PRETTY WILD FELLOWSHIP 

Spotlighting short documentary films honoring the outdoors and the stories anchored there. 

The Pretty Wild Fellowship provides financial and creative support for four cinematic, character-driven short documentary films that shine a light on the beauty, grandeur, and vulnerability of the outdoors and the people and stories that live there.The Fellowship supports both emerging and established filmmakers whose work span a wide range of creative approaches and styles, amplifying the voices, stories, issues, and narratives from historically underrepresented regions. The Pretty Wild Fellowship is presented by YETI, and was developed in partnership with Points North and Little Monster Films. 

2024 MENTORS:

Kristi Jacobson – Filmmaker

Bing Liu – Filmmaker

Rebecca Adorno-Dávila – Editor

Anna Barnes – President, Little Monster Films

About YETI

YETI’s goals and commitments center three interconnected areas; foster human connection, innovate thoughtful products, and restore the wild. YETI aims to create positive social impact for the people in our workforce, supply chain, and communities. YETI is expanding on our commitment to high-performing, durable, and built for the WILD products by separating our growth from our products’ environmental impact. YETI believes the more time we spend outside, the more we understand our responsibility to protect the places we love. YETI supports our partners and communities in restoration actions that will regenerate our planet and WILD spaces.

Presenting Partner

About YETI

YETI’s goals and commitments center three interconnected areas; foster human connection, innovate thoughtful products, and restore the wild. YETI aims to create positive social impact for the people in our workforce, supply chain, and communities. YETI is expanding on our commitment to high-performing, durable, and built for the WILD products by separating our growth from our products’ environmental impact. YETI believes the more time we spend outside, the more we understand our responsibility to protect the places we love. YETI supports our partners and communities in restoration actions that will regenerate our planet and WILD spaces.

About LITTLE MONSTER FILMS

Little Monster Films is an Academy®, BAFTA®, and multiple Emmy® Award-winning production company founded by Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. We are committed to telling character-driven stories underneath the backdrop of thrilling and otherworldly visuals in both our documentary and scripted projects. Our mission is to capture humanity at its best, aiming to reflect a diverse world both in front of and behind the camera. We strive to present grounded narratives with intensity and depth while showcasing the extraordinary among us and the power of what we can individually achieve. 

Presenting Partner

Presenting Partner

2024 FELLOWS

River
Baby Highlander
The Arctic Women
Rare Bird

ALUMNI

Baby Highlander – Mike Day

Rare Bird  – Juliana Schatz Preston

River – Emily Cohen Ibañez

The Arctic Women – Tasha Van Zandt