wildlife vaasa festival_book of entries 2008

WILDLIFE VAASA 2008 – FILMS PER COUNTRY according to REF nr

Countries participating

Nr of entries

International Film Competition (REF nr)

Children&Youth Film Competition (REF nr)

1. Argentina 1/0 (190) -

2. Armenia 0/6 - (1,2,3,4,5,46)

3. Australia 3/0 (112, 117,124)

4. Austria 9/0 (61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,185)

5. Belarus 1/0 (123)

6. Benin 0/1 - (19)

7. Bosnia-Herzegovina 1/0 (30)

8. Canada 5/1 (29,34, 51, 131,146) (37)

9. Channel Islands 2/0 (129,130)

10. Chile 1/0 (190)

11. Czech Republic 1/1 (86) (27)

12. Danmark 3/0 (32,39,94)

13. Ecuador 2/0 (1,2)

14. Estonia 6/0 (125,126,127,149,191,192)

15. Fiji 3/0 (36,37,38)

16. Finland 35/35 (4,18,24,96,97,99,100,111,118,134,135,136,137,142,143,144,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,181,182,186,187,188,189,201,210,216)

(6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,28, 29,30,31,32,33,34,36,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45

17. France 22/0 (21,23,36,37,38,42,43,48,50,91,92,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,202,20

3,204, 207)

18. Georgia 1/0 (211)

19. Germany 29/0 (6,7,23,49,53,57,69,70,71,72,84,85,86,98,103,104,105,106,107,108,162,1

63,183,185,199, 200,205,206,217)

20. Greece 2/0 (40,41)

21. Hungary 10/0 (19,75,101,102,122,138,139, 140,147,148)

22. Iceland 1/0 (16)

23. India 15/1 (8,17,110,113,114,115,116,128,133,168,169,170,171,172,

173)

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24. Iran 4/0 (47,60,212,215)

25. Israel 1/0 (58)

26. Italy 6/0 ( 5,9,16,31,45,109)

27. Kazakhstan 1/0 (3)

28. Latvia 2/0 (125,213)

29. Malawi 0/2 (17,18)

30. Mexico 1/0 (86)

31. New Zealand 2/0 (33,35)

32. Nigeria 1/0 (28)

33. Norway 6/0 (15,59,121,165,166,167)

34. Peru 1/0 (52)

35. Poland 8/0 (24,76,77,78,79,80,81,82)

36. Russia 7/1 (26,27,55,88,89,93,127) (26)

37. Senegal 1/11 (28) (6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13, 14,15,16)

38. Serbia 1/0 (74)

39. South Africa 6/0 (193,194,195,196,197,198)

40. Spain 1/0 (22)

41. Sweden 6/0 (56, 132,186,187,188,189)

42. Switzerland 1/0 (184)

43. Taiwan 1/0 (54)

44. Thailand 1/0 (5)

45. Turkey 1/0 (214)

46. The Netherlands 4/0 (141,150,151,164)

47. United Kingdom 11/0 (10,11,12,13,14,17,83,87,90, 119,120,)

48. Ukraine 1/0 (44)

49. United States 9/1 (20,25,29,46,52,95,124,208, 209)

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2008 Entries per award category

A. INTERNATIONAL NATURE FILM COMPETITION 1. NATURAL HISTORY FILMS: 65

REF: 1; 2; 3; 6; 7; 32; 33; 36; 37; 38; 46; 47; 49; 54; 58; 61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 66; 69; 70; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 82; 83; 88; 89; 94; 95; 100;102; 103; 105; 106; 108;117;118; 121; 124; 125; 126;127; 133; 138; 139; 140; 141;148; 149; 150; 178;182;186,187;188;189;197,198; 208; 217

2. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS: 73

REF: 5; 6; 9; 17; 19; 20; 22; 23; 25; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 36; 38; 40; 41; 45; 51; 52; 57; 67; 86; 71; 74; 75; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 93; 94; 104; 107;117; 119; 120; 121;123; 125; 129; 130; 141 146;145;147;162;163;164;168;169;170;171;172;173; 181; 182; 183; 193; 194;195; 196; 200; 202; 203; 204; 205; 206; 208

3. BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS: 38

REF: 4; 15; 16; 18; 56; 59, 73; 96,97,99,100; 118; 121; 134; 135; 136; 137; 142; 152;153; 155; 156;157;158;159; 160;161;165;166;167;181;182;186,187;188;189; 201; 216

4. LOW BUDGE-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) 58

REF: 5; 9; 10, 11; 12; 13; 14; 19; 21; 22; 24; 26; 27; 35; 36; 38; 39; 48; 50; 53; 55; 59; 90; 109; 110; 111; 113; 114, 115; 116; 118;119; 120;122; 123; 131; 132; 143; 144; 146; 147; 148; 151; 152; 168;169;170; 171; 172; 173; 181; 185; 190; 191; 192; 199; 207; 209; 210

5. SCIENCE FILMS: 22 REF:1, 5; 16; 33; 6; 37; 38; 42; 43; 44; 68; 72; 76; 91; 92; 95;112;117;121; 147; 154; 155;174;175; 176;177;179;180;

FILMS DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES: 5

REF: 28 (FEATURE); REF: 60 (RELEGIOUS DOCUMENTARY) REF: 98 (FEATURE ENTERTAINING) REF:184(ETHNOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY) REF:211(ETHNOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY) REF:212(ETHNOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY) FILMS PARTICIPATING OUT OF COMPETITION: 4 (AVAILABLE AT THE VIDEOLIBRARY) 1

ON THE HIGHWAY WITH BUTTERFLIES-THE JOURNEY OF THE MONARCHS

2007

Bayerischer Rundfunk, Telepool

Udo Zimmermann,Angela Graas

Germany

52

2.

SÄÄKSEN KESÄ 2008

2008

Studio V. Pulkkinen

Finland

17

3.

VARTIJAN VUODET

LINTUJA, KALOJA, KALASTAJIA 2008

Elja Herva

Finland

37

4.

FOLLOWING THE SUN

2007

Sunchild Festival

Armenia

8

WILDLIFE VAASA 2008- INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD CRITERIA 1. Association To Wildlife= A wildlife film’s center of focus should concentrate on its subjects that of

flora and fauna. However, a wildlife film because of its diversity may also include the following criteria:

(a) A dual role meaning an interaction between the presenter/actor and the subject/s to

present a specific argument or point of view.

(b) Flora and fauna conservation due to the endangerment or loss of a species.

(c) An environmental message as a result of human development and interference or by

natural catastrophe.

(d) A scientific film depicting new innovation towards conservation and environmental issues

2. Technical Application = Aural/visual compilation, presentation and creative talent.

3. Authenticity = Claims made by the filmmaker/s in relation to the origin of the compiled footage.

4. Qualification = According to festival ruling, only entries produced after 2006 may qualify.

AWARD prizes: 1. NATURAL HISTORY Winner's prize: 500 EURO + trophy + diploma 2. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Winner's prize: 500 EURO + trophy + diploma 3. BEST NORDIC FILM Winner's prize: 500 EURO + trophy + diploma BEST FINNISH FILM Winner's prize: 500 EURO + trophy + diploma

4. BEST LOW-BUDGET, Winner's prize: 500 EURO + trophy + diploma BEST SHORT Winner's prize : 500 EURO + trophy + diploma 5. BEST SCIENCE FILM Winner's prize: 500 EURO + trophy + diploma WILDLIFE VAASA 2008: JURIES International Competition PRELIMINARY JURY: (PRELIMINARY SELECTION, SPECIAL AWARD NOMINATIONS) Vesa Heinonen, Ilias Missyris, Nik van Eckmann, Sonja Österholm-Granqvist Children & Youth Competiton (PRELIMINARY SELECTION, SELECTION OF THE WINNERS) Sandra Spott, Katri Paavolainen, Lea Koskelo, groups of children and young people

Wildlife Vaasa 2008 -International Jury Members

Mr. Sven Jansson (Sweden) Sven has been working over 30 years as a news journalist and chief of different editorial staffs in Sweden until 1996, when he decided to do something completely different and related to his main interest for nature and wildlife. For that, he started the International wildlife Film Festival “Wildlife Europe”, which was organized for the first time in Sundsvall-Sweden in 1997 when he was employed by the Swedish Television SVT in order to arrange the festival. Soon after, he setup a limited company, owned by six European TV-broadcasting companies with the aim to stimulate production of high quality films in the fields of nature and environment all around Europe. Wildlife Europe Festival was held every second year and very soon it became the third biggest event of its kind worldwide The festival was arranged last time in Helsingborg- Sweden in 2003. As many scientific

films were included, it was renamed to “Living Europe”. Living Europe’s concept is still alive today, as there are plans for a new event in 2009 in Helsingborg. Today, Sven calls himself an Ecosof and he is preparing a book on ecosofical questions. He is also a member of the board of the Swedish National organization “Scientists meets Filmmakers” and he is also managing local environmental projects on his home island Åstön.

Ms. Irjaleena Eriksson (Finland) Irjaleena Eriksson was asked to join The Finnish Broadcasting Company to work at the policy planning department. Later on she joined the Nordvision office run by YLE, SVT, DR, NRK and RUV. The next step was to join the YLE TV1 current affairs.. In 1985 she started as a buyer of programmes at the YLE TV1 programme acquisition. Her special achievements at YLE TV1 are the prime time one-hour wildlife show on Saturdays; the prime time half-hour wildlife show and a one-hour history slot, all still going strong. After leaving from YLE in 2000 she has been working part-time for production companies in Helsinki and Porvoo, Finland. She has been a Jury member in numerous festivals including Wildlife Vaasa 2004.

Mr Nik Van-Eckmann (South Africa-Finland) More than 3 decades working in film and television production – broadcasting companies including: ORF Austria - Malaysian Television - ZDF Germany - Channel 9 Peru - NBC New York - RTL France - BBC and National Geographic Television (Washington DC)First discipline is Sound production and design for Film and Television but expertise includes; - cameraman - editor - writer - production manager and producer/director. Numerous academic qualifications including a Doctor of Arts Audio/Visual Media Culture in Wildlife film Production University of Lapland. Actor/Voice over artist for television and the music industry. He has been also an important partner of our festival and a member of the International Jury from 2002.

Ms. Oksana Lazareva (Russia) Representing the new generation of nature filmmakers, Oksana studied five years at St.Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts and after graduation she has been working as a wildlife and environmental conservation film producer, editor and administrator from 2001. During the last four years she works at Studio “Nikola Film” editing full length and fictions movies as “Alexander” (2008), “The Gold of Troy” (2008) a 4 series adventure story; “Catherine’s Musketeers” 2007, 12 series adventure story; “His Majesty’s Secret Service” 2006, a 12 series detective story; “Favourite” 2005, 8 series historic drama) She has been participating and attending our festival from 2004. Mr. Juhani Koivusaari (Finland) Phil.lic.(zoology), special researcher / West Finland Regional Environment Centre in Vaasa. An old-school biologist who has devoted his work and life to the conservation and study of the white-tailed sea eagle. He has published a lot of research material in his special field and he has written a book. In addition, he has produced a TV film about white-tailed sea eagles together with his fellow researchers and filmmakers from Vaaasa . Recently, he has also been a member of a local video group making nature films in the Kvarken area. He has been granted scholarships in the study of environmental toxins threatening the life of the white-tailed sea eagles. Juhani has been associated with Wildlife Vaasa festival from the time of its conception in 2001 . A self-made humorist??

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The Green Conquest

Country: Ecuador Language: Spanish (English script) Length: 47’ Completion date: 2006

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Alfredo Salazar, Juan de Velasco 213 Y Orellana,Quito Ecuador, South AmericaPhone/Fax +593 88900697Mobile: +593 96012898E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Production Organization(s): AltercineProducer: Carolina Jijon, Hugo Navarrette, Alfredo SalazarDirector: Alfredo Salazar Photographer: Alfredo Salazar Sound: Alfredo Salazar Script Writer: Alfredo SalazarOriginal Format: Betacam SP Distributor: Alfredo SalazarSubmitted by: Alfredo Salazar

Award category: SCIENCE FILMS

Synopsis: Plants are the foundation of life. The oxygen we breathe and which forms the ozone layer comes from them. Their evolution began with the appearance

been a succession of adaptations that led them to become the dominant life forms on land. Filmed in Ecuador, they reveal the amazing feature of their evolution: photosynthesis – the driver of life. Their remote ancestors. Conquering the Earth. The reign of the giant ferns. The origin of pollen and seeds. The appearance of

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Chanting and Enchanting Animals

Country: Ecuador Language: Spanish/English Length: 26 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis: Global warming and environmental pollution are bringing about the frogs rapid extinction. Ecuador as a country has among the largest diversity of frog and toad species in the world. If we consider the number of species per surface area then Ecuador is the most frog-diverse country in the planet. Watch their night life, when love-stricken males sing at mating time; their birth and transformation; their survival tricks and mysterious ways of life; their importance in the discovery of medicines, and their great variety of patterns and colours. Discover these enchanting yet disappearing animals that chant to nature and to life!

Production Organization(s): Altercine, Otonga FoundationProducer: Geovanni Onore, Luis Coloma, Alfredo SalazarDirector: Alfredo Salazar Photographer: Juan Diego Perez, Pocho Alvarez Sound: Alfredo Salazar, Rana Studios Original Format: MiniDV Distributor: Alfredo Salazar/Luis Coloma,

Biology School-Catholic University of Ecuador Submitted by: Alfredo Salazar

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS

Alfredo SalazarAddres:Juan de Velasco 213 Y Orellana,1715 Quito, EcuadorPhone/Fax +593 88900697Mobile: … +593 9 6012898E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

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The Pander’s Ground Jay of the Ile

Country: Kazakhstan Language: English Length: 69’ Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: It is natural history of the Pander’s Ground Jay of the Ile (Podoces panderi ilensis), the rarest bird of the fauna of Kazakhstan, ninth largest country in the world and is situated in the centre of Eurasia. This is not migrating bird and the population is extremely decline in last decades and many be extinct in the near future Currently a huge commercial human activity for cutting of Saxaul (Halaxylon)

sustainable development of natural habits in the desert area and it can increase of destroying the typical inhabitations for this bird.

Producer: Altay Zhatkanbayev Director: Altay Zhatkanbayev Photographer: Altay Zhatkanbayev Sound: Nasya Kulipanova, Kuat Shildrebayev Script Writer: Altay Zhatkanbayev Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Altay ZhatkanbayevSubmitted by: Altay Zhatkanbayev


Altay ZhatkanbayevAdress: Microdistrict Smal-1 34, 59Almaty, Kazakstan Republic, 050059Phone/Fax: +710 3272621578Email: [email protected]

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Country: Finland Language: English Length: 15 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis: Hannes Tiira is blind. Every night he takes a solitary walk into a bird grove that is split by a straight one-kilometre long forest path. The bird songs make up a concert that Hannes wants to experience every night. He hopes to come across a “magical night” that may occur just once in a summer. “Each summer is blessed with one or two magical nights. Those are the twilight hours between two hot days, when the sound world of the grove intoxicates your mind: “birds, birds, birds!”

Katharsis Film Oy/ Jouni HiltunenPohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B 31FI-00260 Helsinki-FinlandTel. +358 40 725 7707Fax +358 9 342 2121

Production Organization(s): Katharsis Film Oy Producer: Jouni Hiltunen Director: Jouni Hiltunen Photographer: Jouni Hiltunen Sound: Janne Jankeri, Jouni Hiltunen, Hanne KontulainenPicture Editor: Anne Lakanen Script Writer: Jouni HiltunenBird sounds: Hannes Tiira, Lauri Hallikainen Original Format: DigiBeta Distributor: Jouni Hiltunen Submitted by: Jouni Hiltunen

Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS

Magic Night

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Maleng

Ref:5

Country: Italy / Thailand Language: English Length: 28minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis: Isan is one of the poorest regions in Thailand. Close to the border with Laos, lies the small village of Bah Sarng-Sang. Here rice, the staple food, is readily served with an insect garnish. But the use of bugs in Bahn Sarng-Sang is not just limited to food. People use insects for the preparation of cosmetics and medicine. Insects even play an important role in the entertainment. Here, more than in other Thai regions in the North East, traditional Buddhism blends with animistic elements and superstition.

Production Organization(s): Marta Polo Mediaproduction Italy Producer: Claudia Pelz Co-producer: Westdeuscher Rundfunk (WDR) GermanyDirector: Claudia Pelz Photographer: Doriano Paolozza / Claudia Pelz Sound: Luca Zugnoni Picture Editor: Simona Pozzoni Script Writer: Claudia Pelz Composer: Original Format: DVCAM / 16:9Distributor: Mrs. Christiane Wittich, Studio Hamburg

Distribution & Marketing GmbHKanvee Viwatpanich

Submitted by: Claudia PelzAward category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS,

LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS

Marta Polo Mediaproduction ItalyClaudia PelzAddress: Via Camozzi 14, I-23010 Fusine (SO) - ItalyPhone: +39/0342598155Fax: +39/0342598155E-mail: [email protected]

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Country: Germany / Chile Language: English, Spanish, GermanLength: 24’ Completion date: 2006

Synopsis:Chilean island of Navarino near Cape Horn in 2001 was completely unexpected. Now the animals have swum “unchecked” along the Beagle Channel.

Production Organization(s): UFZProducer: Andre Kuenzelmann Director: Andre Kuenzelmann, Peter-Hugo Scholz Photographer: Andre Kuenzelmann Sound: Peter-Hugo Scholz Picture Editor: Andre Kuenzelmann, Peter-Hugo ScholzScript Writer: Peter-Hugo ScholzComposer: In Deyagora Original Format: HD, Mini DV Distributor: Doris Boehme

Dr Kurt Jax, Uta Berghöfer Elke SchuttlerSubmitted by: Peter-Hugo Scholz

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS,ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS

Helmholtz Center for Enviromental Research – UFZ,

D- 04318 Leipzig, GermanyPhone: +49-341-235-3195 or –2278E-mail: [email protected]: www.ufz.de

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Maculinea

Country: Germany Language: English, German Length: 19 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis:many Red Lists of threatened species. Even the smallest changes in land use can lead to a situation where the right host ants are no longer found in combination

Production Organization(s): Helmholtz Center for Enviromental Research – UFZ

Producer: Doris Boehme Director: Thomas Falkner Photographer: Andre KuenzelmannSound: Andre Kuenzelmann Picture Editor: Thomas Falkner Script Writer: Thomas FalknerComposer: In Deyagora Original Format: Mini DV Distributor: Doris Boehme

Helmholtz Center for Enviromental ResearchSubmitted by: Thomas Falkner


Ufz – Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung,Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Perserstra e 15,D- 04318 Leipzig, GermanyPhone: +49-341-235-3195 or -2278E-mail: [email protected]@ufz.dewww.ufz.de

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Myths About You

Country: India Language: English Length: 9 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis:the path that somewhere along the way threw up humans as a contingent outcome of the course it took. Somewhere along the way, humans have lost the life in living

fellow-beings that we have forgotten all about in this futile, endless race. And it would all come back when we begin to understand our place and history on earth and appreciate it.

Producer: Nandita Jain Director: Nandita Jain Sound: Julius Packiam Picture Editor: Nandita Jain Script Writer: Nandita Jain Composer: Julius Packiam Original Format: AnimationDistributor: Nandita JainSubmitted by: Nandita Jain

Award category: SHORT FILMS

Nandita JainAddress: 6708, DLF Phase- IV, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana, IndiaPhone: +91 9873316673, +91 124 4040587E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected]

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Ahmed & the Return of Arab Phoenix

Synopsis: “Ahmed and the Return of the Arab Phoenix” was shot in 2004 around the Palmyra oasis, Syria, not far from the Euphrates river and the Iraqi border. Despite its bad reputation in the international press, the Syrian government is very much involved in the effort of protecting its natural heritage. This is the story

of the biodiversity of Al Badia, the semi-arid desert steppe stretching from the Iraqi border to almost the Mediterranean coast. Their efforts will be rewarded by the discovery, in a remote area, of the last Middle Eastern breeding colony of the Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) in the wild, one of the rarest migratory birds and a symbol of wisdom for the Bedouins of the desert…

Country: Italy/Syria Language: English Length: 23 minCompletion date: 2007

Production Organization(s): Giuseppe BucciarelliProducer: Giuseppe Bucciarelli Director: Giuseppe Bucciarelli Photographer: Giuseppe Bucciarelli Sound: Giuseppe Bucciarelli Picture Editor: Giuseppe Bucciarelli Script Writer: Giuseppe Bucciarelli, Gianluca Serra Composer: Radio Tarifa; Omar Faruk Tekbilek; Mark EmneyOriginal Format: MiniDV Distributor:

Gianluca Serra Submitted by: Giuseppe Bucciarelli

Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS

Giuseppe BucciarelliAddress: VIA XXV APRILE, 2450014 FIESOLE -ITALYPhone: +39 33 1082482E-mail: [email protected]

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Tomorrow’s Climate: Today’s Challenge

Country: United KingdomLanguage: English Length: 2 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis:is happening, what it will mean and also to inspire people to be part of the solution.

