Eye of the Leopard follows the remarkable life of one small leopard from when she is just 8 days old every step of the way until she is 3 years old and on the brink of adulthood. Legadema, as she is named, works her way into your heart as she slips in and out of danger virtually every day, running from baboons and hyenas but also making landmark strides in hunting and surviving. Narrated by Jeremy Irons it is the story of a mother and daughter relationship as well as that of an emerging huntress in Botswana’s magnificent Mombo region of the Okavango Delta.
“An extraordinary film about one of the world’s most amazing cats.”
- Charlie Gibson, ABC Nightly News
“You always seem to be just in the right pace at the right time!”
- Victoria Maberly ABC Nightline
Now released by Wildlife Films for the first time on demand, every rental or download of this film contributes towards the Big Cats Initiative that helps to preserve the wild spaces where leopards like Legadema live.
Awards:
BBC wildscreen award: Panda for Best Sound Wildscreen 2006 (Britian)
Nominated best cinematography Wildscreen
Emmy Award New York, Best Achievement in Science Technology and Nature 2007 (USA)
Jackson Hole Awards, Nominated Best Writing Emmy Awards Nominated Best Non Fiction Writing (USA)
Japanese Wildlife Films Festival Nature Award (Japan)
Best Nature Film Jules Verne Film Festival March 07 (France)
Wildscreen award: Panda Award in Bristol, Best Animal BehaviourOctober 2008 (Britian)
Best Nature Film Italy, Golden Ibex Award, Festival Choice for Children by children "The Municipality of Cogne prize at the Valle d'Aosta International nature film Festival, awarded Eye of the Leopard the Golden Ibex trophy. The technical jury awarded the film this prize for its spectacular photography composed of many predations and for its animal behaviour (Italy)
In addition Eye of the Leopard has also won the junior popular jury trophy (Italy)
Public Prize 19th Bird and Nature Film Festival, Abbeville, France 2008 (France)
19th Festival International du Film Animalier Albert 2009 - Grand Prix
Festival de loiseau et de la nature - Le Prix du Public 2009 (France)