WILD REMAINS SHORTS PROGRAM

Name: WILD REMAINS SHORTS PROGRAM
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-10-04
Duration: 1 h 24 min

<div>WILD REMAINS SHORT PROGRAM)</div><div>(Dirs. Fiona Otway + Winslow Crane-Murdoch + Sergei Loznitsa + Kait Harlow)</div><div>Across forests, coastlines, museums and contested territories these short films explore the fragile relationship between humans and the natural world. From creatures quietly observed to landscapes marked by conflict and history each work reveals nature as a living archive shaped by memory, resilience, and human intervention. Wild Remains invites us to see the world around us with renewed curiosity and wonder.</div><div><br></div>INTO THE DARK (18 min)<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>OH WHALE! (26 min)</div><div>It began with a dead whale, twenty cases of dynamite, and one unsuspecting TV reporter. On November 12, 1970, news anchor Paul Linnman arrived on the beach in Florence, Oregon, expecting to cover a routine story about removing a beached whale. Instead, he witnessed one of the most infamous moments in television history: an ill-fated explosion that sent whale blubber flying and created a viral sensation decades before the internet existed. But Oh Whale is about much more than an unforgettable news clip. Returning to Florence more than fifty years later, Linnman confronts the bizarre legacy that came to define his career while discovering how a small Oregon town embraced one of history's greatest public relations disasters with humor, heart, and an annual festival. Equal parts hilarious and surprisingly poignant, Oh Whale is a joyful celebration of life's glorious unpredictability and a reminder that while we can't choose the moments that define us, we can choose what we make of them.</div><div><br></div><div>PALEONTOLOGY LESSON (12 min)</div><div>More than a year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war continues just beyond the walls of Kyiv's National Museum of Natural History. Inside, however, a paleontology teacher transports a class of schoolchildren millions of years into the past, to a world untouched by conflict, offering a rare moment of curiosity, wonder, and escape. With his signature patience and observational brilliance, master documentarian Sergei Loznitsa transforms this seemingly ordinary museum visit into a profound reflection on resilience, memory, and the quiet power of education in times of war. As children dream, learn, and imagine futures beyond the violence surrounding them, the film becomes a moving testament to the enduring strength of hope and the extraordinary ways people preserve their humanity in the darkest of times.</div><div><br></div><div>THE SHINING TAPESTRY (28 min)</div><div>A family of wild owls goes about the timeless work of spring: hunting, feeding, and raising their young, all under the watchful eye of a camera inside their nest. As thousands of viewers around the world become captivated by the livestream, an unexpected drama unfolds, transforming passive spectators into emotionally invested participants. What begins as a mesmerizing window into the natural world soon evolves into a fascinating exploration of our complicated relationship with wildlife, challenging the desire to intervene, protect, and control nature on its own terms. Beautiful, suspenseful, and surprisingly thought-provoking, this intimate documentary reminds us that the wild does not exist for our comfort or expectations, and that its greatest lessons often come when we simply bear witness.</div>DocumentaryPT1H24M2026-10-04

Jordan Riber

WILD REMAINS SHORTS PROGRAM"WILD REMAINS SHORTS PROGRAM"

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