SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2026 · SKUKUZA · KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
WildMarket Africa
Wildlife × Conservation × Tourism × Film Investment. A full festival day inside the Kruger National Park — game drives, wildlife filmmaking masterclasses, a government investment showcase and an outdoor screening under the stars.
THE DAY AT A GLANCE
From Game Drive to Fireside Screening
Morning
06:00 departure from Mbombela · welcome by SANParks & MTPA · WildM game drive with filming mentors · wildlife shorts programme with filmmaker Q&As.
Afternoon
Canon long-lens masterclass · Media Valley on the global wildlife content market · FAME Week Africa · the united government showcase: Location Mpumalanga.
Evening
Outdoor wildlife screening with the park's public audience — The Legacy of Megaherbivores, Elephant in the Room, The StoryTraveller — and networking around the fire.
WILDLIFE CINEMA
Saturday Screening Programme
SKUKUZA · WILDM HUB & EVENING SCREENING AREA
Wildlife & Biodiversity Selection
- 09:00–09:10 · The Silent Retreat — Mason Mirabile (Switzerland)
- 09:20–09:32 · The Land Remembers — Nathan Rice (South Africa)
- 09:42–09:49 · Zora and The Zebra — Amirah J Adem (United States)
- 09:59–10:11 · UNSEEN LINE — Niklas von Klitzing, Leo Stolz (Germany)
- 13:00–14:00 · The secret of the Ethiopian Wolf — Baptiste Deturche, Adrien Lesaffre (France)
- 14:10–15:02 · Wild Waterfront — Marguerite Venter (South Africa)
- 15:12–16:14 · Pantanal — Environmental Justice Foundation (Brazil, United Kingdom)
- 18:00–18:19 · The Legacy of Megaherbivores — Tom Bouyer, Aimee Tallian (United States)
- 18:29–18:46 · Elephant in the Room — Jura Bakx (Netherlands)
- 18:56–20:22 · The StoryTraveller — Giovanni Costa Massa (Brazil, United States)
Every film screening is followed by a 10-minute moderated Q&A with the filmmaker. Evening screenings are open to the Kruger public audience.
LOCATION MPUMALANGA
Why Mpumalanga for Wildlife Film?
- Biodiversity, landscapes, culture and accessibility no other province can match
- The cost advantage: filming in Mpumalanga vs Cape Town
- Committed government support — DCSR, DEDET, NYDA, MTPA and DFA on one stage
- Kruger National Park and MTPA reserves with clear film-permit pathways
- Infrastructure: roads, accommodation and equipment access via festival partners