Natural World: Elephant Cave

“The images in this film are truly haunting — and humbling,” says festival jury member Leanne Allison.

Driven by desperate salt cravings, these mountain forest elephants are forced to make the dangerous journey to a cave. Humans too have been drawn to Kitum Cave for thousands of years — originally to harvest salt, but more recently to slaughter elephants.

Now local rangers have been assigned to protect the survivors. Using the latest in surveillance technology, the film reveals secrets of the world’s only culture of underground elephants.

This film was part of Daytime Film Screenings: Program A