Orlando von Einsiedel

The director of Oscar-winning documentary The White Helmets joins filmmakers around the world to present a global perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, told from the perspective of activists and volunteers working to help those hit the hardest.

Winner of Best Documentary Short Subject at the 2017 Academy Awards, this film follows the group of brave first responders known as The White Helmets who rescue victims from the rubble of daily airstrikes in Syria.

Documentary showing the new challenges facing the long-running campaign to save the dwindling mountain gorillas of the Congo. A small team of courageous park rangers do their best to protect the home of the mountain gorilla from the forces of greed and violence.