WILDLIFE VAASA 2008 – FILMS PER COUNTRY according to REF nr
Countries Nr of International Children&Youth participating entries Film Competition (REF nr) 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 (4,18,24,96,97,99,100,111,118,134,1 (6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, 35,136,137,142,143,144,152,153,15 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24, 4,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,181, 28, 182,186,187,188,189,201,210,216) 29,30,31,32,33,34,36,38,39, 40,41,42,43,44,45 17. France 22/0 (21,23,36,37,38,42,43,48,50,91,92,1 74,175,176,177,178,179,180,202,20 3,204, 207) 18. Georgia 1/0 (211) 19. Germany 29/0 (6,7,23,49,53,57,69,70,71,72,84,85,8 6,98,103,104,105,106,107,108,162,1 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, (25) 168,169,170,171,172, 173) 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, (35) 209)
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- Bayerischer Rundfunk, Telepool Germany 52 THE JOURNEY OF THE MONARCHS Udo Zimmermann,Angela Graas 2007
2. SÄÄKSEN KESÄ 2008 Studio V. Pulkkinen Finland 17 2008
3. VARTIJAN VUODET Elja Herva Finland 37 LINTUJA, KALOJA, KALASTAJIA 2008
4. FOLLOWING THE SUN Sunchild Festival Armenia 8 2007
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??
Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:1
FINALIST The Green Conquest
Country: Ecuador Language: Spanish (English script) Length: 47’ Completion date: 2006
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 RISKRWRV\QWKHWLFEDFWHULD6LQFHWKHQXQWLOÀRZHUVHPHUJHGWKHLUKLVWRU\KDV 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 ÀRZHUVDQGWKHVRSKLVWLFDWHGIRUPVRILQWHUDFWLRQZLWKWKHDQLPDOZRUOG
Production Organization(s): Altercine Producer: Carolina Jijon, Hugo Navarrette, Alfredo Salazar Director: Alfredo Salazar Photographer: Alfredo Salazar Sound: Alfredo Salazar Script Writer: Alfredo Salazar Original Format: Betacam SP Distributor: Alfredo Salazar Submitted by: Alfredo Salazar
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Alfredo Salazar, Juan de Velasco 213 Y Orellana, Quito Ecuador, South America Phone/Fax +593 88900697 Mobile: +593 96012898 E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 REF: 2
Chanting and Enchanting Animals
Country: Ecuador Language: Spanish/English Length: 26 min Completion 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 Foundation Producer: Geovanni Onore, Luis Coloma, Alfredo Salazar Director: 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
CONTACT INFORMATION
Alfredo Salazar Addres:Juan de Velasco 213 Y Orellana,1715 Quito, Ecuador Phone/Fax +593 88900697 Mobile: … +593 9 6012898 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 REF: 3
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) WUHHV WKHPDLQGHVHUWWUHHVSHFLHVIRUQHVWLQJRIWKLVELUG KDVDPRVWLQÀXHQFHIRU 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 Zhatkanbayev Submitted by: Altay Zhatkanbayev
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Altay Zhatkanbayev Adress: Microdistrict Smal-1 34, 59 Almaty, Kazakstan Republic, 050059 Phone/Fax: +710 3272621578 Email: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:4
Magic Night
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 15 min Completion 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!”
Production Organization(s): Katharsis Film Oy Producer: Jouni Hiltunen Director: Jouni Hiltunen Photographer: Jouni Hiltunen Sound: Janne Jankeri, Jouni Hiltunen, Hanne Kontulainen Picture Editor: Anne Lakanen Script Writer: Jouni Hiltunen Bird sounds: Hannes Tiira, Lauri Hallikainen Original Format: DigiBeta Distributor: Jouni Hiltunen Submitted by: Jouni Hiltunen
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Katharsis Film Oy/ Jouni Hiltunen Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B 31 FI-00260 Helsinki-Finland Tel. +358 40 725 7707 Fax +358 9 342 2121 KLOWXQHQ#NDDSHOL¿ KWWS ZZZND¿¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:5
Maleng
Country: Italy / Thailand Language: English Length: 28min Completion 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) Germany Director: Claudia Pelz Photographer: Doriano Paolozza / Claudia Pelz Sound: Luca Zugnoni Picture Editor: Simona Pozzoni Script Writer: Claudia Pelz Composer: 5XEHQ6FKHIÀHU Original Format: DVCAM / 16:9 Distributor: Mrs. Christiane Wittich, Studio Hamburg Distribution & Marketing GmbH 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Kanvee Viwatpanich Submitted by: Claudia Pelz Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Marta Polo Mediaproduction Italy Claudia Pelz Address: Via Camozzi 14, I-23010 Fusine (SO) - Italy Phone: +39/0342598155 Fax: +39/0342598155 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:6
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Country: Germany / Chile Language: English, Spanish, German Length: 24’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis:2ULJLQDOO\IURP1RUWK$PHULFDWKHPLQN¶V¿UVWDSSHDUDQFHRQWKHVRXWKHUQ 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): UFZ Producer: Andre Kuenzelmann Director: Andre Kuenzelmann, Peter-Hugo Scholz Photographer: Andre Kuenzelmann Sound: Peter-Hugo Scholz Picture Editor: Andre Kuenzelmann, Peter-Hugo Scholz Script Writer: Peter-Hugo Scholz Composer: In Deyagora Original Format: HD, Mini DV Distributor: Doris Boehme 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr Kurt Jax, Uta Berghöfer Elke Schuttler Submitted by: Peter-Hugo Scholz
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Helmholtz Center for Enviromental Research – UFZ, gIIHQWOLFKNHLWVDUEHLW3HUPRVHUVWUDȕH D- 04318 Leipzig, Germany Phone: +49-341-235-3195 or –2278 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ufz.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:7
Maculinea
Country: Germany Language: English, German Length: 19 min Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: ,WLVQRVXUSULVHWKDWDOO¿YH(XURSHDQ0DFXOLQHDVSHFLHVDSSHDURQ many Red Lists of threatened species. Even the smallest changes in land use can lead to a situation where the right host ants are no longer found in combination ZLWKWKHSODQWVDQGWKXVZKROHEXWWHUÀ\SRSXODWLRQVDUHZLSHGRXW
Production Organization(s): Helmholtz Center for Enviromental Research – UFZ Producer: Doris Boehme Director: Thomas Falkner Photographer: Andre Kuenzelmann Sound: Andre Kuenzelmann Picture Editor: Thomas Falkner Script Writer: Thomas Falkner Composer: In Deyagora Original Format: Mini DV Distributor: Doris Boehme 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Helmholtz Center for Enviromental Research Submitted by: Thomas Falkner
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ufz – Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, PerserstraEe 15, D- 04318 Leipzig, Germany Phone: +49-341-235-3195 or -2278 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.ufz.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:8
Myths About You
Country: India Language: English Length: 9 min Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPLVDMRXUQH\WKURXJKDQXQIDPLOLDUVSDFHWLPHDQGZDONVDORQJ 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 WKH¿OPKRSHVWRUHLJQLWHWKDWYHU\IHHOLQJRIRQHQHVVZLWKRXUODQGVFDSHVDQG 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: Animation Distributor: Nandita Jain Submitted by: Nandita Jain
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nandita Jain Address: 6708, DLF Phase- IV, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana, India Phone: +91 9873316673, +91 124 4040587 E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:9
Ahmed & the Return of Arab Phoenix
Country: Italy/Syria Language: English Length: 23 min Completion date: 2007
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 RIDKDQGIXORIYLVLRQDU\PHQZKRDUH¿JKWLQJLQWKHGHVHUWWRSURWHFWZKDWLVOHIW 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… Production Organization(s): Giuseppe Bucciarelli Producer: 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 Emney Original Format: MiniDV Distributor: 6G&LQHPDWRJUD¿FD 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Gianluca Serra Submitted by: Giuseppe Bucciarelli
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Giuseppe Bucciarelli Address: VIA XXV APRILE, 24 50014 FIESOLE -ITALY Phone: +39 33 1082482 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:10
FINALIST Tomorrow’s Climate: Today’s Challenge
Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 2 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KLVWZRPLQXWH¿OPLVGHVLJQHGWRLOOXVWUDWHZK\FOLPDWH FKDQJH is happening, what it will mean and also to inspire people to be part of the solution.
Production Organization(s): UK Government Department Defra Distributor: Defra Submitted by: Defra
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House 30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TL Tel:+44 (0) 20 7238 6951 Fax:+44 (0) 20 7238 2188 Email: [email protected] Web: www.defra.gov.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:11
My CO2
Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 2 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KLVVKRUW¿OPLOOXVWUDWHVKRZHQHUJ\XVHLQ\RXUKRPHFUHDWHV&2 emissions, and how we can all reduce our emissions to help tackle climate change
Production Organization(s): UK Government Department Defra Distributor: Defra Submitted by: Defra
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House 30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TL Tel:+44 (0) 20 7238 6951 Fax:+44 (0) 20 7238 2188 Email: [email protected] Web: www.defra.gov.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:12
Champions Diaries
Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 9 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: Find out what our Climate Change Champions have been up to since WKHLU6ZLVVWULSLQWKLVQLQHPLQXWH¿OP
Production Organization(s): UK Government Department Defra Distributor: Defra Submitted by: Defra
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House 30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TL Tel: +44 (0) 20 7238 6951 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7238 2188 Email: [email protected] Web: www.defra.gov.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:13
Carbon Cycle
Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 3 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KLVDQLPDWLRQE\6R¿D6HOVND&OLPDWH&KDQJH&KDPSLRQ %HQ Beighton explores the presence of carbon in the environment, and how this is linked to climate change.
Production Organization(s): UK Government Department Defra Producer: 6R¿D6HOVND Distributor: Defra Submitted by: Defra
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Customer Contact Unit Eastbury House 30 - 34 Albert Embankment London -UK SE1 7TL Tel:+44 (0) 20 7238 6951 Fax:+44 (0) 20 7238 2188 Email: [email protected] Web: www.defra.gov.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:14
Whaap
Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 3 min Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: $VKRUW¿OPDERXWDQHVWRIFXUOHZHJJVKDWFKLQJLQ6KHWODQG
Production Organization(s): Pencille Productions Producer: Frances Taylor Composer: Jim Leask Original Format: Dvd Submitted by: Frances Taylor
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Pencille Productions / Frances Taylor Mid Walls Shetland 2E2 9PE , UK Tel +44 (0) 1595809432 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.pencille.co.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:15
The County of Møre and Romsdal
Country: Norway Language: English Length: 17 Completion 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): NRK Director: NRK Picture Editor: Christian Jullebø Script Writer: Asbjørn Gjaerde Composer: Kringkastingsorkesteret
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
NRK Møre og Romsdal, 6025 Ålesund-Norway Tel: +47 70115200 E-mail: [email protected] Webwsite: http://www3.nrk.no/more_og_romsdal/ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:16
FINALIST O2H – From Oil to Hydrogen
Country: Italy/Iceland Language: English Length: 52 min Completion 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 VHYHUDOEHVWVHOOHUVWKLVGRFXPHQWDU\¿OPVKRZVLQHGLWHGPDWHULDODQGSUHVHQWV a fascinating idea of a new “hydrogen society”.
