WEOFF: Travel through the Eyes of Nature

With this session, we are taking you on a world tour that you won’t want to miss! Get ready to watch some fantastic natural history tales from four different countries.

🏜️ HaMidbar (11min):

Directed & produced by Kirsten Slemint

Often regarded as empty and desolate, the Israeli deserts are anything but. These deserts have shaped some of the toughest creatures on the planet with some incredible stories of survival. For her debut film, the Director took a profound journey into the Israeli deserts to bring us HaMidbar - ‘the wilderness’.

 
🧊 Kingdom of Ice: Antarctica’s Leopard Seals (9min)

Directed by Paul Nicklen (@Paulnicklen) & Andy Mann (@andy_mann) and produced by Paul Nicklen

Diving in the icy kingdom of Antarctica soon brings you face-to-face with one of the continent’s most highly regarded predators of the sea, the powerful leopard seal. And yet, when @sealegacy’s co-founders Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier (@mitty) share a remarkable encounter with one special seal, the experience reveals a charismatic and nurturing side to these animals rarely shared with the rest of the world.

🦑 Creatures of the Kaleidoscope (18min)

Directed & produced by Hannah Jodie Alexander (@hannahjodiefilm)

Exploring one of nature’s most magical creatures, the cuttlefish. Discover how they use their colour changing and shape shifting abilities to survive and thrive in the open ocean.

👁️ Eye of the Hornbill (5min)

Directed by Miguel Anton (@miguelantonfoto)

A portrait of the colourful birdlife of the Tenasserim mountains of South-East Asia. The forest appears quiet, but deep inside, daily adventures take place under the attentive eye of the hornbill. Today, a monsoon downpour soaks the jungle, and the radiant Black-naped monarch will have to be persistent if he wants to maintain his bright plumage. Secret stories of rarely-filmed birds that will keep unfolding as long as their forest home remains untouched.An expert Q&A panel will follow this film session. The total run time will be 2h. 

To see our full program and detailed information please go to: https://wildearthoceania.com/