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Films Selected to COMPETE

  Spring 2025

ANIMATION



Ammamma Cheppe Neethi Kadhalu
Director Bhanu Prakash
in Animation
India


FALL
Director Zhengyan Li
in Animation
China




BIOGRAPHY


Oregon's Boat: the McKenzie River Drift Boat
Director Randy Dersham
in Biography
United States



ENTOMOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
INSECT_O_CIDE
Director Georgina Helen Willis
in Entomology Documentaries
United Kingdom
The Story of the Demoiselle
Director Hannes Rohtma
in Entomology Documentaries
Estonia


ENVIRONMENTAL
Dream To Cure Water
Director Ciril Jazbec
in Environmental
Slovenia
From Earth to Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America
Directors Maxwell Schweik, Alyssa Beebe, Chess Cabrera, Reed Freedman, Mikayla Hall
in Environmental
United States
From Rails to Trails
Director Dan Protess
in Environmental
United States, United States
Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Experimental, Oceanography Documentaries, Original Concept (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Music Video
Romania
Illusion of Abundance
Directors Amy MacDonald, Sofia Gorder, Christopher Lee, Alexander Lee
in Environmental
United States

Kay Pacha Initiative: The Amazon Phase 3
Director Brian Sachson
in Environmental
United States

Keepers of The Coastline
Director Jeremy Charles
in Environmental
United States, United States
Mirai in the Wild: The Sierras
Director Ryan Neil
in Environmental
United States, United States
NFF x Washoe Film
Submitter Katlyn Lonergan
in Environmental, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States



People at the Heart of Change
Director Karen Logan
in Environmental
South Africa




The Day She Stole The Sun
Director James G Logue
in Environmental
Australia



THE RWENZORI RAINMAKERS SERIES - 3 x EPISODES
Director Zuleika Kingdon
in Environmental, Original Score





























World Without Cows
Directors Michelle Michael, Brandon Whitworth
in Environmental, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States















EXPERIMENTAL

FALLING ASLEEP
Director Leigh Robert Hilbert
in Experimental
Canada
Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Experimental, Oceanography Documentaries, Original Concept (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Music Video
Romania

IMMOTION’S The Great Migration - An Immersive 360º VR Documentary
Submitter Moshe Eshaghian
in Experimental
United States
Lullaby (An Acknowledgement of River Country)
Director Kirsten Hudson
in Experimental
Australia
Sequoia Spirits
Directors Cherie Carson, David Creech
in Experimental
United States
Time Metallurgist
Director TOMÁŠ RAMPULA
in Experimental
The Moon Had a Shadow
Director Phil Hart
in Experimental
Australia
The Snake and The Whale
Director John Carlos Frey
in Experimental, Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Original Concept (subcat)
United States, United States
Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Practices in the Face of Climate Disaster
Director Ann Mazzocca Bellecci
in Experimental
United States






FLORA DOCUMENTARY




   
Pedder - The Fault in Tasmanias Wilderness
Director Tabatha Badger
in Flora Documentary, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia


GEOLOGICAL







HERPETOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES



Even So (Phir Bhi)
Director Meghna Nandy
in Herpetology Documentaries
United Kingdom







METEOROLOGY DOCUMENTARIES


DANIEL
Director Pavlos Vissariou
in Meteorology Documentaries
Greece






MUSIC VIDEO
Arctic Polar Bear Mothers
Director Carol J. Amore
in Music Video
   
Borderline: Chaos At the Border
Director Patrick Costello
in Music Video
United States
Greed
Director Steven Wright Clarkson
in Music Video
United States, United States
Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Experimental, Oceanography Documentaries, Original Concept (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Music Video
Romania





Wings Of Gold
Directors Sanjeev Venkataramanan, Navaneeth Krishnan
in Music Video, Original Concept (subcat), Original Song (subcat), Editing (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
India





NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment

A matador in paris
Director Troy Henriksen Henriksen
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
France

Jake & Isa and the Biomes of Brazil.
Director Joao Amorim
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Brazil




World Without Cows
Directors Michelle Michael, Brandon Whitworth
in Environmental, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States


NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment







Frequency Over Time
Director Cari Sudmeier
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States




Little Wild Cat
Directors Dark 'n' Light, Cara Tejpal
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Switzerland




NFF x Washoe Film
Submitter Katlyn Lonergan
in Environmental, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States





   
Pedder - The Fault in Tasmanias Wilderness
Director Tabatha Badger
in Flora Documentary, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia


Pierre's Tale
Director Mariclare Carey-Jones
in Narrative Short Film Centered





NOVEL












OCEAN LIFE DOCUMENTARIES

An Ocean in Bloom
Director Emme Watkins
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States
Are the Dolphins Alright?
Director Eric Randall Simon
in Ocean Life Documentaries
BATTLE of the BLUES
Director Adam Ryokichi Ernster
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States




Face To Face: Overcoming Fear With Sharks
Director Florian LAUNETTE
in Ocean Life Documentaries
France
















OCEANOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES

Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Experimental, Oceanography Documentaries, Original Concept (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Music Video
Romania

ORNITHOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES


Burrowing Owls: A Love Story
Director Alan Lacy
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Ornithology Documentaries







SCREENPLAY




Gulas Return
Writer Helen Georgiou
in Screenplay
Australia


MH370-1
Writer Albert David Cohen
in Screenplay
Australia
There Goes the Agrihood
Submitter Adam Hersh
in Screenplay
United States
Turtle On A Fence Post
Writer James Patrick Costello
in Screenplay
United States



TV SHOW




WILDLIFE/NATURE DOCUMENTARIES
ART TAROKO
Director CHEN-TANG LEE
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries

Burrowing Owls: A Love Story
Director Alan Lacy
in Wildlife/Nature DocumentariOrnithology Documentaries

Conservation and Recovery of the Scarlet Macaw in Mexico
Directors Daniel Sheire, Jessica Suarez
in Wildlife/Nature Documentarie
Echoes in the Dark
Director Victor San Martin-Diaz
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States, United States
Forest of colours - Thailand's Tenasserim Hills
Submitter Miguel Anton
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Freeland ~ A White Grass Story
Director Justin Harris
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Horse of Nature
Director Autie Carlisle
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Ice Breath
Director Leonard Alecu
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Experimental, Oceanography Documentaries, Original Concept (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Music Video
Romania








   
Nilgiris- A Shared Wilderness
Director Sandesh Kadur
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
India















PRESERVE, PROTECT, PASS ON - Klingnauer Stausee
Director Hassan Lakhdar
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Switzerland
Raindrop - The Journey of Water
Director Marco Dominik Graf
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Cinematography (subcat)
Switzerland

Tagliamento - King of The Alpine Rivers
Director Giuseppe Bucciarelli
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Austria



The Amazing Limpkin
Director Darryl R Saffer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
The American Southwest
Director Ben Masters
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
United States
The Art of Trees
Director Andre Desrochers
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Canada
The Last Common Hamsters
Director David Cebulla
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Germany
The Path of Puma-36
Director Amelie Bluestone
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States

Tight Lines
Director Gagga Jonsdottir
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat)
Iceland
   
Trail Mix
Director Glenn Robert Sweitzer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
TRAINING IN THE WILD
Director Porus Khareghat
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
India
What ravens do
Director Vance Crofoot
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat)
United States

YOUTH PRODUCED
   
before transforming we exist
Directors Rae Phoenix Grant Duff, Chantal Dobles Gering
in Youth Produced

Ghost Pipefish and Me
Director Dr. Alongkot Chukaew
in Youth Produced
Thailand