In partnership with CITES and UNDP
World Wildlife Day
Film Showcase
“Inspiring personal responsibility and stewardship for endangered creatures through a film festival showcase across the world.”
2025 THEME:
Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet
In 2015, we hosted the International Elephant Film Festival, which reached over 8,000 people in 70+ countries. Building on this success, we have since highlighted topics such as big cats, living oceans, biodiversity, forests, and digital innovation through our World Wildlife Day Film Showcases, bringing attention to critical conservation issues worldwide. World Wildlife Day 2025 will serve as a platform for exchanging ideas, showcasing solutions and advancing the conversation on how innovative finance can contribute to halting biodiversity loss, raising the interest of private sector stakeholders to invest in wildlife conservation, and creating a sustainable future.
Films selected for the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase are available throughout 2025 in free educational screenings. Selected films were announced on March 3rd at the World Wildlife Day Celebration.
We proudly present the 2025 official selection below!
Beyond the Trees - Imaginary Forces, VanEck
Polar Bear Country - Nat Hab Films and Off the Map Media
Nature For All - Sourland Studios, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Native American Advancement Corporation
Sea, Land & City - A Wonderoom film in co-production with Rubber Republic
Groundwork, Building Community Through Regenerative Rubber - The North Face, Gnarly Bay
Mother Nature in the Boardroom - Sea Change Project
Wild Hope: Guano Gold - An HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and NEWF Production
Wild Hope: Mission Impossible - An HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Red Rock Films Production, in association with Camera One Productions LLC
Past World Wildlife Day Film Showcase Themes
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2025: Wildlife Conservation Finance
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2024: Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation
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2023: Conservation Heroes - Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation
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2022: Recovering Key Species for Ecosystem Restoration
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2021: Forests
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2020: Biodiversity
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2019: Living Oceans
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2018: Big Cats
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2016: Elephants