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After the disappearance of wolves from Washington state in 1930, packs began re-emerging in 2008. This short documentary details the work of the wolf biologists and other specialists tasked with generating the state’s annual year-end wolf count. A rare on-the-ground look at conservation biology in action, the film follows the team as they fire darts from helicopters, set rubber traps, and strategically place audio monitors and trail cameras in the wild. In doing so, it explores the intricacies, challenges and risks of the operation, while illustrating how even wild animal populations often tend to exist under the watchful eye and at the mercy of people.
Directors: Benjamin Drummond, Sara Joy Steele
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Love and friendship
Never marry a man you love too much, and other views on romance in Sierra Leone
5 minutes
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Engineering
Can monumental ‘ice stupas’ help remote Himalayan villages survive?
15 minutes
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Virtues and vices
Why Bennie tried to disappear, and what happened when he was found decades later
16 minutes
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History of technology
Curious singles and tech sceptics – what ‘computer dating’ looked like in 1966
6 minutes
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Cognition and intelligence
A father forgets his child’s name for the first time in this poetic reflection on memory
4 minutes
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Animals and humans
Join seabirds as they migrate, encountering human communities along the way
13 minutes
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Stories and literature
Two variants of a Hindu myth come alive in an animated ode to Indian storytelling
14 minutes
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Technology and the self
The commodified childhood – scenes from two sisters’ lives in the creator economy
14 minutes
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Fairness and equality
There’s a dirty side to clean energy in the metal-rich mountains of South Africa
10 minutes