{"id":550,"date":"2026-01-02T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arethedolphinsalright.com\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:39:41","slug":"festivals-and-distinctions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecologyfilms.com\/?page_id=550","title":{"rendered":"Festivals and Distinctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are the Dolphins Alright?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are the Dolphins Alright?<\/em> was selected by festivals in seven countries, including: Maryland International, Berlin Lift-Off, Ferrara, Florida Environmental, Soracaba, Los Angeles Lift-Off, Nature without Borders, Paris Lift-Off, Tulum World Environment, Depth of Field International and Silver Screen Film Festivals.<\/p>\n

Award Winner at Silver Screen, Depth of Field International, Tulum World Environment and Nature without Borders Film Festivals.<\/p>\n

Finalist at Festival de Soracaba in Sao Paulo and Ferrara Film Festival in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to Do about Climate Disruption?\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

What to Do about Climate Disruption?\u00a0 <\/em>was selected by the Miami Independent, the Indie Visions, the Tulum World Environment, the <\/span>Venice Retro Avant-garde, the World\u2019s Independent, the Awareness. the Barents Ecology, the Peloponnisos International Documentary, The Hague Global, the World Cinema Milan, the North Europe International, the South Europe International, the Ferrara, the Nice Market, the Lift-Off Online and the Queen Palm International Film Festivals<\/span><\/p>\n

Semi-Finalist at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, the Courage Film Festival in Berlin and the Capital FIlmmakers Festival in Lisbon<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalist<\/a><\/span> at the 12th Annual Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival, the Alwar International Film Festival in India and the Ferrara Film Festival in Italy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Awards<\/span><\/p>\n

Accolade Global Film Competition Award of Recognition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Docs Without Borders Film Festival Exceptional Merit\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Impact DOCS Award of Recognition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Silver Spotlight Documentary Film Award<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Best Environmental Film at the San Francisco World\u2019s Independent and the Venice Retro Avant-Garde Film Festivals\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Making a Difference Award\u2013Honorable Mention from the Toronto Community Film & Arts Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the World Cinema Milan Festival, in addition to Nominations for Scientific Education Award, Jury Award, and Best Editing of a Documentary<\/span><\/p>\n

Nominations for Best Director of a Feature Documentary, Best Editing of a Documentary and Best Story at the North Europe Film Festival in London<\/span><\/p>\n

Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary in addition to Nominations for Best Scientific & Education, Editing of a Documentary, Director of a Feature Documentary, and Story and at the South Europe International Film Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

Nomination for Best Editing of a Documentary for the World Independent Cinema Awards 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Screenings in Nine Cities in Seven Countries in Three Continents<\/p>\n

USA–San Francisco and Los Angeles, Mexico–Tulum, Malaysia–Kuala Lumpur, India–Alwar, Italy–Milan and Venice, Greece–Kalamata,\u00a0 and Great Britain–London<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Going On with Wolves?<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Going On with Wolves?<\/em> won an Award of Merit in the Documentary Feature category in the Accolade Global Film Competition, <\/em><\/a>an Award of Recognition from the\u00a0Impact DOCS Awards<\/em> Festival, <\/a>the award for\u00a0Best Editing of a Documentary<\/a> at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in Milan,\u00a0a bronze award in the Documentary Feature category from the\u00a0International Independent Film Awards, a\u00a0<\/a>Sierra Nevada Award<\/a> from the 2016 Mountain Film Festival in the Documentary Competition<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s Going On with Wolves?\u201d was one of five films selected in the category of \u201cBest Documentary Film\u201d for the 4th Magwill Film Festival Contest of 2015,\u00a0<\/a>was accepted by the Florida Movie Festival<\/a>, was one of four official selected films in the category of \u201cBest Animal Documentary\u201d for the StarDoc 2016 International Documentary Film Festival, was selected for a silver award by\u00a0Los Angeles Film Review Independent Film Awards<\/a>. was selected as an official finalist by the\u00a02016 American Movie Awards<\/a>, received an honorable mention award from\u00a0the Indie Gathering International Film Festival<\/a> in Hudson, Ohio, and after being accepted by the Festival of Globe<\/a>, on August 7, 2016, the documentary was shown at the Camera 12 Cinemas in downtown San Jose, CA.<\/p>\n

The film also received nominations from the International Filmmaker\u00a0Festival of World Cinema<\/a>\u00a0in Milan, Italy for\u00a0Best Director of a Short Documentary<\/a>,\u00a0Best Editing of a Documentary<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Scientific & Educational<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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