One with Nature

Who pays the price for medical advances?

Sentient is a documentary investigation on the complexities of animal testing, following the story of Dr. Lisa Jones Engel from a primatologist to an animal welfare advocate.

Disturbing laboratory footage, emotional interviews with the employees working closest to the primates, conflicting perspectives of the researchers all create a captivating, raw image of the depths of animal testing industry.

The film asks, while we might have the need to test on animals, do we have the right?

To what end should we keep traditions on life support and when do they begin to suffocate us?

The Islands and the Whales paints the complex landscape that is life in the Faroe Islands, where whale hunting, wildlife conservation, industrialization and growing health concerns are all part of the picture.

Set against a deep cultural background of traditional whaling, Mike Day spotlights the pressures exerted by animal rights activists, dwindling animal populations and, most worryingly, rising mercury levels that are carried within wildlife and humans alike—evidence of mankind’s impact on this once untouched part of the world.

Amidst these anxieties, will the Huldufólk folk fairy’s warnings be heard by the Faroese? The Islands and the Whales invites its viewers to sit with this question.

How far would you go to rescue your beloved childhood pet?

Escaping from Ukraine, already right on the border to Poland, a man reverses his car back to Kyiv in search for his childhood dog, Nika. Determined to find her, Stas sets out into a war-ravaged country and in the process, gets drawn into a world of volunteers risking everything to save abandoned animals.

His personal quest transforms into a humanitarian mission as Stas takes part in saving a blind lion, evacuating animals amidst bombings, and along the way, capturing stories of bravery and compassion.

Gripping documentary exploring the genuine connections between people and animals.

Are we repeating history?

This is the question that Jason Momoa raises in this documentary as the narrator. Between entrancing footage of the fluorescent creatures that inhabit the depths of our oceans, an alarming story is pieced together. In the race to transition to a battery-powered future, corporate and political entities have turned their present attention to the last untouched wilderness on our planet—the deep ocean.

Ultimately, Deep Rising presents an urgent and troubling reality, as ocean floor mining may just become the next evolution of mankind’s abuse of natural resources.