Production Organization(s): UK Government Department DefraDistributor: DefraSubmitted by: Defra


Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House 30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TLTel:+44 (0) 20 7238 6951Fax:+44 (0) 20 7238 2188Email: [email protected]: www.defra.gov.uk

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My CO2

Synopsis:emissions, and how we can all reduce our emissions to help tackle climate change

Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 2 minCompletion date: 2007



Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TLTel:+44 (0) 20 7238 6951Fax:+44 (0) 20 7238 2188Email: [email protected]: www.defra.gov.uk

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Champions Diaries

Country: United KingdomLanguage: English Length: 9 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: Find out what our Climate Change Champions have been up to since



Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TLTel: +44 (0) 20 7238 6951Fax: +44 (0) 20 7238 2188Email: [email protected]: www.defra.gov.uk

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Carbon Cycle


Synopsis:Beighton explores the presence of carbon in the environment, and how this is linked to climate change.

Production Organization(s): UK Government Department DefraProducer:Distributor: DefraSubmitted by: Defra


Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TLTel:+44 (0) 20 7238 6951Fax:+44 (0) 20 7238 2188Email: [email protected]: www.defra.gov.uk

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Whaap


Synopsis:

Production Organization(s): Pencille ProductionsProducer: Frances Taylor Composer: Jim Leask Original Format: Dvd Submitted by: Frances Taylor


Pencille Productions / Frances TaylorMid Walls Shetland 2E2 9PE , UKTel +44 (0) 1595809432E-Mail: [email protected]: www.pencille.co.uk

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The County of Møre and Romsdal

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 17Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: Møre and Romsdal are one of the most beautiful, exciting and challenging counties in Norway. It’s a county in growth, steeped in radition, but also highly innovative. This video shows the vibrant business community and the beautiful scenery of Møre and romsdal as well as examples of the county’s rich cultural life.

Production Organization(s): NRKDirector: NRK Picture Editor: Christian Jullebø Script Writer: Asbjørn Gjaerde Composer: Kringkastingsorkesteret


NRK Møre og Romsdal, 6025 Ålesund-NorwayTel: +47 70115200 E-mail: [email protected]: http://www3.nrk.no/more_og_romsdal/

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O2H – From Oil to Hydrogen

Country: Italy/Iceland Language: English Length: 52 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis: O2H is a documentary that wants to illustrate one of possible solutions to the global energy crisis: hydrogen. Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe and the object of research since the early 20th century, could be a viable alternative to oil and a solution to geopolitical and environmental problems linked to the current energy system. Set in Iceland, Norway and Italy and enriched by a long interview with the famous American economist Jeremy Rifkin, author of

a fascinating idea of a new “hydrogen society”.

Production Organization(s): Enrico Marchese Producer: Enrico Marchese, Raffaello Pavesi,

Andrea PaganDirector: Enrico Marchese, Raffaello Pavesi Photographer: Andrea Pagani Sound: Raffaello Pavesi Script Writer: Raffaello Pavesi, Enrico Marchese Original Format: MiniDV Distributor: Enrico MarcheseSubmitted by: Raffaello Pavesi


Raffaello Pavesi Via Sangro 10, 20132 Milano-ItalyPhone +39 335 239 0625E-mail: [email protected]

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Beyond the Forest

Country: India/UK Language: English Length: 28 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: A documentary about the impending extinction of the Tigers and Leopards in India. It follows Academy Award nominee director Ashvin Kumar in his

the mainstream cinema and Belinda Wright whose brave undercover operations and stings single-handedly uncovered several poaching gangs.

PProducer: Yoni Bentovim Director: Yoni Bentovim / Emily Harris Photographer: Yoni Bentovim Sound: Ro Heap Picture Editor: Emily Harris Original Format: HDV

Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS

Yoni Bentovim & Emily HarrisAddress: 3a John Street

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A Change for the Better

Country: Finland Language: Finnish/English/Swedish Length: 15’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Fennoscandian green belt is Finland’s, Russia’s and Norway’s mosaic of forests, swamps and lake systems. It is situated in the borderlands of those three countries. Fenno-Scandian green belt is the biggest and most remarkable completeness of original nature what still exists in western Europe .There are several precious Natura 2000- nature protection areas situated in Kainuu and Koillismaa, which have mainly been in a natural state. In some of these parts, the signs of earlier forestry economy can be seen, like ditched swamps and handled forests. The quality of these areas were tried to improve with the Green Belt Life- nature-project, which was funded by European union in 2004-2008.

Production Organization(s): TekstivirtaDirector: Ismo Tuormaa Photographer: Jan Henriksson,

Kari Kemppainen & Ismo TuormaaScript Writer: Sanna-Kaisa Rauto,

Anne Toivanen & Ismo Tuormaa Composer: Perttu Hietanen Submitted by: Metsähallitus

Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)

Ismo Tuormaa / Tekstivirta Ky Talvikkitie 40 A 2901300 Vantaa-FinlandTel. +358 400 705 525Fax +358 9 873 2779

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Bustard Protectors

Country: Hungary Language: English subtitlesLength: 30 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: In Hungary, since 2004 the protection of great bustard (Otis tarda) is

persons working in the program.

Production Organization(s): Szabolcs Mosonyi ProductionsProducer: Szabolcs Mosonyi Director: Szabolcs Mosonyi Photographer: Antal Széll Script Writer: Erika Bagladi Original Format: DVCam, DVCPro 50 Submitted by: Szabolcs Mosonyi


Szabolcs Mosonyi Productions

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Hotspots

Country: United StatesLanguage: American English Length: 89 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis:

rodents, insects, reptiles, amphibians, unique plants, and human cultural artifacts,

the last few endemic shrub and reptilian species on Easter Island (Chile); extraordinary primates and avifauna in Southeastern Peru; primates verging on extinction in three states of Brazil; some of the rarest and most unique birds, bats,

Production Organization(s): Dancing Star FoundationProducer: Michael C. Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison Director: Michael C. Tobias Photographer: Travis Johnson, Harold Castro, Michael C. TobiasSound: Chris Hall Picture Editor:

Distributor: N/A


Dancing Star Foundation / Karin DinevAddress:11835 West Olympic Blvd. ste 650E.Los Angeles - California 90064 -USAPhone: +1 310 966 1424Fax: +1 310 966 1425E-mail: [email protected]: www.dancingstarfoundation.org

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Can Fall

Country: France Language: Subtitled in EnglishLength: 52 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis: Humanity had realised, in two century, important quantity of carbons that nature had made millions years to sedimentate. The difference modelisation of climate change let us discover the consequences who appear in horizon, especially in terms of vegetal migration, human migration and parasites. Faced with the facts, what objectives do we need to set ourselves in order to attain sustainable development? Will our economic system allow us to reach those goals? Should we accept the situation and be pessimistic?

Production Organization(s): Bluebird ProductionProducer: Jacques Vichet Director: David Martin Photographer: Maxime Soulard Distributor: Europe Image

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Bluebird Production/ David MartinAddress: 10 rue des jardies Meudon 92190 FrancePhone: +33 622803967E-mail: [email protected]

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Country: Spain Language: Subtitled in EnglishLength: 1 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: Who is burning the Mediterranean forests?

Nacho Sanchez BravoCalle Hermanos Gambra 8, 4d50017, Zaragoza, SpainPhone: +34 665933193

Production Organization(s): Pasa Maño ProductionsProducer: Nacho Sanchez BravoDirector: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Photographer: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Sound: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Picture Editor: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Script Writer: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Original Format: DVCPRO HD Distributor: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Submitted by: Nacho Sanchez Bravo

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Life in the Floods

Country: Germany/France Language: German, French (English script) Length: 43’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Water is life, for without water nothing life can exist. But water can

reveals it’s devastating power. This documentary shows how the rivers are now reclaiming their rightful place

could learn from the cleverness of nature.

Production Organization(s): Bayerisches Fernsehen / ArtePhotographer: Frank Lorbiecki, Sigi Braun Sound: Klaus Peintner Picture Editor: Dirk Goehler Script Writer: Doris Tromballa/Florian Guthknecht Original Format: Digital Beta


Organization: Bayerisches FernsehenAddress: Brahmsstr. 6, D-81677 Muenchen, GermanyPhone: +491792969765Fax: +498478346E-mail: [email protected]

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The Nature of Rebirth

Country: Finland / Poland Language: English Length: 15 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: Puszcza Bialowieska is Europe’s oldest forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland. In the documentary one can follow themes as the cycle of living and dying and the relationship between human and nature through four people living in the forest. If you are quiet in nature, the nature starts to reveal itself. We all die but what is dying?

Production Organization(s): Helsinki Polytechnic StadiaProducer: Johanna Lampi Director: Johanna Lampi Photographer: Markku Peltonen Sound: Lauri Planman Picture Editor: Henriikka Hemmi Script Writer: Anna Kulicka-Soisalon-Soininen &

Johanna Lampi Composer: Todar Original Format: DvCam Distributor: Johanna LampiSubmitted by: Johanna Lampi


Johanna LampiAddress: Hämeentie 161, 00560 Helsinki, FinlandPhone: +358-50-3304456E-mail: [email protected]

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The Power of Community:

How Cuba

Country: USA Language: English Length: 53 minCompletion date: 2006

Synopsis: Cuba, an isolated island nation, rebuilt its quality of life following the collapse of cheap oil, supplied by the former Soviet Union. This fascinating and

ultimately thrived in spite of their decreased dependence on imported energy.

Production Organization(s): Community Service, Inc.Producer: The Community Solution / Thomas Blessing Director: Faith Morgan Photographer: John Morgan / Gregory GreeneSound: Chris Hertzler Script Writer: Pat Murphy, Megan Quinn, Faith Morgan


Community Service, Inc.Address: Po Box 243 (114 E. Whiteman St.)Phone: 937-767-2161Fax: 937-767-2826E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.powerofcommunity.org

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Autumn Waltz

Country: Russia Language: Subtitled in englishLength: 3 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: Film about World Heritage site “Western Caucasus” nature.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Greenpeace Russia Director: Evgeny Usov Photographer: Evgeny Usov Sound: Evgeny Usov Picture Editor: Evgeny Usov Script Writer: Evgeny Usov Composer: Dmitry Melekhin Distributor: Greenpeace Russia


Evgeny Usov - Greenpeace RussiaAddress: 125 040, Leningradsky pr. 26/1 Moscow, RussiaPhone: +7 495 988 74 60Fax: +7 495 988 74 60E-mail: [email protected]: www.greenpeace.ru

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Russian Natural Heritage

Country: Russia Language: Subtitled in English Length: 29 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis:

Evgeny Usov - Greenpeace RussiaAddress: 125 040, Leningradsky pr. 26/1 Moscow, RussiaPhone: +7 495 988 74 60Fax: +7 495 988 74 60E-mail: [email protected]: www.greenpeace.ru

Production Organization(s): Greenpeace RussiaProducer: Greenpeace RussiaDirector: Evgeny Usov, Andrey Petrov Photographers: Alexey Butorin, Anton Kodkin, Vadim Kantor,

Vasily Solkin, Gennady Shalikov, DmitryBekhterev, Dmitry Melekhin, Dmitry Shpilenok,Evgeny Mamaev, Evgeny Usov, Sergey Solovy

Sound: Evgeny Usov Picture Editor: Evgeny Usov, Dmitry MelekhinScript Writer: Evgeny Usov, Andrey Petrov Composer: Dmitry Melekhin Distributor: Greenpeace RussiaSubmitted by: Greenpeace Russia

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Europe by Road

Country: Senegal / Nigeria Language: Subtitled in EnglishLength: 90 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: On his way to Europe by Road, a young Nigerian (Chike) found himself swindled by a fellow Nigerian (Bola) and is now stranded in the dry land of Senegal, surrounded by temptations and illegal activities that threaten both his ambition and livelihood. Not quite long, Chike is introduced into drugs business for survival. Chike falls in love with a young Senegalese girl Amy) whose father is against the relationship because of the bad reputation of Nigerians in Senegal. Chike stands the chance of losing his life, if he quits the drug gang and he has a choice to make between keeping his relationship with Amy and have a good life…

Production Organization(s): Dan – Osa International, Filmi Gët Production, BetaCom

Producer: Sunday Dolph Christopher, Adama Ndiaye, J.U. Ubaka

Director: Sunday Dolph ChristopherPhotographer: Ousseynou Ndiaye Sound: Moussa Seydi Picture Editor: Sunday Dolph ChristopherScript Writer: J.U. Ubaka Composer: Adrissa Diop Original Format: DV Submitted by: Sunday Dolph Christopher

Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES,(FEATURE)

Sunday Dolph Christopher Dan – Osa InternationalAddress: No. C 33 Scat Urbam, BP 47126 Liberté Dakar-SenegalPhone: + 221 77 553 88 07Fax: + 221 77 868 89 34E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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The Water Front

Country: USA Language: English Length: 53’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Water is the liquid gold of the 21st century. While corporations urge local governments to privatize municipal water, communities around the world are organizing to ensure affordable access to this life sustaining resource. The

inevitable path of water privatization.

Production Organization(s): Red Lizard Media Producer: Liz MillerDirector: Liz Miller Photographer: Liz Miller Sound: Composer: John Brennan Original Format: Mini DV Submitted by: Liz Miller


Red Lizard Media/ Liz MillerAddress: 1320Phone: 8609223995E-mail: [email protected]: www.thewaterfrontmovie.com

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Fatal Circle

Country: Bosnia-Herzegovina Language: Subtitled in EnglishLength: 46 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis: Garbage and toxic waste is all around us. Municipal authorities manage to displace large depot of expired medicines, combined with great pressure from environmental society and citizen protest. What is the situation with waste dumps, rivers, meadows and forests in Bosnia and Herzegovina? What do scientists and common people say? What is the future of our planet Earth? Fatal circle?

Producer: Nisvet Hrustic Director: Nisvet Hrustic Photographer: Nisvet Hrustic, Srecko Stipovic, Ivan Opacak,

Tarik Bajramovic, Pavle Conric, Hasan PasicSound: Nisvet HrusticPicture Editor: Nisvet Hrustic Script Writer: Nisvet Hrustic Composer: Amer Sehic Original Format: Dv-Cam Distributor: Nisvet Hrustic

Ph. Dr. Jovan Sredojevic Submitted by: Nisvet Hrustic


Nisvet HrusticAddress: Podgradina b.b. 72250 VITEZ, Bosnia and HerzegovinaPhone: + 387 61 372 370E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected]: http://www.nisvet-hrustic.com

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Going North- Global Warming Escape Route

Country: Italy Language: English Length: 55 minCompletion date: February 2008

Synopsis:

environment integrity. In times of global warming, here and there on Earth, there are few green highways left, that will let animals and plants to move northward to avoid extinction. Along these biological corridors, biodiversity will be preserved and this will be the linchpin for the stability of all eco-systems.

Production Organization(s): White Fox CommunicationsProducer: White Fox Communications Director: Eugenio Manghi Photographer: Eugenio Manghi – Annalisa LosaccoSound: Ivan VaniaPicture Editor: Ivan Vania Script Writer: E. Manghi, G. Bogliani, A. Provenzale, A. GreenComposer: M. Parmigiani, P. Pirelli, E. Salvato, M. TadiniOriginal Format: HD Uncompress 16:9 1080iDistributor: Focus Documentaries - MilanSubmitted by: Eugenio Manghi


White Fox CommunicationsAddress: Via Nino Bixio, 28 21020 Bodio Lomnago (VA) ItalyPhone: +39 0332 949 705Fax: +39 0332 949 705E-mail: [email protected]: www.whitefox.it

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Cliffwood

Country: Denmark Language:Length: 18 minCompletion date: 2007

Synopsis:through the ancient Ice-age landscape surrounding the white Cliff of Møn. In a series of visual and occasionally dramatic scenes, we experience the animals of the forest, its moods and the hidden magic of this fabled place.

Production Organization(s): NorthfarmproductionProducer: Rumle Hammerich / Pil NørgaardDirector: Rumle Hammerich Photographer: Bo Tengberg Sound: Morten Groth BrandtPicture Editor: Nanna Moller Script Writer: Rumle Hammerich Composer: Poul Kristian Original Format: 16:9


Job Title: ProducerOrganization: NorthfarmproductionAddress: Oremandsgaard Allé 2, 4720 Praestø / PraestoPhone: +45 40516651E-mail: [email protected]

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Karearea - The Pine Falcon

Country: New Zealand Language: English Length: 49’ Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: ‘Karearea: The Pine Falcon’ tells the story of a remarkable wild population of New Zealand falcons that have adapted to live in commercial pine

in the photography and life of George Chance, who followed and studied the birds for ten years during the 1970’s. Now some thirty years on, George’s health is failing

he attempts to add movement to George’s photographs.

Production Organization(s): Catskill FilmsProducer: Sandy CrichtonDirector: Sandy Crichton Photographer: Sandy Crichton Sound: Lloyd Canham Picture Editor: Tim Woodhouse, Sandy Crichton Script Writer: Sandy CrichtonComposer: Nick Marsh Original Format: HDV, Mini DV, DVCAM Distributor: Sandy CrichtonSubmitted by: Catskill Films

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Catskill Films, 35A Nihill Crescent,Mission Bay, Auckland,1071, New ZealandPhone/Fax +64 9 521 4406 +64 9 521 4728

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Fury for the Sound: The Women at Clayoquot

Country: Canada Language: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Women in their 70’s serving months in jail with pink-haired teenagers? A small group of activists standing alone to protest the clearcutting of the local rainforest turns into the largest civil disobedience action in Canadian history. This

life.

Production Organization(s): TellTale ProductionsProducer: Shelley WineDirector: Shelley WinePhotographer: Greg DavisPicture Editor: Bonni DevlinScript Writer: Shelley WineSound: Dale DarlingtonOriginal Format: Beta SPDistributor: Canada: TellTale Productions & Moving Images

USA: Bullfrog Films


TellTale Productions, 64 Tyrrel Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; M6G 2G4Phone/Fax: 416 419 2111 416 651 7929E-mail: [email protected]: www.furyforthesound.org

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Hybrid Philharmonic Orchestra

Country: New Zealand Language: English Length: 6’ Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Imagine. The power if we cooperate.

Production Organization(s): PakuraneProducer: PakuraneDirector: Pakurane Photographer: Laurence Dupont Sound: Bettina Storz, Dale Morton Picture Editor: PakuraneEffects Editor: PakuraneScript Writer: PakuraneComposer: Yohei Tanabe/ China/ C Original Format: Mini DV Submitted by: Pakurane


Catskill Films, 35A Nihill Crescent,Mission Bay, Auckland,1071, New ZealandPhone/Fax 021 13140374E-mail: [email protected]

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Fisheye Fantasea

Country: Fiji/France/UK Language: English Length: 8’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: To understand a world not designed for human eyes, we need to see it from a different point of view. Invisible colours, eye metamorphosis, secret wavelengths and vision beyond anything we can perceive; How they see and the astonishing discovery that in their world, we’re virtually blind…

revelation about what they really see.

Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion FilmProducer: Anita ChaumetteDirector: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Anita Chaumette, Guy ChaumetteSound: Guy Chaumette Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Chaumette & Guy ChaumetteNarrator: Anita ChaumetteEffects Editor: Guy ChaumetteComposer: Luciano Storti Original Format: DV

Prof. Justin Marshall, School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ, Australia; Prof. Shaun Coollin, Marine Neurobiology, Australia; Dr. Uli Siedbeck, Dr. Charles Mazel

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England,UKPhone/Fax +6799707416

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Beyond the Blue


Synopsis: In a world ruled by colour, marine animals have adapted to the underwater blues, by changing colour themselves – and, by changing colour,…itself.

new to science and extraordinary phenomena, still far from understood, ‘Beyond the Blue’ is a sensational world premiere, exploring the magic of underwater

into another.

Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion FilmProducer: Anita ChaumetteDirector: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Anita Chaumette, Guy ChaumetteSound: Guy Chaumette Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Chaumette, Guy ChaumetteNarrator: Anita ChaumetteEffects Editor: Guy ChaumetteComposer: Luciano Storti Original Format: DV


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Colour Talks


Synopsis: Marine animals manipulate colour, depending on how they want to look. They communicate using colours and patterns we don’t see and change position and behaviour, depending on what they want to say. In a teeming social

yet understood. In a groundbreaking step towards learning to listen ‘Colour Talks’ unravels the mystery of underwater colour and brings a revolutionary understanding

eyes, we start to hear what they say…

Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion FilmProducer: Anita ChaumetteDirector: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Anita Chaumette & Guy ChaumetteSound: Guy Chaumette Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Chaumette & Guy ChaumetteNarrator: Anita ChaumetteEffects Editor: Guy ChaumetteComposer: Luciano Storti Original Format: DV


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The Man & the Albatross

Country: Denmark Language: Danish Length: 24’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: ‘The man and the albatross’ tells a story of a man named Johan who

to throw it out but it is too heavy, instead he dusts it off and leaves it where it is.

looking at the ocean. Johan is drawn instinctively to the waters edge.There he

Production Organization(s): Zentropa/ Det danske videovaerkstedProducer: Katja AdomeitDirector: Daniel Borgman Photographer: Sophia OlssonSound: Lars HalvorsenPicture Editor: Anders Albjerg KristianssonScript Writer: Daniel BorgmanEffects Editor: Daniel BorgmanComposer: Simon Bertrand Original Format: 16mm


Zentropa, Filmbyen 22, DenmarkPhone/Fax +64 21059 1692E-mail: [email protected]

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Birdland

Country: Greece Language: Greek (English subtitles) Length: 61’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Lake Kerkini constitutes one of the most important and beautiful wetlands of Europe. Rare and endangered bird species use the lake as a permanent or temporary residence. For many of them it is the land of reproduction. Humans, however, use the lake as a water collector and don’t care for the birds’ rights. In the summer, the willow forest which is next to the lake and in which the birds

sensitized ecologists who live there protect the ecosystem and make public the birds’ inalienable right to their own vital area. Panayotis Hatziyannidis and the English ecologist and poet Gordon Ramell reveal the latest episodes of a drama which has been taking place for years.

