Wildlife Conservation Film Festival


Wildlife Conservation Film Festival is an international film festival based in New York and Los Angeles, that promotes and produces interactive events around independent films that promote sustainability and the conservation of biodiversity. The WCFF has global partnerships in Brazil, China, Kenya and Scandinavia as of November 2019.

About WCFF

The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Christopher J. Gervais, FRGS at first as a 2 day event and has now grown to a 10 day festival. It is a juried event with attendees and participants that include international wildlife conservationists, filmmakers, photographers, scientists and people across the globe that work toward the preservation of global biodiversity. WCFF has a global educational outreach program with scondary and post secondary institutions in North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe as of 2019.

2019 Award Winners

Christopher J. Gervais, FRGS
Larry McCLenney, National Park Service

Board of Advisors

Jane Alexander
Casey Anderson
Gale Brewer
Holly Marie Combs
Fabien Cousteau
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Dr. Birute’ Mary Galdikas
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
Dr. David Guggenheim
Dr. Paula Kahumbu, OGW
Ron Magill
Ian Redmond, OBE
Dr. E.O. Wilson
Dr. Patricia C. Wright
David Hamlin