Awards

Vidal Merma, a Peruvian Indigenous journalist, risks his life daily to secure a future where his son, Erik, can savor the simple joy of drinking clean water. “Wings of Dust” illuminates a father's sacrifice, community resilience, and the unwavering human spirit in the face of environmental injustice.

A movie about moths. While the film closely considers these underknown creatures as orgranisms, its engagement with them is not primarily entomological. Instead, it looks at moths as aesthetic beings and as carriers of meaning, aiming for a deep encounter with the beauty and incommensurability of the profoundly other.

Follows Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé as they fight to protect their territories from deforestation; an illegal logger who has no choice but to cut the forest down; and a large landowner at the mercy of thousands of invaders and extractive industry.

The rich natural resources of these Mongolian lands have fallen prey to illegal hunters and miners, causing an alarming decrease in biodiversity. Faced with this worrying situation, the Mongolian Ministry of Environment appointed ranger Jal Tumursukh on a delicate mission to enforce the law of environmental protection.

Rev Yearwood is a tireless advocate and strategist for racial justice and climate justice. He is the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, host of the award-winning climate and environmental justice podcast The Coolest Show, and Senior Advisor of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign. He is a White House Champion of Change for Climate Leadership and was called a “New Green Hero” by Rolling Stone.

High-end production values and state-of-the-art camera techniques capture evidence of human planetary domination. At the intersection of art and science, this film bears witness to a critical moment in geological history.

Follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists, and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas.