Forests for People: UN International Short Film Contest

United Nations, New York, June 2012 - The United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, in partnership with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, has launched "Forests for People: UN International Short Film Contest" .The film festival invites people to tell their forest story through a short film up to 90 seconds in length, using any type of media, from video cameras to mobile footage, animation to photos. The initiative has been launched with this promo film featuring some of the world's most renowned nature/wildlife filmmakers who have joined together to spearhead the campaign. Drectors who appear in the film include Oscar-winning director Nick Park, Emmy winners Dereck and Beverly Joubert, acclaimed photographer Cristina Mittermeier, distinguished nature director Alastair Fothergill, pioneering cinematographers Louis Schwartzberg and S. Nallamuthu, renowned director/photographer and GoodPlanet founder Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and British film icon John Boorman with his son Charley, who is also a UNICEF ambassador. Contest details available on the UN Forum on Forests website: http://www.un.org/esa/forests/film

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