Production Organization(s): Enrico Marchese Producer: Enrico Marchese, Raffaello Pavesi, Andrea Pagan Director: Enrico Marchese, Raffaello Pavesi Photographer: Andrea Pagani Sound: Raffaello Pavesi Script Writer: Raffaello Pavesi, Enrico Marchese Original Format: MiniDV Distributor: Enrico Marchese Submitted by: Raffaello Pavesi
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Raffaello Pavesi Via Sangro 10, 20132 Milano-Italy Phone +39 335 239 0625 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:17
Beyond the Forest
Country: India/UK Language: English Length: 28 min Completion 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 DWWHPSWWRVKRRWDQDFWLRQWKULOOHUIHDWXUH¿OPZLWKWKHDLPWREULQJWKLVPHVVDJHWR 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
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,QGLYLVLRQ¿OPV Yoni Bentovim & Emily Harris Address: 3a John Street (PDLO FRQWDFW#LQGLYLVLRQ¿OPVFRP :HEVLWH ZZZLQGLYLVLRQ¿OPVFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:18
FINALIST 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): Tekstivirta Director: Ismo Tuormaa Photographer: Jan Henriksson, Kari Kemppainen & Ismo Tuormaa Script Writer: Sanna-Kaisa Rauto, Anne Toivanen & Ismo Tuormaa Composer: Perttu Hietanen Submitted by: Metsähallitus
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ismo Tuormaa / Tekstivirta Ky Talvikkitie 40 A 29 01300 Vantaa-Finland Tel. +358 400 705 525 Fax +358 9 873 2779 (PDLO ,VPRWXRUPDD#VFL¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:19
Bustard Protectors
Country: Hungary Language: English subtitles Length: 30 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: In Hungary, since 2004 the protection of great bustard (Otis tarda) is ¿QDQFLHGE\WKH(8/,)(1$785(352*5$07KLV¿OPVKRZVWKHDFWLYLWLHVRI persons working in the program.
Production Organization(s): Szabolcs Mosonyi Productions Producer: Szabolcs Mosonyi Director: Szabolcs Mosonyi Photographer: Antal Széll Script Writer: Erika Bagladi Original Format: DVCam, DVCPro 50 Submitted by: Szabolcs Mosonyi
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Szabolcs Mosonyi Productions $GGUHVV +*\~Uy3HW|¿~W+XQJDU\ Phone: +36-30-8554018 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.szmosonyi.hu Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:20
Hotspots
Country: United States Language: American English Length: 89 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis:7KLVH[SHGLWLRQDU\IHDWXUH¿OPORRNVDWQXPHURXVSULPDWHVDYLDQV rodents, insects, reptiles, amphibians, unique plants, and human cultural artifacts, VRPHQHYHUEHIRUH¿OPHG5DUHOHPXUVSODQWVDQGFKDPHOHRQVLQ0DGDJDVFDU 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, DQGUHSWLOHVRQHDUWKDFURVV1HZ=HDODQG DQGVXEWOHDVZHOODVÀDJVKLSVSHFLHV RIELUGVDQGPDPPDOVLQ&DOLIRUQLDDUHDOOSDUWRIWKLV PLQXWHVIHDWXUH¿OP
Production Organization(s): Dancing Star Foundation Producer: Michael C. Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison Director: Michael C. Tobias Photographer: Travis Johnson, Harold Castro, Michael C. Tobias Sound: Chris Hall Picture Editor: 0DUF*ULI¿WK Distributor: N/A
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dancing Star Foundation / Karin Dinev Address:11835 West Olympic Blvd. ste 650E. Los Angeles - California 90064 -USA Phone: +1 310 966 1424 Fax: +1 310 966 1425 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dancingstarfoundation.org Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:21
FINALIST $IWHU8V7KH+HDYHQV Can Fall
Country: France Language: Subtitled in English Length: 52 min Completion 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 Production Producer: Jacques Vichet Director: David Martin Photographer: Maxime Soulard Distributor: Europe Image
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bluebird Production/ David Martin Address: 10 rue des jardies Meudon 92190 France Phone: +33 622803967 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:22
7RGRV(YHU\RQH
Country: Spain Language: Subtitled in English Length: 1 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: Who is burning the Mediterranean forests?
Production Organization(s): Pasa Maño Productions Producer: Nacho Sanchez Bravo Director: 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
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nacho Sanchez Bravo Calle Hermanos Gambra 8, 4d 50017, Zaragoza, Spain Phone: +34 665933193 (PDLO LQIR#SDVD¿OPHVFRP :HEVLWH ZZZSDVD¿OPHVFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:23
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 DOVRPHDQGHDWKDQGGHVWUXFWLRQ:KHQULYHUVÀRRGWKHLUEDQNVWKHQWKHHOHPHQW reveals it’s devastating power. This documentary shows how the rivers are now reclaiming their rightful place LQWKHODQGVFDSHKRZVNLOIXOO\WKHDQLPDOVFRSHZLWKWKHÀRRGVDQGKRZKXPDQV could learn from the cleverness of nature.
Production Organization(s): Bayerisches Fernsehen / Arte Photographer: Frank Lorbiecki, Sigi Braun Sound: Klaus Peintner Picture Editor: Dirk Goehler Script Writer: Doris Tromballa/Florian Guthknecht Original Format: Digital Beta
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Organization: Bayerisches Fernsehen Address: Brahmsstr. 6, D-81677 Muenchen, Germany Phone: +491792969765 Fax: +498478346 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:24
FINALIST The Nature of Rebirth
Country: Finland / Poland Language: English Length: 15 min Completion 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 Stadia Producer: 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 Lampi Submitted by: Johanna Lampi
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Johanna Lampi Address: Hämeentie 161, 00560 Helsinki, Finland Phone: +358-50-3304456 E-mail: [email protected] :HEVLWH ZZZVWDGLD¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:25
The Power of Community: How Cuba VXUYLYHGWKH3HDN2LO Country: USA Language: English Length: 53 min Completion 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 HPSRZHULQJ¿OPVKRZVKRZFRPPXQLWLHVSXOOHGWRJHWKHUFUHDWHGVROXWLRQVDQG 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 Greene Sound: Chris Hertzler Script Writer: Pat Murphy, Megan Quinn, Faith Morgan
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Community Service, Inc. Address: Po Box 243 (114 E. Whiteman St.) Phone: 937-767-2161 Fax: 937-767-2826 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.powerofcommunity.org Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:26
Autumn Waltz
Country: Russia Language: Subtitled in english Length: 3 min Completion 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
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Evgeny Usov - Greenpeace Russia Address: 125 040, Leningradsky pr. 26/1 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7 495 988 74 60 Fax: +7 495 988 74 60 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.greenpeace.ru Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:27
FINALIST Russian Natural Heritage
Country: Russia Language: Subtitled in English Length: 29 min Completion date: 2007
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Production Organization(s): Greenpeace Russia Producer: Greenpeace Russia Director: Evgeny Usov, Andrey Petrov Photographers: Alexey Butorin, Anton Kodkin, Vadim Kantor, Vasily Solkin, Gennady Shalikov, Dmitry Bekhterev, Dmitry Melekhin, Dmitry Shpilenok, Evgeny Mamaev, Evgeny Usov, Sergey Solovy Sound: Evgeny Usov Picture Editor: Evgeny Usov, Dmitry Melekhin Script Writer: Evgeny Usov, Andrey Petrov Composer: Dmitry Melekhin Distributor: Greenpeace Russia Submitted by: Greenpeace Russia
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Evgeny Usov - Greenpeace Russia Address: 125 040, Leningradsky pr. 26/1 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7 495 988 74 60 Fax: +7 495 988 74 60 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.greenpeace.ru Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:28
Europe by Road
Country: Senegal / Nigeria Language: Subtitled in English Length: 90 min Completion 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 Christopher Photographer: Ousseynou Ndiaye Sound: Moussa Seydi Picture Editor: Sunday Dolph Christopher Script Writer: J.U. Ubaka Composer: Adrissa Diop Original Format: DV Submitted by: Sunday Dolph Christopher
Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES, (FEATURE)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sunday Dolph Christopher Dan – Osa International Address: No. C 33 Scat Urbam, BP 47126 Liberté Dakar-Senegal Phone: + 221 77 553 88 07 Fax: + 221 77 868 89 34 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:29
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 :DWHU)URQWLVWKHVWRU\RIRQHFRPPXQLW\¶VGHWHUPLQDWLRQWR¿JKWWKHVHHPLQJO\ inevitable path of water privatization.
Production Organization(s): Red Lizard Media Producer: Liz Miller Director: Liz Miller Photographer: Liz Miller Sound: .\OH6WDQ¿HOG Composer: John Brennan Original Format: Mini DV Submitted by: Liz Miller
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Red Lizard Media/ Liz Miller Address: 1320 Phone: 8609223995 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thewaterfrontmovie.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:30
Fatal Circle
Country: Bosnia-Herzegovina Language: Subtitled in English Length: 46 min Completion 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 Pasic Sound: Nisvet Hrustic Picture Editor: Nisvet Hrustic Script Writer: Nisvet Hrustic Composer: Amer Sehic Original Format: Dv-Cam Distributor: Nisvet Hrustic 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Ph. Dr. Jovan Sredojevic Submitted by: Nisvet Hrustic
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nisvet Hrustic Address: Podgradina b.b. 72250 VITEZ, Bosnia and Herzegovina Phone: + 387 61 372 370 E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] Website: http://www.nisvet-hrustic.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:31
FINALIST Going North- Global Warming Escape Route
Country: Italy Language: English Length: 55 min Completion date: February 2008
Synopsis: 7KLVLVQRWWKH¿UVWWLPHWKDWDOOOLYLQJFUHDWXUHVKDYHWRIDFHFOLPDWH FKDQJHVDQGWKHWHPSHUDWXUHVULVH%XWWKLVLVWKH¿UVWWLPHWKH\FDQQRWFRXQWRQ 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 Communications Producer: White Fox Communications Director: Eugenio Manghi Photographer: Eugenio Manghi – Annalisa Losacco Sound: Ivan Vania Picture Editor: Ivan Vania Script Writer: E. Manghi, G. Bogliani, A. Provenzale, A. Green Composer: M. Parmigiani, P. Pirelli, E. Salvato, M. Tadini Original Format: HD Uncompress 16:9 1080i Distributor: Focus Documentaries - Milan Submitted by: Eugenio Manghi
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
White Fox Communications Address: Via Nino Bixio, 28 21020 Bodio Lomnago (VA) Italy Phone: +39 0332 949 705 Fax: +39 0332 949 705 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.whitefox.it Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:32
Cliffwood
Country: Denmark Language: 7KH¿OPLVZLWKRXWGLDORJQDUUDWRU Length: 18 min Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: (QFRXQWHUWKHSRHWU\RIWKHIRUHVWLQD¿OPWKDWWDNHV\RXRQDMRXUQH\ 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): Northfarmproduction Producer: Rumle Hammerich / Pil Nørgaard Director: Rumle Hammerich Photographer: Bo Tengberg Sound: Morten Groth Brandt Picture Editor: Nanna Moller Script Writer: Rumle Hammerich Composer: Poul Kristian Original Format: 16:9
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Job Title: Producer Organization: Northfarmproduction Address: Oremandsgaard Allé 2, 4720 Praestø / Praesto Phone: +45 40516651 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:33
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 SODQWDWLRQV6HWDJDLQVWWKHFRQVWDQWWKUHDWRIIRUHVWU\ORJJLQJWKH¿OPDOVRWKUHDGV 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 DQGKHLVJRLQJEOLQG)HDWXULQJQHZEHKDYLRXUDOIRRWDJHDQG¿OPHGRYHUWKUHH EUHHGLQJVHDVRQV¿OPPDNHU6DQG\&ULFKWRQJHWVHYHUFORVHUWRWKHIDOFRQVDV he attempts to add movement to George’s photographs.
