Fall 2025 Official Selections

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Achieving "Official Selection" status means your entry has successfully passed the first judging stage and was not rejected. Your film now advances to our award judges who will determine the type of award(s) it may receive.

Important: Being Officially Selected does not guarantee a live screening. We live screen only Best of Festival Winners.

Award notifications will be sent the week of December 21, 2025. Best of Festival winners will be invited to showcase their films at our live screening event in 2026.

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AI Films

The Monk's Journey
Director: Nikhil Hari Shankar Mittal
Country: India
AI Films (All categories, except Screenplays)
Trails
Director: Lee Dion
Country: United States
AI Films (All categories, except Screenplays)
When the Earth Dances
Director: Maria Ines Quevedo Stuva
Country: Peru
AI Films (All categories, except Screenplays)

Animal Behavior & Intelligence

Leopard Dynasty: The Rise of Rana
Director: Aishwarya Sridhar
Country: India
Animal Behavior and Intelligence, Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
The Great Enigma
Director: Eduardo Barrachina
Country: Spain
Animal Behavior and Intelligence
The Running Horse
Director: Unenburen Uyndenbat
Country: Mongolia
Animal Behavior and Intelligence, Documentary, Human-Animal Interactions, Indigenous Cultures and Nature

Animation

Lemon Geo
Director: Carlota Hermer
Country: United States
Animation, Herpetology Documentaries, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value

Biodiversity and Genetics

Our Threatened & Endangered Species: Allegheny Woodrats
Submitter: Tracy Graziano
Country: United States
Biodiversity and Genetics, Endangered Species, Wildlife Conservation

Biography

Alignment - A True Story of Surrender
Director: Adam Charles Shereston
Country: United Kingdom
Biography
Gringo Cofán
Director: Veronica Moscoso
Country: Ecuador
Biography
Oregon's Boat: the McKenzie River Drift Boat
Director: Randy Dersham
Country: United States
Biography
Through My Eyes. Alexandra Steed on designing to thrive
Director: Audrey Tang
Country: United Kingdom
Biography

Climate Change and Its Impact on Nature

A.T.M Anytime money, Exploring the healing power of soil
Director: Heshani Hope Sothiraj Eddleston
Country: United Kingdom
Climate Change and Its Impact on Nature
Greenland - Feeling the Heat
Director: Lars Pfeiffer
Country: Germany
Climate Change and Its Impact on Nature
Our new world
Directors: Gilles Dufraisse, Frédéric Fougea
Country: France
Climate Change and Its Impact on Nature

Documentaries

Arming the Arctic
Director: David Baillie
Country: United Kingdom
Documentary
Becoming Nature Positive
Directors: Gemma Parkes, Marco Lambertini, Ed Charles, Colin Butfield
Country: United Kingdom
Documentary
Dreams of Harvest
Director: Oana Martisca
Country: United States
Documentary
Oysters of Sardinia – Production, Research, and Innovation
Director: Davide Melis
Country: Italy
Documentary
Slow Tsunami
Director: Julie Dumont
Country: Brazil
Documentary
Solitary Road
Director: Johan Palmgren
Country: Sweden
Documentary
Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty
Director: John E de Graaf
Country: United States
Documentary
The 3100
Director: Mark Fisher
Country: United States
Documentary, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
The Heart of Cacao: A Journey to Guatemala
Director: Thyra Thomson
Country: Canada
Documentary, Environmental, Habitats and Biodiversity, Indigenous Cultures and Nature
Wild Hope: Bat Vax
Submitter: Kelly Sweet
Country: United States
Documentary, Endangered Species

Ecotourism and Its Effects

Stronger then the Wave
Director: Robbie McKane
Country: United Kingdom
Ecotourism and Its Effects

Endangered Species

Changing Seas: "California Sea Otters: Life on the Edge"
Submitter: Alexa Elliott
Endangered Species
Saving Our Ancestors - Reflections by Dr. Birute Galdikas
Director: Charlie Annenberg Weingarten
Country: United States
Endangered Species

Environmental

The Automotive Human
Director: Reinhard Seiss
Country: Austria
Environmental
The Rebel Reef: Seeds of Hope
Directors: Brynne Eliza Rardin, Patrick Joseph Krum
Country: United States
Environmental, Marine Life and Oceans, Ocean Life Documentaries, Original Score
The River Raisin: A Comeback Story
Director: Bradley M Egen
Country: United States
Environmental

Experimental

Ode (An Acknowledgement of Sea Country)
Director: Kirsten Hudson
Country: Australia
Experimental

Flora Documentary

The Secret Life of Plants
Director: Enikő Berta
Country: Hungary
Flora Documentary

Geological Documentaries

Greenland: A Geological Journey through Time
Submitter: Gina Moseley
Country: Austria, United Kingdom
Geological Documentaries

Habitat Restoration Efforts

The Plains
Director: Thierry Robert
Country: France
Habitat Restoration Efforts, Human-Animal Interactions, Indigenous Cultures and Nature, Original Score, Actress: Lead

Habitats and Biodiversity

Iberia & Savannah
Director: Eduardo Barrachina
Country: Spain
Habitats and Biodiversity
Into the Carpathian Wild_Summer
Director: Erik Baláž
Country: Slovakia
Habitats and Biodiversity
Penguins of the Point
Director: Derek Robitaille
Country: Canada
Habitats and Biodiversity

