International Wildlife Film Festival

Festival Dates: April 23-30 2022
IWFF is centered around stories that promote awareness, knowledge and an understanding of science, wildlife, and the humans that impact our world every day. The festival champions wildlife filmmakers and inspires a new generation to challenge conventional expectations about how we conserve wildlife and habitat. Founded in 1977 at the University of Montana IWFF is the first and longest-running event of its kind. In 2002, the festival purchased the historic Roxy Theater, now a year-round art-house theater. The Roxy serves as Missoula’s community cinema and IWFF is one of its many programs and film festivals.

Filmmakers can expect lively Q&A’s after every screening, engaging daytime programming including panels, dialogues, and networking opportunities with top-notch filmmakers, fresh media makers, and scientists working on the brink of discovery. The festival staff is well-known for lifting every individual filmmaker up out of the crowd resulting in an incredibly satisfying festival experience where the filmmakers are truly celebrated. IWFF’s collaborative spirit offers opportunities for many national conservation partners to be involved in post-film screening discussions and field trips in western Montana.

Films screen to packed theaters full of sharp audiences that want to learn more about themselves and the world we live in. Due to the success of the virtual programs in 2020 & 2021 the festival will continue to offer its program to international audiences through virtual screenings and programs. It is our hope that the traditional in-theater programs and robust networking that have historically made this festival will return while being enhanced with a virtual catalog following the physical festival.