in the Maasai Mara was the immense pride, knowledge, and love for wildlife that all the guides have. The film aims to convey this passion, and has bee...
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Rattled
The Orianne Society has determined one apex predator to be of vital importance to the Appalachian region, yet it is facing tremendous challenges towards its conservation. It is an animal that we have felt threatened by, and have demonized for centuries, compromising our own capacity for understan...