Premiere of “Mashatu: Land of Leopards” Closes Historic Occasion in Maun
Final week marked a big milestone for conservation storytelling in Africa, because the internationally acclaimed Wildscreen Pageant occurred for the primary time in Botswana.
Held in Maun from 12–13 June, the competition — with Mashatu Recreation Reserve as a serious sponsor — offered a strong platform to highlight Botswana’s extraordinary pure heritage and the rising expertise of its inventive trade.
The occasion culminated within the African premiere of “Mashatu: Land of Leopards”, a landmark documentary filmed fully at Mashatu over a three-year interval. Directed by Julien Naar, with Wim and Mags Vorster of Wild Internet Africa as cinematographers and discipline producers, and produced by ZED for France Télévisions, Nationwide Geographic & RTS – the movie, which captures uncommon and intimate leopard behaviour towards the reserve’s breathtaking backdrop, was met with large acclaim and proved a becoming finale to a two-day programme crammed with daring concepts, contemporary voices, and a collective dedication to the way forward for pure world storytelling.
The competition’s last session featured an tackle by Stephen Lansdown CBE, majority proprietor of Mashatu Recreation Reserve. Lansdown underscored the significance of investing in initiatives that ship tangible, long-term worth for each communities and the atmosphere, highlighting how significant partnerships and storytelling can spark change.
The Lansdown Household, long-standing philanthropists and conservationists, have performed a central function within the growth of Mashatu as a frontrunner in sustainable tourism. Mashatu kinds a part of a broader portfolio of properties throughout Africa, Guernsey (the place the Lansdowns reside), and the UK, together with the Bristol Sport Group and a redevelopment venture on Guernsey’s west coast. Throughout these areas, their focus stays the identical: combining enterprise and philanthropy as a drive for good.
The Wildscreen Pageant introduced collectively each worldwide and regional leaders in pure world storytelling, with illustration from BBC Studios, Nationwide Geographic, Earth Contact, Botswana Tv, and the Pure Historical past Movie Unit Botswana.
For Mashatu, supporting this primary Botswana version of Wildscreen is about catalysing visibility, alternative, and world recognition for Botswana’s homegrown storytellers — and the wild areas they characterize. The competition is an announcement that Botswana has a voice, a imaginative and prescient, and a rightful seat on the world desk with regards to conservation storytelling.