Production Organization(s): Catskill Films Producer: Sandy Crichton Director: Sandy Crichton Photographer: Sandy Crichton Sound: Lloyd Canham Picture Editor: Tim Woodhouse, Sandy Crichton Script Writer: Sandy Crichton Composer: Nick Marsh Original Format: HDV, Mini DV, DVCAM Distributor: Sandy Crichton Submitted by: Catskill Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Catskill Films, 35A Nihill Crescent,Mission Bay, Auckland,1071, New Zealand Phone/Fax +64 9 521 4406 +64 9 521 4728 (PDLO FDWVNLOO¿OPV#JPDLOFRP :HE ZZZFDWVNLOO¿OPVFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:34
Fury for the Sound: The Women at Clayoquot
Country: Canada Language: English Length: 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 ¿OPLVVRPXFKPRUHWKDQDVWRU\DERXWWUHHV«EHSUHSDUHGWRUHHYDOXDWH\RXU life.
Production Organization(s): TellTale Productions Producer: Shelley Wine Director: Shelley Wine Photographer: Greg Davis Picture Editor: Bonni Devlin Script Writer: Shelley Wine Sound: Dale Darlington Original Format: Beta SP Distributor: Canada: TellTale Productions & Moving Images USA: Bullfrog Films
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
TellTale Productions, 64 Tyrrel Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; M6G 2G4 Phone/Fax: 416 419 2111 416 651 7929 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.furyforthesound.org Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:35
Hybrid Philharmonic Orchestra
Country: New Zealand Language: English Length: 6’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Imagine. The power if we cooperate.
Production Organization(s): Pakurane Producer: Pakurane Director: Pakurane Photographer: Laurence Dupont Sound: Bettina Storz, Dale Morton Picture Editor: Pakurane Effects Editor: Pakurane Script Writer: Pakurane Composer: Yohei Tanabe/ China/ C Original Format: Mini DV Submitted by: Pakurane
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Catskill Films, 35A Nihill Crescent,Mission Bay, Auckland,1071, New Zealand Phone/Fax 021 13140374 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:36
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… µ)LVKH\H)DQWDVHD¶LVDGLYHGHHSLQWRWKH¿VKHVH\HVDQGDJURXQGEUHDNLQJ revelation about what they really see.
Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion Film Producer: Anita Chaumette Director: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Anita Chaumette, Guy Chaumette Sound: Guy Chaumette Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Chaumette & Guy Chaumette Narrator: Anita Chaumette Effects Editor: Guy Chaumette Composer: Luciano Storti Original Format: DV 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Prof. Justin Marshall, School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ, Australia; Prof. Shaun Coollin, Marine Neurobiology, Australia; Dr. Uli Siedbeck, Dr. Charles Mazel Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION
/LTXLG0RWLRQ)LOPVFR%URRN¿HOG+DPSVWKZDLWH+DUURJDWH+*() England,UK Phone/Fax +6799707416 (PDLO SURGXFWLRQ#OLTXLGPRWLRQ¿OPFRP:HE ZZZOLTXLGPRWLRQ¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:37
FINALIST Beyond the Blue
Country: Fiji/France/UK Language: English Length: 8’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: In a world ruled by colour, marine animals have adapted to the underwater blues, by changing colour themselves – and, by changing colour,… itself. 5HYHDOLQJPLQGEORZLQJEHKDYLRXUQHYHUVHHQRU¿OPHGEHIRUHDVWRQLVKLQJLPDJHV new to science and extraordinary phenomena, still far from understood, ‘Beyond the Blue’ is a sensational world premiere, exploring the magic of underwater ÀXRUHVFHQFHDQGWKHLQFRQFHLYDEOHDELOLW\RIPDULQHDQLPDOVWRFKDQJHRQHFRORXU into another.
Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion Film Producer: Anita Chaumette Director: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Anita Chaumette, Guy Chaumette Sound: Guy Chaumette Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Chaumette, Guy Chaumette Narrator: Anita Chaumette Effects Editor: Guy Chaumette Composer: Luciano Storti Original Format: DV 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Prof. Justin Marshall, School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ, Australia; Prof. Shaun Coollin, Marine Neurobiology, Australia; Dr. Uli Siedbeck, Dr. Charles Mazel Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS, SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
/LTXLG0RWLRQ)LOPVFR%URRN¿HOG+DPSVWKZDLWH+DUURJDWH+*() England,UK Phone/Fax +6799707416 (PDLO SURGXFWLRQ#OLTXLGPRWLRQ¿OPFRP :HE ZZZOLTXLGPRWLRQ¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:38
Colour Talks
Country: Fiji/France/UK Language: English Length: 8’ Completion date: 2008
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 ZRUOGRIFDPRXÀDJHDQGGLVSOD\PDULQHDQLPDOVWDONLQDODQJXDJHZHKDYHQ¶W yet understood. In a groundbreaking step towards learning to listen ‘Colour Talks’ unravels the mystery of underwater colour and brings a revolutionary understanding RIWKHODQJXDJHRIWKH¿VK2QWKHFXWWLQJHGJHRIPDULQHVFLHQFHDVZHRSHQRXU eyes, we start to hear what they say…
Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion Film Producer: Anita Chaumette Director: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Anita Chaumette & Guy Chaumette Sound: Guy Chaumette Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Chaumette & Guy Chaumette Narrator: Anita Chaumette Effects Editor: Guy Chaumette Composer: Luciano Storti Original Format: DV 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Prof. Justin Marshall, School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ, Australia; Prof. Shaun Coollin, Marine Neurobiology, Australia; Dr. Uli Siedbeck, Dr. Charles Mazel Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET- BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT), SCIENCE FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION
/LTXLG0RWLRQ)LOPVFR%URRN¿HOG+DPSVWKZDLWH+DUURJDWH+*() England,UK Phone/Fax +6799707416 (PDLO SURGXFWLRQ#OLTXLGPRWLRQ¿OPFRP :HE ZZZOLTXLGPRWLRQ¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:39
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 OHDYHVKLVROGOLIHEHKLQGDQGDUULYHVDWDGLVKHYHOHG¿VKLQJKXWRQWKHFRDVWRI 'HQPDUN:KLOHWLG\LQJWKH¿VKLQJKXW-RKDQ¿QGVDQROGVWXIIHGDOEDWURVV+HWULHV to throw it out but it is too heavy, instead he dusts it off and leaves it where it is. $IWHUUHWXUQLQJKRPHIURPDSDUW\KH¿QGVWKDWWKHDOEDWURVKDVPRYHGDQGLV looking at the ocean. Johan is drawn instinctively to the waters edge.There he ¿QGVDEHDFKHGZKDOH
Production Organization(s): Zentropa/ Det danske videovaerksted Producer: Katja Adomeit Director: Daniel Borgman Photographer: Sophia Olsson Sound: Lars Halvorsen Picture Editor: Anders Albjerg Kristiansson Script Writer: Daniel Borgman Effects Editor: Daniel Borgman Composer: Simon Bertrand Original Format: 16mm
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Zentropa, Filmbyen 22, Denmark Phone/Fax +64 21059 1692 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:40
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 QHVWLVÀRRGHGGXHWRKXPDQLQWHUYHQWLRQZLWKGUDPDWLFFRQVHTXHQFHV7KHIHZ 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): Zopiros Producer: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Director: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Photographer: Andreas Zacharatos Sound: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Picture Editor: Dimitris Gouziotis, Dimitra Bessi Script Writer: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Composer: 6WUDWLV6R¿DQRV Original Format: Digibeta
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Zopiros, 19 Tobazi Str.,15121, Pefki, Greece Phone/Fax +30 210 6127906 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:41
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. (YHU\DXWXPQWKHFDWWOHEUHHGHUVRIWKHYLOODJHRI'RWVLNRWDNHWKHLUÀRFNVGRZQ 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): Zopiros Producer: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Director: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Photographer: Andreas Zacharatos Sound: Sokratis Tzovanis Picture Editor: Dimitris Gouziotis, Dimitra Bessi Script Writer: ,OLDV,RVL¿GLV Narrator: Lefteris Eleftheriadis Composer: 6WUDWLV6R¿DQRV Original Format: Digibeta Distributor: Zopiros
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Environmental Conservation Films Zopiros, 19 Tobazi Str.,15121, Pefki, Greece Phone/Fax +30 210 6127906 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:42
7KH$QWLELRWLF$GYHQWXUH
Country: France Language: French Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: $QWLELRWLFVDUHRQHRIWKHJUHDWHVWGLVFRYHULHVLQWKH¿HOGRIKHDOWKD discovery with far reaching consequences that affect the lives of entire populations. But the appearance of antibiotics has given mankind the illusion that it could control disease and control the natural world.
