NY WILD Film Festival to be Held in January

The 2016 New York WILD Film Festival will be held January 28-31, 2016 at the historic Explorers Club Headquarters in New York City. The event, now in its third year, spotlights films in the exploration, adventure, wildlife and environmental genres.

This year, renowned director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) will receive the award for Best Conservation Hero Film for his documentary What's Motivating Hayes, about the pioneering investigative biologist Tyrone Hayes. Meru, winner of the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at Sundance and recently shortlisted for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, will also be screened.

NY WILD will feature film screenings, audience Q & As, panel discussions, receptions and award presentations. The event offers film and adventure enthusiasts -- as well as armchair travelers -- an insider's look at the exhilarating world of adventure and wildlife cinema by showcasing the best films from across the globe that explore such vital concepts as conservation, discovery and respect for the planet.

"The 2016 festival promises to be our most exciting yet, with an array of diverse films that allow the viewer to vicariously experience all the wonder the world has to offer, while meeting some of the world's most creative, adventurous and heroic earth-loving individuals," said Nancy Rosenthal, filmmaker and founder and executive director of NY WILD.

NY WILD is sponsored by National Geographic, The University of Miami, Exploration Science, The Explorers Club and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), with additional support from The North Face, 18 Rabbits, Born to Explore and New York Women in Film & Television.

The Explorers Club is located at 46 East 70th Street in New York City.

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