Human-Animal Interactions

Animus Femina
Director: Eliane de Latour
Country: France
Human-Animal Interactions
Lunch is Served: Elephants in Shared Spaces
Directors: Vijay Bedi, Bahar Dutt
Country: India
Human-Animal Interactions
Meet the Chickens
Director: Tracey Winter Glover
Country: United States
Human-Animal Interactions, Content/Message Delivery
Sharks in a Changing Sea: Stories from the Depths and the People Who Know Them
Director: Lily Zhang
Country: United States
Human-Animal Interactions
They - वे
Director: Xiana Castro
Country: Spain
Human-Animal Interactions
Voice of Horses
Director: Aliya Galim
Country: Canada
Human-Animal Interactions
Wild Hope: Cougar Crossing
Submitter: Kelly Sweet
Country: United States
Human-Animal Interactions, Wildlife Conservation

Indigenous Cultures and Nature

Egwa
Director: V K Raju
Country: India
Indigenous Cultures and Nature
HunDan - An Echo of a Dirge
Director: Karamat Ali
Country: Pakistan
Indigenous Cultures and Nature, Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Powering A Nation With The Sun
Submitter: Morgan Schacker
Country: United States
Indigenous Cultures and Nature

Land and Water Management

Changing Seas: "Maui Aloha ʻĀina: Mauka to Makai"
Submitter: Alexa Elliott
Country: United States
Land and Water Management

Marine Life and Oceans

Cabo de Palos, a journey through time
Directors: Javier Ferrer Martínez, Jose Antonio García García
Country: Spain
Marine Life and Oceans
Changing Seas: "Eagle Rays: Soaring on Spotted Wings"
Submitter: Alexa Elliott
Country: United States
Marine Life and Oceans

Music Video

Air
Director: Walter Holland
Country: United States
Music Video
Denali
Director: Jiafan Lin
Country: United States
Music Video
Sami Africa
Director: Alejandra Cadena-Perez
Country: United States
Music Video
The Cyclone Song (Hold Onto Your Dreams)
Director: Alexis Rafael Krasilovsky
Country: United States
Music Video
The Secret Language of Trees
Directors: Alex Kingston, Supun Wijesundera
Country: Canada
Music Video, Original Song

Narrative Short Film (Animal, Nature or Environment)

Aquatic Kansas
Director: Garold W Sneegas
Country: United States
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Bubbles
Director: Mark Henderson
Country: United Kingdom
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Celsium
Director: Izel Alexis Searle Garduno
Country: Australia
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Youth Produced
"Chota Bheem" The Snared King of Bandhavgadh
Director: Anshuman Sharma
Country: United States
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Scales - The Tipping Point
Director: Bruce Young
Country: South Africa
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Wing B
Director: John Pirozzi
Country: United States
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Wild Proximity
Directors: Michel d'Oultremont, Julien Coquel
Country: Belgium
Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment

Nature and Mental Health

Abyss
Director: Noam Shabat Zlatkin
Country: Israel
Nature and Mental Health
Voice of the Earth
Director: Heather Schmid
Country: United States
Nature and Mental Health

Ocean Life Documentaries

Makku
Director: Maurice Micallef
Country: Malta
Ocean Life Documentaries
Seagnal
Directors: Jungrye Park, Jiyun Lee
Country: Korea, Republic of
Ocean Life Documentaries

Ornithology Documentaries

Society of Crows
Director: Mike McKinlay
Country: Canada
Ornithology Documentaries, Cinematography

Renewable Energy & Sustainability

An Island Leads the Charge
Director: Maya Lilly
Country: United States
Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Journey Beyond The Grid: The Hawai'i Off-Grid Story
Director: Stephan Boeker
Country: United States
Renewable Energy and Sustainability

Screenplay AI

The Connecting Betrayal
Submitter: Vivianne Rosenberg
AI Screenplays
Weathering It
Writer: Lynn Vincentnathan
Country: United States
AI Screenplays

Screenplay

Heart of Wood
Writer: Brett Jackson
Screenplay
I Am Leaper
Writer: Sid Kramer
Country: United States
Screenplay
Little Blue Hats and the Good Wolf
Writer: Loreana Maria Constantino Valentini
Screenplay
Love, By Proxy
Writer: Heather Leona Mason
Screenplay
Sherman, the Last Dragon
Writers: Steven F. Munsie, Mary M. Munsie
Screenplay
The Western Slope
Writer: William Hager
Screenplay
Time Switch: The Wild Survivors Crew & the Extinct or on the Brink Mission
Writer: Jill Thrussell
Screenplay
Wild Witness
Writer: Jill Thrussell
Screenplay
Wings
Writer: Maja Pavic
Screenplay

Soil Health and Agriculture

Stories of Regeneration: Retired Dairy Cows
Director: Evan Harrison
Country: United States
Soil Health and Agriculture

TV Show or Pilot

Because of the Bear
Director: Miro Remo
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
TV Show or pilot
County Blooms Season 2
Directors: Avi Federgreen, Michelle Jedrzejewski
Country: Canada
TV Show or pilot

Wildlife Conservation

Return of the Great Bear
Director: Natasha Wehn
Country: Canada
Wildlife Conservation
Tribe
Director: Raúl de Jesus Torres Godoy
Country: Bolivia
Wildlife Conservation
Uncaged: Costa Rica's Last state zoos
Director: Brian Moghari
Country: Costa Rica
Wildlife Conservation

Wildlife/Nature Documentaries

Guardians of Yellowstone, The Yellowstone Cougar Project
Directors: Max Freund, Andy Adkins, William Freund
Country: United States
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Cinematography
Masai Mara: Kingdom of the Wild
Director: Goutham Shankar
Country: India
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Wild Alps
Director: Daniele Gangemi
Country: Italy
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Wild Madrid
Director: Jorge Sierra
Country: Spain
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Wild Waterfront
Director: Marguerite Venter
Country: South Africa
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries

Youth Produced

Homes for Hornbills
Director: Yanin Tangkaravakoon
Country: Thailand
Youth Produced