Presenting Partners
94 min, 4K, English, 2021
Impact Partners
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Synopsis
After a mother orca carries her dead calf for 17 days, two filmmakers spring into action, joining Indigenous leaders and scientists making a final attempt to save the last 74 Southern Resident orcas from extinction. Moving beyond a traditional wildlife documentary, Coextinction takes audiences deep into the oceans and forests of the Pacific Northwest to witness the complex systems of interconnectedness linking together ecosystem collapse, centuries of injustice against Indigenous peoples, and the frontlines of the world’s most pressing environmental threats. No species goes extinct in isolation.
One of the most important films you’ll see all year.
iHeartRadio
A vital, eye-opening analysis of interdependence, humbly offering the next generation a conscious path forward.
Vancouver International Film Festival
[A] critical documentary about the state of the world.
LA Source News
Awards
Winner of
2021 Jackson Wild Media Awards: "Our Human Planet"
2021 Vancouver International Film Festival: "Rob Stewart Eco Warrior Award"
2021 Planet In Focus Environmental Film Festival: "People's Choice"
2021 Montreal Independent Film Festival: "Best Environmental Film"
2022 International Ocean Film Festival "Environment Award"
2022 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: "Jury Special Mention"
2022 Seoul International Eco Film Festival: “Audience Choice”
2022 Los Angeles Cinematography Awards: "Best Documentary Film", "Best Original Score", "Best Aerial Cinematography"
Nominations
2021 Jackson Wild Media Awards: "Original Music Score"
2021 Vancouver International Film Festival: "Best BC Film"
2021 Vancouver International Film Festival: "Best Canadian Documentary"
2022 Canadian Screen Awards: "Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleures images dans un long métrage documentaire"
2022 Canadian Screen Music Awards: "Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film"
Filming for Coextinction took place from ‘Namgis Nation (Vancouver Island) all the way to Palúspam territories (South Washington), spanning over 500 miles on the west coast of North America. Filming was on the ancestral homelands of over 15 First Nations and Sovereign Tribes, including Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), Á,LEṈENEȻ ȽTE (W̱SÁNEĆ) (San Juan Island, Victoria), Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (Tofino), səl ̓ ilwətaɁɬ təməxw (Tsleil-Waututh) (Vancouver), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō) (Cheam First Nation), Secwepemcúl’ecw (Secwépemc), Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation (Kingcome Inlet), Kwikwasut ́inuxw First Nation (Kingcome Inlet), ’Namgis Nation (Alert Bay), Mamalilikulla First Nation (Village Island), We Wai Kai Nation (Campbell River), Palúspam (Palouse) (Snake River), Yakima (Snake River), S’Klallam (Port Angeles), Lhaq’temish (Lummi Nation), Samish Indian Nation & Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (Anacortes), Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla (Portland).