Production Organization(s): Marathon International Producer: Pascal Breton Director: Pierre Bressiant Script Writer: Pierre Bressiant Original Format: HD Distributor: Marathon International
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Marathon International, 8 boulevard des Capucines,France Phone/Fax +33 (0)1 53 10 94 57 +33(0)1 53 10 94 51 (PDLO J¿WWDQWH#JPDLOFRP Web: www.marathon.fr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:43
FINALIST 7KH$QWLELRWLF$GYHQWXUH (Part 2)
Country: France Language: French (English subtitles) Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: $QWLELRWLFVDUHRQHRIWKHJUHDWHVWGLVFRYHULHVLQWKH¿HOGRIKHDOWKD 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 International Producer: Pascal Breton Director: Pierre Bressiant PScript Writer: Pierre Bressiant Original Format: HD Distributor: Marathon International
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Marathon International, 8 boulevard des Capucines,France Phone/Fax +33 (0)1 53 10 94 57 +33(0)1 53 10 94 51 (PDLO J¿WWDQWH#JPDLOFRP Web: www.marathon.fr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:44
FINALIST In the Tube
Country: Russia Language: Russian (English subtitles) Length: 26’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPLVDERXWZK\SHRSOHDUHDIUDLGRIWUDQVJHQRVLVDQGJHQHWLF engineering and kinds of Strangely enough but these themes are closely intertwined between itself not only LQ¿OPEXWDOVRLQOLIH)RUZKDWGRHVKXPDQLW\GRWKLV"
Producer: Boris Korchev Director: Vitaliy Korchev Photographer: Artem Anisimov,Oleg Bogatov, Alex Guz’, Vladimir Stremyakov Sound: Vladimir Turikov Script Writer: Vlad Jakovlev Narrator: Vitaly Korchev Effects Editor: ANYMotion Studio moscow Original Format: DVD Distributor: Vitaliy
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Vitaliy Korchev, Skorulsky st. 8, Zhitomir Ukraine 10014 Phone/Fax +380 412 379062 +380 412 418 339 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:45
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 FKDQJH,Qµ*DVWRQ¶DVHDOHVFDSHGIURPWKH3UDJXH]RRGXULQJWKHÀRRGV 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 Maxova Director: Miloslav Novak Photographer: Jakub Halousek, Emanuela Coppola Sound: Martin Zenisek Picture Editor: Adam Brothanek Script Writer: Ferdinand Pitrosu Narrator: Karel Hoger Effects Editor: Helena Rosova Composer: Nino Rota Original Format: Film print 35mm/ Digital Betacam Distributor: %RQWRQ¿OPDVLQ&]HFKFLQHPDV 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Prof. Vladimir Hanak, Prof. Stanislav Komarek, Dr. Ali Cemal Gucu Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
12 OPIC, Zemedelska 12, 1600 00 – Prague 6, Czech rep. Phone/Fax + 420 776121212 +420 233 323 112 E-mail:[email protected] Web: www.12opic.cz Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:46
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 DJJUHVVLRQDQGPDQ\WLPHVWKLVLVDOVRSRUWUD\HGLQWUDGLWLRQDOQDWXUDOKLVWRU\¿OPV 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 XQIXO¿OOHGVH[XDOGHVLUHV7KHVH[HVFRPHWRJHWKHUWRLPSUHVVRQHDFKRWKHU carefully select a partner and raise a new brood. For many species an elaborate dance is part of the mating ritual. 7KH¿OP³1DWXUH¶V'DQFH´LVDFHOHEUDWLRQRIWKHEHDXW\DQGJUDFHLQQDWXUH
Director: Bo Landin Photographer: Jan Henriksson Sound: Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Bo Landin Script Writer: Bo Landin Narrator: Bert Deivert Composer: Alan Williams Original Format: HD Cam
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Prostvägen 12, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax + 358505313452 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:47
Irani Wildlife
Country: Iran Language: Iranian Length: 26’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: µ,UDQL:LOGOLIH¶LVDMRXUQH\,XVHGVFLHQWL¿FNQRZOHGJHIRUPDQGFRORXU music and SRHWU\DVWKHYHKLFOHRIWKLVIDQWDVWLFMRXUQH\,WULHGWR¿QGDQGJLYH a 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 ZLOO¿QGDIRXUVHDVRQVODQGZLWKYDULRXVSODQWVDQGDQLPDOV7KLV¿OPUHFRUGVWKH PRYHPHQWRIRSHQ¿HOGVN\DQGVHDDQGWKHZLOGOLIHRI,UDQSRHWLFDOO\:LWKKLV work I hope to make the people more attentive about the life and nature and the conservation of endangered species.
Production Organization(s): Blue Awareness Producer: Mani Mirsadeghi Director: Mani Mirsadeghi Photographer: Mani Mirsadeghi Sound: M.R. Aligholi Picture Editor: Behrang Sanjabi Script Writer: Saeedeh Akhkan Narrator: Parviz Parastoi Effects Editor: M.R. Aligholi Composer: M.R. Aligholi Original Format: HDCam 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. B. Kiabi
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Blue Awareness, 19395-6956 Tehran-Iran Phone/Fax +98 21 22110600 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mirsadeghi.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:48
Planet A
Country: France Language: Length: 7’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: The world has become a vast dried out planet, where the growing of FRWWRQRYHUH[SORLWHGIRUHFRQRPLFDOUHDVRQVLVWKHPDLQFDXVHRIGHVHUWL¿FDWLRQ A saline desert covers acres of dried out land where strange salt trees appear. 7KLVSKHQRPHQRQHFKRHVDQHYHQJUHDWHUHFRORJLFDOGLVDVWHUWKHGHUVHUWL¿FDWLRQ of the Aral Sea. And man is always responsible…
Production Organization(s): Le Fresnoy, Studio National Producer: Eric Prigent Director: Momoko Seto Photographer: Jean-René Lorand, Momoko Seto Sound: Ronan Gicquel Picture Editor: Momoko Seto Script Writer: Momoko Seto Effects Editor: Brice Bignami, Mihai Grecu Composer: Yann Leguay Original Format: HD (photo and 3D) Distributor: Le Fresnoy, Natalia Trébik 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr.Erik Gonthier, Musée de l’Homme, Paris
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Le Fresnoy, 22 rue du Fresnoy, BP 179; Tourcoing Cedex 59202 France Phone/Fax +33 603903587 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.setomoko.org Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:49
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 DSOHWKRUDRIKXQJU\SUHGDWRUV GROSKLQVELUGVVKDUNVJDPH¿VKVHDOVZKDOHV 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 pix Producer: Ralf Kiefner Director: Ralf Kiefner, Peter Spielmann Photographer: Andrea Ramalho, Ralf Kiefner Sound: Detlef Schmitz Picture Editor: Sebastian Weinhold Script Writer: Ralf Kiefner Narrator: Mark Rossman Effects Editor: )ODNH¿OP0HGLHQSURGXNWLRQ Composer: Didi Hamann Original Format: Digi Beta Pal 4x3 Distributor: Electric Sky 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Sean O’Donoghue
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ocean Pix, Ginsterweg 4, 51427 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Phone/Fax +49 2204 61517 +49 2204 21368 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ocean-pix.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:50
5HÀHFWLRQ%LUG
Country: France Language: Length: 5’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: $IHZGD\VDIWHUWKH¿OPZDVGRQH,GLVFRYHUHG5REHUW/D[ 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 production Producer: Cédrick Eymenier Director: Cédrick Eymenier Composer: Joe Gilmore Original Format: 4/3 Distributor: Objet de production
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Objet de production, 3 rue Alexandre Dumas, France Phone/Fax +33 609556666 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:51
The Water Bearer
Country: Canada Language: English Length: 52 Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: 7KLV¿OPWHOOVWKHVWRU\RI0XVOLPVDQG&DWKROLFVFRH[LVWLQJRQWKH ,QGRQHVLDQLVODQGRI)ORUHVZKRVHFRPPLWPHQWDQGZLOOWR¿JKWWUDGLWLRQKDVOHG WKHPWRFRRSHUDWHRQDYROXQWHHUEDVLVIURPWKHSDVW¿YH\HDUVWREULQJFOHDQ 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 RI*LOOHV5D\PRQGD4XHEHFHUZKRDIWHU¿JKWLQJIRUWKHGHYHORSPHQWRI(DVWHUQ Quebec for 20 years, chose in 2002 to devote himself to making a better life for these Indonesian farmers.
Production Organization(s): Pascal Gélinas Producer: Pascal Gélinas Director: Pascal Gélinas Photographer: Pascal Gélinas Sound: Pascal Gélinas Picture Editor: Pascal Gélinas Script Writer: Pascal Gélinas Narrator: Charles Tisseyere Composer: Jean Saint-Onge Original Format: 4/3 Distributor: Societé Radio-Canada
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Pascal Gélinas, 605 St-Vallier, Montreal (QC) H25288 Canada Phone/Fax +514 597 5392 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:52
FINALIST 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 Atabamba Producer: Adam M. Goldstein Director: Adam M. Goldstein Photographer: Adam M. Goldstein, Peter Goodman Picture Editor: Adam M. Goldstein Narrator: Helene Collongues Composer: Sonido Verde de Moyobamba Original Format: DV 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Helene Collongues, Carlos Palomino
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Películas Atabamba, 105 Ashland Place #2-C, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Phone/Fax + Mobile: 212-674-7183 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:53
FINALIST Our Wonderful World
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 5’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: The mating habits of the water shrew like never seen before…
Production Organization(s): HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-Babelsberg Producer: HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-Babelsberg Director: Tomer Eshed Sound: David Ziegler Picture Editor: Tomer Eshed Script Writer: Tomer Eshed Narrator: John Berwick Effects Editor: Dennis Rettkowski Composer: Stefan Maria Schneider Original Format: 35mm Distributor: HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-Babelsberg
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
HFF ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam-Babelsberg, Eberswalder Str.19, 10437 Berlin, Germany Phone/Fax +49 30 417170077 Mobile: +49 176 26257969 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:54
Black Bears Unleashed
Country: Taiwan Language: English Length: 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 Yao Director: Andrew Yao Photographer: Hsuei-Zhu Lee Sound: Aviec Hsia Picture Editor: Andrew Yao Script Writer: Peter Liu Narrator: Christopher Slaughter Original Format: NTSC Distributor: National Geographic Channels International 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Endemic Specis Research Insitute Submitted by: Hegu Communications Co.,Ltd.
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Hegu Communications Co.,Ltd., 6F, No. 7, Jun-Gong rd., Wen Shan District, Taipei, Taiwan Phone/Fax +886 2 2239 5601 +886 2 2239 7076 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:55
Pure Coasts of Lake Baikal
Country: Russia Language: Russian Length: 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: AGV Director: Alex Gilev Photographer: Ilya Zakablukovsky Sound: Alex Gilev Picture Editor: Alex Gilev Script Writer: Alex Gilev Effects Editor: Alex Gilev Original Format: DVD
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Alex Gilev, 44-26, Lisina st., Irkutsk, 664009, Russia Phone/Fax +7 902 1768840 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:56
FINALIST The True face of the Bear
Country: Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 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. 7KH¿OPWULHVWRVKRZKRZEHDUVUHDFWLQGLIIHUHQWVLWXDWLRQVKRZWKH\FDQEH irritated and if there is a reason for people to avoid them.
