The work
Stories with
something at stake.
Documentary films, travel and wildlife stories, creator collaborations, and narrated animation that connect people with the world around them.
Selected collaborations
Documentary series
The Conservation Diaries
Emirates Nature–WWF
Stories of conservation, from restoring mangroves to the people documenting the UAE’s natural world.
LUMIX channel collaborationBrand & documentary collaboration
Women artisans of the Amazon
Panasonic Global · LUMIX
An Amazon women artisans’ collective, filmed in collaboration with Panasonic Global for LUMIX.
In production
BCRN programme film
Nature as our first line of defence
Emirates Nature–WWF · WWF · IFRC
One film supporting a global initiative. Showcased at COP30 and the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025.
Brand documentary · Supply-chain transparency
Seafood traceability, from the water onwards
Seafood Souq
An Ayni Studios film made in Cape Town, South Africa, connecting pole-and-line tuna fishing with Seafood Souq’s work on digital seafood traceability.
Brand stories · Community impact films
Sustainability through people and action
Goumbook
Four Ayni Studios films for Goumbook: its founder story, Give a Ghaf, food-waste recovery, and coastal conservation in the UAE.
Travel films · Wildlife storytelling
Life and adventure in the Peruvian Amazon
Amazonia Expeditions
Four Ayni Studios films for Amazonia Expeditions, bringing rainforest wildlife, the journey to Tahuayo Lodge, and a canopy adventure to its audience.
Creator collaboration · Environmental storytelling
Marine conservation with Mahdi Laith
Mahdi Laith
Ayni Studios’ collaboration with environmental creator Mahdi Laith on a film about releasing sharks and stingrays at Jebel Ali Reserve in Dubai.
Production examples
A voice. A life. An animated story.
Produced by Ayni Studios, The Surgeon Who Crossed the Sea turns the surgeon’s voice narration into an animation. Painted scenes and photographs bring his personal story to life.
Explore the audio-to-animation use case ↗
Narrated animation · Legacy film
The Surgeon Who Crossed the Sea
2026
International recognition
Selected for UNDP’s Nature for Life Hub.
Ayni Studios’ documentary They Live in Our World was selected to be featured at the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Nature for Life Hub 2024 virtual event.
The film follows orphaned monkeys and their caretakers in the Amazon rainforest. The official Day 3 programme lists the film under “Behavioral Change and Environmental Impact” and credits Ayni Studios.
Watch They Live in Our World ↗
View the official event listing ↗The library
Films & series
Wildlife film
The Saki Monkey
Amazonia Expeditions · 2025
Travel & adventure film
Soaring Through the Amazon Rainforest: Canopy Zipline Experience
Amazonia Expeditions · 2026
Travel & destination film
Journey to the Lodge
Amazonia Expeditions · 2025
Wildlife film
Searching for the Red Uakari
Amazonia Expeditions · 2025
Environmental creator collaboration
Releasing Sharks and Stingrays with Mahdi Laith
Mahdi Laith · 2024
Brand documentary
Seafood Souq × ICV: South Africa’s Pole-and-Line Tuna Fishery
Seafood Souq · 2025
Founder & brand story
Goumbook: Changing Mindsets in the UAE and Beyond
Goumbook · 2025
Environmental storytelling
Give a Ghaf: Goumbook’s Origin Story
Goumbook · 2025
Community impact film
Fighting Food Waste, Feeding Communities
Goumbook · 2025
Conservation & community film
Community in Action at Jebel Ali Sanctuary
Goumbook · 2025
Narrated animation · Legacy film
The Surgeon Who Crossed the Sea
2026
Programme film
Building Community Resilience to Natural Hazards
Emirates Nature–WWF · WWF · IFRC · 2025
Documentary series
Conservation Diaries: The Floating Forest
Emirates Nature–WWF · 2026
Documentary series
Conservation Diaries: Voices of Change
Emirates Nature–WWF · 2026
Documentary
Commercial Fishing in the Amazon Threatens Livelihoods
2026
Documentary
Do Plants Have Spirits?
2026
Documentary
Oil Spill Threatens the Galápagos
2024
Documentary
They Live in Our World
Orphaned Monkeys of the Amazon Rainforest
Selected for UNDP’s Nature for Life Hub 2024
2024
Documentary
The Bridge to Nowhere
2024
Studio film
What Is Ayni?
2025
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