Gorilla Film Wins Award

**whitestarling** Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:22 am

Mountain gorilla film wins award

A film highlighting the plight of mountain gorillas in Rwanda has won the Best Short Film award at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, which runs from 13-19 October in New York.

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and produced by Craghoppers, Hope revisits the mountain gorillas at the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, nearly 47 years after Dian Fossey began her work in the region.

"Our motivation behind making Hope was to highlight the extreme efforts adopted by the Dian Fossey Fund to protect the mountain gorillas in Rwanda and the sometimes dangerous challenges the team face every day,” said Managing Director for Craghoppers, Jim McNamara.

"It's therefore a great feeling to know that a film that was designed to inspire and remind people about the plight of the gorillas has done just that in wider industry.

"I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved with this documentary. Winning this award is a not only a great achievement for Craghoppers and the team who produced ‘Hope', but also for the Dian Fossey Fund, as the film will get in front of an even greater audience and will hopefully urge people to support the charity and donate to a very worthy cause."

WS

**Doogs** Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:17 pm

Oooh that looks great, thanks for posting WS.

Anything about gorillas and which hightlights their dangerously low numbers gets the big thumbs up from me.

Will take time out to watch this, Thanks

**Laikipia** Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:02 am

Thanks WS that was a very moving and interesting clip. Those rangers deserve so much praise for their work and the difficulties they face. Such an amazing place and on Pete's wish list for sure.

Lai