Production Organization(s): ZopirosProducer:Director:Photographer: Andreas ZacharatosSound: Picture Editor: Dimitris Gouziotis, Dimitra BessiScript Writer:Composer:Original Format: Digibeta


Zopiros, 19 Tobazi Str.,15121, Pefki, GreecePhone/Fax +30 210 6127906 E-mail: [email protected]

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The Routes of the Flocks

Country: Greece Language: Greek Length: 60’ Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: The small communities of the ”Kopatsarei”, unseen by human eyes, have been resting for centuries at the foot of the mountains Orliakas and Smolikas.

to the lowlands in order to spend the winter. They follow the mountains’ natural passages that folk wisdom has marked off. The endless road unfolds ahead, arduous for both men and animals. Their steps, small and tentative, lengthen time, making day into night and vice versa. A documentary dedicated to the mountain people who continue to share their life between two homes.

Production Organization(s): ZopirosProducer:Director: Photographer: Andreas ZacharatosSound: Sokratis TzovanisPicture Editor: Dimitris Gouziotis, Dimitra BessiScript Writer:Narrator: Lefteris EleftheriadisComposer:Original Format: DigibetaDistributor: Zopiros


Environmental Conservation Films Zopiros, 19 Tobazi Str.,15121, Pefki, GreecePhone/Fax +30 210 6127906 E-mail: [email protected]

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Country: France Language: French Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:discovery with far reaching consequences that affect the lives of entire populations. But the appearance of antibiotics has given mankind the illusion that it could control disease and control the natural world.

Production Organization(s): Marathon InternationalProducer: Pascal BretonDirector: Pierre Bressiant Script Writer: Pierre BressiantOriginal Format: HDDistributor: Marathon International


Marathon International, 8 boulevard des Capucines,France Phone/Fax +33 (0)1 53 10 94 57 +33(0)1 53 10 94 51

Web: www.marathon.fr

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(Part 2)

Country: France Language: French (English subtitles)Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:discovery with far reaching consequences that affect the lives of entire populations. But the appearance of antibiotics has given mankind the illusion that it could control disease and control the natural world.

Production Organization(s): Marathon InternationalProducer: Pascal BretonDirector: Pierre Bressiant PScript Writer: Pierre BressiantOriginal Format: HDDistributor: Marathon International


Marathon International, 8 boulevard des Capucines,France Phone/Fax +33 (0)1 53 10 94 57 +33(0)1 53 10 94 51

Web: www.marathon.fr

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In the Tube

Country: Russia Language: Russian (English subtitles) Length: 26’ Completion date: 2006

Synopsis:engineering and kinds of Strangely enough but these themes are closely intertwined between itself not only

Producer: Boris KorchevDirector: Vitaliy Korchev Photographer: Artem Anisimov,Oleg Bogatov, Alex Guz’,

Vladimir StremyakovSound: Vladimir TurikovScript Writer: Vlad JakovlevNarrator: Vitaly KorchevEffects Editor: ANYMotion Studio moscowOriginal Format: DVDDistributor: Vitaliy


Vitaliy Korchev, Skorulsky st. 8, Zhitomir Ukraine 10014 Phone/Fax +380 412 379062 +380 412 418 339 E-mail: [email protected]

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Peace with Seals

Country: Czech Republic/ Italy Language: Italian, Czech (English subtitles) Length: 86’ Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The relationship between humans and animals is undergoing a profound

and managed to swim to Germany before being re-captured. Gaston became a hero, even having a statue erected in his honour at the zoo.The second story took place 50 years earlier and tells the story of a seal named Ulysses, caught in Sardinia by a Milan photojournalist who, in front of the cameras, tossed the animal into the famous Di Trevi fountain.

Production Organization(s): 12Opic (CZ)- Panda Film (ITA)-Avion- Czech TV- Famu

Producer: Jitka MaxovaDirector: Miloslav Novak Photographer: Jakub Halousek, Emanuela CoppolaSound: Martin ZenisekPicture Editor: Adam BrothanekScript Writer: Ferdinand PitrosuNarrator: Karel HogerEffects Editor: Helena RosovaComposer: Nino Rota Original Format: Film print 35mm/ Digital BetacamDistributor:

Prof. Vladimir Hanak, Prof. Stanislav Komarek, Dr. Ali Cemal Gucu


12 OPIC, Zemedelska 12, 1600 00 – Prague 6, Czech rep. Phone/Fax + 420 776121212 +420 233 323 112E-mail:[email protected]: www.12opic.cz

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Nature’s Dance

Country: USA Language: English Length: 58’ Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Survival in the natural world is often a result of brute force and

But equally important to the survival is giving birth to new life and the successful propagation of the species.In the temperate ecosystems of the world, nature in spring bursts with hopes and

carefully select a partner and raise a new brood. For many species an elaborate dance is part of the mating ritual.

Director: Bo Landin Photographer: Jan HenrikssonSound: Jan HenrikssonPicture Editor: Bo LandinScript Writer: Bo Landin Narrator: Bert DeivertComposer: Alan Williams Original Format: HD Cam


Prostvägen 12, 06100 Porvoo, FinlandPhone/Fax + 358505313452E-mail: [email protected]

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Irani Wildlife

Country: Iran Language: IranianLength: 26’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: music anda new vision of unique iranian environment and of wildlife challenges in Iran.To many outsiders, Iran means desert and oil. Through ‘Irani Wildlife’, the audience

work I hope to make the people more attentive about the life and nature and the conservation of endangered species.

Production Organization(s): Blue AwarenessProducer: Mani MirsadeghiDirector: Mani Mirsadeghi Photographer: Mani MirsadeghiSound: M.R. AligholiPicture Editor: Behrang SanjabiScript Writer: Saeedeh AkhkanNarrator: Parviz ParastoiEffects Editor: M.R. AligholiComposer: M.R. Aligholi Original Format: HDCam

Dr. B. Kiabi


Blue Awareness, 19395-6956 Tehran-Iran Phone/Fax +98 21 22110600E-mail: [email protected]: www.mirsadeghi.com

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Planet A

Country: France Language:Length: 7’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The world has become a vast dried out planet, where the growing of

A saline desert covers acres of dried out land where strange salt trees appear.

of the Aral Sea. And man is always responsible…

Production Organization(s): Le Fresnoy, Studio NationalProducer: Eric PrigentDirector: Momoko Seto Photographer: Jean-René Lorand, Momoko SetoSound: Ronan GicquelPicture Editor: Momoko SetoScript Writer: Momoko SetoEffects Editor: Brice Bignami, Mihai GrecuComposer: Yann Leguay Original Format: HD (photo and 3D)Distributor: Le Fresnoy, Natalia Trébik

Dr.Erik Gonthier, Musée de l’Homme, Paris


Le Fresnoy, 22 rue du Fresnoy, BP 179; Tourcoing Cedex 59202 FrancePhone/Fax +33 603903587E-mail: [email protected]: www.setomoko.org

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The Feast

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 52’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Every winter a nature extravaganza takes place in the waters of South Africa. At the Agulhas Bank a parade of sardines starts moving north along the east coast. Millions of sardines gather in shoals of thousands and are followed by

and man. Dolphins work together to split up pockets of sardines from the main shoal and push them closer to the surface. These sardines shape into a bait ball that performs a deadly ballet in which all hunters take part excitedly, while man waits at the beach with his net

Production Organization(s): Ocean pixProducer: Ralf KiefnerDirector: Ralf Kiefner, Peter Spielmann Photographer: Andrea Ramalho, Ralf KiefnerSound: Detlef SchmitzPicture Editor: Sebastian WeinholdScript Writer: Ralf KiefnerNarrator: Mark RossmanEffects Editor:Composer: Didi Hamann Original Format: Digi Beta Pal 4x3Distributor: Electric Sky

Sean O’Donoghue


Ocean Pix, Ginsterweg 4, 51427 Bergisch Gladbach, GermanyPhone/Fax +49 2204 61517 +49 2204 21368E-mail: [email protected]: www.ocean-pix.de

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Country: France Language:Length: 5’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis:This poem I found is curiously appropriate to the movie…Being very attentive to coincidence, I wanted to share it:“ one bird, two birds, one bird, two birds; two birds, one bird ,two birds, one bird, one bird, two birds, one bird, two birds; two birds, one bird ,two birds, one bird, one.

Production Organization(s): Objet de productionProducer: Cédrick EymenierDirector: Cédrick Eymenier Composer: Joe Gilmore Original Format: 4/3Distributor: Objet de production


Objet de production, 3 rue Alexandre Dumas, France Phone/Fax +33 609556666E-mail: [email protected]

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The Water Bearer

Country: Canada Language: English Length: 52Completion date: 2006

Synopsis:

running water to their villages. Emerging from a 32-year dictatorship, these people try their hand at direct democracy and succeed where other international aid programs have failed. This singular study in sustainable autonomy is the brainchild

Quebec for 20 years, chose in 2002 to devote himself to making a better life for these Indonesian farmers.

Production Organization(s): Pascal GélinasProducer: Pascal GélinasDirector: Pascal Gélinas Photographer: Pascal GélinasSound: Pascal GélinasPicture Editor: Pascal GélinasScript Writer: Pascal GélinasNarrator: Charles TisseyereComposer: Jean Saint-Onge Original Format: 4/3Distributor: Societé Radio-Canada


Pascal Gélinas, 605 St-Vallier, Montreal (QC) H25288 CanadaPhone/Fax +514 597 5392E-mail: [email protected]

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Yumi means Rain

Country: USA Language: English/Spanish Length: 24’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: A couple in Moyobamba, Peru struggles to maintain a reserve for an endangered species of monkeys. During the course of an especially trying month, they focus their efforts on the survival of two infant monkeys, Yumi and Tumai, both rescued from illegal captivity. Highlighted by the energetic music of Sonido Verde de Moyobamba (Green Sound of Motobamba), and against the backdrop of a group of orphan monkeys being readied for a return to the wild, ‘Yumi Means Rain’ is set in the little-known towns and native communitis of Northern Peru’s disappearing cloud forests.

Production Organization(s): Películas AtabambaProducer: Adam M. GoldsteinDirector: Adam M. GoldsteinPhotographer: Adam M. Goldstein, Peter GoodmanPicture Editor: Adam M. GoldsteinNarrator: Helene CollonguesComposer: Sonido Verde de Moyobamba Original Format: DV

Helene Collongues, Carlos Palomino


Películas Atabamba, 105 Ashland Place #2-C, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USAPhone/Fax +Mobile: 212-674-7183E-mail: [email protected]

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Our Wonderful World

Country: Germany Language: EnglishLength: 5’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The mating habits of the water shrew like never seen before…

Production Organization(s): HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-BabelsbergProducer: HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-BabelsbergDirector: Tomer Eshed Sound: David ZieglerPicture Editor: Tomer EshedScript Writer: Tomer EshedNarrator: John BerwickEffects Editor: Dennis RettkowskiComposer: Stefan Maria Schneider Original Format: 35mmDistributor: HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-Babelsberg


HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-Babelsberg, Eberswalder Str.19, 10437 Berlin, GermanyPhone/Fax +49 30 417170077 Mobile: +49 176 26257969E-mail: [email protected]

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Black Bears Unleashed

Country: Taiwan Language: EnglishLength: 47’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Formosan black bears are endangered in Taiwan, very few are left, even in captivity. Fortunately twin sister cubs, Happy and Bingo, were born in captivity. Researchers are ecstatic about the births but they face a dilema. The fate of these precious cubs isn’t secure – will they remain behind bars or will they be given a chance to roam free, where they belong?

Production Organization(s): Hegu Communications Co.,Ltd.Producer: Andrew YaoDirector: Andrew YaoPhotographer: Hsuei-Zhu LeeSound: Aviec HsiaPicture Editor: Andrew YaoScript Writer: Peter LiuNarrator: Christopher SlaughterOriginal Format: NTSCDistributor: National Geographic Channels International

Endemic Specis Research InsituteSubmitted by: Hegu Communications Co.,Ltd.


Hegu Communications Co.,Ltd., 6F, No. 7, Jun-Gong rd., Wen Shan District, Taipei, TaiwanPhone/Fax +886 2 2239 5601 +886 2 2239 7076E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

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Pure Coasts of Lake Baikal

Country: Russia Language: RussianLength: 12’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: During several tens and even hundreds of years on the island ‘Olkohon’, the largest and most beautiful island of the lake ‘Baikal’, garbage was accumulated. Besides the island is the tourist center of the region and for one season 70000 to 100000 people are visiting it. From tourists as well from the local population there are huge dumps of garbage, which the strong Olkohon’s winds carry over the whole territory. The island Olkohon is object of the world heritage of UNESCO. Now people have started to remove the accumulated spontaneous dumps.

Producer: AGVDirector: Alex Gilev Photographer: Ilya ZakablukovskySound: Alex GilevPicture Editor: Alex GilevScript Writer: Alex GilevEffects Editor: Alex GilevOriginal Format: DVD


Alex Gilev, 44-26, Lisina st., Irkutsk, 664009, RussiaPhone/Fax +7 902 1768840E-mail: [email protected]

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The True face of the Bear

Country: Sweden Language: SwedishLength: 28’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: During the last ten years the population of bears has increased in Scandinavia and so has the contact between man and bears.

irritated and if there is a reason for people to avoid them.

Production Organization(s): Producer: Erik FernströmPhotographer: Erik FernströmPicture Editor: Margus PeensaarScript Writer: Erik FernströmNarrator: Claes DiedenComposer: Universal Publ. Prod. Music Original Format: Digi beta

Scandinavian brown bear scientistsSubmitted by:


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The Golden Wachau Valley – A danube treasure

Country: Germany Language: GermanLength: 44’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The Wachau valley is a 35km long part of he Danube valley in Austria. There is a lot of features that make this landscape unique: the numerous lovely villages and cities along the river, the large variety of natural and cultural landscape elements, and the typical dry stone terraces, on which the world famous wine is grown. The Wachau valley has, as a landscape, been awarded with the European Diploma of Protected Areas of the Council of Europae in 1994 and has become part of UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2000.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Director:Photographer:Sound: Rudi PreusserPicture Editor: Script Writer: Narrator: Gert HeidenreichSubmitted by:


Phone/Fax +49 3228164E-mail: [email protected]

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Wall of Death

Country: Israel Language: EnglishLength: 50’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: Giant Ibex lock horns in a ritual battle dominance. Their young will be hunted mercilessly by fearsome predators. And for those who somehow manage

A terrifying, vertical wall of death rises up from the sterile waters of the Dead Sea. Sheer rock cliffs and jagged precipices loom over the barren Judean desert in the land of the Bible. High in the craggy cliffs is a stark world of vivid contrasts - a treacherous lifeline that offers both life and death.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Yossi WeisslerDirector: Yossi Weisler, Moshe alpert Photographer: Moshe alpertDistributor: National Geographic TV and Film

Len AronsonSubmitted by:


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Existo

Country: Norway Language: EnglishLength: 4’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:the beginning of something new. Being born should of course be a miracle and coming into the world is naturally supposed to be a gift, but does it really feel that way? Being born is a struggle between life and death but vital to our existence. The

and dramatic months in our world.

Production Organization(s): Perspektiv FilmProducer: Stian ThilertDirector: Jannicke JohansenPhotographer: Ingri FjestadSound: Erlend HogstadPicture Editor: Frida Eggum MichaelsenScript Writer: Jannicke JohansenNarrator: Jannicke JohansenEffects Editor: Sement og BetongOriginal Format: DVDDistributor: Perspektiv FilmSubmitted by: Perspektiv Film


Perspektiv Film, Bygdøy Alle 81, 0268 Oslo, NorwayPhone/Fax +47 93897243E-mail: [email protected]

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A Smile for Fire

Country: Iran Language: IranianLength: 25’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Ash Nazri – a food, a kind of pottage cooked on various occasions by moslems as a religious offering.

Director: Parinaz HashemiPhotographer: Parinaz HashemiSound: Parinaz HashemiScript Writer: Parinaz HashemiOriginal Format: Mini DVSubmitted by: Parinaz Hashemi

Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES, (RELEGIOUS DOC)

E-mail: [email protected]

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Land of Crystal Waters

Country: Austria Language: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: In the very heart of Europe, precisely in the centre of Austria, lies one of the most marvelous beauty spots of the Alps – a woodland, water and mountaine wilderness that shuns no comparison with say, wild Canada. Yet its rivers and lakes, ice-clad peaks, deep gorges and giant caves are just a stone’s throw away from picturesque cultural centres where Austria’s monarchs spent their summers.

seventy-two lakes, connected by a labyrinth of crystal-clear rivers.

Production Organization(s): Pröll Film for ORFProducer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Erich PröllDirector: Klaus Feichtenberger, Erich PröllPhotographer: Erich Pröll, Hubert DopplerPicture Editor: Sonja LesowkyScript Writer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Erich PröllNarrator: Duncan Larkin Composer: Kurt Adametz Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF


ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, AustriaPhone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884E-mail: [email protected]: http://tvsales.orf.at

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Mighty Mississippi (Part 2)


Synopsis: There is no river on earth where so many dreams were dreamt, where so many dreams came true or fell apart, where the dividing line between life and death is as thin as on the Mississippi – North America’s great river. The Mississippi is the world’s third largest river. From the Canadian border to New Orleans from Helena in the Rocky Mountains to Pittsburg, it drains 31 US states and two

subcontinent, the face of the river has changed dramatically.

Production Organization(s): ScienceVision for ORFProducer: Michael Schlammberger, Steve NichollsDirector: Michael Schlammberger, Steve NichollsPhotographer: Michael Schlammberger, Rolando Menardi,

Kevin FlaySound: Rupert Metnitzer, Raimund SivetzPicture Editor: Andrew NaylorScript Writer: Michael Schlammberger, Steve NichollsNarrator: Howard Nightingall, Christian Rodska Composer: Kurt Adametz Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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Wild Mongolia


Synopsis: One of the most stunning, untouched landscapes on Earth is found in the heartland of Asia: stretching from the impenetrable forests of Siberia in the North to the Chinese wall in the south and touching the horizon in the distance. And here, a huge variety of rare animal species are found under its deep blue sky. The southwest of Mongolia is home to the Mongolian wild horse, he ancestor of our domestic horse. As well as the Mongolian wild horse, asiatic wild donkeys live on these barren, arid steppers.

Production Organization(s): Interspot for ORFProducer: Heinrich MayerDirector: Heinz LegerPhotographer: Josef Neuper, Klaus AchterSound: Thomas Kathriner, Hanes BertoliniPicture Editor: Martin BiribauerScript Writer: Heinz Leger, Klaus FeichtenbergerNarrator: Howard NightingallComposer: Erwin Kiennast, Khukh Mongol Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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Prince of the Alps


Synopsis: The red deer is the biggest and the most common species in Central Europe. It’s still there because of its adaptability; when hunters intruded into their habitat and pushed them further back in the forest, the red deer survived. This

roe and portrays the surrounding animal world of the red deer. It will also show dangers the deer is exposed to due to the reappearance of wolves and bears and an overbearing human presence.

Production Organization(s):ARGEntur for ORFProducer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar PenkerDirector: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar PenkerPhotographer: Otmar PenkerPicture Editor: Karl KönigsbergerScript Writer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar PenkerNarrator: Andrew GolderComposer: Andreas Fabianek Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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Jackals – Out of Africa

Synopsis: In some cultures jackals were pursued and condemned as pests that fed on parasite-infested cacasses. In others, such as Ancient Egypt, they were divinely celebrated. This documentary accompanies a young scientist, who is drawn to these mythical mammals and takes us on a journey to explore golden jackals from, Egypt to the barren hills of Greece. Other showplaces are the reeds of the Hungarian Kis Balaton, the Romanian Danube delta, the Austrian alpine pastures and the forests of Croatia, where the jackals share their living space with wolves and bears.


