Prologue We are proudly presenting You the List of 88 Nature Films participating in Wildlife Vaasa Festival Nature Film Competition in 2004. Great Thanks to All our Participants & Good Luck to the Finalists ! Dear Friends, VAASA 24.10. 2004 Organizing Wildlife Vaasa Festival for the second time in 2004, we knew already one year ago, that it will not be an easy task for us, to repeat the success of the first Wildlife Vaasa Festival. But thanks to our Participants, our Partners, Co-organizers ,and the City of Vaasa, also to The herd of our Financers and Sponsors, our Supporters and Volunteers ,we are now proud to present the List of the 88 Nature Films, from 17 countries across Europe and the World, participating this year in our Nature Film Competition. This year we also welcome, in a separate competition 44 nature films made by Children and Young People in Finland and Sweden. These are nature films made by children and their teachers in primary schools and high-schools, nature films made at home with parents, as well as animation films made in primary schools during media project implementation around Finland during the last two years . We wish to Thank All our Participants, the Juries, the Speakers, our Delegates and Visitors , the International Environmental Organisations and Associations, the Television Channels and Media , Production Companies and the Film Makers who have honoured Wildlife Vaasa festival 2004 with their newest and the finest quality Nature Films and also for honouring our festival with their presence, during the festival week. We wish to give Big Thanks also to our Pre-Jury for their hard work in choosing the finalists and as we are approaching the festival week, we are looking forward to the arrival of our Main Jury in order to start their working sessions in selectíng the Winners of this years competitions. Welcome to Wildlife Vaasa 2004 and Enjoy ! On behalf of Wildlife Vaasa 2004 festival team: Vesa Heinonen, Soile Bomyer, Ilias Missyris , Sanna Heikkonen, Anna Numminen , Satu Thodén The Juries PRE - JURY ( Local) Mr. Vesa Heinonen (FIN) Mr. Christian Olsson (FIN) Mr. Eero Murtomäki (FIN) MAIN – JURY (Chairman) Mr. Sven Jansson (SWE) Ms. Tiina Kangro (EST) Mr. Daniel Bamping (UK) Ms. Martin Vaylet (FRA) Ms. Irjaleena Eriksson (FIN) Mr. Michael Haldin (FIN) Award Categories prizes 1. Best Festival Film Overall 1000€ 2. Best Low Budget-Big Impact Film 2000€ 3. Best Short Film 1000€ 4. Best Children & Youth Nature Film 1000€ 5. Best Film Containing an Environmental Message 1000€ The List of Films 88 PARTICIPANTS 48 FINALISTS (in red) ref - title - production company - completion year - country- duration 1. Talking With Fishes Liquid Motion Film 2003 UK 52 min 2. The Green Fix ReCha ry 2003 Finland 57 min 3. The Sandpipers of Fundy WestWind Pictures Ltd 2003 Canada 23 min 4. Pyrenees 2003 Marti Arano Oller 2003 Spain 17 min 5. Sea of Snakes WDR/ Gisela Kaufmann Productions 2002 Germany 52 min 6. The fantastic journey with the Gulf Stream 2003 Germany 43 min Part 1- A Warm Bath for Europe Tesche Dokumentarfilm 7. The fantastic journey with the Gulf Stream 2003 Germany 43 min Part 2 - Waterfall in the Polar Sea Tesche Dokumentarfilm 8. Enemies for Life EO International 2004 Netherlands / Israel 50 min 9. Norway's Hidden Secrets NDR Naturfilm 2003 Germany 50 min 10. Tiny Birds And Great Scientists Les Films d'Ici 2004 France 52 min 11. Wise Use of Peatlands Sound &Picture Oy 2004 Finland 19 min 12. Hygrocosmos Als Ltd 2003 Greece 50 min 13. Gary Snyder, Ecology and Poetry 2002 Greece 58 min Hellenic American Union 14. The Vesyegonsk`s She-wolf Actual Film Studio 2004 Russia 102 min 15. Moby Dick Animose Studio 1999 Russia 26 min 16. Zheltouhin Animose Studio 2002 Russia 13 min 17. Islands Without Frontiers Aldabra Productions srl 2003 Italy 52 min 18. Roots of Life Greenpeace International 2003 Netherlands 10 min 19. The Magnificent Seven Greenpeace International 2003 Netherlands 11 min 20. Korentolampi – Dragonfly Pond Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 26 min 21. Baltic - Sea of Surprises - Part 1- A Sea of Ice Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min 22. Baltic - Sea of Surprises - Part2 -A Fragile Sea Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min 23. Baltic - Sea of Surprises –Part 3- Voyagers Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min 24. Baltic - Sea of Surprises - Part 4 - Sensitive shores Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min 25. The Grey Seals of the Baltic Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 52 min 26. Reefs of Iron Sue Daly Production 2004 Channel Islands 25 min UK 27. The Return of the DoDo Zuleika Kingdon 2004 UK 75 min 28. The Moon Bear Håkan Lundström Form-A-tion 2004 Sweden 8 min 29. Friends of the Forest 2 Marti Arano Oller 2004 Spain 12 min 30. The Tale of The Hares and the Sun 2003 Austria 50 min Interspot Film GmbH 31. Vultures – The Flying Dustbins 2003 Austria 50 min Interspot Film GmbH 32. Hunters at the Cape of Storms 2004 Germany 50 min Blue Planet Film 33. Spirit of the mountains – The Snowleopard 2003 Sweden 49 min Erik Fernström Film AB 34. Mystic River Nautilusfilm GmbH 2003 Germany 43 min 35. The Bug River Valley Landscape Park 2002 Poland 30 min “ Kruk ” Artur Tabor 36. The Stolowe Mountains 2002 Poland 30 min “ Kruk ” Artur Tabor 37. The Gorillas of My Grandfather 2004 Austria 53 min ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 38. Plitvice – Land of the falling Lakes. 