Best Nature/Wildlife Documentaries
Films
7 TITLES
A World Without
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
This film is a self-revealing attempt to divest the layers that civilization put upon human beings, through the neutral observation of the life, death, migration, and reproduction of various wildlife in the Rockies.
Queen Without Land
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
This is a true story on the meeting between Frost, a beautiful polar bear mother, and Asgeir Helgestad, a Norwegian wildlife filmmaker. It is a four-year journey on Svalbard. Rising temperatures are responsible for dramatic changes in Frost’s ecosystem as the ice is melting at record speed. From complete darkness to the absolute light of the midnight sun, Svalbard transforms from a cold and inhospitable place to the most joyous and lively scenery for ice algae, fish, birds and animals. But alongside these seasonal transformations, the disappearing sea ice forces life to new limits. Fjords that were once full of ice and seals, get abandoned pushing Frost further away. Asgeir is determined to find her and document all that is being lost, but his task is far from easy. This film explores the question “this planet is home to all of us, can we afford to ignore it?”
Echilibru, Bear Foot
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
Bears dance every year end in the Romanian Carpathians. During this ancestral celebration, men don bear furs and parade the streets. The wear the courage of this great predator and summon the strength to face the year ahead.
In a country that hosts the largest bear population in Europe, men and bears have been close neighbors for centuries. Nowadays, the borders between their territories are thinning. To the point they sometimes intertwine...
Echilibru offers an insight into a world without borders, at the dawn of a new equilibrium.
Lost Kings of Bioko
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
Off the coast of Central Africa lies an isolated island, covered by primeval rainforest and surrounded by dark ocean waters, inhabited by a greater variety of species than nearly any other place on Earth this terra incognita is called BIOKO. The ruler of this realm is one of the world's least known primate species, the drill. Historically revered, indigenous folklore tells us of a drill king who ruled the island’s forests, a place where drills still play a critical role in the health of an ecosystem known to scientists as a biodiversity hotspot. Bordering this kingdom is the black sand coastline, an ancient nesting ground for giant sea turtles and home to natural wonders. This film explores the secret lives of drills and their mysterious island home as we follow a family group and a newborn who discovers this tropical paradise with all its challenges for the first time.
Noor- Queen of Ranthambore
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
NOOR is a short film on the life of a mother Tigress with three female cubs. It is a tribute to her skills of motherhood, loving & caring at the same time a perfect assassin to provide food for four.
It shows the true nature of the jungle, the survival of the fittest.
Expedition to the Planet Chad 4K
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
Expedition to the Planet Chad – that’s the title that reflects our feelings during the travel right in the heart of Africa, in Chad. Sometimes the mind was blowing away imagining that we were on the another planet, often we were comparing it to Mars. Red bizarre rocks, giant arches, plateaus, dunes… Or even to more remote planet, in the another galaxy with authentic peculiar tribes and their customs. Enchanting beauty of their faces, their style, magic and energy of their night songs. We were realizing how happy we were taking the chance to get in touch with them, still having the possibility to listen to their songs that serve not just for the entertainment, but are the part of the important rituals. Time changes everything.
Norway's Magical Fjords
Availability ended 12/6/2020 EDT
The Norwegian Fjords are one of the most dramatic landscapes in Europe. Billions of herring darken the waters, and orcas and humpback whales feast on the fish banquet. Migrating salmon leap up waterfalls, strange sea pens flash their lights, and colourful sea slugs glow in the deep. Slow-motion and time-lapse photography reveal an extraordinary diversity of life and behaviours rarely seen. It’s an intimate portrait of a unique wilderness - in the dark, icy grip of winter and during the long polar nights of the midnight sun.
