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It is an honor and complete pleasure to welcome animal story-teller, Teresa Carante, back to San Antonio's Animalis Fabula Film Festival, #AniFab24! Welcome home, Teresa, to your AniFab Family that is. Teresa Carante is a two time AniFab alum! Teresa has a resume most could only wish for, and she's just getting started. For AniFab 24, Teresa is presiding over a filmmaker focused workshop on Friday morning at 10AM November 29 in Theatre 7 at the AMC RiverCenter Mall as she will be explaining how she managed to work on so many animal related stories, by others as well as her own productions. Teresa has a massive wealth of knowledge she is keen to pass on to others who harbour the same dreams and ideas she holds dear. Teresa Carante is also AniFab 24 Head of Jury. Teresa will also be helping moderate Q & A's on a host of movies being presented at #AniFab24, on "International Friday", including Watson, the Anifab main Friday night feature about jailed Whale activisit Captain Paul Watson. Teresa spent the summer of 23 on board the John Paul Deloria filming with the Paul Watson Foundation.  Teresa Carante https://www.teresacarante.com Cinematographer, Documentary Filmmaker Teresa Carante is an award-winning documentary cinematographer with an unwavering love for wildlife and the natural world. With a decade of traversing the globe and capturing awe-inspiring moments, Teresa has learned how to adeptly capture breathtaking moments and transform them into compelling stories that resonate with audiences. From filming with Aboriginal elders and dingoes in the vast landscapes of Australia to sharing a home with a retired nurse and her five pet crocodiles in Melbourne, Teresa's experiences have been as diverse as the subjects she has captured. Venturing into the heart of Northern Vietnam, she went undercover to document the plight of endangered Asian pangolins and sailed the North Pacific aboard an anti-whaling ship, surrounded by passionate environmentalists. She is deeply committed to utilising her craft for ocean conservation and has served as a topside Director of Photography for prestigious organisations like Pristine Seas National Geographic Society and Neptune Pirates, The Paul Watson Foundation. In Jun 2023 she joined "Operation Paiakan" & "Operation Bloody Fjords" on board of Neptune's Pirates new ship, the John Paul Dejoria, navigating across the North Atlantic Ocean reaching Iceland first and the Faroe Islands last. The following month she was filming for Pristine Seas in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and was invited again as top-side DP and Field Producer this year for their most ambitious expedition in Papua New Guinea. In 2022 Teresa's short film "The Awakening of the Vietnamese Elephant" not only secured numerous awards but also received an Honorable Mention at the Jackson Wild Media Awards. Teresa was also selected as one of nine wildlife cinematographers globally and participated in the 2022 Jackson Wild Cinematography Lab in Austria, mentored by luminaries Paul Atkins, ASC, and Stephen Lighthill, ASC, an experience that expanded her creative horizons. Subsequently, she was accepted into the ASC Vision Mentorship Program 2023-2024, receiving invaluable guidance from Rodney Taylor, ASC. As a Vision Mentee, in November 2023 Teresa was invited to apply to the Fresh Perspectives in Cinematography Grants, an initiative offered by AbelCine in collaboration with ARRI and The ASC - made available only to Vision Mentees. To her great joy, she was selected and offered $40.000 in ARRI video equipment and support to shoot her latest underwater short film 'POLICE DIVE', which is now about to premiere at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival in Washington DC. Teresa’s directorial debut, "Mother Crocodile," was a 52-minute documentary that came to life with the support of ABC development fundings and the Documentary Australia Foundation. Additionally, she has produced, directed, filmed, and edited "Through Their Eyes," a captivating mini-doc series exploring the profound bond between humans and animal species across Australia, first available on Qantas inflight entertainment and now on the DocPlay streaming platform. A born traveler, she has called 12 countries home, earning a Master's in Social Anthropology and mastering various languages along the way. Currently, Teresa is relocating to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she works as a freelance documentary cinematographer and is continuously seeking new stories to tell and worlds to explore.
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