Featured documentaries

Why is cockfighting a risk to Peru's rarest fish?

Role: Director, producer & camerawoman

The film uncovers the connection between one of Peru’s most iconic cultural traditions and one of its most endangered marine species. In northern fishing communities, the rostral teeth of the largetooth sawfish, once thought extinct in the waters off Peru, have long been carved into razor-sharp spurs for cockfights. Today, even as the practice becomes illegal and increasingly discouraged within the sport, the teeth still circulate through informal markets, fueled by economic desperation and cultural pride.

Women secure a future with pumas in the Andes

Role: Director, producer & camerawoman

High in the Peruviazn Andes, fear of wildcats once meant survival. Pumas, pampas cats and the elusive Andean cat were seen only as threats to livestock — and were hunted without hesitation. But one woman’s journey has helped transform her community’s story. Through women-led conservation, camera traps and weaving traditions, Ida and her neighbors are finding new ways to coexist with the wild. This documentary follows her path from fear to respect, showing how cultural revival, science and empowerment intertwine to protect endangered species and reforest the mountains they call home.

Why is this endangered dolphin being killed to make "love perfumes"? | Wild Targets

Role: Director, producer & camerawoman

The film explores the illegal exploitation of endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon, driven by myths about their magical properties. The documentary follows Romi Castagnino in Iquitos, Peru, uncovering the trade of dolphin-derived products in Belén Market. Through interviews with experts, activists, and Indigenous community members, it reveals the cultural roots and devastating impact of these practices. Despite the challenges, the film highlights conservation efforts and community initiatives aimed at protecting the dolphins, advocating for urgent action to ensure their survival.

Defending the Intag Valley: 30 Years of Community Resistance

Role: Director & camerawoman

For nearly 30 years, communities have worked to conserve, restore and defend the cloud forests of the Intag Valley in Ecuador, in what locals say is the longest continuous resistance movement against mining in Latin America.

How did a religious group take over part of the Amazon?

Role: Host, producer & camerawoman

Host Romi Castagnino travels to the central Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, where a deeply conservative religious group, known as Mennonites, has been illegally deforesting land and encroaching upon Indigenous territories to expand their agricultural fields.

Koala 911”: Koalas and bushfires

Role: Director & camerawoman

Abandoned dog, Bear, becomes a conservation superhero as he’s deployed to sniff out koala survivors in the wake of Australian bushfires.