Production Organization(s): :LOGOLIH¿OPFRP Producer: Erik Fernström Photographer: Erik Fernström Picture Editor: Margus Peensaar Script Writer: Erik Fernström Narrator: Claes Dieden Composer: Universal Publ. Prod. Music Original Format: Digi beta 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Scandinavian brown bear scientists Submitted by: :LOGOLIH¿OPFRP
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
:LGOLIH¿OPFRP6LPRQVJnUGVJUlQG*UlQQD6ZHGHQ Phone/Fax +4639010300 (PDLO LQIR#ZLOGOLIH¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:57
The Golden Wachau Valley – A danube treasure
Country: Germany Language: German Length: 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): -ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU)LOPSURGXNWLRQ Producer: -ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU Director: -ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU Photographer: -ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU Sound: Rudi Preusser Picture Editor: &KULVYRQ/ĦEFNH Script Writer: -ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU Narrator: Gert Heidenreich Submitted by: -ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU)LOPSURGXNWLRQ
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
-ĦUJHQ(LFKLQJHU)LOPSURGXNWLRQ5HLVFKOZHJ 0ĦQFKHQ*HUPDQ\ Phone/Fax +49 3228164 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:58
Wall of Death
Country: Israel Language: English Length: 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 WRVXUYLYHWKLVJDXQWOHWRISUHGDWLRQWKH¿HUFHVWHQHP\RIDOOLVWKHµ:DOORI'HDWK¶ 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): $¿NLP3URGXFWLRQV1*7 ) Producer: Yossi Weissler Director: Yossi Weisler, Moshe alpert Photographer: Moshe alpert Distributor: National Geographic TV and Film 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Len Aronson Submitted by: $¿NLP3URGXFWLRQV
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$¿NLP3URGXFWLRQV.LEEXW]D¿NLP,VUDHO Phone/Fax +972 50 40 40 555 (PDLO \RVVL#D¿NLPRUJLO Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:59
Existo
Country: Norway Language: English Length: 4’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis:7KLVVKRUW¿OPLVDERXWFURVVLQJIURPRQHGLPHQVLRQWRDQRWKHUDQG 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 ¿OPIROORZVWKHNLQJRIWKHIRUHVWRXUEHORYHGHONDQGWUDFNVLWV¿UVWIHZPDJLFDO and dramatic months in our world.
Production Organization(s): Perspektiv Film Producer: Stian Thilert Director: Jannicke Johansen Photographer: Ingri Fjestad Sound: Erlend Hogstad Picture Editor: Frida Eggum Michaelsen Script Writer: Jannicke Johansen Narrator: Jannicke Johansen Effects Editor: Sement og Betong Original Format: DVD Distributor: Perspektiv Film Submitted by: Perspektiv Film
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Perspektiv Film, Bygdøy Alle 81, 0268 Oslo, Norway Phone/Fax +47 93897243 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:60
A Smile for Fire
Country: Iran Language: Iranian Length: 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 Hashemi Photographer: Parinaz Hashemi Sound: Parinaz Hashemi Script Writer: Parinaz Hashemi Original Format: Mini DV Submitted by: Parinaz Hashemi
Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES, (RELEGIOUS DOC)
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:61
Land of Crystal Waters
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 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. ,FHDJHJODFLHUVVKDSHGWKH6DO]NDPPHUJXW¶VUXJJHGSUR¿OHDQGOHIWEHKLQGVRPH seventy-two lakes, connected by a labyrinth of crystal-clear rivers.
Production Organization(s): Pröll Film for ORF Producer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Erich Pröll Director: Klaus Feichtenberger, Erich Pröll Photographer: Erich Pröll, Hubert Doppler Picture Editor: Sonja Lesowky Script Writer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Erich Pröll Narrator: Duncan Larkin Composer: Kurt Adametz Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:62
2O¶0DQ5LYHU± Mighty Mississippi (Part 2)
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2007
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 &DQDGLDQSURYLQFHV6LQFHWKH¿UVWKXPDQEHLQJVVHWIRRWRQWKH1RUWK$PHULFDQ subcontinent, the face of the river has changed dramatically.
Production Organization(s): ScienceVision for ORF Producer: Michael Schlammberger, Steve Nicholls Director: Michael Schlammberger, Steve Nicholls Photographer: Michael Schlammberger, Rolando Menardi, Kevin Flay Sound: Rupert Metnitzer, Raimund Sivetz Picture Editor: Andrew Naylor Script Writer: Michael Schlammberger, Steve Nicholls Narrator: Howard Nightingall, Christian Rodska Composer: Kurt Adametz Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:63
FINALIST Wild Mongolia
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 50’ Completion date: 2006
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 ORF Producer: Heinrich Mayer Director: Heinz Leger Photographer: Josef Neuper, Klaus Achter Sound: Thomas Kathriner, Hanes Bertolini Picture Editor: Martin Biribauer Script Writer: Heinz Leger, Klaus Feichtenberger Narrator: Howard Nightingall Composer: Erwin Kiennast, Khukh Mongol Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:64
Prince of the Alps
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 53’ Completion date: 2007
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 ¿OPZLOOIRFXVRQWKHGLIIHUHQFHEHWZHHQWKHFRPPRQO\FRQIXVHGUHGGHHUDQG 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 ORF Producer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar Penker Director: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar Penker Photographer: Otmar Penker Picture Editor: Karl Königsberger Script Writer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar Penker Narrator: Andrew Golder Composer: Andreas Fabianek Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:65
Jackals – Out of Africa
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 49’ Completion date: 2007
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 ORF Producer: Waltraud Paschinger Director: Waltraud Paschinger Photographer: Istvan Nadaskay, Hubert Doppler, Tomi Sommer, Peter Giczy, Lukas Kronsteiner Sound: Karl Königsberger Picture Editor: Werner Mueller, Albert Gorocz Script Writer: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar Penker Narrator: Howard Nightingall, Albert Gorocz Composer: Erwin Kiennast Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:66
Tasmania – Pardise at the end of the world
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 49’ Completion date: 2007
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 ORF Producer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl Director: Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl Photographer: Kevin Flay Picture Editor: Martin Elsbury Script Writer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl Narrator: Christian Rodska Composer: Stephen Faux Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:67
FINALIST The Tiger and The Monk
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 50’ Completion date: 2006
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 ORF Producer: Harald Pokieser Director: Harald Pokieser Photographer: Harald Mittermueller Sound: Hermann Winklhofer, Christian Strolz Picture Editor: Adi Wallisch Script Writer: Harald Pokieser Narrator: Howard Nightingall, Roger Forbes Composer: Andy Baum, Stefan Maas Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
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ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:68
FINALIST Time Limits
Country: Austria Language: English Length: 49’ Completion date: 2008
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 QHZFDPHUDWHFKQLTXHVGUDPDWLFFRPSXWHUDQLPDWLRQDQGWKHODWHVWVFLHQWL¿F 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 ZRUOGRISODQWV:HZLOOMRXUQH\LQWRVKRUWHUWLPHVFDOHVWR¿QGHOHPHQWVWKDWH[LVWIRU OHVVWKDQDPLOOLRQWKRIDVHFRQGRUHOHPHQWDU\SDUWLFOHVWKDWÀDVKLQWRH[LVWHQFH for less than a billionth of a second.
Production Organization(s): AV Documenta for ORF Producer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl Director: Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl Photographer: Kevin Flay, Bernie Wallentin, Miriam Floer, Alf Staudach, robbie Alen, Ollie Larkin Picture Editor: Martin Elsbury Script Writer: Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl Narrator: Christian Rodska Composer: Steven Faux Distributor: Mag. Monika Kossits; ORF Program Sales Submitted by: ORF
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
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ORF NHU, Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax +43 1 87878 12335 +43 1 87878 14884 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://tvsales.orf.at Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:69
Wild Turkey
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43’ Completion date: 2007
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.
Production Organization(s): 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+IRU1'5 1'51DWXU¿OP6WXGLR+DPEXUJ'RFXPHQWDULHV Producer: Britta Kiesewetter Director: Jan Haft Photographer: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne Picture Editor: Robert Morgenstern, Kathrin Schröder Script Writer: Jan Haft Sound: Yann Sochaczewski Narrator: Rob Quirk Composer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: HD Cam Distributor: Parthenon Entertainment Ltd. 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Nikolaus Koch Submitted by: 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
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1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+(VWHUQGRUI'RUIHQ*HUPDQ\ Phone/Fax +49 8081-959661 (PDLO PHODQLHKDIW#QDXWLOXV¿OPFRP :HE ZZZQDXWLOXV¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:70
Oldies but Goldies
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43’ Completion date: 2007
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 WUHHV)URPWKHFRDVWVRIWKH1RUWK6HDWRWKH$OSVWKH¿OPLVDZRQGHUIXOMRXUQH\ 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): 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+%5*HUPDQ\ Producer: Jan Haft Director: Jan Haft Photographer: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Rolf Steinmann Picture Editor: Robert Morgenstern Script Writer: Jan Haft, Gerwig Lawitzky Sound: Yann Sochaczewski Narrator: David Williamson, Jenny Evans, David Creedon Composer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: HD Cam Distributor: Off the Fence B.V., The Netherlands Submitted by: 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
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1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+(VWHUQGRUI'RUIHQ*HUPDQ\ Phone/Fax +49 8081-959661 (PDLO PHODQLHKDIW#QDXWLOXV¿OPFRP :HE ZZZQDXWLOXV¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:71
FINALIST 7KH&UD\¿VKLQWKH-DP-DU
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis:³7KH&UD\¿VKLQWKH-DP-DU´LVDQDXWKHQWLFDQGLQWLPDWHSRUWUDLWRI a habitat, its wildlife and a man who has lived here all his life. When he was a ER\KHFDXJKW¿VKDQGFUD\¿VKLQMDPMDUVDQGVWDUWHGWRWKRURXJKO\REVHUYHWKH 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): 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+%5*HUPDQ\ Producer: Jan Haft Director: Jan Haft Photographer: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Rolf Steinmann Picture Editor: Kathrin Schröder Script Writer: Jan Haft Sound: Adrian Langenbach Narrator: David Ingram Composer: Jörg Magnus Pfeil Original Format: HD Cam Distributor: 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+ Submitted by: 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+
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1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+(VWHUQGRUI'RUIHQ*HUPDQ\ Phone/Fax +49 8081-959661 (PDLO PHODQLHKDIW#QDXWLOXV¿OPFRP :HE ZZZQDXWLOXV¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:72
FINALIST 7KH(YROXWLRQRI)OLJKW
Country: Germany Language: German Length: 29’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: One of the greatest adventures on earth – Flying. In the course of HYROXWLRQPDQ\FUHDWXUHVKDYHOHDUQHGWRÀ\7RH[SORUHWKHRULJLQVRIÀLJKWZH have to go way back in time. Millions of years ago dinosaurs were already cruising LQWKHVN\EXWQRWHYHQWKH\ZHUH¿UVWLQFRQTXHULQJWKHDLUVSDFH« 7KH¿OPIROORZVWKHTXHVWLRQRQKRZÀLJKWFRXOGKDYHHYROYHGDQGH[SODLQVWKH FRQWURYHUVLDOVFLHQWL¿FUHVXOWVDQGFRQFOXVLRQV,IELUGVVWDUWHGWRÀ\³WUHHGRZQ´ 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): 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+%5*HUPDQ\ Producer: Martin Schneider, Dirk Neumann Director: Jan Haft Photographer: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne Picture Editor: Gabor Haag Script Writer: Jan Haft Sound: Adrian Langenbach, Felix Pustal Narrator: Gabi Hinterstoisser Composer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: HD Cam Distributor: 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+ 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dietrich Schaller Submitted by: 1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+
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1DXWLOXV¿OP*PE+(VWHUQGRUI'RUIHQ*HUPDQ\ Phone/Fax +49 8081-959661 (PDLO PHODQLHKDIW#QDXWLOXV¿OPFRP :HE ZZZQDXWLOXV¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:73
The Treasured Waters
Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 14’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis:$\RXQJPDQGHVLUHVWROLYHWKH¿QQLVKGUHDPEXWKLVKRSHVDUHDERXW to be crushed under the unstoppably urbanizing society.
