FauneVoyage
faune: (fr) n. wildlife | voyage: (fr) v. travel
Bringing critical environmental stories to the forefront
Award-Winning Science Storytelling & Documentary Filmmaking
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We're the company you've probably never heard of, working behind the scenes so your story stays front and center.
FauneVoyage Films & Media is a film production and visual storytelling studio. We specialize in developing digital content for science, environment and wildlife conservation causes.
As a full-service producer of content from concept through delivery, we first help you define your goals, message, audience, calls to action, deliverables and distribution strategy. Then we roll up our sleeves and get to work.
Based in Southeast Alaska, we work globally.
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REELS
FILMMAKING
Wildlife, Science & Conservation Documentary Films
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Connecting with audiences through strong characters and creative storytelling.
Your science is groundbreaking. Your mission is urgent.
Your story deserves to be told—and told well.
We produce, direct, shoot, edit, write and distribute award-winning documentary films, educational videos, social bites, PSAs and television programming for wildlife conservation, environment, science and community impact.
From concept through completion, we do it all.
Our films entertain while raising awareness, engaging support, sharing differing viewpoints and seeking solutions.
Working on remote research vessels?
Sensitive environment or wildlife habitat?
Need a small, experienced crew?
We go where large productions can’t.
From the jungles of Borneo to the Sahara desert and Alaska tundra, we've overcome extreme logistical challenges, adapted to cultures and languages worldwide, and delivered. Every time.
Your audience is out there.
We know how to reach them—and we'd love to help you do it.
HAVE A STORY THAT NEEDS TELLING? LET'S TALK.
WHERE WE WORK
Southeast Alaska & Worldwide
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While we work on projects worldwide, we are based in beautiful Petersburg, Alaska where we are uniquely situated to help productions with their filming needs throughout Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage and the renowned Tongass National Forest.
Crews working in the region can book marine charter production services through our sister company, FauneVoyage Tours.
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DOCUMENTARY SPECIALS
Climate Science Documentary Films
TERMINUS
3-Part Science Thriller Documentary Special
In Post-Production | Episode Runtimes: 60 minutes
Every coastal city in the world is planning its future on a number—a sea level projection. That number is wrong.
To find the right one, scientists are deploying a fleet of robotic vessels into a place no human can go—the submerged face of an actively calving Alaskan glacier—to measure ice melt in real time at the source. TERMINUS follows the scientists, engineers and robotics teams operating at the edge of what's possible in one of the world's most extreme and rapidly changing environments.
Where the ice ends, the answers begin.
(FauneVoyage Films)
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FEATURE FILMS
Wildlife Conservation & Impact Documentary Films
EXTENDED TRAILER FOR:
OCCAM'S OTTER
Feature Documentary Film | Runtime: 90 minutes
After being eradicated for their luxurious fur and then reintroduced many years later, sea otters are thriving again in Southeast Alaska's coastal waters. Their return is sparking an all-out war over who controls the ocean's bounty.
OCCAM'S OTTER plunges into the marine battleground to explore humankind's controversial relationship with these charming furbearers and the conflicts that are arising as politics, science and industry clash over the fate of these furry ocean pirates—and discover that there are no simple solutions when everyone's survival is on the line.
(FauneVoyage Films)
TRAILER FOR:
A HERD OF ORPHANS
Feature Documentary Film (2018) | Runtime: 86 minutes
When poachers kill adult elephants for their ivory, the calves that are left behind are orphaned, homeless, and unable to survive without the care of a herd. Their survival is dependent on the extraordinary people who dedicate their lives to protecting and raising them at an elephant orphanage tucked deep within the heart of Zambia. This endearing film is an inside look into their lives and the struggles they face as they grow up as A HERD OF ORPHANS.
Filmmaker Kelly Bakos captures the heartwarming, humorous and cheeky personalities of these orphans while interweaving stories about daily survival and coming of age within an unnatural setting—while threats still abound.
(FauneVoyage Films)
Now available to rent or buy!
