Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2025

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2025

The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) is a global film festival that showcases and supports independent films dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the conservation of Earth’s biodiversity through interactive and engaging events.
Founded in 2010 by award-winning filmmaker Christopher J. Gervais, the festival brings together an international community of films, filmmakers, advocates, and scientists committed to preserving wildlife and global biodiversity.
It provides a platform for hundreds of filmmakers to connect and engage in meaningful discussions with attendees from the global conservation, education, wildlife film, and travel industries. Our mission is to inform, engage and inspire audiences about the upmost need and importance of the protection of global biodiversity.
WCFF is excited to announce a strategic alliance with Ecoflix, the first not-for-profit streaming channel dedicated to protecting animals and the planet. This partnership offers filmmakers the optional opportunity to participate on the online Ecoflix platform, providing increased global access to submitted films

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Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2025
  • The Detectorists WCFF 2025

    Wildlife ecologist Lee Jenkins from South Wales is on a mission to protect one of the UK’s most elusive and endangered species—the otter. Alongside his trusted German Pointer, Neo, and Cariad, a young pup in training, Lee searches the rivers and wetlands of rural Wales for hidden signs of otter a...

  • Zubr WCFF 2025

    Don, a bison ranger, embarks on a journey to the Białowieża Forest in Poland, where he uncovers how these gentle giants are transforming ecosystems.
 Armed with these insights, he returns to the UK with a new appreciation of what it means to live alongside wildlife, furthering his work to restore...

  • Peixinho (Little Fish) WCFF 2025

    In a remote coastal village in Mozambique, where the ocean is both a lifeline and a force of nature, one young man dares to rewrite the narrative of his community. Peixinho is an inspiring tale of resilience and transformation, following the journey of a local hero as he bridges generations and r...

  • A Clawsome Tale WCFF 2025

    This whimsical, entertaining short documentary dives into the wondrous world of The National Lobster Hatchery in Cornwall (UK). The National Lobster Hatchery opened in 2000, to help prevent a collapse in European Lobster populations in the region, following similar collapses in Scandinavia and th...

  • The Collection Is Alive Fleur Cartwright WCFF 2025

    The role of volunteers in conservation often goes unnoticed, but this short documentary brings their vital work into focus. Inside the vivarium at Manchester Museum, volunteers work alongside scientists and curators to protect and care for rare and endangered amphibians, forming a deep connection...

  • The American Southwest WCFF 2025

    The American Southwest is a wild and unforgettable journey down the mighty Colorado River. Narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, the film beautifully showcases the region’s abundant wildlife, confronts the ecological impacts of dams and river depletion, and boldly advocates for increased water and w...

  • Return Of The Fireflies WCFF 2025

    Amid the motorbikes, neon cafés, and restless energy of Bali, a quiet revolution glows in the shadows. For three years, Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde and local Balinese collaborators have worked to bring back a species that had almost disappeared: the firefly. In Indonesia, these small beacons ar...

  • War Zone Otter WCFF 2025

    Soldiers left. Otters returned. Once scarred by war, Kinmen became Taiwan’s last otter stronghold.
    Born to shellfire, a local man unexpectedly documented these endangered creatures thriving among abandoned bunkers.
    As the world marks the 80th anniversary of WWII’s end, Otter emerges as a peaceful...

  • Forest of colours Thailand’s Tenasserim Hills WCFF 2025

    A tropical jungle in the mountains of Southeast Asia. What exotic creatures live here?
    This documentary shows intimate portraits of animals rarely seen on television, but it also poses deeper questions about the mysteries of perception and evolution: why they have such wonderful colours, what it ...

  • Red Wolf In Time Out WCFF 2025

    An 11 year old Narrator and her stepdad's animation (an award winning duo) present a fast paced series of events and misconceptions that lead to the deliberate eradication of the American Red Wolf. It also highlights the negative fallout caused by their absence in the ecosystem. An elementary sch...

  • One Last Farm WCFF 2025

    One Last Farm is a short documentary about Bristol’s last working farm and its fight to survive.
    Yew Tree Farm means everything to third-generation farmer Catherine Withers. It is her home, her livelihood, and her community. Besides producing locally grown, organic food, the farm’s grasslands and...