Production Organization(s): Tampereen AMK/ Taide ja viestintä Producer: Kai Salonen Director: Ilkka Rautio Photographer: Mika Vuorinen, Ilkka Rautio, Jaakko Slotte Picture Editor: Antti Karjalainen, Ilkka Rautio Script Writer: Ilkka Rautio Sound: Tuomas Vahtera Narrator: Olli Kontulainen Composer: Johannes Vartola Original Format: Digibeta Distributor: Tampereen AMK/ Taide ja viestintä
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Tampereen AMK / Taide ja viestintä, Ilkka Rautio, Imarretie 2, 90580 Oulu Phone/Fax 0503438015 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:74
FINALIST White Storks of my Valley
Country: Serbia Language: English Length: 50’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis:7KLVLVD¿OPRQZKLWHELUGVZKLFKKDYHDOUHDG\EHHQIRUFHQWXULHV WKHV\PERORI9RMYRGLQD1RUWK6HUELD7KH¿OPVKRRWLQJUHTXLUHGJUHDWORYHDQG patience, it took three years (2005-2007), mostly in the villages and marshes DORQJWKHULYHUV7DPLãDQG'DQXEH7KLV¿OPLVSDUWLFXODUO\YDOXDEOHEHFDXVHLW UHFRUGVVXEWLOHIHHOLQJVDQGVSHFL¿FVWRUNEHKDYLRXUGXULQJWKHPDWLQJVHDVRQ HJJKDWFKLQJIHHGLQJGHOLYHULQJRIEDELHVDQGG\LQJ:LWKWKLV¿OPZHKDYH also supported the young ornithologists’ project: ‘Safe nest for white storks’, aimed to prevent storks from becoming electrical shock victims.
Production Organization(s): Academic society for nature study and conservation Novi Sad Director: Oliver Fojkar Photographer: Dusan Cekic, Oliver Fojkar Picture Editor: Ondrej Pavcok Script Writer: Oliver Fojkar Sound: Karcika Morvai Narrator: Markus Vincent Tapper Effects Editor: Ondrej Pavcok Composer: Miroslav Jovancic Original Format: Digibeta Distributor: Academic society for nature study and conservation Novi Sad 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Marko Tucakov
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
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Institute for nature conservation of Serbia, Radnicka 20A, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Phone/Fax +381 21 4896 326 +381 21 6616 252 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.natureprotection.org.yu Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:75
Otter Man
Country: Hungary Language: English Length: 46’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis:7KLVLVD¿OPRQZKLWHELUGVZKLFKKDYHDOUHDG\EHHQIRUFHQWXULHV WKHV\PERORI9RMYRGLQD1RUWK6HUELD7KH¿OPVKRRWLQJUHTXLUHGJUHDWORYHDQG patience, it took three years (2005-2007), mostly in the villages and marshes DORQJWKHULYHUV7DPLãDQG'DQXEH7KLV¿OPLVSDUWLFXODUO\YDOXDEOHEHFDXVHLW UHFRUGVVXEWLOHIHHOLQJVDQGVSHFL¿FVWRUNEHKDYLRXUGXULQJWKHPDWLQJVHDVRQ HJJKDWFKLQJIHHGLQJGHOLYHULQJRIEDELHVDQGG\LQJ:LWKWKLV¿OPZHKDYHDOVR 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 GmbH Producer: Zoltan Török Director: Zoltan Török Photographer: Zsolt Marcell Tóth Picture Editor: John Toft, Péter Rostás Script Writer: Zoltán Török Sound: Róbert Jakub, Gábor Giret Narrator: 0DUN*ULI¿WK Effects Editor: Péter Rostás Composer: Muzsikás ensemble and many others Original Format: Digital Betacam Distributor: Parthenon Entertainment (in Central Europe: Azara Film) 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Pál Gera
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
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Azara Film, Szentendre Szécenyi tér 11., 2000, Hungary Phone/Fax +36 30 99 21 372 E-mail: [email protected] :HE ZZZD]DUD¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:76
Introduction to the &ODVVL¿FDWLRQRI2UJDQLVPV
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 XVXQGHUVWDQGWKHZRUOGDURXQGXVEHWWHU7KH¿OPVKRZVWKHDWWHPSWVIDPRXV 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 GHI\LQJWKHSUHYLRXVFODVVL¿FDWLRQV7KHQDWXUDOZRUOGLVFRQVWDQWO\FKDOOHQJLQJ 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: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Marcin Borchardt Photographer: Krzysztof Kowalski Picture Editor: Krzysztof Kowalski Script Writer: 0RQLND.RĔF]\N Sound: Ireneusz Wrosz Narrator: Tomasz Fogiel Effects Editor: Andrzej Preisner Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU 0RQLND.RĔF]\N Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:77
Australia – a Bridge to the Past
Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles) Length: 5’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: ,Q¿QLWHVSDFHDQGXQWDPHGQDWXUHWKH$XVWUDOLDQFRQWLQHQWKDVEHHQ IDVFLQDWLQJH[SORUHUVVLQFHWKHPHQWLRQRI7HUUD$XVWUDOLV $XVWUDOLD±$%ULGJHWRWKH3DVW LVDSDUWRIWKHF\FOHRIHGXFDWLRQDO¿OPVRQ JHRJUDSK\ DQG QDWXUH IRU VFKRROFKLOGUHQ DJHG 7KH¿OPSUHVHQWVWKH JHRJUDSK\DQGWKHQDWXUDOYDOXHVDQGFXULRVLWLHVRIWKH$QWLSRGHV
Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o. Producer: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Ksawery Szczepanik Photographer: Andrzej Szandurski Picture Editor: Aleksandra Szandurska Script Writer: Kazimierz Cichoszewski, Ksawery Sczepanik Narrator: *U]HJRU]3DZODN Effects Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Kazimierz Cichoszewski Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:78
The colours of Albion
Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles) Length: 4’ Completion date: 2007
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 LVDSDUWRIWKHF\FOHRIHGXFDWLRQDO¿OPVRQJHRJUDSK\DQG QDWXUHIRUVFKRROFKLOGUHQDJHG7KH¿OPSUHVHQWVWZRFRQWUDVWLQJIDFHVRI *UHDW%ULWDLQDVWKH¿UVWLQGXVWUDOL]HGFRXQWU\DVZHOODVZKHUHWKHSDVWRUDOOLIHVW\OH is truly appealing.
Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o. Producer: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Ksawery Szczepanik Photographer: Ksawery Szczepanik Picture Editor: Maja Adamczewska Script Writer: Kazimierz Cichoszewski, Ksawery Sczepanik Narrator: Grzegorz Pawlak Effects Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Kazimierz Cichoszewski Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:79
France – the Country of Abundance
Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles) Length: 4’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: France – the country of good taste in fashion, perfumes and quisine. France – the Country of Abundance LVDSDUWRIWKHF\FOHRIHGXFDWLRQDO¿OPVRQ JHRJUDSK\DQGQDWXUHIRUVFKRROFKLOGUHQDJHG7KH¿OPSUHVHQWVRQHRIWKH 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: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Ksawery Szczepanik Photographer: Wojciech Adamczewski Picture Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Script Writer: -DFHN%U]H]LĔVNL.VDZHU\6F]HSDQLN Narrator: *U]HJRU]3DZODN Effects Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU -DFHN%U]H]LĔVNL Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:80
India – One country, Numerous Worlds
Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles) Length: 5’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: India is a country of unparalleled number of colours and forms. Colourful clothes, spices and decorations are omnipresent here. ,QGLD±2QH&RXQWU\1XPHURXV:RUOGVLVDSDUWRIWKHF\FOHRIHGXFDWLRQDO¿OPV RQJHRJUDSK\DQGQDWXUHIRUVFKRROFKLOGUHQDJHG7KH¿OPSUHVHQWVWKH diversity of Indian landscapes and complexity of its culture in a nutshell.
