
WHeRE THE WiLD IS BoRN is a collaborative production between BATSu ESTUdIO, a social and environmental film studio, and the PACUaRE ReSERVE, a natural sanctuary managed by
eCOLOGY PROYeCT INTeRNATIONAL. For over 35 years, the Reserve has been dedicated to protecting biodiversity along Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.
This documentary was born from a shared desire to give voice to threatened ecosystems, to shed light on the science that protects them, and to honor those who, day after day, safeguard life in its most fragile forms.
We are communicators, biologists, artists, volunteers, and defenders of the land — united by a deep conviction: AS LoNG As THERE Is LIFE, THERE WILL BE THoSE WHo PROTECT IT.

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Executive Production
Produced by

Directors
Daniela Calvo Barillas
Francisco Azofeifa Solís
Script
Daniela Calvo Barillas
Photography direction
Francisco Azofeifa Solís
Coordination and logistics
Claudio Quesada
Diego Molina
Erick Bolaños
Francisco Azofeifa
Karol Cano Camacho

Interviews
Carolina Alfaro Rojas – Research Assistant
Claudio Quesada – Research and Conservation Coordinator
Elizabeth Jurado Jiménez – Research Assistant
Eylen Zúñiga Acuña – Pacuare Reserve Administrator
Hayi Valverde – Beach Coordinator
Karol Cano Camacho – Operations Coordinator
Lola Crassard – Research Assistant
Mario Argüello Fonseca – Volunteer
Sahmara Andrea Ruiz Ornelas – Research Assistant

Camera A
Daniela Calvo Barillas
Francisco Azofeifa Solís
Camera B
Álvaro Cubero Vega
Claudio Quesada
José Corrales
Ronaldo Chávez
Camera Traps
Pacuare Reserve
Jessica Penfold
Karol Cano Camacho
Lola Crassard

Field Assistance
Álvaro Cubero Vega
Diego Molina
Francisco Mendoza Sánchez
José Corrales
Karol Aragón
Lola Crassard

Marketing and Communications
Ecology Project International (EPI)
Pacuare Reserve
BATSu Estudio S.R.L.

Post-Production and Film Editing
Edition
Daniela Calvo Barillas
Editing assistance
Francisco Azofeifa Solís
Color correction
Francisco Azofeifa Solís
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