2004 Austria 53 min ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 39. Typhoon Island 2004 Austria 49 min ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 40. Hare Tales 2002 Germany 41 min Herbert Ostwald- Wild.doc 41 The Dragons of the Canary Islands 2003 Austria 47 min Power of Earth GmbH 42. Waldviertel: The Enchantment of a Ragged Land 2003 Austria 50 min Power of Earth GmbH 43. Time Flashes in Blue –Yellow 2003 Austria 47 min Power of Earth GmbH 44. The Sisu Stone 2004 Finland 63 min Tekstivirta Production Company 45. The Pearls of the Baltic Sea- Part 3: Gotland 2004 Finland 45 min Tekstivirta Production Company 46. The Price of the Birds 2004 Bulgaria 27 min Bulgarian National Television 47. Intoxicated by You 2004 Netherlands 5 min Submarines 48. Buddies in Symbiosis 2004 Netherlands 16 min Submarines 49. Give Wood grouse a Future ! 2003 Finland 19 min Videosara T:mi 50. The Land of Crane and Swan 2001 Finland 37 min Videosara T:mi 51. The Holy Arms of Primeval Forest 2003 Finland 36 min Videosara T:mi 52. The Rod Bends At River Teno 2001 Finland 30 min Videosara T:mi 53. Trailing the Crowned Head Elk 2003 Finland 34 min Videosara T:mi 54. Där Ån Flyter Fram ( Where River Flows) 2004 Finland 27 min FST / YLE -Firma Gustav Munsterhjelm 55. Rook Me Gently 2002 Sweden 28 min Triq Produktion 56. Meeting in The Roundabout 2004 Sweden 7 min Triq Produktion 57. Dogs of the Sea 2003 Sweden 5 min Triq Produktion 58. When Wolf Came to Village 2004 Sweden 58 min Henrik Ekman Reportage AB / SVT 59. A Birds’ Paradise 2004 Russia 24 min Studio “Rossia-Film-Tranzit” 60. Dream No Small Dreams 2004 France 52 min ADR Productions 61. Terra Maritima 2001 Estonia 33 min Profilm 62. Andalucia – Between Heaven and Hell 2003 Germany 52 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 63. Wild Rio 2004 Germany 50 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 64. Blue Wonder – A Parrot in Peril 2002 Germany 50 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 65. The Species Hunt 2004 Germany 43 min NDR Naturfilm 66. Porpoises – Life and Death in the Fast Lane 2004 Germany 50 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 67. Wild Giants of Denali 2004 Germany 50 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 68. The Forests of Poland 2003 Germany 43 min NDR Naturfilm 69. Santa Claus Animals 2003 Germany 25 min NDR Naturfilm 70. The Last Goosekeeper 2004 Denmark 50 min Metronome productions A/S 71. Bingley and the Paperbag 2002 Sweden 4 min Triq Produktion 72. Bingley is the Boss 2002 Sweden 3 min Triq Produktion 73. This is Bingley the Rook 2002 Sweden 3,5 min Triq Produktion 74. Laakajärvi – A Lake in the Wilderness 2002 Finland 25 min IS-Center –University of Oulu- Jukka Eskelinen 75. The Laboratory Rat – A Natural History 2002 UK 27 min Oxford University Veterinary Services-Dr. Manuel Berdoy 76. A Shot Rang Out 2003 Norway 24 min NRK 77. Wild Becomes Tame 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 78. A Flowering Meadow in the Ocean 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 79. Out Into Nature 2004 Norway 25 min NRK 80. Ants in your Pants 2003 Sweden 25 min SVT 81. The Stonehenge Solution 2004 UK 12 min Future Planet 82. The Big Cat Flap 2004 UK 12 min Future Planet 83. The World’s Largest Shark 2004 UK 6 min Future Planet 84. Voices in the night 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 85. The Secret of the Volcano 2004 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 86. The Hydronauts -episode 3 :Thirsty times 2004 Finland 13 min Epidem Zot 87. The Hydronauts -episode 6 : Oily Feathers 2004 Finland 13 min Epidem Zot 88. The Hydronauts -episode 8: Sixth Sence 2004 Finland 13 min Epidem Zot List of Countries / Countries in Final (in red) Austria 8 Bulgaria 1 Canada 1 Denmark 1 Estonia 1 Finland 20 France 2 Germany 15 Greece 2 Italy 1 Netherlands 5 Norway 6 Poland 2 Russia 4 Spain 2 Sweden 10 United Kingdom 7 TOTAL: 17 COUNTRIES 88 FILMS Entries 2004 Ref:1– 88 Ref: 1 WILDLIFE VAASA 2004 Talking With Fishes Country: UK Language: English Length: 52 min Synopsis: ‘Talking With Fishes’ is a sensational quest to discover whether fishes can actually have feelings and intelligence and a dramatically compelling story about making contact with marine life.