In 2025, AFC Films will be screened ONLINE ONLY as part of the AFC Festival’s Virtual Program. Starting August 31, watch free streams of AFC produced and other films including “How an Artist Saved the Mountain Gorilla”, “Conservation in the Caymans”, “the Soysambu Legacy” plus a special selection of independent films focused on the power of nature to inspire art and the power of art to inspire change.
Art & Conservation in the CaymansThis short film (~22 mins) features an international expedition of painters and sculptors led by renowned marine artist and conservationist Guy Harvey, through an underwater tropical Eden. Experience an artistic adventure in one of the world's most pristine and spectacular diving locations. Join the artists as they seek close encounters with gregarious stingrays, critically endangered sea turtles, massive marlin and invasive lion fish. Learn how a Caymanian marine biologist-turned-artist is championing international marine conservation efforts and how an international group of artists is working to help protect an underwater paradise and share it with the world before it is lost. Watch trailer | Watch film |
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The Soysambu Legacy – Art & Conservation in Africa’s Rift ValleyIn Africa's Great Rift Valley is a 48,000 acre ranch called Soysambu, cradled between some of Kenya's most spectacular natural landmarks. Experience Africa and the story of one of the world's most successful wildlife painters who fought to conserve endangered species and one of Kenya's most precious and unique areas. The film tells the remarkable story of the passion of Simon Combes, who was tragically killed in 2004 by a charging Cape Buffalo, doing what he loved, and how his son Guy and widow Kat are bravely carrying on his legacy through art and conservation activism. Learn more about Soysambu Conservancy. Watch the trailer | Watch film |
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How an Artist Saved the Mountain GorillaHow an Artist Saved the Mountain Gorilla is a fascinating film on the relationship between art and conservation, wrapped in an exciting journey that sees two artists retrace the footsteps of legendary explorer Carl Akeley deep into the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda and the Congo, to uncover the mysteries of the man who is credited with saving the Mountain Gorilla from extinction and founding Africa's first National Park nearly 100 years ago. Watch trailer | Watch film |
Pride: The Lions of SoysambuJoin Guy Combes and Will Richardson on Facebook Live. “Pride: The Lions of Soysambu” is an in-depth look at grass-roots conservation in action, of the power of nature to inspire art, the power of art to inspire change, and a people’s pride in their land, livelihood, and wildlife.
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ReturningRETURNING began as a sailing journey where we searched for people whose lives and livelihoods were connected to the natural world of the Salish Sea. Over two years in the making, RETURNING will whet the appetite of viewers who savour a new pact with nature and those who have fallen for the siren call of the Salish Sea. Driven by a passion to seek culture inspired by nature, scientist Rob Butler takes us on a journey through the Salish Sea that begs the question.. “what would it take to re-connect?” Watch the trailer. |
We acknowledge that the Artists for Conservation Festival takes place on the traditional unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia.
