The third annual New York Wildlife Conservation Film Festival will be held Thursday, November 8, 2012 to Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Tribeca Grand Hotel & Theater in New York City. The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) screens some of the finest conservation, natural history and wildlife documentary films in the world. The New York City festival will highlight causes and themes pertinent to the wider public including the ivory trade, homeless captive tigers in America, human-wildlife conflict issues, and the disappearance of Asian elephants, and many more.
To kick off the New York festival, there will be an opening night reception fundraiser to benefit Big Life Foundation and Trust For Wildlife on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at I Tre Merli in Soho, New York. This intimate gathering will feature prestigious animal experts, surprise guests and an exclusive art auction with pieces by Nick Brandt, Charlie Hewitt, Arman, Andrea Belag, Kate Carey, Steven Gross, James Dickson, Isack Kousnsky, Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson, among others.
On Saturday, November 10, 2012, at 8:30 pm, there will be an Awards Ceremony and Panel Discussion featuring prominent guests including Bob Simon (CBS Evening News ’60 Minutes’), Dr. Mike Cranfield (Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project), Janet Hess (Series Producer – ‘NATURE’), Dr. William Karesh (Vice President EcoHealth Alliance, President OIE Working Group on Wildlife Diseases, Co-Chair IUCN Species Survival Commission), Wendie Wendt (Executive Director Big Life Foundation), Kelvin Alie (International Fund for Animal Welfare – IFAW) and Bryan Christy (Investigative Reporter – National Geographic).
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Series 1 – Whales & Sea Turtles – 6:30 – 8:30pm
In the Eye of the Whale | Where the Whales Sing | Tortuguero: Epicenter of Seat Turtle Conservation
Q&A with Andrew Stevenson and Daniel Azarian
Series 2 – Big Cats – 9:00 – 11:00pm
Broken Tail: A Tiger’s Last Journey | Removed | My Pantanal
Q&A with Andrea Heydlauff, Vice President – PANTHERA
Friday, November 9, 2012
Series 3 – Southeast Asia – 6:30 – 8:30pm
Last Elephants in Thailand | North-Eastern Diaries: Kaziranga-Land of the Rhino & Tiger | The Orphaned Orangutan
Q&A with Michele Mizner
Series 4 – Sharks & Rays – 9:00 – 11:00pm
A Lateral Line | Walter and the Tigers | Death of a Deity | White Shark Café | Manta Ray of Hope | Shark Culture | Befriending Giants | Day of the Tiger
Q&A with Joe Romeiro
Saturday, November 9, 2012
Series 5 – Central & South America – 11:00am – 1:00pm
Meet the Sloths | Amazon Alive-Part 1: Jungle of the Mind | Cotton Tops
Series 6 – Africa Theme – 1:30 – 3:30pm
Saving the Arabian Leopard | Lady & Higgins | There’s a Rhino in my House | Elephant in Crisis
Special Guest Speaker – National Geographic Investigative Reporter, Bryan Christy
Series 7 – Australia Theme – 4:00 – 6:00pm
Wombat | Koala Hospital | A Kangaroo Like Alice | Cassowaries
Series 8 – American West – 6:30 – 8:30pm
The Return | Black Footed Ferrets | The Eagle Has Landed | Friends in the Night – Bats | Crying of the Wolves | Death of a Forest
Series 9 – Award Ceremony & Panel Discussion – 9:00 – 10:30pm
“Conservation of a Population, One Mountain Gorilla at a Time” – Dr. Mike Cranfield, Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project
“Blood Ivory” – Bryan Christy, Investigative Reporter, National Geographic
“Big Life in Motion” – Wendie Wendt, Executive Director, Big Life Foundation
“State of Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century” | Siberian Tiger Quest – Short Film – Janet Hess, Series Producer, NATURE
“Man-Made Epidemics” – Dr. William Karesh, Vice President, EcoHealth Alliance; Co-Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission; President, OIE Working Group on Wildlife Diseases; Director, USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats
“TBA” - Bob Simon, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes
“IFAW and INTERPOL’s Work on the Prevention of Wildlife Trafficking Across the Globe” - Kelvin Alie, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Sharpening the Axe – Short Film
Start: Thursday November 8th, 2012 at 6:30pm
| End: Saturday November 10th, 2012 at 10:30pm
at Tribeca Grand Hotel & Theater - 2 6th Avenue