Welcome to Pelican Media
	Based in San Francisco California, Pelican Media is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose main purpose is the production of films with environmental themes. Recent projects include short films about California quail, least terns, and pelicans, the conversion of bay salt ponds to natural marsh, and a nonfiction feature about wild parrots that was recently released on DVD after a successful theatrical run. Executive Director Judy Irving is an Emmy and Sundance award-winning filmmaker whose credits include The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Dark Circle and Secrets of the Bay. To read Judy's resume, go to General Info. Read a magazine profile of Judy here.

The Pelican Media Store
The Pelican Media store is taking orders for the DVD edition of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill along with a few other select items. To enter the store click here. In addition to the film itself, the DVD contains 14 Bonus Features. To see the list of Extras, click here.
The Latest News
19 Arrests, No Convictions, Pelican Media's newest documentary, had its world premiere February 3, 2008 at the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. To read a feature article about the film and its director Judy Irving in the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine, click here. Dark Circle, Judy Irving's Emmy Award winning feature-length documentary film, has been released on DVD by New Video/Docurama. Extras include Nagasaki Journey and Hidden Voices (a short film about Karen Silkwood). Click here to see the Amazon page for the film. You can watch our most recent short film Christmas At the Bait Shop on YouTube by clicking here. Research for a possible new project: Unlikely friendships across species.

There is a video podcast interview with director/producer Judy Irving and Mark Bittner
on the website Terra: The Nature of Our World. Click here to watch it.

More About "Parrots"

We are pleased to announce that The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill received the
"Best Independent Film" Award from the International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana.

The film also received a Genesis Award for "Outstanding Documentary Feature"
from the Humane Society of the United States in Beverly Hills on March 18, 2006. The annual
Genesis Awards pay tribute to major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works
that raise public awareness of animal-protection issues. The awards ceremony was taped
and edited for an Animal Planet television special, which aired on May 6, 2006. The film also received
a "Christopher Award" (a national humanitarian award) in New York City on March 17, 2006.

	"Parrots" is a feature-length color documentary about the magical relationship between San Francisco's Mark Bittner and the flock of wild parrots that flies the city's north waterfront. To learn more about San Francisco's wild parrots, click here. To learn about Mark Bittner's memoir, click here. See the trailer.

Salt Pond Restoration Project
Our most recent environmental project focuses on the restoration of San Francisco Bay's southern shoreline from industrial salt ponds to tidal marsh. State and federal agencies have pooled funds with four private foundations to purchase over 15,000 acres of salt ponds from the Cargill Corporation. The planned habitat restoration is massive, similar to the Everglades in scope, and will take years to accomplish. Pelican Media received a grant from the Resources Legacy Fund to begin the documentation process by taking still photos of existing salt-making operations and conditions at the recently purchased salt ponds, which ring the South Bay from Redwood City to Hayward. In addition, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation provided funding for a short introductory film, which is for sale in the Pelican Media store.