2026 /  

WINNER

TRADE SECRET

Director & Producer: Abraham Joffe

Trade Secret follows three unlikely allies on a mission to protect polar bears from international commercial trade. Filmed over six years across nine countries, the film exposes the sanctioned sale of hundreds of polar bears each year on the global market. But as the investigation deepens, it uncovers a disturbing truth: those entrusted with safeguarding the species may be entangled in their continued commercialisation. The film raises urgent questions about how we protect vulnerable species in a world where the lines between protection and exploitation have become blurred.

12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.

2025 |  

98

United Kingdom, Australia

Languages: English, Mandarin, Norwegian, Inuktitut, Greenlandic

AWARD:

Transparency Jury Prize (Sponsored by SIMA)

Type:

Feature Documentary

Themes:

Animal Rights, Environment, Indigenous

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