Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival’s (JHWFF’s) programs promote public awareness and steward ship of wildlife and wildlife habitat through the innovative use of media.

At the same time, the Day reminds us of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime, which has wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts.Ībout Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. The date is the day of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973, which plays an important role in ensuring that international trade does not threaten the species’ survival. On 20 December 2013, the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 3 March as World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora. Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival: Kathryn Jeffords,, +1-30ĬITES Secretariat: Yuan Liu, Ībout the United Nations World Wildlife Day Winning and finalist films will be subsequently showcased extensively throughout the world, through local screening events and broadcasts. Winners will be announced at a high level event to mark the global celebration of World Wildlife Day at UN Headquarters in New York on 3 March 2016. The views expressed in each film should not be seen as necessarily reflecting the personal views of the judges. In judging the films the international panel is assessing the overall impact, cinematography and videography of the films. The Secret Life of Elephants- Episode One: Elephant Funeral, BBC Bristol NHU Vulcan Productions in association with Off the Fence Living with Elephants, Evanescence Studios Tyke: Elephant Outlaw, Jumping Dog Productions I Will Always Remember You, Hugo Guinnessįor the Love of Elephants, Make Believe Media Not Entertainers, World Animal Protection Warlords of Ivory, National Geographic Studios for National Geographic ChannelsĮcho and the Elephants of Amboseli: Episode Two,Mike Birkhead Associates in association with Off The Fence for Animal Planet InternationalĮcho, an Unforgettable Elephant, Mike Birkhead Associates for BBC and Thirteen Productions LLC/WNETin association with PBSĪn Elephant’s Tale: The Matriarch, Wildlife Conservation SocietyĮlephants are Wildlife. Naledi: Every Elephant Counts, Vulcan Productions in association with Off the Fence The Eyes of Thailand, DVA Productions in association with Indiewood Pictures Manas: Return of the Giants, Ammonite, Ltd. Paseka The Easter Elephant, Afriscreen FilmsĮlephant Island, Mike Birkhead Associates NATURE: Soul of the Elephant, Wildlife Films and THIRTEEN Productions LLC in co-production with Terra Mater Factual Studios Scanlon, Secretary General of CITESĪll the Presidents Elephants, Triosphere for NHU AfricaĮlephants Without Borders, Afriscreen Films, BBC

Catherine Novelli, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, United States.Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, Republic of South Africa.Bingbing Li, Actress, Singer and Conservationist, China.Ian Craig, Director of Conservation, Northern Rangelands Trust, Kenya.Inger Anderson, Director General of International Union for Conservation of Nature.The distinguished panel of international judges who will select winners includes: The Festival received more than 250 entries into the film competition, which were reviewed by over 75 preliminary judges over six weeks before the short list was passed on to the final judging panel. Geneva/Jackson, WY/New York 26 February 2016 - The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) teamed up in organizing an International Elephant Film Festival to raise global awareness of the various challenges facing the African and Asian elephants, as a highlight of UN World Wildlife Day on 3 March. Winners to be announced at UN Headquarters on UN World Wildlife Day-3 March 2016 International Elephant Film Festival Celebrates World’s Best Elephant Filmsįinalists announced today. Arizona executes inmate for 1984 killing 8-year-ol.

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