WILD COAST WARRIORS
Wild Coast Warriors was broadcast on Carte Blanche on DSTV Channel, Southern Africa on the 14th July 2024. Wild Coast Warriors aired on VPRO's TV channel NPO2Extra in the Netherlands on the 7th February. WCW aired on Betevé TV in Barcelona, on the 5th of February and on RTVE Documentos TV, also in Spain, on the 13th of February.
Wild Coast Warriors will be broadcast with ARTE TV Europe (France & Germany) and on ERT TV in Greece!!
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, Best Documentary Feature (Int.) at the Big Syn International Film Festival, London.
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 and judged an Award Winner in the Environmental Conservation section in the Tulum World Environmental Film Festival in Mexico.
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, 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. Wild Coast Warriors, has also been awarded the Best Feature Documentary award at the Hill Film Festival in Bangladesh. Wild Coast Warriors 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, it was given an Outstanding Achievement Award Winner at the Sunbardan International Film Festival in West Bengal, India and awarded the Best Inspirational Film at the Hidden Universes, IFF Melbourne. It was given an honourable mention at the Lookout Wild Film Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA and a special mention at the LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival in Sardinia, Italy. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Dokumentale International Documentary and Media Festival in Berlin. It was judged an Award Winner at the Power 24 International Film Festival in Durban and a Winner in the Environmental Conservation Feature Film section at the Tulum World Environmental Film Festival in Mexico and won the Best Documentary Feature (International) at the Big Syn International Film Festival, London. 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, the Africa Film Festival in Kenya, the Social Justice Film Festival in Seattle, USA, the South African Film Festival in Australia, New Zealand, also in Canada and the USA, WOW Wales One World Film Festival in the UK, the Act Human Rights Film Festival in Colorado, United States, the Festival de Cine Amazonia del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bonne Chance Film Festival in Paris, the Kotka Human Rights Film Festival in Finland, the Seoul International Eco Film Festival, the Green International Film Festival in Taiwan and Between the Blue and Green Film Festival in Worthing, UK, the Nottingham Film Festival, UK, Jackson Doc Fest, USA, the Calgary Justice Film Festival, Canada and the Cinematography Awards, London. Also licensed to Newcastle University, UK, Wageningen University, Holland and Alberta University, Canada.
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
Wild Coast Warriors was nominated for Best Documentary at the Dokumentale International Documentary and Media Festival 2025
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/