WILD EARTH OCEANIA FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Wonders of East Africa
SESSION TIME
Date: 20th of January, 2024
Time: 8:45pm – 10:45pm (includes 60 minutes Q&A)
Address: Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide
This film session is appropriate for viewers above 15 years of age. Viewers under 15 years of age will require a guardian to be present.
The Way of the Cheetah
Directed by Dereck Joubert and David S. Falcone and Produced by Dereck Joubert and Beverly Joubert
Feature – 44 minutes
There really is no other big cat on the planet that is like a cheetah. They are warriors, yet comparatively small, fast (the fastest) but still use camouflage to disguise themselves to get up close. They can’t climb like leopards or wrestle a buffalo to the ground, but they do form into agile coalitions of males to hunt prey much larger than them. It is their way. The film goes under the cover of darkness with thermal cameras, and we capture the lush colours of Africa, but when it comes to the hunting scenes, as these shape shifting cats appear from nowhere in a blur, captured in ultra-high speed motion, the battles turn epic.
Shaba
Directed by Ami Vitale, Produced by Dave Allen and Gaby Bastra
Sponsored – 12 minutes
In the mountains of northern Kenya, a Samburu community is doing something that has never been done before. They’ve built a sanctuary for orphaned elephants to try to rehabilitate them back to the wild. The project is not just changing local attitudes about elephants, it’s changing attitudes about women too, because the secret to Reteti’s success is all because of the special bond between a group of local women keepers and one special elephant named Shaba.
WILD EARTH OCEANIA FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Wonders of East Africa
SESSION TIME
Date: 20th of January, 2024
Time: 8:45pm – 10:45pm (includes 60 minutes Q&A)
Address: Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide
This film session is appropriate for viewers above 15 years of age. Viewers under 15 years of age will require a guardian to be present.
The Way of the Cheetah
Directed by Dereck Joubert and David S. Falcone and Produced by Dereck Joubert and Beverly Joubert
Feature – 44 minutes
There really is no other big cat on the planet that is like a cheetah. They are warriors, yet comparatively small, fast (the fastest) but still use camouflage to disguise themselves to get up close. They can’t climb like leopards or wrestle a buffalo to the ground, but they do form into agile coalitions of males to hunt prey much larger than them. It is their way. The film goes under the cover of darkness with thermal cameras, and we capture the lush colours of Africa, but when it comes to the hunting scenes, as these shape shifting cats appear from nowhere in a blur, captured in ultra-high speed motion, the battles turn epic.
Shaba
Directed by Ami Vitale, Produced by Dave Allen and Gaby Bastra
Sponsored – 12 minutes
In the mountains of northern Kenya, a Samburu community is doing something that has never been done before. They’ve built a sanctuary for orphaned elephants to try to rehabilitate them back to the wild. The project is not just changing local attitudes about elephants, it’s changing attitudes about women too, because the secret to Reteti’s success is all because of the special bond between a group of local women keepers and one special elephant named Shaba.