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SHORT FILMS
Science & Nature Documentary Films
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SEASWAP: Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project
Short Documentary Film (2006) | Runtime: 37 minutes
Alaska fisherman Kendall Folkert works long hours on the water, but sperm whales are costing him his catch—and his livelihood. When the clever animals learn to steal black cod from his longline gear, researchers Aaron Thode (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and Jan Straley (University of Alaska Southeast) join forces with fishermen and fisheries managers to decode the signals drawing whales to the fishing vessel Cobra. Watch as fishing and science collide in an unlikely collaboration to outwit an endangered species getting an easy meal.
(Alaska SeaLife Center & North Pacific Research Board)
Now showing on public television!
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EPHEMERAL
(adj.) Lasting for a very short time
Short Documentary Film (2020) | Runtime: 30 minutes
Ephemeral art is nature-inspired art that lasts only for a short period of time. Pieces are constructed outdoors from natural materials that eventually return back to the environment as they decompose, transform, are blown away in the wind or swept into the sea.
EPHEMERAL documents a moment in time when artists in Southeast Alaska connect with nature while creating inspiring treasures in the rainforests and on the beaches.
(The Rainforest Festival)
Now showing on public television!
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TELEVISION SERIES
Science Documentary Films
Tongass•ology
Television Documentary Series (2026)
In Post-Production | Episode Runtimes: 27:24 minutes
About the Series
Tongass•ology explores the fascinating world of science in Southeast Alaska's vast Tongass National Forest region. Each episode follows researchers as they use everything from high-tech gadgets to surprisingly simple tools to unlock the secrets of the amazing biodiversity that calls this landscape home.
EPISODE SYNOPSES
(For First 5 Episodes):
Episode 1: Life Between the Tides
Marine biologist Kellii Wood (Alaska Department of Fish & Game) demonstrates scientific sampling techniques to reveal how intertidal sea creatures master the ultimate survival challenge—thriving in a world that floods and drains like a giant bathtub every day.
Episode 2: The Buzz on Alaska's Pollinators
US Forest Service biologist Eric Castro uses simple Dixie cups and nets to track down Alaska's charismatic pollinators, from bumbling "flying pandas" to industrious flies that keep the whole ecosystem blooming.
Episode 3: High-Tech Whale Watching
Marine scientist Dr. Andy Szabo (Alaska Whale Foundation) uses drones and cutting-edge technology to conduct medical checkups on humpback whales and uncover the surprising truth about their health after being removed from the endangered species list.
Episode 4: Cold-Blooded DNA Detective
Biologist Eric Castro (US Forest Service) becomes a genetic sleuth, using environmental DNA from pond water to hunt for invisible pathogens that could threaten Alaska's secretive frogs, newts, and surprisingly toxic toads.
Episode 5: Underwater Census Takers
Marine biologist Kellii Wood (Alaska Department of Fish & Game) leads an underwater robot survey to count rockfish and stumbles upon nature's ultimate reality show—complete with surprise attacks and dramatic escapes on the seafloor.
All episodes feature scientific accuracy reviewed by expert panels and showcase positive research with real-world impact for local communities.
(FauneVoyage Films)
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Award-Winning Science, Conservation & Wildlife Documentary Films
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PARTNERSHIPS
We collaborate with scientists, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and conservation causes dedicated to making real-world change. Here are few:
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EVERYTHING WE DO
Science Filmmaking & Communications
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VIDEO & FILM
Wildlife & Conservation Documentary Video Production
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Documentary films and educational videos that entertain, inform and inspire action.
WRITING
Science Writing & Environmental Communications
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Complex science made accessible for diverse audiences and public relations
DESIGN
Conservation Outreach & Campaign Design
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Multimedia, print and digital materials that send persuasive conservation messages.
PHOTOGRAPHY & ILLUSTRATION
Nature Photography & Science Illustration
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Powerful images and original artwork that reveal impactful science and tell visual stories.
VISUAL STORYTELLING
Science & Conservation Storytelling and Communications
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Strategizing and creating innovative content and campaigns for science, environment and wildlife conservation causes.
We blend our skills in design, illustration, writing, video and photography to develop advocacy campaigns and outreach for nonprofit organizations, native tribes and government agencies. At FauneVoyage we specialize in content development, project management, strategic planning and brand development.
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