Production Organization(s): Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o. Producer: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Ksawery Szczepanik Photographer: Ksawery Szczepanik Picture Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik, Piotr Romanow Script Writer: Kazimierz Cichoszewski, Ksawery Sczepanik Narrator: *U]HJRU]3DZODN Effects Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Kazimierz Cichoszewski Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:81
6FDQGLQDYLD±WKH6RXUFH of Economic Success
Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles) Length: 5’ Completion date: 2008
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 ¿OPVRQJHRJUDSK\DQGQDWXUHIRUVFKRROFKLOGUHQDJHG7KH¿OPSUHVHQWV 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: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Ksawery Szczepanik Photographer: Ksawery Szczepanik Picture Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Script Writer: -DFHN%U]H]LĔVNL.VDZHU\6F]HSDQLN Narrator: *U]HJRU]3DZODN Effects Editor: Ksawery Szczepanik Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU -DFHN%U]H]LĔVNL Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:82
FINALIST Winter – a Harsh Time for Animals
Country: Poland Language: Polish (English subtitles) Length: 10’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis::LQWHU±WKHZRUOGFRYHUHGE\ÀXII\VQRZ$ZRQGHUIXO VHDVRQIRU people who can indulge in snow frenzy. For the animals winter is neither enjoyable nor charming. Winter – a Harsh Time for Animals LVD¿OPIRUSULPDU\VFKRROFKLOGUHQ7KH 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 LQWHUHVWLQJIDFWVDQGVXPPDULVHVWKHIUHVKO\JDLQHGNQRZOHGJH7KH¿OPWHDFKHV 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: $QGU]HM0DĔNRZVNL Director: Janusz Komorowski Photographer: Krzysztof Kowalski Picture Editor: Krzysztof Kowalski Script Writer: ,ZRQD5RNLFLĔVND-DQXV].RPRURZVNL Sound: Ireneusz Wrosz Narrator: Grzegorz Pawlak Effects Editor: 3LRWUàDĔFXFNL Composer: Paris Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU ,ZRQD5RNLFLĔVND Original Format: DV Distributor: OPERON Submitted by: Harpoon Films
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Harpoon Films, Wydawnictwo Pedagogiczne OPERON Sp.z.o.o., Hutnicza 3, Gdynia Poland Phone/Fax +48 509-774-441 058-679-00-06 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.operon.pl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:83
FINALIST Reindeer Girls
Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 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 Capener Photographer: Kevin Flay Picture Editor: Martin Elsbury Script Writer: Victoria Coules Narrator: Stuart McQuarrie Composer: Steven Faux Distributor: BBC Worldwide Submitted by: Burning Gold Productions
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Burning Gold Productions, 103 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2PB, United Kingdom Phone/Fax +44 117 923 7774 +44 117 23 9700 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.burning-gold.co.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:84
The Lodgers
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43’ Completion date: 2007
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/ARD Producer: Astrid Harms, Christine Peters Director: Florian Guthknecht Photographer: Frank Lorbieki, Richard Albrecht Picture Editor: Björn Kessler Script Writer: Florian Guthknecht Sound: Michael Heumann Narrator: Gert Heidenreich Effects Editor: Thomas Muhrmann 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Hydra Institut München Original Format: Beta Digi Distributor: Telepool, Munich
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ARTE/ARD, Baaderstrasse 25, 80469 München, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 171 838 23 63 +49 89 20 20 6338 Web: br-online.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:85
FINALIST 5HYROXWLRQRQWKH5HHI
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet – and continuously get severely damaged by climate change, natural disasters and human beings. By declaring the Great Barrier Reef a national park with huge no–take- and no-enter-zones, Australia has taken a dramatic decision. Kathleen 6ZDOOLQJD\RXQJELRORJLVWDQGPHPEHURIWKHSDUNDXWKRULW\WDNHVXSWKH¿JKW against the dying – against pollution, bad diving habits, political failures and ignorant ¿VKHUPHQ:KLOHWU\LQJWRDYHUWDQHFRORJLFDOGLVDVWHUDWWKH*UHDW%DUULHU5HHI she experiences a very personal dream coming true…
Production Organization(s): ARTE/ARD Producer: Udo A. Zimmermann Director: Florian Guthknecht Photographer: Richard Fitzpatrick, Christian Lott Picture Editor: Vera von Appeldorn Script Writer: Florian Guthknecht Sound: Nanni Dursun Narrator: Donald Arthur 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Hydra Institut München Original Format: HD 16:9 Distributor: ARTE, ARD
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
ARTE/ARD, Baaderstrasse 25, 80469 München, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 171 838 23 63 +49 89 20 20 6338 Web: br-online.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:86
Another way of Doing Things
Country: Norway / Mexico Language: English Length: 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 HQYLURQPHQWDOLVVXHV7KHVHSHRSOHWKH\UHGH¿QHWKHLUFXOWXUHDVDZKROHWR develop, implement and transmit alternative practices which can protect and conserve their natural resources while generating a fair and reasonable income WRFRQVWUXFWDQHQGXULQJDQGVRFLDOO\MXVWL¿HGGHYHORSPHQWLQWKHDUHD
Production Organization(s): University of Tromsö Producer: Visual Culture studies Director: Carmen Castrejon Photographer: Carmen Castrejon Picture Editor: Carmen Castrejon Submitted by: Carmen Castrejon
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Carmen Castrejon, Högdaveien 26B 0680 Oslo, Norway Phone/Fax +47 974 29685 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:87
FINALIST Waterlands
Country: UK Language: English Length: 48’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis:µ:DWHUODQGV¶LVDO\ULFDO¿OPWKDWFDSWXUHVWKHPDMHVW\RIVRPHRIWKH 8.¶VPRVWGUDPDWLFZLOGOLIHVSHFWDFOHV¿OPHGDWVRPHRI%ULWDLQ¶VPRVWEHDXWLIXO 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 XVH)LOPHGRYHUWKUHH\HDUVWKH¿OPGHPRQVWUDWHVWKDWSUHGLFWLRQVRIFOLPDWH 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 UNIT Producer: Mark Percival Photographer: Toby Hough, Ian McCarthy Picture Editor: Paul Endacott Script Writer: Jo Stewart-Smith Sound: Nigel Tucker Narrator: TomConti Composer: David Mitcham Original Format: 16mm/Digital Betacam Distributor: Submitted by: Lesley Norman, Film Production Co-ordinator, RSPB Film Unit
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
RSPB Film Unit stands for Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Britain (RSPB), The Lodge Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK Phone/Fax: +44 (0)1767 680551 +44 (0) 1767 680551 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rspb.org.uk Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:88
Ladoga
Country: Russia Language: Russian Length: 29’ Completion date: 2007
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. /DGRJDKDVDULFKZRUOGRIÀRUDDGIDXQD7KH¿OPVKRZVWKHKLJKYDULHW\RIWKH animals and fauna at lake Ladoga.
Production Organization(s): Production Center ‘Studio F’ Producer: Sergei Popov Director: Sergei Popov, Olga Podolskya Photographer: Sergei Popov Original Format: %HWDFDP633$/'9ɋDP'9' Distributor: Production Center ‘Studio F’
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Production Center ‘Studio F’, RUSSIA, 194017, St. -Petersburg, Kostromskoi prospect, 24 /of. 132 Phone/Fax: +7. 812. 400-74-41 Mobile: +7. 921. 756-88-52 / 51 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:89
Bride of a Wind
Country: Russia Language: Russian Length: 26’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis:%XWWHUÀLHVDUHZRQGHUIXOFUHDWXUHV7KH¿OPZLOOVKRZWKHWUDQVIRUPDWLRQ IURPHJJWRDQDGXOWEXWWHUÀ\7KHEXWWHUÀLHVVRPHKRZVWD\LQWKHFHQWHURIDOO life processes in the world symbolizing the eternity and adaptability of life merely through their existence and transformations. Finally they are simply beautiful and DGRUQRXUOLIHZLWKKHLUSUHVHQFH7KHSRHPVE\91DERNRYTXRWHGLQWKH¿OPDUH devoted to these airy creatures, “the brides of the breeze”.
Production Organization(s): Production Center ‘Studio F’ Producer: Sergei Popov Director: Sergei Popov, Photographer: Sergei Popov Original Format: %HWDFDP633$/'9ɋDP'9' Distributor: Production Center ‘Studio F’
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Production Center ‘Studio F’, RUSSIA, 194017, St. -Petersburg, Kostromskoi prospect, 24 /of. 132 Phone/Fax: +7. 812. 400-74-41 Mobile: +7. 921. 756-88-52 / 51 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:90
Cliffhanger
Country: UK Language: English Length: 15’ Completion date: 2006
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’ VKHWHOOVWKHVWRU\RIKHU¿JKWWRVDYHKHUKRPHDQGEXVLQHVVIURPGHVWUXFWLRQ
Production Organization(s): Silver City Films Producer: David Grey Director: Anne O’Connell, Photographer: David Grey Picture Editor: Anne O’Connell Sound: David Grey Composer: Nathan Ariss Original Format: Mini DV Distributor: Silver City Films
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Silver City Films, 15 Radnor Gardens, Twickham, TW1 4NA, UK Phone/Fax: +44 20 891 3694 E-mail: [email protected] :HE ZZZVLOYHUFLW\¿OPVFRXN Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:91
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): Solarprod Producer: Barbier Olivier Director: Barbier Olivier Photographer: Barbier Olivier Picture Editor: Barbier Olivier Script Writer: Barbier Olivier, Anne Holzer Sound: Barbier Olivier Narrator: Christian Pacher Effects Editor: Barbier Olivier Composer: JC Masson Original Format: DV Cam Distributor: Solarprod
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Solarprod, 3ç rue du general Margueritte 35000 Rennes, France Phone/Fax: +33 6110 23593 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:92
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): Solarprod Producer: Barbier Olivier Director: Barbier Olivier Photographer: Barbier Olivier Picture Editor: Barbier Olivier Script Writer: Barbier Olivier, Anne Holzer Sound: M. Barraton Narrator: Camille Kerdellant Effects Editor: Barbier Olivier Composer: JC Masson Original Format: DV Cam Distributor: Solarprod
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Solarprod, 3ç rue du general Margueritte 35000 Rennes, France Phone/Fax: +33 6110 23593 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:93
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 Sivergin Director: Vladimir Zaytsev, Eugenie Usov Photographer: Vladimir Zaytsev, Eugenie Usov Picture Editor: Artiom Boev, Eugenie Usov Script Writer: Vladimir Zaytsev Sound: Oleg Kleymenov Narrator: Vladimir Zaytsev Effects Editor: Artiom Boev Composer: The State song&dance ensemble “Tunes of the Steppe” David Arkenstone, “Shamans” Dmitry Melekhin, GREENPEACE Russia, “Baikal” Distributor: Mikle Sivergin
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
SGU TV, 32/4 bld., Nizhegorodskaya str., Moscow, 109029, Russia Phone/Fax: +7 (495)7271292 +7 (495)7271234 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sgutv.ru Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:94
FINALIST Chameleon Beach
Country: Denmark Language: Danish Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis:7KH¿OPIROORZVWZRFKDPHOHRQVRXWRIDWKUHDWHQHGSRSXODWLRQRIRQO\ 300, living by a lagoon in Greece. The aim is to experience what a chameleon life LVDQGWRH[SORUHQHYHUEHIRUH¿OPHGEHKDYLRXUVXFKDVDVZLPPLQJFKDPHOHRQ 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 Film Producer: Adam Schmedes Director: Adam Schmedes Photographer: Adam Schmedes, Frej Schmedes, Toby Strong Picture Editor: Jes Paul Script Writer: Peter I. Lauridsen Sound: Jes Paul Narrator: Linford Brown Composer: Nicklas Schmidt, Jes Paul, Morten Høirup 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Benny Trapp, Morten Andersen, Nicolà Lutzmann, Wolfgang Böhme Original Format: HD DVC Pro Distributor: National Geographic
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, NORDIC FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Loke Film, Forbindelsesvej 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, Contact: Dorthe Rosenørn Phone/Fax: +45 35265454 +45 35265196 (PDLO GRUWKH#ORNH¿OPGN Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:95
Tardigrades
Country: USA Language: English Length: 21’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Under the microscope, eight-legged water bears are revealed crawling amongst the mosses. In this 20-minute documentary tardigrades, along side rotifers, nematodes, and a cast of other microscopic specimens are uncovered, bared, observed, and celebrated.