  • The Dooars World WCFF2025

    Nestled in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas, brimming with extraordinary wildlife, are the Dooars (derived from the Sanskrit word "Dooar," meaning "Door" in English), a series of geographical corridors between India and Bhutan. From the elusive Red panda and the Himalayan salamander to the ...

  • Sanctuary - Return of the Eastern Bettong WCFF 2025

    The Eastern Bettong has been extinct on mainland Australia for over a hundred years. This small marsupial was once common and widespread, until European colonisation pushed them to the brink. This short documentary shares a unique insight into the lives of Eastern Bettongs. It tells their story f...

  • Unfenced WCFF 2025

    Amidst harsh winter conditions, Patagonia Park Argentina’s rewilding team works to dismantle deadly fences – enabling guanacos to continue their ancestral migrations unimpeded. This effort is part of their remarkable mission to restore the Patagonian steppe.

    This 12-minutes short wildlife docume...

  • Polar Bear Country WCFF 2025

    Can polar bears and people coexist in the "Polar Bear Capital of the World"? Find out what it's like to live with wild bears. Meet the inspiring community members of Churchill, Manitoba: a remote frontier town at the edge of Canada's Hudson Bay where hundreds of polar bears gather each year, wait...

  • Wild Spirit WCFF 2025

    Witness the incredible story of the WRCNU (Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah) and their fight to continue saving Utah's wildlife after suddenly losing their building for the ironic expansion of Ogden's dinosaur park. We follow the founder, DaLyn Marthaler, as she navigates the 6 mon...

  • Choiba, The Dance Of The Humpback Whale WCFF2025

    Based on an ancient legend and guided by the millenary song of the humpback whale, Choibá: The Dance of the Humpback Whale tells the story of a group of documentary filmmakers who decide to learn from the great journey of this cetacean, following its sacred migration from the coasts of the Colomb...

  • Whisper of Estuary WCFF 2025

    West of Chandpur, where Bangladesh’s earth narrows to a spearpoint, rests Molehead. A defiant triangle of silt and spirit, it meets the sacred confluence of three river-giants—Padma, Meghna, Dakatia—whose currents descend from Himalayan snows to embrace the sea. Its name, Molehead, whispers of st...

  • The Kluane Compositions WCFF 2025

    The Kluane (kloo-AH-nee) Compositions is an epic music film featuring original music by award-winning musicians Diyet and Matthew Lien, and a grand piano airlifted into the ice-fields, glaciers and front ranges of Canada's Kluane National Park in the Yukon Territory. The film celebrates wildernes...

  • The Opportunist, The Victim and The Cuprid WCFF 2025

    In the neighboring meadow, an opportunist takes advantage of the mistake of a careless human. An innocent victim pays the price. In nature, nothing is ever lost, everything is transformed — even in the most tragic stories.
    This short story, filmed like an old western, confronts us with our indiff...

  • Scorching Success WCFF 2025

    In New York's Metropolitan Capital, a diverse consortium of experts revives a globally rare ecosystem through a habitat management regime informed by scientific discovery and inspired by Native American fire stewardship. Conservation and film teams unite to uncover indigenous voices, illuminating...

  • Tales of the Páramo (Cuentos del Páramo) WCFF 2025

    “Tales of the Páramo” tells the story of Aika, a magical creature born in the heart of the páramo, a mysterious ecosystem in the Colombian Andes. Gifted with the unique ability to communicate with plants, Aika embarks on an exciting adventure to find the Macarenia clavigera, a legendary plant wit...

  • Return Of The Predators WCFF 2025

    Devastated by a decades-long civil war, Mozambiques Gorongosa National Park suffered immensely, with its top predators nearly wiped out and the ecosystem thrown out of balance. After years of critical restoration work by a dedicated team, the park has reached a pivotal moment. Now, painted wolves...

  • Surviving Alone - The Tale of Simone

    Simone is the last Greater Bamboo Lemur in Ranomafana, a protected rainforest in south-east Madagascar.
    After a happy start in life surrounded by family, Simone finds herself alone, as members of her family disappear one by one.
    Three years on and she’s still alone - a social animal, a primate, j...