WILDCAT

Back from war in Afghanistan, a young British soldier struggling with depression and PTSD finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest when he meets an American scientist, and together they foster an orphaned baby ocelot.

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2022 / 106 min

Directed and Produced by Melissa Lesh & Trevor Frost

Produced by Alysa Nahmias, Joshua Altman

Executive Produced by: Adriana Banta, Trevor Groth, Micah Green, Daniel Steinman, Dan Friedkin, Sarah Hong, Alexandria Bombach, Stephen G. Hall, Mike Kelly and Allison Saifer

Co-Produced by: Mallory Bracken and Mariah Wilson

Edited by: Melissa Lesh, Joshua Altman, David Zieff and Ben Gold

Supported by: 30WEST, Sundance Institute, Science Sandbox Films, Focused on Nature, Our Children’s Earth

Amazon Studios Presents in association with 30WEST
An Emerging Earth Films and Unbound Films Production
In Association with AJNA Films and Harmonium Pictures

Awards & Festivals

Winner: Emmy Award, Outstanding Nature Documentary

Telluride Film Festival, World Premiere
IDFA (The Netherlands), International Premiere
AFI Film Festival
Montclair Film Festival, Audience Award Winner
Heartland Film Festival, Award Winner
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, Award Winner
Orcas Island Festival, Audience Award Winner
Jackson Wild Festival (Austria)
GlobeDocs Boston
Denver Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Tahoe Film Festival
IDA Screening Series

Selected Press & Reviews

The Hollywood Reporter (Review)
Variety Magazine (Director Team Profile)
Deadline (Profile at IDFA)
Forbes (Review)
Salon (Interview with Directors)
People Magazine (Exclusive Clip)
Indiewire (Trailer Release)
Deadline (Original Song)
American Songwriter (Original Song)

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Still image from the film of Harry and a small wild cat looking at each other, the jungle is a mix of greens and the cat is perched on a long leaning branch that Harry is resting his arm on.
Still image from the film, a small, green, wooden bow from a boat traveling up a wide river at sunset with the Amazon jungle on both sides.
Still Image of the film of Samantha in work khakis, in the forest crouched down checkin on a trail cam at the base of a medium sized tree.
Still image from the film: a close up of a little wildcat cub laying on his back looking up at and pawing at the camera. the wild cat has a fuzzy white chest with black spots a tan and white face with black markings deep blue eyes and pink toe pads.
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