IWFF Shorts Block 9: Award Winners


On the 8th Day - Best Short Short
Directors: Agathe Senechal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Theo Duhautois
Producer: Carlos De Carvalho

It took 7 days to create the world, but only one to disrupt its balance.


Frozen Frames: Murphy's Yellowstone - Best Sustainable Planet Program
Director: Allison Argo

Photographer Tom Murphy has dedicated his life to speaking out for the wildlife of Yellowstone. In the dead of winter, Murphy treks deep into the park to capture the lives and struggles of those who survive there. His remarkable photographs capture both the magnificence of Yellowstone and one man’s tenacious dedication to protect what’s still wild.


Tule - Best Youth Program
Director: Jocelyn Estrella Garcia
Producer: Rie Peredo

Tule is a poetic 2D animated mixed media short film championing awareness and hope. A young Pomo girl's contemplations ring true with convictions shared by her community at Clear Lake, California. She revels in the local nature’s glory, but dread strikes when she faces today’s careless pollution damage that impedes cultural practices.


Even So - Best Student Film
Director: Meghna Nandy
Producer: Meghna Nandy

A unique anomaly exists in the villages of the Charotar region of Gujarat, India. Here people live in harmony with the subcontinent's largest freshwater predator: marsh crocodiles, or muggers. Charotar has had fewer than 10 attacks in the last 10 years, but the issue is still deeply complex. Even So follows the crocodile-friendly people of Charotar, exploring what makes their coexistence with their reptilian neighbors possible and what threats it faces. This is a story of how the power of community and the unrelenting work of grassroots conservation organizations can make a big difference to our shared future with animals.

Wander Alone - Best New Vision Program
Directors: Joey Bania, Justin Mott
Producers: Quynh Anh Mott, Justin Mott 

A novel examination of loneliness and extinction, Wander Alone weaves intimate portraits of the last surviving Northern White Rhinos with meditations on the profound consequences of humanity’s actions on a planet increasingly bereft of our more-than-human kin.


The Little Brown Bird - Best Wildlife Conservation Program
Director: KT Bryden
Producers: Tom Swartwout, KT Bryden

Once down to 80 in the wild, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is at risk of extinction. Biologist Fabiola ‘Fabby’ Baeza-Tarin and a group of unexpected collaborators work to protect the sparrows, their shrinking habitat, and the headwaters of the Everglades.