Production Organization(s): IN-FIlms for ORFProducer: Waltraud PaschingerDirector: Waltraud PaschingerPhotographer: Istvan Nadaskay, Hubert Doppler, Tomi Sommer,

Peter Giczy, Lukas KronsteinerSound: Karl KönigsbergerPicture Editor: Werner Mueller, Albert GoroczScript Writer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar Penker Narrator:

Howard Nightingall, Albert GoroczComposer: Erwin Kiennast Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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Tasmania – Pardise at the end of the world


Synopsis: Tasmania makes an impression with its unique landscape, architecture and scenery. Its largely unknown wilderness has always attracted adventurers and scientists. One of these courageous men was the Austrian botanist, Gustav Weindorfer. His adventurous expedition lead him to Cradle Mountain. He was deeply moved by this spectacular world of mountains and gave his utmost to bring hat wonderful experience to others. Today the Cradle Mountain National Park allows visitors from all over the world to indulge in this breathtaking landscape.

Production Organization(s): AV Dokumenta for ORFProducer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred VendlDirector: Steve Nicholls, Alfred VendlPhotographer: Kevin FlayPicture Editor: Martin ElsburyScript Writer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred VendlNarrator: Christian RodskaComposer: Stephen Faux Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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The Tiger and The Monk


Synopsis: Wat Pa Luangta Bua is a monastery of meditation, situated far away from civilization, about 200 km west of Bangkok, and here silence, peace and harmony reign. Every afternoon, a daily ritual is observed – nonchalant Buddhist monks take their ten 3-5 year old tigers out on a leash for a walk through the bordering region of Burma. There are few monks living in the monastery of Wat Pa Luangta Bua. Each monk takes care of one tiger and the number of tigers increased to ten since two orphaned tiger cubs took refuge in this isolated temple in 1998.

Production Organization(s): Cosmos Factory for ORFProducer: Harald PokieserDirector: Harald PokieserPhotographer: Harald MittermuellerSound: Hermann Winklhofer, Christian StrolzPicture Editor: Adi WallischScript Writer: Harald PokieserNarrator: Howard Nightingall, Roger ForbesComposer: Andy Baum, Stefan Maas Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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Time Limits


Synopsis: We perceive time in terms of seconds – the length of a heartbeat. We can’t even imagine events that unfold over several days, like a growing plant, without time-lapse photography, but ‘Time Limits’ uses a combination of amazing

advances to give a totally new view of our world and our universe. Specially developed motion-control time-lapse photography will bring to life the slow motion

for less than a billionth of a second.

Production Organization(s): AV Documenta for ORFProducer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred VendlDirector: Steve Nicholls, Alfred VendlPhotographer: Kevin Flay, Bernie Wallentin, Miriam Floer,

Alf Staudach, robbie Alen, Ollie LarkinPicture Editor: Martin ElsburyScript Writer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred VendlNarrator: Christian RodskaComposer: Steven Faux Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program SalesSubmitted by: ORF



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Wild Turkey


Production Organization(s):

Producer: Britta KiesewetterDirector: Jan HaftPhotographer: Jan Haft, Kay ZiesenhennePicture Editor: Robert Morgenstern, Kathrin SchröderScript Writer: Jan HaftSound: Yann SochaczewskiNarrator: Rob QuirkComposer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: HD CamDistributor: Parthenon Entertainment Ltd.

Dr. Nikolaus KochSubmitted by:


Synopsis: Between Europe and Asia, lies a land full of natural wonders. Here, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, between the mountain ranges of Pontus and Taurus a large variety of plants and a huge diversity of animals can be found. Many of them are immigrants that arrived from all directions - before, during and after the last ice age. Others return to Turkey every year to hibernate or simply to raise their young. Analogous to animals – people from all parts of the world have immigrated to Turkey, today it is a melting pot and a bridge between continents – for all its inhabitants.

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Oldies but Goldies


Synopsis: Trees reach the greatest age of all living things. They remain rooted to the same spot for hundreds of years. Innumerable animals live on and from old

through Germany.It portraits the most beautiful veterans in the country e.g. the poisonous yew tree whose seed had germinated even before the birth of Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa and before Henry I’s ascension to the English throne in the year 1100 or the so called 1000 years old oaks, the closer look revealed them not being any older than 700 years at the most.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jan HaftDirector: Jan HaftPhotographer: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Rolf SteinmannPicture Editor: Robert MorgensternScript Writer: Jan Haft, Gerwig LawitzkySound: Yann SochaczewskiNarrator: David Williamson, Jenny Evans, David CreedonComposer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: HD CamDistributor: Off the Fence B.V., The NetherlandsSubmitted by:


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Synopsis:a habitat, its wildlife and a man who has lived here all his life. When he was a

valleys unique nature and all the changes that came as time went by. Because agriculture in the Isen Valley still is often carried out on small parcels of land and some farmers still do not use pesticides and chemical fertilizers there is plenty of wildlife in this small unknown paradise. Located in Southern Germany, the valley of the river Isen is a not only unusually species-rich but also a beautiful landscape formed by the glaciers of the last ice age.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jan HaftDirector: Jan HaftPhotographer: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Rolf SteinmannPicture Editor: Kathrin SchröderScript Writer: Jan HaftSound: Adrian LangenbachNarrator: David IngramComposer: Jörg Magnus Pfeil Original Format: HD CamDistributor: Submitted by:


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Country: Germany Language: GermanLength: 29’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: One of the greatest adventures on earth – Flying. In the course of

have to go way back in time. Millions of years ago dinosaurs were already cruising

or “ground up” is still not certain today. A recently found fossil has invalidated the latest theories. And a new fossil could knock it all over again…

Production Organization(s):Producer: Martin Schneider, Dirk NeumannDirector: Jan HaftPhotographer: Jan Haft, Kay ZiesenhennePicture Editor: Gabor HaagScript Writer: Jan HaftSound: Adrian Langenbach, Felix PustalNarrator: Gabi HinterstoisserComposer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: HD CamDistributor:

Dietrich SchallerSubmitted by:


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The Treasured Waters

Country: Finland Language: FinnishLength: 14’Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s): Tampereen AMK/ Taide ja viestintäProducer: Kai SalonenDirector: Ilkka RautioPhotographer: Mika Vuorinen, Ilkka Rautio, Jaakko SlottePicture Editor: Antti Karjalainen, Ilkka RautioScript Writer: Ilkka RautioSound: Tuomas VahteraNarrator: Olli KontulainenComposer: Johannes Vartola Original Format: DigibetaDistributor: Tampereen AMK/ Taide ja viestintä


Synopsis:to be crushed under the unstoppably urbanizing society.

Tampereen AMK / Taide ja viestintä,Ilkka Rautio, Imarretie 2, 90580 OuluPhone/Fax 0503438015E-mail: [email protected]

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White Storks of my Valley

Country: Serbia Language: EnglishLength: 50’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:

patience, it took three years (2005-2007), mostly in the villages and marshes

also supported the young ornithologists’ project: ‘Safe nest for white storks’, aimed to prevent storks from becoming electrical shock victims.

Production Organization(s): Academic society for nature study and conservation Novi Sad

Director: Oliver FojkarPhotographer: Dusan Cekic, Oliver FojkarPicture Editor: Ondrej PavcokScript Writer: Oliver FojkarSound: Karcika MorvaiNarrator: Markus Vincent TapperEffects Editor: Ondrej PavcokComposer: Miroslav Jovancic Original Format: DigibetaDistributor: Academic society for nature study and

conservation Novi SadMarko Tucakov


Institute for nature conservation of Serbia, Radnicka 20A, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaPhone/Fax +381 21 4896 326 +381 21 6616 252E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.natureprotection.org.yu

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Otter Man

Country: Hungary Language: EnglishLength: 46’Completion date: 2008

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patience, it took three years (2005-2007), mostly in the villages and marshes

supported the young ornithologists’ project: ‘Safe nest for white storks’, aimed to prevent storks from becoming electrical shock victims

Production Organization(s): Azara Film, Medienkontor GmbHProducer: Zoltan TörökDirector: Zoltan TörökPhotographer: Zsolt Marcell TóthPicture Editor: John Toft, Péter RostásScript Writer: Zoltán TörökSound: Róbert Jakub, Gábor GiretNarrator:Effects Editor: Péter RostásComposer: Muzsikás ensemble and many others Original Format: Digital BetacamDistributor: Parthenon Entertainment

(in Central Europe: Azara Film)Pál Gera


Azara Film, Szentendre Szécenyi tér 11., 2000, HungaryPhone/Fax +36 30 99 21 372 E-mail: [email protected]

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Introduction to the

Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles)Length: 14’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Striving to order, tame and name is rooted in human nature as it lets

scientists in the past and present have been making to classify the organic world.Yet it is not easy since new research and technologies lead to many discoveries

scientists by evolving and adapting. Will it, therefore, ever be possible to know the natural world inside out?

Production Organization(s): Harpoon Films,Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o. [EPH]

Producer: Director: Marcin BorchardtPhotographer: Krzysztof KowalskiPicture Editor: Krzysztof KowalskiScript Writer: Sound: Ireneusz WroszNarrator: Tomasz FogielEffects Editor: Andrzej PreisnerComposer: Paris Music

Original Format: DVDistributor: OPERONSubmitted by: Harpoon Films


Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia PolandPhone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06E-mail: [email protected]: www.operon.pl

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Australia – a Bridge to the Past


Synopsis:

Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o.Producer:Director: Ksawery SzczepanikPhotographer: Andrzej SzandurskiPicture Editor: Aleksandra SzandurskaScript Writer: Kazimierz Cichoszewski, Ksawery SczepanikNarrator: Effects Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikComposer: Paris Music

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The colours of Albion


Synopsis: England – a little big country, a powerful island which has been exerting infuence over the rest of the world for many ccenturies. The Colours of Albion

is truly appealing.

Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o.Producer:Director: Ksawery SzczepanikPhotographer: Ksawery SzczepanikPicture Editor: Maja AdamczewskaScript Writer: Kazimierz Cichoszewski, Ksawery SczepanikNarrator: Grzegorz PawlakEffects Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikComposer: Paris Music




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France – the Country of Abundance


Synopsis: France – the country of good taste in fashion, perfumes and quisine. France – the Country of Abundance

foremost powers and its wide variety of landscapes and cultural heritage which attracts the greatest number of visitors in the world each year


Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o.Producer:Director: Ksawery SzczepanikPhotographer: Wojciech AdamczewskiPicture Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikScript Writer: Narrator: Effects Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikComposer: Paris Music



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India – One country, Numerous Worlds


Synopsis: India is a country of unparalleled number of colours and forms. Colourful clothes, spices and decorations are omnipresent here.

diversity of Indian landscapes and complexity of its culture in a nutshell.

Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o.Producer:Director: Ksawery SzczepanikPhotographer: Ksawery SzczepanikPicture Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik, Piotr RomanowScript Writer: Kazimierz Cichoszewski, Ksawery SczepanikNarrator: Effects Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikComposer: Paris Music




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of Economic Success


Synopsis: Iceland’s hot springs, Danish prince Hamlet, Swedish furniture, Norwegian fjords and Finnish forests.Scandinavia – a Source of Economic Success is a part of the cycle of educational

the geography and the resources as a great natural capital of the Scandinavian countries.

Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o.Producer:Director: Ksawery SzczepanikPhotographer: Ksawery SzczepanikPicture Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikScript Writer: Narrator: Effects Editor: Ksawery SzczepanikComposer: Paris Music




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Winter – a Harsh Time for Animals


Synopsis:people who can indulge in snow frenzy. For the animals winter is neither enjoyable nor charming.Winter – a Harsh Time for Animals characters – Jola, Tomek and Natalia take their peers for a journey into the world of animals during the cold season.Mr Remember enriches the narration with many

and makes children sensitive to animals’ lives and needs in a friendly and amusing way.

Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o.Producer:Director: Janusz KomorowskiPhotographer: Krzysztof KowalskiPicture Editor: Krzysztof KowalskiScript Writer: Sound: Ireneusz WroszNarrator: Grzegorz PawlakEffects Editor:Composer: Paris Music


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Reindeer Girls

Country: United Kingdom Language: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: The frozen wilderness of northern Norway is home to one of Europe’s last indigenous peoples – the Sámi. For thousands of years they have made a living in this extreme climate, helped by their close relationship with reindeer. In modern Europe it would be easy for this demanding lifestyle to fall out of fashion. What can a life following the reindeer offer the young Sámi? Two teenagers faced with this choice are Elle and Inga – cousins who both belong to reindeer herding families. As they follow their herds through the seasonal migrations we see the highs and lows of their year.

Production Organization(s): Burning Gold Productions for the BBC Natural history Unit

Producer: Steve Nicholls & John CapenerPhotographer: Kevin FlayPicture Editor: Martin ElsburyScript Writer: Victoria CoulesNarrator: Stuart McQuarrieComposer: Steven FauxDistributor: BBC WorldwideSubmitted by: Burning Gold Productions


Burning Gold Productions,103 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2PB, United KingdomPhone/Fax +44 117 923 7774 +44 117 23 9700E-mail: [email protected]: www.burning-gold.co.uk

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The Lodgers


Synopsis: We tend to think that our homes are ours alone, but in fact we have billions of subtenants: golden spider beetles, daddy long-legs spiders, drugstore beetles, book scorpions and many more. Countless species even live on our skins, like demodex. Immediately after birth they move on from the mother to the baby. We hardly know anything about these organisms: Where and how do they live? What do they eat? Are they harmful or just tedious? The documentary “The Lodgers” enters this mysterious microcosm. And presents creatures that never have been shown on TV before.

Production Organization(s): ARTE/ARDProducer: Astrid Harms, Christine PetersDirector: Florian GuthknechtPhotographer: Frank Lorbieki, Richard AlbrechtPicture Editor: Björn KesslerScript Writer: Florian GuthknechtSound: Michael HeumannNarrator: Gert HeidenreichEffects Editor: Thomas Muhrmann

Hydra Institut MünchenOriginal Format: Beta DigiDistributor: Telepool, Munich


ARTE/ARD, Baaderstrasse 25, 80469 München, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 171 838 23 63 +49 89 20 20 6338Web: br-online.de

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Synopsis: Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet – and continuously get severely damaged by climate change, natural disasters and human beings. By declaring the Great Barrier Reef a national park with huge no–take- and no-enter-zones, Australia has taken a dramatic decision. Kathleen

against the dying – against pollution, bad diving habits, political failures and ignorant

she experiences a very personal dream coming true…

Production Organization(s): ARTE/ARDProducer: Udo A. ZimmermannDirector: Florian GuthknechtPhotographer: Richard Fitzpatrick, Christian LottPicture Editor: Vera von AppeldornScript Writer: Florian GuthknechtSound: Nanni DursunNarrator: Donald Arthur

Hydra Institut MünchenOriginal Format: HD 16:9Distributor: ARTE, ARD


ARTE/ARD, Baaderstrasse 25, 80469 München, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 171 838 23 63 +49 89 20 20 6338Web: br-online.de

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Another way of Doing Things

Country: Norway / Mexico Language: EnglishLength: 34’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: In Veracruz, Mexico we meet a group of people from different countries, who negotiate the construction of common identity based on the concern of

develop, implement and transmit alternative practices which can protect and conserve their natural resources while generating a fair and reasonable income

Production Organization(s): University of TromsöProducer: Visual Culture studies Director: Carmen CastrejonPhotographer: Carmen CastrejonPicture Editor: Carmen CastrejonSubmitted by: Carmen Castrejon


Carmen Castrejon,Högdaveien 26B 0680 Oslo, NorwayPhone/Fax +47 974 29685E-mail: [email protected]

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Waterlands

Country: UK Language: EnglishLength: 48’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis:

wetland reserves. But, there is also intimate footage of some of Britain’s rarest wetland birds, like bitterns and black-tailed godwits, threatened with extinction in the UK, unless we make rapid changes to the way we think about water and water

chaos in the future do not have to mean bad news for people or the wildlife with which we share these wetland landscapes

Production Organization(s): RSPB FILM UNITProducer: Mark PercivalPhotographer: Toby Hough, Ian McCarthyPicture Editor: Paul EndacottScript Writer: Jo Stewart-SmithSound: Nigel TuckerNarrator: TomContiComposer: David MitchamOriginal Format: 16mm/Digital Betacam Distributor: Submitted by: Lesley Norman, Film Production Co-ordinator,

RSPB Film Unit


RSPB Film Unit stands for Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Britain (RSPB),The Lodge Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UKPhone/Fax: +44 (0)1767 680551 +44 (0) 1767 680551E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rspb.org.uk

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Ladoga


Synopsis: The Ladoga lake or simple Ladoga, is familiar to every man living in the Northwest of Russia. It is included into a system of Great lakes in Europe.

animals and fauna at lake Ladoga.

Production Organization(s): Production Center ‘Studio F’Producer: Sergei PopovDirector: Sergei Popov, Olga PodolskyaPhotographer: Sergei PopovOriginal Format:Distributor: Production Center ‘Studio F’


Production Center ‘Studio F’, RUSSIA, 194017, St. -Petersburg, Kostromskoi prospect, 24 /of. 132Phone/Fax: +7. 812. 400-74-41Mobile: +7. 921. 756-88-52 / 51E-mail: [email protected]

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Bride of a Wind


Synopsis:

life processes in the world symbolizing the eternity and adaptability of life merely through their existence and transformations. Finally they are simply beautiful and

devoted to these airy creatures, “the brides of the breeze”.

Production Organization(s): Production Center ‘Studio F’Producer: Sergei PopovDirector: Sergei Popov, Photographer: Sergei PopovOriginal Format:Distributor: Production Center ‘Studio F’


Production Center ‘Studio F’, RUSSIA, 194017, St. -Petersburg, Kostromskoi prospect, 24 /of. 132Phone/Fax: +7. 812. 400-74-41Mobile: +7. 921. 756-88-52 / 51E-mail: [email protected]

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Cliffhanger


Synopsis: What would you do if your home was about to fall off a cliff? The Norfolk coastline in the UK is under threat from erosion and the government will no longer protect it. This means that villages will fall into the sea, with devastating consequences for the people there and the wider community.Diana Wrightson’s home and café are about to fall over the cliff in the villageof Happisburgh. She will lose everything she has worked for all her life. In ‘Cliffhanger’

Production Organization(s): Silver City FilmsProducer: David GreyDirector: Anne O’Connell, Photographer: David GreyPicture Editor: Anne O’ConnellSound: David GreyComposer: Nathan ArissOriginal Format: Mini DV Distributor: Silver City Films


Silver City Films, 15 Radnor Gardens, Twickham, TW1 4NA, UKPhone/Fax: +44 20 891 3694E-mail: [email protected]

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So Far so Close

Country: France Language: French (English subtitles)Length: 24’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Why is it so important to preserve biodiversity? The invertebrate represent 95% of the living world. Across the example of the spiders and their silk son in amazing ownership, they realize that every day, resolutions that offer us nature to resolve our problems disappear for forever.

Production Organization(s): SolarprodProducer: Barbier OlivierDirector: Barbier OlivierPhotographer: Barbier OlivierPicture Editor: Barbier OlivierScript Writer: Barbier Olivier, Anne Holzer Sound: Barbier OlivierNarrator: Christian PacherEffects Editor: Barbier OlivierComposer: JC MassonOriginal Format: DV Cam Distributor: Solarprod


Solarprod, 3ç rue du general Margueritte 35000 Rennes, FrancePhone/Fax: +33 6110 23593E-mail: [email protected]

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The Intestines of the Earth

Country: France Language: French (English subtitles)Length: 13’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: The earth symbolizes the life, it regenerates thanks to the alternation “production/recycling” of organic matters. Earthworms are an essential link of this cycle. They are animals the most spread on the planet. Their action in the reconstruction and the aeration of grounds is essential. They are also a gigantic reservoir of food for numerous animals. The mechanization of the work of the earth and the custom usage of massive fertilizer affect very seriously the population of earthworms, with negative effects on the environment. The consequence is that the desert progresses.

Production Organization(s): SolarprodProducer: Barbier OlivierDirector: Barbier OlivierPhotographer: Barbier OlivierPicture Editor: Barbier OlivierScript Writer: Barbier Olivier, Anne Holzer Sound: M. BarratonNarrator: Camille KerdellantEffects Editor: Barbier OlivierComposer: JC MassonOriginal Format: DV Cam Distributor: Solarprod


Solarprod, 3ç rue du general Margueritte 35000 Rennes, FrancePhone/Fax: +33 6110 23593E-mail: [email protected]

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The Call of Baikal

Country: Russia Language: Russian (English subtitles)Length: 29’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: It was the greatest show on the ice of the Siberian Baikal in its history. About 500 people responded to Baikal’s call and gathered under the roof of the big tent, which was put above the abyss. They wanted to feel the contact with the saint lake, to hear its sleepy breath and dive into deep rhythms of the time….

