The Wild Defending Itself

Vincent Verzat has been filming environmental protests in Europe for 10 years, assembling a community of 310,000 people on YouTube. After a period of activism fatigue, he immersed himself in wildlife observation and tracking, seeking to repopulate his day-to-day life with its non-human inhabitants. He bound himself to their fate and their vulnerability, in the hope of breathing new life into the environmental struggle. From the running forest battles of the Millevaches plateau to the den of a badger family, via the much protested mega-water basins of Poitou, the stags of the Vercors and the controversial A69 motorway project, this film is as much a journey as it is a hand extended between worlds that rarely, if ever, meet. Based on a personal and sensitive story, the film is the link between wild animals and the struggles being waged throughout France against the destruction of their habitats.

• Release Date: 05/09/2025
• Running Time: 90mins