The KFC wins ‘Best NZ Made Film’
The KFC has won the Hiddleston-MacQueen Award for the best New Zealand film at the 2020 NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival.
The KFC will have its world premiere as part of the festival in Wanaka and Queenstown, as well as online (due to Covid-19) at the end of June.
Read the story in the Otago Daily Times.
Silent Filmmaking in the age of Lockdown
An interview with Lynn Freeman on Standing Room Only
Aired 31 May, 2020 on RNZ National
Wanaka filmmaker Richard Sidey’ is offering us the chance to reconnect with the world’s wilderness areas, in his ambitious documentary spanning seven continents and filmed over 5 years.
Elementa is the third in his trilogy called Speechless. There’s no narration, he places his trust solely on his images and on an ambient soundtrack. Richard also goes against the tide by filming in black and white.
He’s safely back home in picturesque Wanaka – and looking forward to Elementa is being shown as part of the upcoming and now on line DocEdge Film Festival.
Wānaka filmmaker to feature at first major online film festival
A short piece in today’s Wānaka Sun about Elementa and the 2020 Doc Edge Festival.
Links: The Wānaka Sun | Elementa | Doc Edge Festival
A new ambient drone video, flying over the enormous Ilulissat Icefjord.
This video is part of my new Wilderness Escapes YouTube Series
This was certainly one of our more interesting science communication assignments, working alongside the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organisation on the island nation (DomSeTCO), and documenting the work done by their amazing team of scientists, volunteers and nature enthusiasts.
Dominica has five species of turtle, three of which nest on the island’s beaches – the Leatherback, Hawksbill and the Green Sea Turtle. Local turtle populations are in rapid decline due to a number of reasons including habitat loss, plastic pollution and climate change, but the main contributing factor is the illegal poaching of sea turtles when they’re up on the beach nesting.
Our six-part documentary series will tell the stories, so tune in and learn about this fascinating country, well known in the Caribbean as ‘The Nature Island.’
The Last Turtle is a six-part video series documenting the work of Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organisation (DomSeTCO). We hope this video series helps call attention to the rapid decline of Sea Turtles.
For more information on DomSeTCO click here.
Filmed & Produced by Galaxiid
Special thanks to:
Jake Levenson, Oceans Forward
Harold Guiste
Stephen Durand
Simon Walsh, Nature Island Dive
Dan Perryman & the Dive Dominica team
Bev & Oscar, Rosalie Bay Resort
Marvin, Pierre, Jaelle, Morrison, Charles, Lynette, Simon and all DomSeTCO beach patrollers
All Material © 2019 DomSeTCO / Galaxiid. All Rights Reserved.
Niue Humpback Whale Research
In September 2018 I travelled to Niue, a small Pacific Island nation, as part of a Conservation International assignment with a group of select Whale Research scientists conducting a study on the endangered Oceania population of Humpback Whales.
Honoring the critical role the ocean plays in the wellbeing and livelihoods of Niuean people, Niue has taken independent steps to conserve and manage their waters. In 2003, they declared their ocean area as a whale sanctuary, which is when our team lead, Olive Andrews, began her work in-country. Recently they further committed 40% of their ocean territory as a sanctuary and are in the process of marine spatial planning for their entire marine domain.
Throughout our short time in beautiful Niue I filmed and produced an eight-part video series covering the various aspects of our research, which is now released online and viewable in its entirety below, or visit CI’s Niue Whale Research.
Select an episode from the dropdown top-left menu in the video box.
Additionally, Conservation International’s staff writer Olivia DeSmit wrote a piece about the Whale Song featured in Episode 5. Read it here.
A pretty picture for a not-so-pretty picture: My aerial image of Orona Island in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area of Kiribati was published in the Guardian today.
Above Antarctica
A cinematic aerial exploration of the Antarctic Peninsula, soaring over mountains and their glaciers, enormous icebergs, bubble-net feeding humpback whales and into the alluring blues of a deep crevasse.
Above Antarctica is accompanied by the musical score of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
Credits
Filmed & edited by Richard Sidey
Produced by Galaxiid
Music
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A Major (2nd Movement)
Performed by the Wilfred Symphony Orchestra
A special UAV permit was obtained to fly in Antarctica.
For licensing enquiries contact Galaxiid
© 2018 Galaxiid Limited. All Rights Reserved.
No part of this video my be reproduced without permission from the artists.
Speechless | Great Bear Rainforest
A new Speechless episode from Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest featuring encounters with Spirit Bears, known to the local Gitga’at First Nation at Moksgm’ol (the Ghost Bear).
Read the full photo story here
Video by Richard Sidey
Produced by Galaxiid
National Geographic feature Wild Antarctica
National Geographic Magazine have included Wild Antarctica in their Short Film Showcase.
The magazine also released a revised edit for social media:
Wild Antarctica was filmed by Richard Sidey and Aliscia Young with Galaxiid in 2017. See the full film here.
