In this groundbreaking documentary the group behind the Academy Award®-winning film The Cove, assemble a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world’s most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction, the documentary reveals stunning, never before seen images that truly change the way we see the world.

Nominated for the Creative Innovation Award, Impact Award, People and Nature Award and Popular Broadcast Award. United States, 94 mins

Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and Discovery Channel present an Oceanic Preservation Society film. In association with Vulcan Productions, the Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs, and Insurgent

The screening of Racing Extinction will be preceded by the showing of Hairy Nose, a two minute PSA from WildAid that imagines a world where toxic air pollution has become an accepted part of life in urban China and the resulting evolution of nostril hair.

Nominated for the Campaign Award. United States, 2 mins, WildAid, McCann Shanghai, Gwantsi

Image credit: Patrick MacLeod - OPS

Certificate/Age Guidance: Potentially disturbing content

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