In the rarefied heights of the western Himalayas, an ancient creature that has featured in folklore and fever dreams for centuries, still prowls. The Brown Bear, or Ursus arctos isabellinus, was here before human settlements, villages, or electrified and militarized border fences arrived. Yet, today humans and the bears find themselves caught in an uneasy truce, a hostility over territory that doesn’t bode well for either species. Niazul Hassan Khan is a young wildlife scholar, a local who has known displacement from a troubled home too. He has returned to his community in Drass, Kargil to understand the Brown Bear, and broker peace between the animals and his people. As climate change hastens the glacial melt, and shortens winters, wreaking havoc on mountain communities, Niaz and his guide trek through the mountains searching for answers and a lasting possibility of survival for the land, its people, and the bear.
Vane is a psychological sci-fi short film that explores the consequences of a small yet significant action—turning off a fan. A student, about to leave his classroom, suddenly finds himself trapped in a mysterious time loop, reliving the same moment repeatedly. As frustration builds, he begins to question reality, searching for a way out. The answer, however, lies in the simplest of acts—switching off the fan. Through its surreal and mind-bending narrative, Vane delivers a thought-provoking message on energy conservation, proving that even the smallest choices can break the cycle and make a difference.
In a hilariously chaotic bid for independence, a submissive boyfriend stages a series of absurd escape attempts from his overbearing girlfriend’s clutches, only to find himself tangled in increasingly ridiculous situations that blur the line between love and captivity.
A young mountain lion’s treacherous odyssey through Northern California. Monitored with a tracking collar and trail cameras, P-36 travels over 1,400 miles in just 16 months, making his way through a mosaic of human-developed land and wild spaces as he searches for a territory of his own.
In between cities, I think of home. But I wonder if there’s even such a thing. One day, two ladybugs stopped on my index finger. I let them stay for a while.
Through a cold Novi Pazar night, we follow Gosha, a Viagra dealer and newly minted ambulance driver, who can’t wait to finish his shift and go home to celebrate his fortieth birthday, with the prostitute he decided to treat himself to on his big day.
The Shift is an event in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Battle for Dream Island where the time traveling powers of the Noctiluca Yoylean-infused Yoylite connected the events of the two-part special.
Marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of the holocaust and travels to visit the camp.
Legend has it that the islands of the Coral Sea are built on the back of a giant sea turtle. Saltwater runs through the veins of the local people, who are deeply connected to the ocean----also some of the most important sanctuaries for endangered green sea turtles in the world. Join local conservationists as they safeguard the future of green sea turtles, one tiny new hatchling at a time.
In the shadows of a Cold War Military depot, a colony of pint-sized predators faces an uncertain future as one owl biologist races to save it from extinction. As a young family of burrowing owls learns to grow up wild, will his scientific discoveries be enough to rescue this fragile population in the wake of a changing planet?
Can you become invisible? That is what Ninni wonders after her dog's disappearance, as she slowly seems to be disappearing before her older sister Sandra's eyes.
On March 19, 2018, Sudan, the world’s last male Northern White Rhino, passed away, leaving only two females, Najin and Fatu, as the only surviving individuals. Once abundant across Central Africa, this keystone species has been decimated by poaching. Wander Alone tells the story of the last survivors as they live out their final days under constant armed protection at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The rhinos' daily routines are sensitively documented in a series of vignettes that capture the intimate last moments of a dying species. The film blends insights from biology, psychology, anthropology and philosophy into a meditation on extinction, loneliness and the fragility of life on Earth. Through the rhinos’ decline we bear witness to the consequences of human exceptionalism and hubris and to the alarming material outcomes of our relentless industrial expansion.
A group of friends reuniting at a winter retreat are snowed in by the most heinous blizzard in history. But as the night goes on and a terrifying secret is uncovered in the nearby woods, it becomes clear that one of them is not what he seems...and not everyone will make it out alive.