Deadline: 7-Jan-22
CITES, Jackson Wild and UNDP have announced the 2022 World Wildlife Day film showcase on the theme of ‘Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration’ in an effort to conserve endangered species and ecosystems.
The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Jackson Wild, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced today that they will organize an international film showcase on the occasion of the 2022 celebration of the United Nations World Wildlife Day.
This marks the seventh edition of the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase. Along the celebration’s theme of “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”, organizers will seek to highlight films that explore the threats to wild fauna and flora, their central importance for their habitats and ecosystems and for the communities who live near them, and the numerous initiatives to conserve them.
Participating films will be shown throughout 2022 and will help raise awareness of the status of the world’s most vulnerable species but also showcase the power of long-term and innovative conservation efforts.
Winners will be presented at a high-level online celebration of UN World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2022. The films will then be made available for free, on an educational online streaming mechanism throughout the world.
Award Categories
- Species in Crisis (Long Form and Short Form): Awarded to the film that most effectively explores current challenges and communicates solutions to the environmental, social-economic and sustainability issues facing endangered species of wild fauna and flora, their habitats and ecosystems.
- The Web of Life (Long Form and Short Form): Awarded to the film that most effectively showcases the rich diversity and complex behavior of one or more endangered species, how these species affect their ecosystems and the chain of ecological issues that will occur if the species is lost.
- Stories of Hope (Long Form and Short Form): Awarded to the film that most effectively celebrates the work of local and indigenous individuals or groups committed to raising awareness or involved in the conservation, and / or sustainable management of endangered species of wild fauna and flora and their ecosystems, and how these communities are working to save species from extinction.
- People & Endangered Species (Long Form and Short Form): Awarded to the film that best communicates humanity’s social, cultural, economic and / or environmental interdependence with endangered species and what may be lost if the species goes extinct.
- Micro Movie: Awarded to the best film focused on endangered species 5 minutes in run time or less.
Submission Guidelines
- There is no entry fee for submission.
- Films must have been completed after January 1st, 2019 and must prominently feature an endangered species as defined by the IUCN Red List.
- Entrants must identify qualifying species on the entry form.
- A streaming link to the full film must be made available for free, educational, online streaming either freely or by request as part of the 2022 World Wildlife Film Showcase: Endangered Species hosted by Jackson Wild on the Eventive Platform.
- Submissions in all languages are welcomed.
- Programs in a language other than English must be subtitled in English for presentation to the judges and for streaming as part of the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase.
- Eligible entries must complete an online submission form
For more information, visit https://www.undp.org/press-releases/call-entry-open-world-wildlife-day-2022-film-showcase