film

The Territory

2022

Completed

Climate Story Fund

Director

Alex Pritz

Producer

Darren Aronofsky

Executive producer

Carolyn Bernstein

Executive producer

Romain Bessi

Field producer

Joseph Carter

field producer

Leslye Davis

Producer

Sigrid Dyekjær

Executive producer

Felipe Estefan

Executive producer

Kathryn Everett

Executive producer

Rafael Georges

Producer

Lizzie Gillett

Executive producer

Dylan Golden

Executive producer

Loren Hammonds

Executive producer

Ari Handel

Executive producer

Alexandra Johnes

Executive producer

Justin Lacob

Executive producer

Philippe Levasseur

Producer

Will N. Miller

Executive producer

Bryn Mooser

Field producer

Paula Moura

Executive producer

Brendan Naylor

Associate producer

Jeffrey Penman

Producer

Alex Pritz

Executive producer

Andrew Ruhemann

Impact producer

Amy Shepherd

Associate producer

Sarah Sparkman

Executive producer

Txai Suruí

Executive producer

Rebecca Teitel

Field producer

Edimar Tozzo

Impact producer

Danielle Turkov

Producer

Gabriel Uchida

Executive producer

Potei Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

Executive producer

Tejubi Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

Executive producer

Jack Weisman

Music

Katya Mihailova

Cinematography

Alex Pritz

Cinematography

Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau

Co-editor

Alex Pritz

Art Direction

Hodja Berlev

Production Executive

Clare Lucas

re-recording mixer / sound designer

Peter Albrechtsen

sound

Samer Ali

re-recording mixer / sound designer

Rune Klausen

foley editor

Pietu Korhonen

foley artist

Heikki Kossi

engineering services

Donnie Little

dialogue editor

Guilherme Tortolo Magrin

foley mixer

Lauri Marjamaa

sound effects editor

Mikkel Nielsen

re-recording mixer / sound effects editor

Tim Nielsen

sound recordist

Gene Osagie

dialogue editor

Sebastian Vaskio

assistant re-recording mixer

Terah 'Bishop' Woodley II

additional camera: cameraman

Jordan Pinheiro da Cruz

additional camera

Leslye Davis

camera trainee

Fábio Nascimento

additional camera

Kuaimbú Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

animation director

William Reynish

compositor and visual effects supervisor

Anina Bintig Tang

creative director: animation and graphics

Uffe Rønne Wagner

assistant editor

Max Blecker

development editing

Nicole Boliaux

color and finishing producer

Sheina Dao

assistant editor

Cecilia Delgado

development editing

Pisie Hochheim

consulting editor

Pedro Kos

additional editing

Will N. Miller

assistant editor

Alex Modlin

assistant editor

Azadeh Nikzadeh

development editing

Lauren Nolan

supervising colorist

Seth Ricart

assistant editor

Loredana Vicario

conform and colorist

Natasha Wong

Impact Consultant

L.J. Amsterdam

archive researcher

Gabriel Bogossian

driver

Onildo Nascimento da Costa

manager: National Geographic

Marja Diaz

production assistant

Vanessa Fernandes

archive researcher

Tamires Lietti

driver

Henrique Lima

legal services

Caio Mariano

archive researcher

Paula Moura

Impact Producer

Marianna Olinger

production assistant

Maria Alves Tobias

driver

Edimar Tozzo

Consultant: National Geographic Documentary Films

Tim Horsburgh

 

Doc Society Support

Production support

Impact campaign support

 

Film Details

Runtime: 86 minutes

Format: Feature length film

 

When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.

Awards & Festivals

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards - Documentary (2022)
Primetime Emmy Awards - Documentary (2022)
Seattle International Film Festival - Best Documentary (2022)
Bergen International Film Festival - Youth Jury's Documentary Award (2022)
Oslo Films from the South Festival - Best Documentary (2022)
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival - Moving Mountains Award (2022)
CPH:DOX - F:ACT Award (2022)
CPH:DOX - F:ACT Award - Honorable Mention (2022)
Sheffield International Documentary Festival - Tim Hetherington Award - Special Mention (2022)
Jackson Wild Media Awards - Best Conservation Film (2022)
Jackson Wild Media Awards - Best Conservation Film (2023)
Jackson Wild Media Awards - Best of Festival (2022)
Zurich Film Festival - Science Film Award (2022)
Cinema for Peace Awards - International Green Film Award (2023)
The Hague Movies that Matter Festival - Activist Documentary Award (2022)
True/False Film Fest - True Life Fund Award (2022)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US - Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film (2023)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US - The Unforgettables (2023)
DocsBarcelona, ES - International Amnesty Catalunya Award (2022)
Topanga Film Festival - Best Documentary (2022)
Banff Mountain Film Competition - Grand Prize (2022)
FICMEC - Best Feature Documentary (2022)
Mountain Film Festival - Moving Mountains Award (2022)
Festival des Libertés - Best Film (2022)
International Wildlife Film Festival - Best of Festival (2022)
International Wildlife Film Festival - Best Sustainable Planet (2022)
Sheffield DocFest - Tim Hetherington Award (2022)
Brazil Online Film Award - Best Non-Fiction Film (2022)
Primetime Emmy Awards - Primetime Emmy Awards (2022)

Festival Screenings

Sundance (2024) Documentary Craft

Reviews

Watching this gripping documentary shot in the Brazilian Amazon, you wonder if our electoral system could learn a thing or two from the Indigenous Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people.

The Territory succeeds and struggles in nearly equal measure, while always dedicated to it its main advocacy.

In just 83 minutes, Pritz guides us through a complex story, though at its heart it is a deceptively simple tale of underdogs fighting to protect their land and way of life.

A striking first feature for cinematographer Alex Pritz, as well as a notable collaborative work.

It’s a beautiful film, and certainly an enraging one.

Alex Pritz’s documentary provides an affecting look at indigenous lives at the frontline of deforestation in the Amazon.

A stunningly intimate look at the stakes surrounding this conflict, shot over three years with remarkable clarity and beauty by Pritz and Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau, a member of the tribe.

A gripping portrait of an endangered community for whom nature is both their precious environment and the facet of humanity that can all too easily be turned malicious.

It is definitely a film that makes you want to continue cutting back on red meat.

“The Territory” is more than meets the eye, revealing its most profound observations in stages across its running time.

Where to Watch

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