March 29, 2013

The Last Orangutans Wins Best Environmental

Volcom Short Documentary “The Last Orangutans” wins Best Environmental Short at the Miami Short Film Festival Los Angeles, CA – March 10, 2013 – M.Samuels Media and Volcom are proud to announce that their environmental documentary on the plight of the near extinct orangutans has won “Best Environmental” at the Miami Short Film Festival. The documentary, shot over the course of four days, highlights the disparity between the conservation efforts and the illegal logging and industrial practices currently ravaging the virgin Indonesian forest. The Miami Short Film Festival, in it’s eighth year, compiled over 800 films in qualifying for seventy final selections for premiere at the internationally renown festival. With stiff competition, The Last Orangutans prevailed by telling a story that com