DCEFF 2024 Virtual Encores

Conservation Shorts: Wildlife Protectors

Expired June 20, 2022 3:45 AM
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Co-presented with the Sierra Club's Maryland Chapter


Includes a pre-recorded filmmaker discussion.


This program highlights stories of at-risk wildlife populations and the human activities affecting their conservation. From jaguars to wolverines and other unique animals, see how experts are keeping track of threatened species and navigating conflicting public and private interests to give them space to thrive.

Chris Zuker (Co-director, Loon) are the founders of Fauna Creative, a small production company out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a focus on conservation storytelling, they have worked with environmental non-profit groups and brands telling stories of conservation and sustainability. Full bio here.


Loon (Film Subject, Loon) is a retired forestry professor and a through-hiking naturalist. Full bio here.


Jon Bowermaster (Director, The Wonder of the Bobolink) is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. Full bio here.


Myles Traphagen (Film Subject, American Scar) is a biologist who has been working in the Borderlands for over 20 years. Full bio here.


John Darwin Kurc (Film Subject, American Scar) is a wedding and concert photographer. Full bio here.


Benjamin Drummond & Sara Joy Steele (Co-directors, The Predator-Prey Project) craft stories about the natural world in the human age. As a documentary team, they collaborate with nonprofits, academic institutions and others to create change through filmmaking, photography and interactive design. Full bio here.


Katie Bryden (Moderator) is a conservation filmmaker, Emerging League Fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), and an avid explorer of nature. Full bio here.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    31 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    DCEFF