Production Organization(s): SGU TV (all-Russian satellite educational TV)Producer: Mikle SiverginDirector: Vladimir Zaytsev, Eugenie UsovPhotographer: Vladimir Zaytsev, Eugenie UsovPicture Editor: Artiom Boev, Eugenie UsovScript Writer: Vladimir ZaytsevSound: Oleg KleymenovNarrator: Vladimir ZaytsevEffects Editor: Artiom BoevComposer: The State song&dance ensemble “Tunes of

the Steppe” David Arkenstone, “Shamans” Dmitry Melekhin, GREENPEACE Russia, “Baikal”

Distributor: Mikle Sivergin


SGU TV, 32/4 bld., Nizhegorodskaya str., Moscow, 109029, RussiaPhone/Fax: +7 (495)7271292 +7 (495)7271234E-mail: [email protected]: www.sgutv.ru

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Chameleon Beach

Country: Denmark Language: DanishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:300, living by a lagoon in Greece. The aim is to experience what a chameleon life

But living on this beautiful Greek beach, which is also a growing tourist destination, is not without risks. Natural enemies are snakes, birds, scorpions and the climate; low winter temperatures and devastating sandstorms. But the real danger is the confrontation with man, their waste attracting rats, the 4x4 wheelers riding the dunes and even regular thieves steeling chameleons.

Production Organization(s): Loke FilmProducer: Adam SchmedesDirector: Adam SchmedesPhotographer: Adam Schmedes, Frej Schmedes, Toby StrongPicture Editor: Jes PaulScript Writer: Peter I. LauridsenSound: Jes PaulNarrator: Linford BrownComposer: Nicklas Schmidt, Jes Paul, Morten Høirup

Benny Trapp, Morten Andersen, Nicolà Lutzmann, Wolfgang Böhme

Original Format: HD DVC ProDistributor: National Geographic

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, NORDIC FILMS,ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS

Loke Film, Forbindelsesvej 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, Contact: Dorthe RosenørnPhone/Fax: +45 35265454 +45 35265196

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Tardigrades

Country: USA Language: EnglishLength: 21’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Under the microscope, eight-legged water bears are revealed crawling amongst the mosses. In this 20-minute documentary tardigrades, along side rotifers, nematodes, and a cast of other microscopic specimens are uncovered, bared, observed, and celebrated.

Producer: Julie MinkDirector: Julie MinkScript Writer: Julie MinkSound: Julie MinkNarrator: Alexa CasciatoEffects Editor: Julie MinkComposer: Alexa Casciato

Dr. Mary Kostalos, Dr. TJ Meehan, Dr. Roxanne Fisher

Original Format: DVD or miniDVSubmitted by: Julie Mink

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS

Julie Mink, 176 Little Deer Creek Road, Cheswick, PA 15024, USAPhone/Fax: +1-412-956-4745 +1-724-265-9958E-mail: [email protected]: www.withjulie.com

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Kuurankukat

Country: Finland Language:Length: 4’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Kun vesi, pakkanen, ja valo leikkivät ikkunassa, voi kaupunkikin olla kaunis.

Producer: Jorma HakalaDirector: Jorma HakalaPhotographer: Jorma HakalaPicture Editor: Jorma HakalaSubmitted by: Jorma Hakala

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Jorma Hakala, Pitkäkatu 5, 65100 Vaasa, FinlandPhone/Fax: 0440 669349E-mail: [email protected]

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Synopsis: Kiireinen päivä oravan elämässä, kun koti kuntoon pitää saada.

Producer: Jorma HakalaDirector: Jorma HakalaPhotographer: Jorma HakalaPicture Editor: Jorma HakalaSubmitted by: Jorma Hakala

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Jorma Hakala, Pitkäkatu 5, 65100 Vaasa, FinlandPhone/Fax: 0440 669349E-mail: [email protected]

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Gordos Journey to the End of the World


Synopsis: Gordo — the fat one — lives as a pampered dog in a rich mans house

ones devote. So Gordo escapes and arrives by accident in an argentinian smalltown at the end of the world, where 16.000 dogs live. He got his real life experiences here, whether in the rich mens district or in the slums or in the wilderness.

Production Organization(s): CAPRICORNUM FILMProducer: Uwe MüllerDirector: Uwe MüllerPhotographer: Uwe MüllerPicture Editor: Roland Mayer, Uwe MüllerScript Writer: Uwe MüllerSound: Oliver Vogel, Dietrich von StadenNarrator: Ben Posener, Tom StraussEffects Editor: Mario BergmannComposer: Jörg Magnus Pfeil

Walter ReuleckeOriginal Format: 35mm/ Digi Beta SPDistributor: Uwe MüllerSubmitted by: Uwe Müller

Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES, (FEATURE ENTERTAINING)

CAPRICORNUM FILM,Celler Str. 10, 28205 Bremen, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49-421-459887 +49-421-4608188E-mail: [email protected]

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Koskikaran


Synopsis: Tunturin rinteillä pulppuavista lähteistä saa alkunsa vehreässä laaksossa virtaava joki, joka on synnyttänyt ympärilleen monimuotoisen elämän. Eräs joen asukeista on koskikara ja tämä dokumentti seuraa sen elämää alkaen poikasen ensihypystä kuohuvaan koskeen, itsenäistymisestä ja muutosta etelään, selviytymisestä ankarasta talvesta ja paluusta kumppanin kanssa pohjoisen kotijoelle. Kaiken kehyksenä on suomalainen joki ja sen monipuolinen elämä eri vuodenaikoina.

Production Organization(s): Raija ja Ossi Muuaisen SäätiöProducer: Artvision OYDirector: Kari HautanenPhotographer: Kari HautanenPicture Editor: Kari HautanenScript Writer: Kari HautanenSound: Jari InnanenNarrator: Tuuaas HolopainenComposer: Sani SaesrautaOriginal Format: Mini DVDistributor: Artvision OYSubmitted by: Kari Hautanen


ARTVISION OY/ Kari Hautanen, Säpääntie 2, 33450 Siivikkala Phone/Fax: 040 8236162

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Kaakkuri – Huuto lammelta


Synopsis: This is a documentary of one summer at the isolated pond deep in the forest, which has been a home for the Red-Throated diver couple for many summers. There are about a thousand couples of Red-Throated divers nesting in Finland. The bird is also associated with many beliefs – its cry is said to predict the rain, at times to bring luck and at others misfortune. Hearing the Red-Throated diver’s call, that primeval song, in the quiet wilderness is an astounding nature experience.

Production Organization(s): Luonto-Opastus BotaurusProducer: Jenni SiitonenDirector: Pekka MandartPhotographer: Hannu Siitonen, Mikko PöllänenPicture Editor: Liisa Vartiainen Script Writer: Pekka Mandart, Hannu Siitonen, Jenni SiitonenSound: Antero HonkanenOriginal Format: DigiBetaDistributor: Yle TV 1Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)

Jenni Siitonen, Melkoniementie 1016, 59210 MelkoniemiPhone/Fax: +358 40 8412849E-mail: [email protected]: http://web.mac.com/hannu.siitonen

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Liliputian Mimicri


Synopsis:their size and their amazing ability to hide, they are almost invisible to the human eye. By applying special camera techniques and using the help of experienced “critter hunters” these sea critters are at last brought to the screen. Special sounds and visual effects, funny animations and fantastic wildlife stories. A joyful, happy documentary suitable for all ages.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Zsolt Tóth Marcell, Tibor DombováriDirector: Dávid Attila MolnárPhotographer: Dávid Attila Molnár, Zsolt Tóth MarcellPicture Editor: Dávid Attila Molnár, Zsolt Tóth MarcellScript Writer: Dávid Attila MolnárSound: András MezöNarrator: Nick ThorpeEffects Editor:Composer: Attila Mátyás MerkabaOriginal Format: DVCAMDistributor:


Phone/Fax: +36 30 655 77 22

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Budapest Wild

Country: Hungary Language: Hungarian (English subtitles)Length: 30’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: How it feels like, to live in Budapest? The answer to this question is

represents only a small minority. Like it or not, people’s numbers are exceeded by other creatures. There are hundreds of secretive mammals,thousands of timid birds, millions of adaptive invertebrates, evergreen plants and billions of mysterious microbes of all kinds also living inthis city. They too, profess themselves budapestians. And to your question they’ll all answer as one: Man, we’re having fun! Hope you’ll have fun, too...

Production Organization(s): T.ZS.M. Film Production,

Producer: Zsolt Tóth MarcellDirector: Zsolt Marcell TothPhotographer: Zsolt Marcell TothPicture Editor: Zsolt Tóth MarcellScript Writer: Attila Dávid MornárSound: Attila Mátyás MerkabaNarrator: Pál SztarenkiComposer: Attila Mátyás Merkaba

Original Format: HDV


K.l. utca 9., HungaryPhone/Fax: +36306646574 +3612434349

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The Baltic Sea

Country: Germany Language: GermanyLength: 44’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: There is a sea with a boundless wealth in forms, colours and life, born at the end of the ice age – the biggest brackwater sea of the world: the Baltic Sea. In the south the coastline of Germany where water and land mingles, rest area for thousands of cranes and other migratory birds. In the east the huge dunes of Lithuania – a Sahara in the middle of Europe. In the North between Finland and Sweden the tiny granite islands of the Schären archipelago – nursery of the grey

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jörn RöverDirector: Thomas WillersPhotographer: Thomas WillersComposer: Mark JoggerstOriginal Format: 16:9Distributor:


GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166E-mail: [email protected]

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Wild Estonia –

Country: Germany Language: GermanyLength: 44’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: The world renown scriptwriter and singer Jaan Tätte never lost its love for the nature of his homeland. Every spare minute he is outdoors observing animals

Urmas Eero Liiv accompanies Jaan Tätte and his son over the course of one year and combines in outstanding pictures the wildlife and nature of Estonia.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jörn RöverDirector: Urmas Eero LiivPhotographer: Maris MaskalansPicture Editor: Urmas Eero Liiv, Raimonds SpakovskisScript Writer: Valdis AbolsComposer: Ardo Ran VarresOriginal Format: 16:9Distributor:



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The Humpback Code


Synopsis: Meet aliens that are living right here on Earth. Creatures whose lives are so remote from our own, living in an environment which is less discovered than the surface of the moon. These aliens are Humpback Whales. The deep

history the Humpback Whales tell us their story, a story that is 35 million years in the making. We enter their fascinating world.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jörn RöverDirector: Daniel OpitzPhotographer: Jason Sturgis / Florian Melzer / Daniel OpitzPicture Editor: Stefan CanhamScript Writer: Daniel OpitzSound: Torsten SilbermannNarrator: Rob QuirkComposer: Felix Halbe & Lars JebsenOriginal Format: 16:9Distributor:



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Megafalls of the Iguacu


Synopsis: They lie imbedded like a precious jewel in the deep rainforest – along the border of Argentina and Brazil: The Falls of Iguaçu. The cascades are the biggest in the world, wider than the enormous Victoria Falls and higher than the famous Niagara Falls. Over a distance of 2.700 meters the waters fell down with deafening noise – about 80 meters deep. Day by day countless drops of water raise over the wuthering spectacle. Sunlight and dazzling rainbows give the scenery a surreal light.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jörn RöverDirector: Christian BaumeisterPhotographer: Christian BaumeisterPicture Editor: Stefan CanhamScript Writer: Christian BaumeisterSound: Torsten SilbermannNarrator: Jeremy NorthamComposer: Oliver HeussOriginal Format: 16:9Distributor: Parthenon Entertainment



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Mara –


Synopsis: The river Mara in East Africa runs through two of Africa’s most important nature reserves: Masai Mara in Kenya and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

can be observed, and the river plays a crucial role in the famous migration of the wildebeest. When the animals cross the river, hungry crocodiles already lie in wait for them. The images of the crossing are breathtaking and world-famous. But only few people are familiar with the rest of the Mara. The documentary portrays

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jörn RöverDirector: Peter GlaubPhotographer: Peter GlaubPicture Editor: Renate OberScript Writer: Peter GlaubNarrator: Rob QuirkComposer: Kolja ErdmannOriginal Format: 16:9Distributor:


Hamburg, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 : +49 40 6688 5166E-mail: [email protected]

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Polar Bears –

Country: Germany Language: EnglishLength:Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jörn RöverDirector: Thomas BehrendPhotographer: Thomas Behrend, Uwe Anders,

Roland Gockel, Christina KarliczekPicture Editor: Patrick WoltersScript Writer: Thomas BehrendNarrator: Rob QuirkComposer: Mark JoggerstOriginal Format: 16:9Distributor:


Hamburg, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166E-mail: [email protected]

Synopsis: With a weight of almost a ton and a height of 2.5 metres, it is the biggest land-based predator of our planet: the polar bear. Its hunting grounds

seemingly endless biosphere, the polar bear rules undisputed. No other animal is able to stand up to this huge bear, which without a doubt is the “King of the Arctic”.

star in a nature documentary.

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Carpa Diem

Country: Italy Language:Length: 2’Completion date: 2006

Producer: AmapDirector: Sergio CannellaPhotographer: Roberta AllegriniPicture Editor: Ivan MonterossoScript Writer: Sergio CannellaComposer: Ivan MonterossoOriginal Format: miniDV


Synopsis:swimming an an aquarium, while her younger brother is playing in the bathroom, listening to music and letting the water run in the sink. A waste of water that could turn ino tragedy..

Sergio Cannella, Via Notarbartolo 54, ItalyPhone/Fax: +39 3474574146E-mail: [email protected]: www.sergiocannella.it

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Country: India Language: Indian (english subtitles)Length: 33’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Agriculture is all about getting water on time in sync with the needs of the crop at different stages of its growth. There are several days in the monsoon when there is no rain. Such prolonged dry spells can ruin the kharif crop. This

and unchecked, it takes away precious topsoil of the farm. These simple, low-cost measures can mean the difference between drought and prosperity for farmers in India.

Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli Tehsil, District – Dewas, Madhya Pradesh – 455227, IndiaPhone/Fax: +91 727127577 +917271275500E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Production Organization(s): Samaj Pragati SahayogProducer: Samaj Pragati SahayogDirector: Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit JainPhotographer: Rabindra Kumar BarikPicture Editor: Pinky Brahma ChoudhuryScript Writer: Mihir ShahSound: Laxmi Narayan DeoraNarrator: Mihir ShahEffects Editor: Shobhit JainComposer: Arjun Sen, Shobhit Jain

P.S. Vijay Shankar, Rangu Rao, Nivedita BanerjiOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: Samaj Pragati Sahayog


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A pearl in the Baltic Sea


Synopsis: An short introduction of the island Stora Karlsö which is located on the Swedis coast. It’s a wide but short presentation of the animals, history and the ringmarkling of the Common Guillemots.

Director: Atte Henriksson & Olli NyholmPhotographer: Atte HenrikssonPicture Editor: Atte HenrikssonScript Writer: Atte HenrikssonSound: Atte HenrikssonNarrator: Malcolm Dixelius Composer: Rozovian / Andreas GrönroosOriginal Format: Anamorphic 16:9 PAL


Atte Henriksson, Rovastintie 12, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 505313452E-mail: [email protected]

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Seed Hunter

Country: Australia Language: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:

ancestral origins of our staple foods.Seed Hunter will take you on a remarkable journey from the drought ravaged farms of Australia, to the heart of the Middle East, to the mountains of Tajikistan where Aussie scientist Dr.Ken Street and his team of ’gene detectives’ hunt for plant genes that will help withstand the impact of 21st century global warming.

Production Organization(s): 360 Degree FilmsProducer: Sally IngletonDirector: Sally IngletonPhotographer: Phil Bull ASCPicture Editor: Tony Stevens ASEScript Writer: Sally Ingleton, Mark Lewis, David TileySound: Dan Miau, Jim Graham, Jonothan WilsonNarrator: Tara MoriceComposer: Felicity Fox

Dr. Ken StreetOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: National Geographic Television International


360 Degree Films, PO Box 418, Brunswick, 3056 AustraliaPhone/Fax: +61 3 9948 1922 +61 3 9948 1920

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Ridge Area Treatment


Synopsis:problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising locally available natural resources.It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness

This approach constitutes a new paradigm of development that does not seek mastery over nature but grows organicaly from the soil, achieving environmnetal regeneration, livelihood security and people’s empowerment, all in one stroke.





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Boulder Checks


Synopsis:problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising locally available natural resources.It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness involved






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Gabion Structures


Synopsis:problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising

details of location, design and construction of earthern dam, the most important of watershed structures. It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness involved in






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Earthen Dams


Synopsis:problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising

details of location, design and construction of earthern dam, the most important of watershed structures. It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness involved in






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Crude


Synopsis: Crude – a timely and enthralling guide to oil. Where does it come from? When will it run out? Where is it driving us? This extraordinary documentary sweeps through the ages: from birth of oil deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past, to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. Now, as we crest the peak of production, Crudesuggests that our headlong rush to exploit the remaining resource will lead us down a dangerous road to the future. A road the planet has travelled before…

Production Organization(s): Australian Broadcasting CorporationProducer: Richard SmithDirector: Richard SmithPhotographer: Richard Smith, Julian MatherPicture Editor: Lile JudickasScript Writer: Richard SmithSound: Mark Walker, Richard Smith, Paul FreemanNarrator: Richard SmithEffects Editor: Matt Drummond, Hive StudiosComposer: Pete DrummondOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: ABC Commercial (attention Karen Dacey)

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, GPO BOX 9994, Sydney, 2001, AustraliaPhone/Fax: +61 419 242 749 +61 2 9949 2814E-mail: [email protected]: www.abc.net.au/science/crude

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Synopsis: In the ”Gate of the Birds” documentary we are following the Barn swallows summer nesting habits in a certain small Finnish farmyard and their

a story about the special relationship between humans and the swallows and its

The Gate of the Birds

Country: Finland Language: EnglishLength: 49’Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s): Tuotantoyhtiö Aranu OyProducer: Anu Hakkinen Director: Ari HakkinenPhotographer: Ari Hakkinen, Markku TissarinenPicture Editor: Ari HakkinenScript Writer: Ari HakkinenSound: Joonas HakkinenNarrator: Jonathan HutchingsEffects Editor: Joonas HakkinenComposer: Alexander VygotskyOriginal Format: DVCamSubmitted by: Anu & Ari Häkkinen

Award category: BEST FINNISH FILMS, BEST NORDIC FILMS

Tuotantoyhtiö Aranu Oy, Vartiotie 3, 45100 Kouvola, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 50 3092083

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The Honey Buzzard


Synopsis: A harrowing 15 minutes short ‘The Honey Buzzard’ is an observational piece showing the distressing effects of illegal hunting activities on birds of prey in Malta.

as it is examined by a vet and then, due to the nature of its injuries, humanely put to sleep.Here, the viewer is invited to ‘bare witnesses to the real suffering cause by illegal

Producer: Director: Photographer: Picture Editor: Sound: Effects Editor: Composer: Original Format: DVCam Pal 16x9 StereoSubmitted by: Stephen Cummings


Stephen Cummings, 5 Bracewell Grove, Halifax, West Yorkshire,HX3 5HP, UKPhone/Fax: +44(0)1422360548 +44(0)7717615518E-mail:

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Birds, Bins & Bullets


Synopsis: Malta is well known in bird-watching circles for its annual slaughter of birds of prey and illegal spring hunting, and conservationists from all over the world attend camps there in an effort to combat this “traditional pastime” and to wrestle the countryside from the grip of 15,000 hunters and return it to the Maltese people.“Birds, Bins & Bullets” follows such a group as they work alongside the Malta Police Force and Birdlife Malta.Aggressive hunters, cars blown up, forest rangers and conservationists shot at, loaded weapons seized by police: this is conservation at the sharp end.

Producer: Director: Photographer: Picture Editor: Sound: Effects Editor: Composer:

Original Format: DVCam Pal 16x9 StereoSubmitted by: Stephen Cummings


Stephen Cummings, 5 Bracewell Grove, Halifax, West Yorkshire,HX3 5HP, UKPhone/Fax: +44(0)1422360548 +44(0)7717615518E-mail:

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Country: Norway Language: EnglishLength: 46’Completion date: 2007

University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, 5007 Bergen, NorwayPhone/Fax: +47 99236182 +47 55589667E-mail: [email protected]

Fields of Demeter, Seasons in the European Landscape of Culture

Synopsis: For thousands of years traditional agriculture has shaped the landscapes diversity of Europe. “Fields of Demeter” is a voyage through the visible and invisible European cultural landscape.

who sensitively work the land. The landscape and its wonders belong to future generations.

Production Organization(s): UNIFOB Natural scienceProducer: Knut KrzywinskiDirector: Knut Krzywinski and Graham TownsleyPhotographer: Chris CoxPicture Editor: Sergio Ramirez and Mike BarrettScript Writer: Knut Krzywinski and Graham TownsleySound: Paul LangwadeNarrator: Tom Jackson and Ellie PiercyEffects Editor: Chris RadcliffeComposer: Scanner & Max de Wardener

University of: Bergen, Vienna , Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria, National University of Ireland, Genova, Instituto da Conservacão da Natureza,University of Santiago de Compostela,The Swedish Biodiversity Centre

Original Format: HDDistributor: UNIFOB Natural scienceSubmitted by: Knut KrzywinskiAward category: BEST NORDIC FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS

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Crane Migration of the Hortobágyon


Synopsis: One of the greatest treasures of the Hortobágy’s special fauna is beyond doubt the water avifauna, which is admired and surveyed by ornithologists from all over the whole world. It is mainly at the time of the birds’ migration in spring and autumn that the wetlands of the park spring into commotion, wild geese and mallards arrive in their thousands, but the greatest spectacle is to be provided

migration of the cranes has begun.

Production Organization(s): “Camera in the Backpack” ProductionProducer: Zsolt CsékeDirector: Zsolt Cséke Photographer: Zsolt Cséke, Attila Linzenbold, Péter KéryPicture Editor: László CsordásScript Writer: Zsolt CsékeSound: László CsordásNarrator: Jonathan WildEffects Editor: László Csordás

D. Zsolt VéghváryOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: “Camera in the Backpack” Production


“Camera in the Backpack” Production, 4032 Debrecen, Illyés Gy. U. 148; HungaryPhone/Fax: +36 70 245 3945E-mail: [email protected]

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Chernobyl, 20 years after

Country: Belarus Language: Russian ( English subtitles)Length: 31’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis:the accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the attitude of scientists to nuclear energy in general.

the norm hundreds and thousands times, and crops are grown nearby.Another character speaks of the terrible statistics of cancer illnesses, lies of the

with the enormous powers of the nuclear energy and the responsibility before the descendents.

Production Organization(s): VivaFutura StudioProducer: Kasia KamockajaDirector: Viktar KorzounPhotographer: Jury Haruliou, Aliaksandar Lavysh,

Uladzimier KaspiarovichPicture Editor: Dmitriy SushchevScript Writer: Viktar KorzounSound: Siarhiej LabandzievskiComposer: Kasia Kamockaja

Jury Bandazevsky, Ivan NikitchankaOriginal Format: Betacam SPDistributor: Viktar KorzounSubmitted by: Viktar Korzoun


VivaFutura Studio, Miarzynskaha Str. 6-16, Minsk, 220012, BelarusPhone/Fax: +375 297 564110 +375 173 310844E-mail: [email protected]

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Cassowaries


Synopsis: Cassowaries tells the action-packed, heartfelt stories of the cassowaries of Northern Australia struggling to survive after a one in 50 year cyclone destroyed

wild, endangered Southern Cassowary.A prehistoric, six-foot creature moves stealthily through the rainforest... a blazing

appears. Cassowaries takes you on an intimate journey inside the world of these

are no ordinary birds!

BK Films Pty Ltd, 12 Northwood Court, Buderim QLD 4556, AustraliaPhone/Fax: +1 646 202 1808 +1 646 416 1047E-mail: [email protected]

Production Organization(s): BK Films Pty Ltd in association with AustralianBroadcasting Corporation (ABC), BritishBroadcasting Corporation (BBC), ScreenAustralia, ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE)

Producer: Bianca Keeley, Dione GilmourDirector: Bianca Keeley, David WrightPicture Editor: Efstratios PsyridisScript Writer: Bill GarnerSound: Narrator: William McInnesEffects Editor: Lynne Butler & Mark StreetComposer: Dale Cornelius

Dr Leslie MooreOriginal Format: HDDistributor: National Geographic Television International


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Time

Country: Latvia, EstoniaLanguage: Saami (english subtitles)Length: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: A reindeer herdsman’s life ia as gently monotonous as the tundra

migration to the other. The whole time span between these two points belongs entirely to the herdsman. It’s áigi, the herdman’s time.

Production Organization(s): Vides Filmu Studija, Vesilind Producer: Uldis Cekulis, Riho VästrikDirector: Dainis KlavaPhotographer: Valdis Celmins, Uldis CekulisSound: Riho Västrik, Jüri Sooäär, Egons KronbergsOriginal Format: DigiBetaDistributor: Vides Filmu Studija, Vesilind

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS,ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS

Vides Filmu Studija, Lapu Str.17, Riga LV-1002,LatviaPhone/Fax: +371 67503588 +371 67503589E-mail: [email protected]: www.vfs.lv

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Synopsis: In North-Western Estonia there are three bigger nature conservation areas: landscape protection areas of Osmussaar and Vormsi islands and Silma nature reserve. In 2003 the European Union Life-Nature project was launched in these areas for habitat restoration. The aim of the project was to restore and maintain the semi-natural coastal grasslands to create suitable habitats for rare and

within the project.

Balance Between Man and Nature

Country: Estonia Language: Estonian (English subtitles)Length: 33’Completion date: 2006

Production Organization(s):Producer: Ago RuusDirector: Ago RuusPhotographer: Ago RuusPicture Editor: Kadri KanterScript Writer: Elle Puurmann, Ago RuusSound: Mart Kessel-OtsaDistributor:


Phone/Fax: +372 505 6691E-mail: [email protected]

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The Return of the Musk ox

Country: Estonia Language: Russia, Russian (english subtitles)Length: 52’Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s): OÜ Vesilind Producer: Riho VästrikDirector: Vassili SaranaPhotographer: Vassili SaranaScript Writer: Vassili SaranaSound: Tiina AndreasOriginal Format: DigiBetaDistributor: OÜ Vesilind


Synopsis: The experiment of repopulating the Taimyr Peninsula with the musk ox, which began thirty years ago, has enriched Arctic biodiversity. Fifty oxen taken from Northern America have by now formed a population of several thousand

sets ut to search for musk oxen in their new home at the northern tip of he Taimyr Peninsula in order to thoroughly get to know these bisons. The crew also meets other inhabitants of these areas.

Riho Västrik, Tartu mnt. 51-17, 10115 Talinn, EstoniaPhone/Fax: +372 5078067E-mail: [email protected]: www.vesilind.ee

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12 Years of Solitude

Country: India Language:Length: 24’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) is a shrub that used to grow abundantly in the shola grasslands of Western Ghats in India. The Nilgiris, which

of Neelakurinji that blossoms gregariously once in 12 years. When the Western Ghats of India turn blue, the tribesmen add 12 years to their lives. Neelakurinji is

(Murukan). The Muthuva tribe believes that their god Muruga married Valli, a Veda

her neck. For them, kurinji is the symbol of love and romance.

Production Organization(s): Renaisense FilmsProducer: Anil KottapparambilDirector: Sabu ThankappanPhotographer: Ajith PavoorPicture Editor: GiriScript Writer: Don SebastianNarrator: K B VenuComposer: Pappadam

Award category: DETRUCKTED RELEGIOUS DOC

Renaisense FilmsSabu Thankappan, IndiaTel. +9 4478 24135Email: [email protected]

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Wild Quarry

Country: Channel Islands Language: EnglishLength: 25’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The west coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands is a wild and wonderful mixture of dunes, heathland and reedbed, much of which is protected for the fabulous variety of wildlife that lives there. Yet at its heart lies a quarry where thousands of tonnes of sand are extracted every year. How can such destructive

could possibly survive alongside this industrial digging? Wild Quarry follows the life

teeming with wildlife, thanks to the careful management of its owners.

Production Organization(s): Sue Daly ProductionsProducer: Sue DalyDirector: Sue DalyPhotographer: Sue DalyPicture Editor: Sue DalyScript Writer: Sue DalySound: Sue DalyNarrator: Sue DalyComposer: Marc Mitchell

National Trust for JerseyOriginal Format: Digi Beta


Sue Daly Productions, La Vieille Maison, la Seigneurie, Sark, Channel Islands, GY9 0SFPhone/Fax: 00 44 1481 832175E-mail: [email protected]: www.suedalyproductions.com

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Wild West Jersey

Country: Channel Islands Language: EnglishLength: 36’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: In the 1970s large areas of Jersey’s west coast were used as a rubbish dump and people pressure caused terrible damage to the dunes and grassland. After years of conservation work the area is now home to a wealth of wildlife yet is still popular with the general public. Much of the land is owned and managed by

Campaign. It shows the bay through the seasons for the wildlife which thrives here and the many people who work, live and play in Wild West Jersey.

Production Organization(s): Sue Daly ProductionsProducer: Sue DalyDirector: Sue DalyPhotographer: Sue DalyPicture Editor: Sue DalyScript Writer: Sue DalySound: Sue DalyNarrator: Sue DalyComposer: Marc Mitchell

National Trust for JerseyOriginal Format: Digi Beta


Sue Daly Productions, La Vieille Maison, la Seigneurie, Sark, Channel Islands, GY9 0SFPhone/Fax: 00 44 1481 832175E-mail: [email protected]: www.suedalyproductions.com

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Country: Canada Language: EnglishLength: 8’Completion date: 2007

Production Organization(s): Fato A Mano Producer: Roberto SantaguidaDirector: Roberto SantaguidaPhotographer: Roberto SantaguidaPicture Editor: Roberto SantaguidaScript Writer: Roberto SantaguidaSound: Roberto SantaguidaNarrator: Roberto SantaguidaComposer: VariousDistributor: Roberto Santaguida / Fato A Mano


Synopsis:

Fato A Mano, 95 Girouard, Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9S 3R1Phone/Fax: +1 514 636 4210 +1 514 633 6401E-mail: [email protected]

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The Spruce

Country: Sweden Language: SwedishLength: 54’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: An old spruce, at the edge of the local wood turns out to be the perfect

Producer: Johan Karlsson Director: Johan KarlssonPhotographer: Johan KarlssonPicture Editor: Johan KarlssonScript Writer: Johan KarlssonSound: Johan KarlssonNarrator: Johan KarlssonEffects Editor: Johan KarlssonOriginal Format: Mini-DVDistributor: Johan Karlsson


Johan Karlsson, Bondorlunda 114, 59691 Skänninge, SwedenPhone/Fax: +46 70 235 9745 +46 143 30128E-mail: [email protected]

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Wild Dog Diaries

Country: India Language: EnglishLength: 47’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis:of wild dogs in south India. He turns to a tribal, Bomma, for help. A rare synergy follows, where native wisdom complements, modern learning, culminating in unveiling one of the most mysterious predators in the Indian forest – the Dhole.

‘Wild dodgs diary’ depicts a Dhole mother’s struggle to keep her family together, raise her pups and elude dangers. In the end, Krupakar bags the ultimate reward: trust of a wild dog and her family.

Producer: Senani Hegde Director: Senani HegdePhotographer: Senani Hegde, KrupakarPicture Editor: SaravanakumarScript Writer: N. BhanutejSound: Ravish K.P.

Ajay A. DesaiOriginal Format: Beta SpDistributor: National Geographic Channel


Krupakar Senani Features, No.1, 12th cross, V.V. Mohalla, Mysore-S70002, IndiaPhone/Fax: +91 98807 07177E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

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Forest – The landscape of the Finnish Soul


Synopsis: Purpose is to tell the main facts about good forestry in Finland. Behind the message are all organizations of the Finnish forest sector. Wood is a versatile raw material: papers, boards, the style and quality of wood in building and interior decoration. The entire global population can take part in this referendum through

venture that underscores natural values.

Production Organization(s): Smile Audiovisual OyProducer: Pirkko TiiriDirector: Jukka OulasvirtaPhotographer: Jukka Oulasvirta, Olli-Matti LehtorantaPicture Editor: Olli-Matti LehtorantaScript Writer: Hannes Mäntyranta, Ari Turunen,

Seppo PalminenSound: Roni KamrasDistributor: Finnish Forest Industries FederationSubmitted by: Seppo Palminen


Smile Audiovisual Oy, Tehtaankatu 29A, Helsinki, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 50 552 1360

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Finns Tend their Forests








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use of its Forests








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in their Forests








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Androgynous


Synopsis: Snails, generally acknowledged as slow and lazy, have a vivid sex life: each of the slippery hermaphroditic mollusks stick a sharp lime thorn into each other on the climax of the act, while exchanging sperm. We even get to know what all this has to do with the son of Hermes and Aphrodite.

Production Organization(s): Dunatáj Alapítvány/Foundation DunatájProducer: Sándor BuglyaDirector: Ildikó KormosPhotographer: József RákPicture Editor: János BudaSound: János BudaNarrator: András MártonEffects Editor: János BudaComposer: Mária Bakó

József Rakonczay, György SzollátOriginal Format: DV Cam


Dunatáj Foundation, 1016 Budapest, Mészáros utca 48. Hungary Phone/Fax: + 36/20-956-2054 +36/1-489-1574E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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Lunaria and the Alchimists


Synopsis: Judas chucked the entire fee of his sin on the ground. One of the coins

Production Organization(s): Dunatáj Alapítvány/Foundation DunatájProducer: Sándor BuglyaDirector: Ildikó KormosPhotographer: József RákPicture Editor: Gyula P.KovácsSound: Balázs BaloghNarrator: András MártonEffects Editor: Eszter RákComposer: Mária Bakó, Ágnes Szigethy

József Rakonczay, György Szollát, László Magyar

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Wild Poppy Seeds


Synopsis: „Sword blades and poppy seed“ – do we ever think of the tiny black dots in the poppy head as representing a muse for painters, a piece of weed by the road and a beautiful cure all in one?

Production Organization(s): Dunatáj Alapítvány/Foundation DunatájProducer: Sándor BuglyaDirector: Ildikó KormosPhotographer: József RákPicture Editor:

Sound:

Narrator: Effects Editor: Composer: Mária Bakó

József Rakonczay, György SzollátOriginal Format: DV Cam



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IVO, the Unauthorized Biography of a zoo Gorilla

Country: The Netherlands Language: Netherlandian (English subtitles)Length: 53’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Ivo is a zoo-gorilla and a very well known one. Today he lives in Berlin but he has lived in zoos throughout Europe (Germany, Holland, Spain). In each country he has been a star: people (especially women) woo his beauty and intelligence. But above all, Ivo is loved for his special bond to people. Everywhere he lived, he touched peoples hearts. Women’s hearts…Despite his popularity, Ivo’s life has not been all succesfull. He has a bigger task in life: to make gorillababies. But he hasn’t been able to do so. Berlin is his last chance for succes.

Production Organization(s): Nat ZandProducer: Saskia KluitDirector: Annick van WijkPhotographer: Rogier TimmermansPicture Editor: Peter van HoutenScript Writer: Annick van WijkSound: Marco van Zelst, Jeroen GoeijersComposer: Jeroen GoeijersOriginal Format: HDVDistributor: NPO Sales, The Netherlands

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS,

Nat Zand,Kloveniersburgwal 47, 1011 JX Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPhone/Fax: +31 20 4289585Mobile: +31 624768274E-mail: [email protected]: www.natzand.nl

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Tanka on Sandskär island

Country: Finland Language: Finnish (English subtitles)Length: 20’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The movie is based on the poetbook “Tankija saarelta Sandskär”. It’s a story of seasons on an ascetic beautiful island. The movie aims to import the importance of nature conservation with tanka-style poets, strong narration and sophisticated music. This year nuclear power plant was being built in this area. Luckily the project turned down. Silent remote places have much to give to modern,hectic people.

Producer: Pentti Olavi SyrjäläDirector: Pentti Olavi SyrjäläPhotographer: Pentti Olavi SyrjäläPicture Editor: Pentti Olavi SyrjäläScript Writer: Pentti Olavi SyrjäläSound: Pentti Olavi SyrjäläNarrator: Tane JontikkaComposer: Wasted Desing (Ilkka Syrjälä)


Pentti Olavi Syrjälä,Kanteleenkatu 4A20, 60100 Seinäjoki, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 40 7654657 E-mail: [email protected]

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Land

Country: FinlandLanguage: EnglishLength: 6’Completion date: 2008

Producer: Joakim HanssonDirector: Joakim HanssonPhotographer: Joakim HanssonPicture Editor: Joakim HanssonScript Writer: Joakim HanssonSound: Joakim HanssonSubmitted by: Joakim Hansson


Synopsis: To show a view of todays situation in the world and everyday life at the same time. Close surroundings in contrast with the surrounding world. Picture and sound recorded in the same day- a mind teaser.

Joakim Hansson, Topeliusesplandaden 21, 66900 Nykarleby, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 44 934 1003

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Fled Moments

Country: FinlandLanguage:Length: 6’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: To compress one month impressions to the shape of 1 day, shortenend

are nothing but guests in time.

Producer: Joakim HanssonDirector: Joakim HanssonPhotographer: Joakim HanssonPicture Editor: Joakim HanssonScript Writer: Joakim HanssonSound: Joakim HanssonSubmitted by: Joakim Hansson


Joakim Hansson, Topeliusesplandaden 21, 66900 Nykarleby, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 44 934 1003

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The Original Whale Riders

Country: France Language: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Laurent Soulier is a parasitologist and thinks he can save entire

must achieve something that no one has tried before! From his laboratory to the waters of New Caledonia and Polynesia, Laurent takes us to the other side of the world for an exceptional adventure, along with a discovery that could very well save the last humpback whales on the planet.

Production Organization(s): KwanzaProducer: Benjamin TernynckDirector: Jean-Michel CorillionPhotographer: Yann HubertScript Writer: Jean-Michel Corillion/ HéléneSound: Jean-Yves MunchNarrator: Paul BandeyEffects Editor: Bertrand CollardComposer: Bruno Alexiu/ KWANZA WIMBO

Laurent SoulierOriginal Format: Digital HDDistributor: Kwanza


KWANZA,18 boulevard de la République , 92100 Boulogne, Billancourt, FrancePhone/Fax: + 33 1 55 20 05 25 + 33 1 46 21 98 26E-mail:[email protected]: www.kwanza.fr

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Boreal Forest Expedition

Country: CanadaLanguage: EnglishLength: 14’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Pat Bradford teaches his daughter and infant granddaughter abou his life in the forests of Saskatchewan, Canada. Leading them down rivers and through trees, he explains fur-trapping techniques and what brings him to the land. Shot entirely on Super 8, this documentary roves over the Saskatchewan landscapes and delves into the family relationship that motivates the aging trapper.

Producer: Nick and Lindsay Bradford-EwartDirector: Nick and Lindsay Bradford-EwartPhotographer: Nick Bradford-EwartPicture Editor: Nick and Lindsay Bradford-Ewart Script Writer: Lindsay Bradford-EwartSound: Marc GriebelComposer: Julie DugganOriginal Format: Super 8


Nick Bradford-Ewart, 4027 St. George St., Canada Phone/Fax: 604 677 7752 E-mail: [email protected]: www.borealforestexpedition.blogspot.com

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Pannonian Desert

Country: HungaryLanguage: Hungarian (English subttles)Length: 29’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: The forests of Central Europe are facing a great challenge. Nobody knows for sure, how much time they have been left for acclimatization. The changing climate can alter wildlife evolution into a still unpredictable direction. However signs

damages.

Production Organization(s): Szabolcs Mosonyi ProductionsProducer: Szabolcs MosonyiDirector: Szabolcs MosonyiPhotographer: Szabolcs MosonyiPicture Editor: Szabolcs MosonyiScript Writer: Erika BagladiNarrator: Gábor VassEComposer: Vincent Varco, Pierre Langer

Dr. György Csóka, Dr. Szilárd CzóbelOriginal Format: DVCPRO HD 1080p

Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT), SCIENCE FILMS

Phone/Fax: +36 30 8554018 E-mail: [email protected]: www.szmosonyi.hu

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When the Tisa is in Flower

Country: HungaryLanguage: Hungarian (English subttles)Length: 15’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Since the year dot, the river prepares itself during a year for showing the secret on a certain day of the year, which is hidding in its deep. These strangers beings emerge from the nothing and they cover the sky in a glance, then they disappear as fast as they came…

Production Organization(s): Szabolcs Mosonyi ProductionsProducer: Szabolcs MosonyiDirector: Szabolcs MosonyiPhotographer: Szabolcs MosonyiPicture Editor: Szabolcs MosonyiScript Writer: Erika BagladiNarrator: Erika SzórádiOriginal Format: DV

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)

Phone/Fax: +36 30 8554018 E-mail: [email protected]: www.szmosonyi.hu

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A Horse called Palladium

Country: Estonia Language: Estonian (English subtitles)Length: 50’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis:Trakehner breed, whose representative he was, used to be among the most prized in Europe. By today other horse breeds have conquered the world, and only old

one of them – Palladium – are spoken about far beyond Estonia.In July 2006 Palladium was put down after breaking his leg at his home stable. Palladium became a legend.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Ago RuusDirector: Ago RuusPhotographer: Ago RuusPicture Editor: Sirje HaagelScript Writer: Raigo Kollom, Madis JürgenSound: Mart Kessel-OtsaNarrator: Raivo E. TammDistributor:


Phone/Fax: +372 505 6691E-mail: [email protected]

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Eau de Bretagne

Country: The NetherlandsLanguage: EnglishLength: 20’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis:Bretagne, featuring some unexpectetd encounters. A dedicated musical soundtrack suports the images strongly.

Production Organization(s): Submarines foundationProducer: Edward SnijdersDirector: Edward SnijdersPhotographer: Edward SnijdersPicture Editor: Edward SnijdersScript Writer: Edward SnijdersSound: Roy BemelmansNarrator: Kirsteen EasdaleComposer: Roy Bemelmans

Felice de ZwartOriginal Format: HDVDistributor: Submarines foundation


Submarines foundation, Grijzegrubben 83, 6361GL Nuth, The NetherlandsPhone/Fax: +31 6 4910 9030 E-mail: [email protected]: www.submarines.nl

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Synopsis:

Production Organization(s): Submarines foundationProducer: Edward SnijdersDirector: Edward SnijdersPhotographer: Edward SnijdersPicture Editor: Edward SnijdersScript Writer: Edward SnijdersComposer: Harry NilssonOriginal Format: HDVDistributor: Submarines foundation


Submarines foundation, Grijzegrubben 83, 6361GL Nuth, The NetherlandsPhone/Fax: +31 6 4910 9030 E-mail: [email protected]: www.submarines.nl

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Under the Northern Sky

Country: FinlandLanguage: Finnish (English subtitles)Length: 11’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis:

environment. The waters, swamps and forests with their animals and plants are presented in the circle of seasons.

Producer: Arttu KotisaraDirector: Arttu KotisaraPhotographer: Arttu KotisaraPicture Editor: Arttu KotisaraScript Writer: Arttu KotisaraSound: Harri PekkarinenComposer: Riitta KotisaraOriginal Format: Mini-dvDistributor: Videosara

Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS), LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)

Videosara, Salmenkuja 53, 44610 Kärnä, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 400 229739

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The Deer Family


Synopsis:

Producer: Arttu KotisaraDirector: Arttu KotisaraPhotographer: Arttu KotisaraPicture Editor: Arttu KotisaraScript Writer: Hirvieläintietoa Liikenteeseen-

Hankkeen OhjausrhymäSound: Martti Takalo, Artu KotisaraNarrator: Martti TakaloComposer: Martti TakaloOriginal Format: HDV Mini-dvDistributor: Metsästäjäin Keskus Järjestö, Videosara


Videosara, Salmenkuja 53, 44610 Kärnä, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 400 229739

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Best Before

Country: FinlandLanguage: FinnishLength: 26’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Top Finnish scientists are today focusing on issues related to biodiversity, climate change, nature in cities and energy solutions, from the perspectives of their own disciplines. The personal views and thoughts of leading scientists on these issues are revealed in a series of interviews conducted by upper secondary school

upper secondary school student, who starts her day by putting on her make-up. During the day she is faced with many choices related to her desires, her food, her interests and how she travels from place to place. Are these choices merely small private matters, or bigger choices with wider implications for society?

Production Organization(s): The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), University of Helsinki

Producer: The Finnish Academy of Science and LettersDirector: Kirsi Norros, Katri HaatainenPhotographer: Ari Aalto, Tuula Alanko, Reija Jokipii, Kirsi Norros,

Katri HaatainenPicture Editor: Pekka PulkkilaScript Writer: Kirsi Norros, Katri HaatainenSound: Pentti Leppäaho, Sakari HeikkaEffects Editor: Pekka PulkkilaComposer: Laszlo Bencker

Marja SorsaOriginal Format: DVDDistributor: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters


The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Mechelininkatu 34a, P.O.Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 740 1693 +358 9 5490 2190

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Sergei the Healer


Synopsis: Sergei the Healer is a touching and warm depiction of the life in a small Russian Karelian village, where young Sergei grows up in the middle of the most fabulous primeval forests in North Europe. He learns the skills needed for survival from his father Santeri and from the village’s grand old man: boat builder, Sulo.The documentary follows Sergei as he grows up and the struggle of Venehjärvi’s

boat, how to hunt a capercaillie and how to carry on the other ancient traditions of the village.

Production Organization(s): Taiga Films, in co-operation with YLE Co-productions, NDR

Producer: Petteri SaarioDirector: Juha Taskinen, Petteri SaarioPhotographer: Juha Taskinen, Petteri SaarioPicture Editor: Juha Taskinen, Petteri SaarioScript Writer: Juha Taskinen, Petteri SaarioSound: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario, Joonatan HietanenComposer: Perttu Hietanen

Marja SorsaOriginal Format: Super 16mmDistributor: Taiga Films Ltd

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Taiga Films Ltd, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910

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Synopsis: This series of six documentaries depict Finland’s most beautiful rivers with the rich nature and culture that line their banks. Documentarian Petteri Saario

country between Finland and Russia, from crystal clear source streams on to bird paradise river deltas. They paddle along the Teno River, one of the world’s most valuable salmon rivers, and they ride the rapids of the Baltic Sea’s only large free

wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.

Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2Producer: Petteri SaarioDirector: Petteri SaarioPhotographer: Petteri Saario, Jan HenrikssonPicture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo RaitahilaScript Writer: Petteri SaarioSound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario,

Joonatan HietanenNarrator: Petteri SaarioComposer: Perttu HietanenOriginal Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacamDistributor: DocArt


DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910

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Life between the Elbe Dikes


Synopsis: The river Elbe in Germany. One of the most original European

today as the nature of this region has little in common with its original form. Dense

developed, dikes dominate the scenery. But now the people at the Elbe revise their treatment of the river: Aurochs, Przewalski horses and other, once disapperad wild animals return to the riverbanks. Can the original river wilderness be revived?

Production Organization(s): Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbHProducer: Olaf JacobsDirector: Anne MeseckePhotographer: Heribert Schöller, Guido KilbertPicture Editor: Klaus EichlerScript Writer: Anne MeseckeSound: Sven PieskerNarrator: David NathanComposer: Andreas Kuse

Heribert SchöllerDistributor: Telepool GmbH


Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH,Scheffelstr. 31a, 04277 Leipzig, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 341 2413 850 +49 341 2413 851E-mail: [email protected]: www.hoferichterjacobs.de

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Floodplains


Synopsis: The Sava riverbanks are among the least modernised in europe. Nowhere else could such a large and cohesive area of riverside woodland be preserved. For centuries the Slavonian farmers graze their cattle here and thereby created a unique landscape. Some shepherds live this old tradition up till today

modernization though, this original form of farming is in danger of extinction. Will the peasants favor modern stock farming over their old pact with the river Sava?

Production Organization(s): Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbHProducer: Olaf JacobsDirector: Anne MeseckePhotographer: Heribert Schöller, Guido KilbertPicture Editor: Klaus EichlerScript Writer: Anne MeseckeSound: Sven PieskerNarrator: David NathanComposer: Andreas Kuse

Heribert SchöllerDistributor: Telepool GmbH


Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH,Scheffelstr. 31a, 04277 Leipzig, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 341 2413 850 +49 341 2413 851E-mail: [email protected]: www.hoferichterjacobs.de

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Sand, Wind, Water


Synopsis: Before 1874, the dune areas of The Hague in the Netherlands, contained many rare plant species. When the dune water was used as drinking

with too many fertilizing compounds, causing rare plant species to dissappear. To restore the former wet dune slacks , the natural processes had to be retraced and set into motion again. Only after that could the natural play of sand, wind and water be regained. Now slowly rare plants and animals return.

Production Organization(s): Filmproductie van den Ende c.v.Producer: Jan C. van den EndeDirector: Monique M. van den BroekPhotographer: Jan C. van den EndePicture Editor: Jan C. van den Ende, Monique M. van den BroekScript Writer: Jan C. van den Ende, Monique M. van den BroekSound: BKS studioNarrator: Tony MaplesComposer: Library Music

Prof. Eddy van der MeijdenDistributor: Filmproductie van den Ende c.v.Submitted by: Monique van den Broek


Filmproductie van den Ende c.v.,Bezuidenhoutseweg 265 A, 2594 AN DEN HAAG, The NetherlandsPhone/Fax: +31 (0)70 385 86 76

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The Wild sheep,

Country: NorwayLanguage: EnglishLength: 28’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: Hilde quit her well-paid job, sold everything she had and moved with her daughter and new boyfriend to the ebautiful island of Grøneng on the west coast of Norway. Here, they started running a farm and tending wild sheep. But seven months later her boyfriend died, and Hilde sat heartbroken on an isolated island with her daughter, 300 wild sheep, two cats, a dog, two horses and a cunning fox that killed many of the new-born lambs.

Production Organization(s): Embla Film ASProducer: Anne MagnussenDirector: Anne MagnussenPhotographer: Gvidas Kovera, Anne MagnussenPicture Editor: Skule EriksenScript Writer: Jan C. van den Ende, Monique M. van den BroekSound: Composer: Anne-Regina KayserOriginal Format: DigibetaDistributor: Embla Film ASSubmitted by: The Norwegian Film Institute


Embla Film AS, Bergenhus 13, 5003 Bergen, Norway Phone/Fax: +47 9901 2370

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Breaking the Ice-Arctic Style


Synopsis:the course of his expeditions, he carried out extensive gathering and measuring of meteorological and geophysical data in the Arctic Ocean. Nansen’s ground-breaking ideas are still valid today, and the measurements he carried out over 100 years ago still constitute the foundation for most of today’s climate research.

Production Organization(s): Video RespectoProducer: Kurt SaloDirector: Kurt SaloPicture Editor: Frank LudvigsenComposer: Nils P. JohansenOriginal Format: DigibetaDistributor: Embla Film ASSubmitted by: The Norwegian Film Institute


Video Respecto, Hornsundveien 21 , 9013 Tromsø, Norway E-mail: [email protected]

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A Bat Mystery


Synopsis:the course of his expeditions, he carried out extensive gathering and measuring of meteorological and geophysical data in the Arctic Ocean. Nansen’s ground-breaking ideas are still valid today, and the measurements he carried out over 100 years ago still constitute the foundation for most of today’s climate research.

Production Organization(s): Pilskog FilmProducer: Are PilskogDirector: Are PilskogPhotographer: Are PilskogPicture Editor: Are PilskogScript Writer: Are PilskogSound: Are PilskogComposer: Tonje Unstad, Petter CarlsenOriginal Format: DVcamSubmitted by: The Norwegian Film Institute


Phone/Fax: +47 97766471

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Country: IndiaLanguage: EnglishLength: 9’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Today’s environmental problems have reached to its peak. Many people,

But unfortunately all this effort is From the point of view of ’Human’...if we look at it from the point of view of Nature the answers Could be different.... We take every thing for granted and assume that all this natural wealth belongs to us! Indian philosophy gives some directions and ways to overcome this mind set.

Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video FilmProducer: Jagdish KulkarniDirector: Jagdish KulkarniPhotographer: Sandip AvdhaniPicture Editor: SheshgiriScript Writer: Prafulla ChikerurSound: Ilias MissyrisNarrator: Nik Van Eckmann

Ilias MissyrisOriginal Format: Betacam


Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIAPhone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158E-mail: [email protected]

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Eco Foot print:


Synopsis: This is quickie. Today mankind is consuming more that the Earth can Earn. Our rate of consumption has exceeded the rate of reproduction of resources. We should be serious about our ECO FOOTPRINTS. If great care is not taken at this stage, our sustainability is in danger!Instead of leaving ecological footprints we can think of creative footprints...

Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video FilmProducer: Jagdish KulkarniDirector: Jagdish KulkarniPhotographer: Sandip AvdhaniPicture Editor: SheshgiriScript Writer: Prafulla ChikerurSound: SheshgiriNarrator: Reena Thakar

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Go for Eco Relief


Synopsis: This is quickie. Today mankind is consuming more that the Earth can Earn. Our rate of consumption has exceeded the rate of reproduction of resources. We should be serious about our ECO FOOTPRINTS. If great care is not taken at this stage, our sustainability is in danger!Instead of leaving ecological footprints we can think of less consumerism and





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Economics of Ecology


Synopsis: This is quickie. Today mankind is consuming more that the Earth can Earn. Our rate of consumption has exceeded the rate of reproduction of resources. We should be serious about our ECO FOOTPRINTS. If great care is not taken at this stage, our sustainability is in danger!





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Space TV News


Synopsis: This is quickie. Somewhere in the space ...on some other planet....There is TV and news are going on...the news are translated in English....There is a commercial from residents of Earth....The commercial says that the people on earth need a new planet.. Just like Earth!





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Who is Wild


Synopsis: Animals in the jungle are often termed as wild animals. If you see the

calling them wild...what are we doing with Earth-Nature and Environment. This is more Wild...!





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In the Name of Roses

Country: FranceLanguage: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Over the course of a lifetime, a single human being can produce over 6 tonnes of excrement. But despite its importance, it emains a subject of great taboo. So for those with a delicate disposition, whenever we refer to our number twos or faeces, stool, turds, shit, crap, dropings and poo-poos we’ll be using a more fragarnt code name: the rose. We will be facing our greatest taboo head on as we examine our “roses” in more detail than ever before. Picking apart their petals one by one.

Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Thierry BerrodPhotographer: Quincy Russell, Jean-Pierre RivalainPicture Editor: Thierry BerrodScript Writer: Thierry BerrodSound: Thierry BerrodNarrator: Alexander LaubeEffects Editor: Damien Steck, Pierre-Loic PrecaustaComposer: Gilbert Grilli

Cyrille Harpet, Emmanuel AdlerOriginal Format: Digi BetaDistributor: Mona Lisa Production


Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, FrancePhone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47E-mail: [email protected]: www.monalisa-prod.com

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Spider Game


Synopsis: Habitually associated with the colour black, with death, the spider

inspires repulsion, to the point of phobia in certain individuals. Its dark velvety appearance, its rapidity and the unpredictable nature of its movements are often cited as reasons for this repulsion. This judgement is hasty, irrational and unjust, since out of the 35.000 recorded species, only a hundred or so can actually cause reaction in humans and only a dozen are really dangerous. Yet our view of the spider is always tainted with disgust or fear.


Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Thierry BerrodPhotographer: Quincy Russell, Jean-Pierre Rivalain,

Gerard SergentPicture Editor: Thierry BerrodScript Writer: Thierry BerrodSound: Thierry BerrodNarrator: Mike AndrewsEffects Editor: Damien Steck, Pierre-Loic Precausta,

Stephane LefortComposer: Gilbert GrilliOriginal Format: Digi BetaDistributor: Mona Lisa Production


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Sentinel Animals – Warning! Soil Pollution


Synopsis: Certain animal species have astonishing physiological reactions when faced with pollution or the signs of an impending natural disaster. Their instincts or physilogies, their proximity to natur, make them the best allies of humans for reducing the natural and industrial risks that threaten Earth.

Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Kamel KezadriPhotographer: Vincent FooyPicture Editor: Anne-Sophie de Brauer, Pierre-Loic PrecaustaScript Writer: Kamel Kezadri ,Thierry Berrod, Cyrille HarpetSound: Kamel KezadriNarrator: Alexander LaubeEffects Editor: Damien Steck, Pierre-Loic PrecaustaComposer: Gilbert GrilliOriginal Format: Digi BetaDistributor: Mona Lisa Production



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Sentinel Animals – Warning! Water Pollution


Synopsis: Certain animal species have astonishing physiological reactions when faced with pollution or the signs of an impending natural disaster. Their instincts or physilogies, their proximity to natur, make them the best allies of humans for reducing the natural and industrial risks that threaten Earth.

Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Vincent AmourouxPhotographer: Jean-Pierre RivalainPicture Editor: Vincent AmourouxScript Writer: Vincent Amouroux,Thierry Berrod, Cyrille HarpetSound: Vincent AmourouxNarrator: Alexander LaubeComposer: Gilbert Grilli

Cyrille HarpetOriginal Format: Digi BetaDistributor: Mona Lisa Production



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Vanuatu, The Pig Islands


Synopsis:have a fascintion for a particular animal. Sacred stones honour its memory, drums announce its presence, dances and chants celebrate its glory, it embodies wealth, it is at the center of their traditions. For centuries, the people of Vanuatu have venerated it… the pig.

Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Jean-Pierre RivalainPhotographer: Jean-Pierre RivalainPicture Editor: Jean-Pierre RivalainScript Writer: Jean-Pierre Rivalain,Thierry BerrodSound: Kate StoneyNarrator: Alexander LaubeeEffects Editor: Damien SteckComposer: Gilbert Grilli

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In the Beginning was the Mud


Synopsis: Mud has a quality unique on Earth: in mud are concentrated all the building blocks necessary for the construction of life; in mud, the link between

ecology specialist, takes us to the Kaw River estuary, near the border between Brazil and French Guyana, and in the immediate vicinity of an immense mud bank. This region is like an open laboratory enabling us to observe the behaviour of the mud’s strange and fragile inhabitants.

Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Luc RiolonPhotographer: Luc Riolon, Gerard Sergent, Jean-Marie CornuelPicture Editor: Francois-Philippe GalloisScript Writer: Luc RiolonSound: Luc RiolonNarrator: Alexander LaubeEffects Editor: Damien SteckComposer: Felix Sabal-Lecco

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in the Swamp


Synopsis: There was once a swamp, that no human had ever penetrated. And for good reason: it was totally inaccessible, located in the heart of an immense wetland on the border between Brazil and Guyana. A small paradise of sorts, where life appeared to run its course in perfect harmony. A variety of inhabitants, astonishing and rare, had chosen to live there: birds, reptiles and plants found nowhere else on Earth. A type of sanctuary for rare species and certainly, the last sanctuary of the black caiman. This swamp was soon to reveal its most intimate secrets.

Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry BerrodDirector: Luc Riolonse Photographer: Luc Riolon, Gerard Sergent, Jean-Marie CornuelPicture Editor: Francois-Philippe GalloisScript Writer: Luc RiolonSound: Luc RiolonNarrator: Alexander LaubeComposer: Felix Sabal-Lecco

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Synopsis: Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem.

Production Organization(s): Cultural Cooperative Signs of Life, Saami CouncilProducer: Hannu HyvönenDirector: Hannu HyvönenPhotographer: Maarten van Royveay, Rikhard Saukko,

Hannu Hyvönen, Ossi KakkoPicture Editor: Ossi Kakko, Hannu Hyvönen, Rikhard SaukkoScript Writer: Hannu Hyvönen, Pauliina FeodoroffSound: Ossi KakkoNarrator: Rita ThomassenComposer: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Wimme Saari,

Ulla Pirttijärvi, Niilas SombyOriginal Format: DVDistributor: Documentary Educational Resource

www.der.orgAward category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS,

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Europe’s Last Spotted Eagles

Country: FinlandLanguage: EnglishLength: 29’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem.

Production Organization(s): Yle FST5 & TV-Production Petri Merta kyProducer: Göran Plam (Yle),

Petri Merta (TV-Production Petri Merta ky)Director: Petri MertaPhotographer: Petri MertaPicture Editor: Petri MertaScript Writer: Petri MertaSound: Petri MertaNarrator: Mike DaviesComposer: Olli PerttulaOriginal Format: Digi BetaDistributor: TV-Production Petri Merta ky


TV-Production Petri Merta ky, Villilänniemi 8 D 14, 33300 FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 400 625381 +358 32125066

Website: www.mertavisio.com

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KAZA – A Megapark for Elephants

Country: GermanyLanguage: EnglishLength: 58’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Over the past century borders and fences have blocked the annual migration of elephants and large ungulates all over Africa. Now, to ebsure that they

are establishing a gigantic conservation zone: The Kavango/Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, or KAZA. By means of green corridors national game reserves are linked into one megapark, where elephants move freely and people have a chance at a beter life, and a future without war or poverty. KAZA is a hope and a good news from Africa for the world.

Production Organization(s): Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)Producer: Monika SeiffertDirector: Cornelia VolkPhotographer: Jürgen JozefowiczPicture Editor: Dietmar KäfertScript Writer: Cornelia VolkNarrator: Volker Lechtenbrink, Thomas DehlerOriginal Format: Digi BetaDistributor: Telepool GmbH Leipzig


Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Kantstr. 71-73, 04275 Leipzig, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 341 3004339 +49 341 3004365E-mail: [email protected]: www.mdr.de/tiere

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The Weather Prophets

Country: Germany/SwitzerlandLanguage: German (English subtitles) Length: 62’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: The „Muotathal” is based near the Gotthard/Suisse. Here the weather changes very fast. The farmers have to react immediately to these changes. Therefore they have learned to forecast the weathersituation. They are the “weatherprophets”. Depending on their long experience with nature, they have learned to forecast weather depending on little changes in nature.

Production Organization(s): CFFProducer: Christoph FelderDirector: Christoph FelderPhotographer: Christoph FelderSound: Andreas Lambert

Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES,(ETHNOGRAPHICAL DOC)

CFF, Marienstr. 5, 51491 Overath, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 220 4987716E-mail: [email protected]: www.cff-online.de

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The Last Bus

Country: Germany, AustriaLanguage: GermanLength: 12’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Three lonely travelers, a stranded woman from the sea, a tired man from Asia and a last bus driver from Lisbon meet on the abyss of life. The care for each other connects their journey into the night.

Production Organization(s): Abadon ProductionProducer: Maria HenggeDirector: Maria HenggePhotographer: Filip Hirschegger, Clemens SeizPicture Editor: Clemens SeizScript Writer: Maria HenggeSound: Luca WinklerNarrator: Maria HenggeComposer: Alexandre SoaresOriginal Format: 35mmDistributor: Maria Hengge


Maria Hengge, Chodowieckistr. 34, 10405 Berlin, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 163 8294145E-mail: [email protected]: www.thelastbus.de

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Roads of the Sea

Country: Finland/SwedenLanguage: SwedishLength: 27’Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s): Quetzalcoatl ProductionProducer: Heikki TimonenDirector: Boris ErssonPhotographer: Boris ErssonPicture Editor: Boris ErssonScript Writer: Boris ErssonSound: Boris ErssonNarrator: Boris ErssonEffects Editor: Boris ErssonOriginal Format: DV


Phone/Fax: +46 920255258 +46 703587711 E-mail: [email protected]: www.marebotnicum.com

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segling ner till Bjuröklubb, en av Bottenvikens mest intressanta platser med historia

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Synopsis: Del 2: Kvarken - en bro av sten och vattenDen andra delen börjar vid Västerbottens kust med den skyddade hamnen Ratan där segelskeppen som byggdes i gamla tider mättes och registrerades. Flera

ryska krigsmakten anföll Sverige. Vi skildrar ett svensk och ett ryskt soldatöde

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Coast of the Boatbuilders





Synopsis: Del 3: Jätten Finn tappade sin stora säck med sten i havet - och en

segelskepp skildras.

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Encounters at the Sea



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fortsätter upp till Bottenvikens största ö Hailuoto som är en egen kommun ute i

lotsar och ett hamncafé där folk träffas.

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Trempülkawe, Giants of Sea

Country: Chile, ArgentinaLanguage: Spanish (English subtitles)Length: 33’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: According to the indigenous myth from Trempülkawe, four mapuche women who were magically turned into whales carry the souls of the dead to the island of Mocha. From there they set sail in a funeral raft to an unknown region in the west. Aboard the Octobasse, a group of young men sail to the Corcovado coast in the

Production Organization(s): Antartica Films, Universidad del CineProducer: Antonio Molina Montecinos Director: Antonio Molina MontecinosPhotographer: Gaspar Citoler , Antonio Molina MontecinosPicture Editor: Cristoph BehlScript Writer: Antonio Molina MontecinosSound: Damian TurkiehNarrator: Yanko GonzalesComposer: Ulises Conti

Alejandro Perez MatusOriginal Format: DVDistributor: Premium Media - ArgentinaSubmitted by: Antonio Molina Montecinos

Award category: UNAVAILABLE(PREVIEW dvd DID NOT ARRIVE)

Antartica Films, Univesridad del Cine de Buenos Aires, Salguero 1417 1º 3 Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone/Fax: +34665103081

Website: www.trempulkawe.org

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Rebirth

Country: EstoniaLanguage: Estonian (English subtitles) Length: 18’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis:disorder. It happens every spring: the Rebirth.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Rein MaranDirector: Joosep MatjusPhotographer: Joosep MatjusPicture Editor: Katri RannastuScript Writer: Joosep MatjusSound: Horret KuusNarrator: Joosep Matjus

Joosep Matjus, Harry PõldsamSubmitted by:


Joosep Matjus, Välja 42, Kohila, Raplamaa 79804; EstoniaPhone/Fax: +327 5216949E-mail: [email protected]

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Summer Documentary

Country: EstoniaLanguage: Estonian (English subtitles) Length: 9’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis:deer: the mating season.

Production Organization(s): Baltic Film and Media SchoolProducer: Joosep MatjusDirector: Joosep MatjusPhotographer: Joosep MatjusPicture Editor: Joosep MatjusScript Writer: Joosep MatjusSound: Juhani JuurikNarrator: Joosep Matjus

Joosep Matjus, Harry PõldsamSubmitted by: Baltic Film and Media School


Joosep Matjus, Välja 42, Kohila, Raplamaa 79804; EstoniaPhone/Fax: +327 5216949E-mail: [email protected]

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Dear Earth Part 1: Splendid Earth

Country: South AfricaLanguage: DutchLength: 24’Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s): Homebrew FilmsProducer: Joco LoubserDirector: Willie SteenkampPhotographer: Jorrie van der Walt, Pieter Seyffert, Tim Wege,

Falk Eggert, Len FletcherPicture Editor: Noel CloeteScript Writer: Willie Steenkamp, Jeannie Hayward,

Dave PeplerSound: Stef AlbertynNarrator: Dave PeplerEffects Editor: Noel Cloete

Dave PeplerOriginal Format: DVcamDistributor: Hemebrew Films


Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425

Synopsis: “Groen” is a weekly environmental show produced by a small team of naturalsts for television broadcast. The four-part “Liewe Aarde” series was produced in conjunction with the WWF-SA Consumer Campaign around World Environment Month 2008. During the month of June, the Broadcaster (kykNET and Mnet), as

on how to lower your carbon fotprint, and included several inserts during contnuity links on hoe to save energy. The “Liewwe Aaarde” series was also accompanied by two interactive websites for the duration of the broadcast month including www.groen.co.za and http://bethehero.wwf.org.za

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Dear Earth Part 2: Hourglass of our Planet










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Dear Earth Part 3: The True Cost of Bread and Wine










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Dear Earth Part 4: Fragile Paradise










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Friends from Madagascar

Country: South AfricaLanguage: Dutch (English Subtitles)Length: 24’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: “Groen” is a weekly environmental show produced by a small team of naturalists for television broadcast. With a limited budget, the crew work closely with

The main aim of the show is to instil viewers with sense of natural wonder. GROEN has been on air every week since 204 and has become a household name in South Africa. Herpetologist presenter Marius Berger has sincere passion for wildlife, and a dynamic and eccentric approach to presenting. In this episode, Marius takes

Production Organization(s): Homebrew FilmsProducer: Joco LoubserDirector: Willie SteenkampPhotographer: Pieter SeyffertPicture Editor: Joco LoubserSound: Stef AlbertynNarrator: Marius BurgerEffects Editor: Joco LoubserOriginal Format: HDDistributor: Hemebrew Films



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Rocherpan

Country: South AfricaLanguage: Dutch (English Subtitles)Length: 24’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: “Groen” is a weekly environmental show produced by a small team of naturalists for television broadcast. With a limited budget, the crew work closely with

The main aim of the show is to instil viewers with sense of natural wonder. Scientist and naturalist presenter Dave Pepler has been presenting GrOEN since 2004, and after almost 200 episodes he’s become a household name in South Africa. In this episode he takes viewers to explore the Rocherpan wetland area and the colourful birdlife of this jewel close Cape Town.

Production Organization(s): Homebrew FilmsProducer: Joco LoubserDirector: Willie SteenkampPhotographer: Len FletcherPicture Editor: Noel CloeteSound: Stef AlbertynNarrator: Dave PeplerEffects Editor: Joco LoubserOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: Hemebrew Films



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Nine-and-a-Half: Water-

Country: Germany Language: German (English Subtitles)Length: 10’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: “Nine–and-a-half” explains every Saturday morning the latest news in a way even adults understand. Presenter Gesa Dankwerth picks one topic and takes a closer lokk at it. Why is AIDS so dangerous? Who was Mozart? Or what is the inter-generation contract?There wouldn’t be any life without water. But in some countries drinking water is so short, that is almost of the same values as gold. At the World Water Week experts discuss this problem. Bacause: It’s all about water!

Production Organization(s): WDR- Westdeutsche Rundfunk KölnProducer: Tvision GmbH for Westdeutscher RundfunkDirector: Katja Engelhardt, Sarah WinkenstettePhotographer: Stefan LemanskiScript Writer: Antìa Martinez-Amor, Gesa Dankwerth


Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Appellhofplatz 1, 50600 Köln, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 221 220 6046 +49 221 20 6185E-mail: [email protected]: www.9einhalb.de

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Countdown on the Yangtze


Synopsis: A journey along the Yangtze – the most important and most historical river in China will provide answers to a number of questions hidden behind the shining façade that is China. More than 2000km away from the capital, on the course of the Yangtze, building has been underway since the mid 1990s on a structure of unimaginble size: The world’s largest dam. It not only provides ten percent of the country’s electricity, but also makes it possible for sea-faring ships to venture far into the interior of China. The price of this progres: at least two million people

Production Organization(s): Längengrad FilmproduktionProducer: Oliver GontramDirector: Thomas Weidenbach, Shi MingPhotographer: Michael KernPicture Editor: Jan Wilm SchmüllingScript Writer: Thomas Weidenbach, Shi MingSound: Georg Brodegger, Stefan NowakComposer: Stefan DöringDistributor: United Docs/GUD


Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Appellhofplatz 1, 50600 Köln, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 221 220 6046 +49 221 20 6185E-mail: [email protected]: www.wdr.de

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Area 34


Synopsis: In January 2006 the life of the Stenbäck family in Askola (Southern Finland) is shattered. They learn that the land they thought they own, the very soil on which their home stands on, can be taken away from them. A French energy company Areva is planning to mine uranium in Askola and the inhabitants are told that their opinions, homes and lives just have to yield. The Stenbäck family among other inhabitants in the area, decide not to accept this outrageous claim and commence a battle.

Producer: Petteri SaarioDirector: Sari OrkomiesPhotographer: Sari OrkomiesPicture Editor: Petteri Saario, Joonatan HietanenScript Writer: Sari OrkomiesSound: Joonatan HietanenEffects Editor: Petteri SaarioComposer: Joonatan Hietanen, Perttu HietanenOriginal Format: HDVDistributor: United Docs/GUD


Sari Orkomies, Mehiläistie 6, 06100 Porvoo, FinlandPhone/Fax: +358 50 377 1292E-mail: [email protected]

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The Bay of the Mont-Saint-Michel, A Balance in

Country: FranceLanguage: FrenchLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: As one reaches the calm heights of the Mount-Saint-Michel for a brief stay, one is struck straight away by the ambigous strength of the bay surrounding

domain of emptiness, set forever in an apparent immobility. However this is not the case because it is submitted to a vertiginous juxtaposition of movements and rhythms. The cosmic rhythm of the tides – the strongest on Earth – which through their mixing impulse an extraordinary biological productivity.

Production Organization(s): Bleu Krystal media , ARTE FranceProducer: Suzanne MassonDirector: Philippe MullerPhotographer: Rémy Revellin, Philippe Muller, Olivier ChaslePicture Editor: Matthieu LambourionSound: Sylvain DelecroixNarrator: Matthieu DahanComposer: Félix Sabal-LeccoOriginal Format: HDSubmitted by: European Broadcasting Union (EBU)


Bleu Krystal media, 88,rue La Fayette, 75009 Paris, FrancePhone/Fax: +33 1 53 34 15 90 +33 1 44 79 06 76E-mail: [email protected]: www.bkm.fr

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The Netherlands,


Synopsis: Among the wealthiest and most industrialized countries of old Europe, Netherlands strives to contain one of the densest populations in the world on land gained from the sea. This national philosophy of polder is being partially questioned because the coastal struggle against the rise of the sea and climatic changes has reached its limits. The developments in preparation will lead to the creation of dynamic zones around the estuaries, combining waters natural

Netherlands has been made possible because of a collective acknowledgement of said problems.

Production Organization(s): Bleu Krystal media , ARTE FranceProducer: Suzanne MassonDirector: Jean-Marie CornuelPhotographer: Jean-Marie Cornuel,

Mathieu Rivoli/ Xavier IstassePicture Editor: Didier TouchetteSound: Jean-Marie CornuelNarrator: François CognardComposer: Félix Sabal-LeccoOriginal Format: HDSubmitted by: European Broadcasting Union (EBU)



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The Nile Delta, the End of the Miracle


Synopsis: A heavy threat hangs over the Egyptians: they will be among the

Mediterranean Sea. Almost 40 million human beings live less than two metres above the sea level. The Egyptians study the phenomenon: Dr. Mohamed Bahnassi, scientist at the University of Alexandria, brought to the fore the overhang of the sea: 100 metres per year for the last 14 years. At the Rosetta Point. Apart from that the Delta is naturally sinking under its weight through gravity, 10mm per year for the last 10 years of the 20th century.

Production Organization(s): Bleu Krystal media , ARTE FranceProducer: Suzanne MassonDirector: Luc RiolonPhotographer: Gérard Sergent, Christian Fienga, Luc RiolonPicture Editor: Luc RiolonNarrator: Luc RiolonComposer: Félix Sabal-LeccoOriginal Format: HDSubmitted by: European Broadcasting Union (EBU)



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It’s Bio in Germany, but Death for the Orang Utans in IndonesiaCountry: GermanyLanguage: GermanLength: 44’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: An Orang Utan baby is lost on a palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, Indonesia. It belongs to the IOI company, a supplier for palm oil in Europe. The apes are nothing but pests here, because they eat the young palm oil palms. And the world needs palm oil, if it’s for nutrition, cosmetics, energy or gas. But for palm oil plantations the habitat of the Orang Utan, the unique Indonesian rainforest is converted into a palm oil desert. It’s not only the animal who suffers, but also mankind. European governments are well involved in this desaster.

Production Organization(s): Altemeier & Hornung Film Production Producer: Altemeier & Hornung Film Production Director: Inge AltemeierPhotographer: Birgit Handke, Reinhard HornungPicture Editor: Reinhard HornungsScript Writer: Inge AltemeierNarrator: Dorothea ReinickeOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: Altemeier & Hornung Film Production


Altemeier & Hornung Film Production, Arnoldstr. 62, 22763 Hamburg, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 40 392234 +49 40 3903736

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The Biofuel Trap

Country: GermanyLanguage: GermanLength: 30’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: The hunger for biofuel threatens the life of the indegenous people in West Papua the indoneasian Part of Papua New Guinea. Kasimirus Sanggara the chief of the Kanume people believes that his natural power will prevent the palmoil companies from chopping down the forest. But the Kanumees land is already designed to be convented into palmoil monocultures. The master plan of the indonesian government sees the future for the Kanumees in Reservation. People like Kasimures Sanggara who have been wise enough to prevent the rain forest for the world are not listened to because the demand for fuel is too strong.

Production Organization(s): Altemeier & Hornung Film Production Director: Inge AltemeierPhotographer: Birgit Handke, Reinhard HornungPicture Editor: Reinhard HornungsScript Writer: Inge AltemeierOriginal Format: DVCamDistributor: Altemeier & Hornung Film Production


Altemeier & Hornung Film Production, Arnoldstr. 62, 22763 Hamburg, GermanyPhone/Fax: +49 40 392234 +49 40 3903736

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Anbafey

Country: FranceLanguage:Length: 7’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Guadeloupe, French West Indies. A man throws a can in the middle of the forest. Eager for vengeance, a leaf starts hunting him.

Production Organization(s):Producer: Jean des Fôrets


Phone/Fax: +33 143 87 15 62 + 33 143 87 34 72

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Country: USALanguage: EnglishLength: 52’Completion date: 2008

Synopsis: Wild Logics travels the oceans of the world to reveal the secrets of

With him, we embark on an extraordinary quest through some of the planet’s most beautiful aquatic environments in search of an elusive and increasing endangered 500kg, 5-meter long marlin, a highly-prized giant known as a “grander”

Production Organization(s): Wild Logic, L.L.C.Producer: Katya ShirokowDirector: Rick RosenthalPhotographer: Rick RosenthalPicture Editor: Chris AikenheadScript Writer: Kate YounedahlSound: Santa Barbara Sound DesignNarrator: Sir David AttenboroughEffects Editor: Scott Simmons Composer: Lenny Williams

Dr. Barbara Block, Dr. Eric PrinceOriginal Format: HD Cam, Super 16mmDistributor: Wild Logic, L.L.C.


Wild Logic, L.L.C., 1482 East Valley Road, Suite 625, Santa Barbara 93108, California, USAPhone/Fax: +1 805 969 1699E-mail: [email protected]: www.wildlogic.net

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Reading the Water

Country: USALanguage: EnglishLength: 40’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: Reading the water: Lectures on home video ecology from the Gulf of Mexico is a shot at emotional intimacy with my photographer-naturalist father via a really expensive camera…

Producer: Niklas Sven VollmerDirector: Niklas Sven VollmerPhotographer: Niklas Sven VollmerPicture Editor: Niklas Sven VollmerSound: Niklas Sven Vollmer

Douglas VollmerOriginal Format: HD CamDistributor: Vtape – Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Niklas Sven Vollmer, Georgia State University, Department of Communication, P.O.Box 4000, Atlanta, GA 30302-4000, USAPhone/Fax: +1 404 378 1278 +1 404 413 5634E-mail: [email protected]

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The Isle of Chatter

Country: FinlandLanguage:Length: 20’Completion date: 2006

Synopsis: Vaasa region’s Kvarken archipelago and its diverse wildlife as depicted

Producer: Eero Murtomäki, Juhani Koivusaari, Ari ValkolaDirector: Eero Murtomäki, Juhani Koivusaari, Ari ValkolaPhotographer: Eero Murtomäki, Juhani Koivusaari, Ari ValkolaOriginal Format: DVCam


Eero Murtomäki, Läntinen Pitkäkatu 4-6, 65380 Vaasa, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 5602228

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Force and Weak

Country: GeorgiaLanguage:Length: 25’Completion date: 2006

Production Organization(s): Contemporary Art Club(CAC) and Swiss Agency for Development and cooperation

Producer: Maka Batiashvili Director: Maka BatiashviliPhotographer: Natela GrigalashviliScript Writer: Maka BatiashviliSound: Maka BatiashviliSubmitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert

Award category: DETRUCKTED (Documentary)

Phone/Fax: Maka BatiashviliE-mail: [email protected]

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tells about lives of simple people in the village; these are short sad stories about values and passions in the Georgian village life.

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The Old man of Hara

Country: IranLanguage:Length: 26’Completion date: 2007

Synopsis: The old shimmer in Qeshm Island in Harra region works with a natural ace in a rushed world.

Production Organization(s): Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) Director: Mahvash SheikholeslamiPhotographer: Morteza PoursamadiScript Writer: Mahvash SheikholeslamiSound: Ali Akbar YaghobiSubmitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert

Award category: DETRUCKTED (Documentary)

IYCSGandhi Ave., 19 St., #20 15178 Tehran, Iran P.O.Box: 15875/9544 Tel: +98 21 88 77 31 14 [email protected]

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Engure

Country: LatviaLanguage: EnglishLength: 49’Completion date: 2006

ELM MEDIA Address: Ganibu dambis 15-47, Riga, LV 1045, Latvia Phone: +371 29477888 E-mail: [email protected]: www.elmmedia.lv

Producer: Kaspars Goba, Ieva Ubele Director: Karpars GobaPhotographer: Ainars Aunins, Andris PrieditisScript Writer: Karpars Goba, Guntars DagisSound: Mihails Medvejevs, Klavs Silins, Oskars DomaSubmitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert


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from the sea in ancient times. The lake’s wonderful natural scenery and the

farmers, hunters and nature park employees. People’s colorful stories about the lake and the efforts to maintain its natural qualities provide with an extraordinary opportunity to get to know one of Latvia’s most unique places.

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The Shore of Life

Country: TurkeyLanguage: Turkish(English subtitles)Length: 30’Completion date: 2007

DogaBel Society Kilicaslan Mah. Silvas Cad. No:58/2 Kayseri / Turkey Tel/Fax: + 90 352 233 53 95 [email protected], www.dogabel.org.tr

Synopsis:birds, frogs and so many other living species. It is the birthing shore of the Mediterranean, which for the thousands of years has so generously given of himself to the civilizations that have lived on its surrounding lands.

important areas for natural life of the Mediterranean sea to the point of annihilation. This fertile land where lions, hyenas, and gazelles had lived on once upon a time is looking for its lost children now.

Production Organization(s): DogaBel Society Producer: Serkan Yilmaz Director: Behiye YilmazPhotographer: Serkan Yilmaz, A. Gemal GucuScript Writer: Serkan YilmazSubmitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert

Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, CONSERVATION FILMS

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Women of Dorfak

Country: IranLanguage:Length: 19’Completion date: 2007

Neshneh-Rooz

tel: +98(0)21 -66931513; fax:+98(0)21-669112648; [email protected]

Production Organization(s): Neshneh-RoozProducer: Peymar Hosseini Nami, Kamal Farhang Director: Mohammad NamiPhotographer: Vahid Najafzadeh, Liman Khalili PoorScript Writer: Mohammad NamiSound: Mohammad Hassan DamanzanSubmitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert


Synopsis: Dorfak with 2705 meter height is the largest crater of IRAN and is located in east of ROODBAR. The slope of the Dorfak volcano is suitable summer quarter for the people who come from humid villages and jungles for animal husbandry. On the top of the mountain there is no spring to be drunk, so...

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Synopsis: Juttu kertoo hirvenmetsästyksestä johon osallistuu, mm mäyräkoira.

Photographer: Esa SiltaloppiPicture Editor: Esa SiltaloppiNarrator: Erkki ValtamäkiOriginal Format: DVCam


Siltaloppi Productions, Rantakatu 2A, 65100 VaasaPhone/Fax: +358 500 662146

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Country: GermanyLanguage: Various (English subtitles)Length: 90’Completion date: 2008

Production Organization(s): Springer Film, ZDF, ARTEProducer: Kathrin SpringerDirector: Gisa SchleeleinPhotographer: Lars BarthelPicture Editor: Katalin PazmandyOriginal Format: DIGI Beta


Synopsis:and Estonia, where the werewolf till seems to roam today. Throughout the post-communist countryside we meet extraordinary people and discover relicts of religious wars while gaining respect for the wolf. The journey interweaves a second narrative – the research of historians, trying to unearth the history of the myth. A sort of ‘mind-map’ slowly begins to emerge.

ZDF/Arte, Otto-Schott-Strasse 13Phone/Fax: +49 6131 706447 +49 6131 703411 E-mail: [email protected]: www.zdf.de www.arte-tv.com

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