2026 Films

An all female team of biologists sets out to collar black bears in South Florida on a quest to learn what the future holds for the species.

KT Bryden | 16 min.

George McKenzie Jr. traded the hard streets and violence of New York City for a life photographing some of the most elusive animals in North America for National Geographic. His next mission? Empower kids of color to access their own dreams and to protect the natural world.

Danny Schmidt | 16 min.

Renowned adventurer and climate scientist, Roman Dial embarks on a research expedition in the Alaska Arctic where he reckons with the power of wilderness to both break us and bring us alive.

Zeppelin Zeerip & Colin Arisman | 29 min.

Follows young Cambodian activists risking years in prison for exposing state-sanctioned environmental destruction, as they continue on their collision course with the authorities.

Andy Ball & Marta Kasztelan | 28 min.

Long ago, red wolves roamed from the bayous of East Texas to the bays of coastal New York. Today, not even 20 remain in the wild. This short uses over four years’ worth of National Geographic Explorer Jessica Suarez’s photographs to tell the imagined story of one young red wolf.

National Geographic Impact Story Lab | 7 min.

In a ribbon of saltmarsh in coastal New England, an intergenerational group of citizen scientists is trying to save the Saltmarsh Sparrow from extinction, one nest at a time.

Jason Jaacks | 25 min.

Follows eight adventurers on a four-day river journey along the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana, a rugged and beautiful landscape traversed by the Corps of Discovery in the early 19th Century.

Andre Lambertson | 36 min.