Pant Hoot | Animals | Indy Shorts Film Festival 2021

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An eclectic collection of fur, feathers, and friendship.

Films: Pant Hoot; Snowy; Just Being Here; I'm A Pebble; Seabird; Little Berlin

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As the world’s chimpanzee population dwindles in the wild, one man risks everything to care for a group of mistreated animals rescued by Jane Goodall’s Chimp Eden Sanctuary in South Africa. Stany Nyandwi, a survivor of the Burundi genocide, overcomes insurmountable odds to become one of the only humans to master the complicated ‘pant hoot’ chimp language. Recognizing that it’s not just a chimpanzee/human struggle, he’s taken it upon himself to reconnect with our closest relatives on this planet. Love knows no man-made boundaries in this universal story about understanding.

In English, with English subtitles.

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Film Contact:

Adam Henderson

Year
2020
Runtime
21 minutes
Language
English
Country
United States
Rating
Suitable for All Ages
Note
Documentary Short

Director
Richard Reens
Producer
Richard Reens,
Executive Producer
Lewis Hollweg, Barbara Hollweg,
Cast
Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, Stany Nyandwi,Jana Jane Swart, Lewis Hollweg,

6 films in package

Pant Hoot

A genocide survivor transcends overwhelming odds to become a master chimpanzee linguist.

Snowy

Snowy, a four-inch-long pet turtle, has lived an isolated life in the family basement. With help from a team of experts and his caretaker, Uncle Larry, we ask: Can Snowy be happy, and what would it take?

Closed captions available

Just Being Here

Walter has lived alone for most of his life and doesn’t venture far from his house, but his life is far from ordinary. He finds solace and wonder in the nature of his backyard and the company of special friends.

I'M A PEBBLE

Bubble a young otter, lives with three mossy stones and thinks of them as her family. Bulle imagines them as real otters, but as she becomes aware of their true nature, she has to face her loneliness.

Seabird

As writer Adam Nicolson reflects on a childhood spent visiting thriving seabird colonies in the remote Scottish isles, he fears that – sooner than anyone had expected – these colonies, too, will become nothing more than memories.