WILD COAST WARRIORS
Wild Coast Warriors was broadcast on Carte Blanche on DSTV Channel on the 14th July 2024. Wild Coast Warriors will air on VPRO's TV channel NPO2Extra in the Netherlands on Friday, 7th February! WCW will also air on Betevé TV in Barcelona, on the 5th of February! RTVE Documentos TV, also in Spain, broadcasts WCW on the 13th of February!
Wild Coast Warriors wins Best Documentary Feature for the November 2024 session at the International Guadelejara Film Awards in Mexico. Wild Coast Warriors, has also been awarded the Best Feature Documentary award at the Hill Film Festival in Bangladesh.
WCW wins best environmental film in montreal
Wild Coast Warriors has been selected as a winner of the IMDb qualifying seasonal competition of Montreal Independent Film Festival, as the Best Environmental Film
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Read the outstanding review of Wild Coast Warriors from MIFF:
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"This feature documentary narrative explores a moving story that highlights the significant influence of community activism, showcasing the remarkable resilience found in the voices of marginalized individuals deeply connected to their ancestral lands. It conveys a powerful message to large corporations, stressing that the combined strength of vulnerable communities should never be underestimated..."
Read more at:
​https://www.montrealindependentfilmmagazine.com/post/wild-coast-warriors
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Wild Coast Warriors was given an Outstanding Achievement Award Winner
at the Sunbardan International Film Festival in India and given an Honorary
Mention at the Lookout Wild Film Festival in Chattanooga, USA.
Our Burning Planet Heroes of the Year
OBP Heroes of the Year: Activists who risk their lives to protect beloved land and community
For nearly 20 years, Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma have been standing on that front line in the Pondoland section of the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, speaking up and out against a range of "development" plans that they believe will bring harm to their land, culture and natural heritage.
Wild Coast Warriors was selected as the Best Feature in the Environmental & Cultural category at the Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival 2024
goldman environmental award 2024
Sinegugu and Nonhle, two of our leading characters and driving forces behind the court case brought against Shell, recently won the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize for Oceans & Coasts. Read more by clicking the link below:​
https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/sinegugu-zukulu-nonhle-mbuthuma/
This film had its World Premiere at the 26th Encounters International Documentary Film Festival and the first two screenings were sold out. It was nominated "Best of the Fest." Wild Coast Warriors was selected as the Best Feature in the Environmental & Cultural category at the Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival 2024. It has also been awarded the Best Feature Documentary award at the Hill Film Festival in Bangladesh. WCW has been judged an Award Winner (Best Documentary Feature, November season) at the International Guadalajara Film Awards in Mexico and nominated for the Best Feature Doc at Madrid Indie Film Festival Awards in Spain. It has been selected as a winner of the IMDb qualifying seasonal competition of Montreal Independent Film Festival, as the Best Environmental Film, and was given an Outstanding Achievement Award Winner at the Sunbardan International Film Festival in West Bengal, India. It was given an honorable mention at the Lookout Wild Film Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. It has also been officially selected at the Africa International Human Rights Festival in Nigeria, the Lulea International Film Festival in Sweden, the British Columbia Environmental Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada, and the Africa Film Festival in Kenya. Wild Coast Warriors has been selected for the Social Justice Film Festival in Seattle, USA and at the Dokumentale International Documentary and Media Festival in Berlin, Germany.
THE APPEAL on the 17th May 2024 at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein in South Africa
after the judgement the legal team discuss the outcome
Limonero Films secures world distribution rights of WCW
Limonero Films secures world distribution rights to Wild Coast Warriors. Check out the Variety magazine article, RealScreen announcement, and the website for Limonero all linked below:
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Limonero: https://limonerofilms.com
Variety magazine: https://variety.com/2024/film/global/wild-coast-warriors-limonero-1235954531/