Chilean cinematographer Ignacio Walker’s "Her Shark Story" opens the second edition of Singapore nature film festival, Earth in Focus, which runs from 31 Oct to 2 November. 

The film is about Sofia, a young marine biologist returning to the Galapagos Islands where she reconnects with her father through their shared passion for preserving whale sharks. 

The line up also includes Myles Storeys' "Would You Still Love Me If I Were a Sticky Frog?", and "Leopard Dynasty – The Rise of Rana", about a young leopard who challenges his father for the kingdom of Jhalana, a forest that belonged to the Kings of Jaipur. 

Panels discussions address topics such as keeping turtles and oceans alive, rethinking wildlife tourism. 

The festival follows Earth in Focus’ first media lab, which supported 10 storytellers on a three-month programme. The two films that came out of the lab will be showcased at the festival; one explores coexistence of wildlife in an urbanising society, and the other looks at  urbanising coastlines and the ocean plastic pollution. 

Festival founder and director, Daphne Ong, says the Lab builds a community of emerging storytellers and gives them the tools to “reimagine how we talk about conservation”.

People involved in the festival include Jacqueline Farmer, Leopard Dynasty EP, and director, Aishwarya Sridhar; and wildlife biologist and photographer, Chien C. Lee; along with Ignacio Walker on the making of "Her Shark Story".