Producer: Julie Mink Director: Julie Mink Script Writer: Julie Mink Sound: Julie Mink Narrator: Alexa Casciato Effects Editor: Julie Mink Composer: Alexa Casciato 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Mary Kostalos, Dr. TJ Meehan, Dr. Roxanne Fisher Original Format: DVD or miniDV Submitted by: Julie Mink
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Julie Mink, 176 Little Deer Creek Road, Cheswick, PA 15024, USA Phone/Fax: +1-412-956-4745 +1-724-265-9958 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.withjulie.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:96
Kuurankukat
Country: Finland Language: Length: 4’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Kun vesi, pakkanen, ja valo leikkivät ikkunassa, voi kaupunkikin olla kaunis.
Producer: Jorma Hakala Director: Jorma Hakala Photographer: Jorma Hakala Picture Editor: Jorma Hakala Submitted by: Jorma Hakala
Award category: FINNISH FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jorma Hakala, Pitkäkatu 5, 65100 Vaasa, Finland Phone/Fax: 0440 669349 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:97
.LLUHHWQHRQRUDYDOODNLQ
Country: Finland Language: Length: 8’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Kiireinen päivä oravan elämässä, kun koti kuntoon pitää saada.
Producer: Jorma Hakala Director: Jorma Hakala Photographer: Jorma Hakala Picture Editor: Jorma Hakala Submitted by: Jorma Hakala
Award category: FINNISH FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jorma Hakala, Pitkäkatu 5, 65100 Vaasa, Finland Phone/Fax: 0440 669349 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:98
Gordos Journey to the End of the World
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 83’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: Gordo — the fat one — lives as a pampered dog in a rich mans house LQ%XHQRV$LUHV+HJRWDVDYHSODFHWRVWD\DQHYHU\WLPH¿OOHGIHHGERZOEXWQR ones devote. So Gordo escapes and arrives by accident in an argentinian smalltown at the end of the world, where 16.000 dogs live. He got his real life experiences here, whether in the rich mens district or in the slums or in the wilderness.
Production Organization(s): CAPRICORNUM FILM Producer: Uwe Müller Director: Uwe Müller Photographer: Uwe Müller Picture Editor: Roland Mayer, Uwe Müller Script Writer: Uwe Müller Sound: Oliver Vogel, Dietrich von Staden Narrator: Ben Posener, Tom Strauss Effects Editor: Mario Bergmann Composer: Jörg Magnus Pfeil 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Walter Reulecke Original Format: 35mm/ Digi Beta SP Distributor: Uwe Müller Submitted by: Uwe Müller
Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES, (FEATURE ENTERTAINING)
CONTACT INFORMATION
CAPRICORNUM FILM,Celler Str. 10, 28205 Bremen, Germany Phone/Fax: +49-421-459887 +49-421-4608188 E-mail: [email protected] :HE ZZZFDSULFRUQXPGHZZZJRUGRGHU¿OPGH Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:99
FINALIST Koskikaran HOlPlQYLUUDVVD
Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 27’ Completion date: 2008
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 Säätiö Producer: Artvision OY Director: Kari Hautanen Photographer: Kari Hautanen Picture Editor: Kari Hautanen Script Writer: Kari Hautanen Sound: Jari Innanen Narrator: Tuuaas Holopainen Composer: Sani Saesrauta Original Format: Mini DV Distributor: Artvision OY Submitted by: Kari Hautanen
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
ARTVISION OY/ Kari Hautanen, Säpääntie 2, 33450 Siivikkala Phone/Fax: 040 8236162 (PDLO NDULKDXWDQHQ#HOLVDQHW¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:100
FINALIST Kaakkuri – Huuto lammelta
Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 28’ Completion date: 2008
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 Botaurus Producer: Jenni Siitonen Director: Pekka Mandart Photographer: Hannu Siitonen, Mikko Pöllänen Picture Editor: Liisa Vartiainen Script Writer: Pekka Mandart, Hannu Siitonen, Jenni Siitonen Sound: Antero Honkanen Original Format: DigiBeta Distributor: Yle TV 1 Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jenni Siitonen, Melkoniementie 1016, 59210 Melkoniemi Phone/Fax: +358 40 8412849 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://web.mac.com/hannu.siitonen Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:101
Liliputian Mimicri
Country: Hungary Language: English Length: 30’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 2IDOOPDULQHFUHDWXUHVWKHVPDOOHVWDUHWKHKDUGHVWWR¿OP'XHWR 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):7HUPpV]HW¿OPKX Producer: Zsolt Tóth Marcell, Tibor Dombovári Director: Dávid Attila Molnár Photographer: Dávid Attila Molnár, Zsolt Tóth Marcell Picture Editor: Dávid Attila Molnár, Zsolt Tóth Marcell Script Writer: Dávid Attila Molnár Sound: András Mezö Narrator: Nick Thorpe Effects Editor: 6]DEROFV3iO¿=VROW7yWK0DUFHOO Composer: Attila Mátyás Merkaba Original Format: DVCAM Distributor: 7HUPpV]HW¿OPKX
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
7HUPpV]HW¿OPKX /XNiFV*\8, Phone/Fax: +36 30 655 77 22 (PDLO LQIR#WHUPHV]HW¿OPKX :HE ZZZWHUPHV]HW¿OPKX Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:102
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 YHU\KDUGWR¿QG%XWRQO\DVNLQJSHRSOH:KHQFRQVLGHULQJHYHU\FUHDWXUHDOO LQKDELWDQWVODUJHDQGVPDOORIWKLVEHDXWLIXOFLW\\RXZLOO¿QGWKDWKXPDQSRSXODWLRQ 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 in this 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, 7HUPpV]HW¿OPKX(J\HVOHW Producer: Zsolt Tóth Marcell Director: Zsolt Marcell Toth Photographer: Zsolt Marcell Toth Picture Editor: Zsolt Tóth Marcell Script Writer: Attila Dávid Mornár Sound: Attila Mátyás Merkaba Narrator: Pál Sztarenki Composer: Attila Mátyás Merkaba 6FLHQWL¿F $GYLVHU *HUJĘ6]|YpQ\L0iULD7yWK Original Format: HDV
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
7=60)LOP3URGXFWLRQDQG7pUPHV]HW¿OPKX(J\HVOHW %XGDSHVW+ROOyV K.l. utca 9., Hungary Phone/Fax: +36306646574 +3612434349 (PDLO W]VP#WHUPHV]HW¿OPKX :HE ZZZWHUPHV]HW¿OPKX Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:103
The Baltic Sea
Country: Germany Language: Germany Length: 44’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: There is a sea with a boundless wealth in forms, colours and life, born at the end of the ice age – the biggest brackwater sea of the world: the Baltic Sea. In the south the coastline of Germany where water and land mingles, rest area for thousands of cranes and other migratory birds. In the east the huge dunes of Lithuania – a Sahara in the middle of Europe. In the North between Finland and Sweden the tiny granite islands of the Schären archipelago – nursery of the grey VHDOV,QWKHZHVW¿QDOO\WKHZKLWHFOLIIVRIWKHLVODQGRI0¡QLQ'HQPDUN
Production Organization(s):6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP Producer: Jörn Röver Director: Thomas Willers Photographer: Thomas Willers Composer: Mark Joggerst Original Format: 16:9 Distributor: 6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP-HQIHOGHU$OOHH+DPEXUJ Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:104
Wild Estonia – :ROYHV%HDYHUV%HDUV
Country: Germany Language: Germany Length: 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 DQG WU\LQJ WR ¿QG LQVSLUDWLRQ IRU O\ULFV DQG WKHDWUH SOD\V7KH *HUPDQ/DWYLDQ FRSURGXFWLRQRI1'51DWXU¿OPDQG9LGHV)LOPX6WXGLMDGLUHFWHGE\WKH¿OPPDNHU 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):6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP Producer: Jörn Röver Director: Urmas Eero Liiv Photographer: Maris Maskalans Picture Editor: Urmas Eero Liiv, Raimonds Spakovskis Script Writer: Valdis Abols Composer: Ardo Ran Varres Original Format: 16:9 Distributor: 6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP-HQIHOGHU$OOHH+DPEXUJ Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:105
The Humpback Code
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 45’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Meet aliens that are living right here on Earth. Creatures whose lives are so remote from our own, living in an environment which is less discovered than the surface of the moon. These aliens are Humpback Whales. The deep RFHDQLVWKHLUGRPDLQIXO¿OOHGE\WKHLUPDJLFDOVRXQGVDKLJKO\FRPSOH[IRUPRI FRPPXQLFDWLRQZKLFKVWLOOKDVWREHGLVFRYHUHG)RUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQ¿OPPDNLQJ history the Humpback Whales tell us their story, a story that is 35 million years in the making. We enter their fascinating world.
Production Organization(s):6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP Producer: Jörn Röver Director: Daniel Opitz Photographer: Jason Sturgis / Florian Melzer / Daniel Opitz Picture Editor: Stefan Canham Script Writer: Daniel Opitz Sound: Torsten Silbermann Narrator: Rob Quirk Composer: Felix Halbe & Lars Jebsen Original Format: 16:9 Distributor: 6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP-HQIHOGHU$OOHH+DPEXUJ Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:106
FINALIST Megafalls of the Iguacu
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 45’ Completion date: 2007
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): 6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP Producer: Jörn Röver Director: Christian Baumeister Photographer: Christian Baumeister Picture Editor: Stefan Canham Script Writer: Christian Baumeister Sound: Torsten Silbermann Narrator: Jeremy Northam Composer: Oliver Heuss Original Format: 16:9 Distributor: Parthenon Entertainment
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP-HQIHOGHU$OOHH+DPEXUJ Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:107
FINALIST Mara – $IULFD¶V5LYHURI'HVWLQ\
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 50’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: The river Mara in East Africa runs through two of Africa’s most important nature reserves: Masai Mara in Kenya and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. +RPHWR$IULFD¶V¿QHVWZLOGOLIH$ORQJWKH0DUDWKHELJJHVWZLOGKHUGVRIWKHZRUOG 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 WKH0DUDLQLWVHQWLUHOHQJWKIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH
Production Organization(s):6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP Producer: Jörn Röver Director: Peter Glaub Photographer: Peter Glaub Picture Editor: Renate Ober Script Writer: Peter Glaub Narrator: Rob Quirk Composer: Kolja Erdmann Original Format: 16:9 Distributor: 6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6WXGLR +DPEXUJ 3URGXNWLRQ 1'5 1DWXU¿OP -HQIHOGHU $OOHH Hamburg, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 : +49 40 6688 5166 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:108
FINALIST Polar Bears – /LYLQJRQ7KLQ,FH
Country: Germany Language: English Length: Completion date: 2008
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 DUHWKHUHJLRQDURXQGWKH1RUWK3ROH±QRW¿UPJURXQGEXWDZRUOGRILFH,QWKLV 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”. 7KLVIDFWDQGLWVZHOOGH¿QHGVRFLDOOLIHPDNHWKHSRODUEHDUDQDWXUDOFKRLFHWR star in a nature documentary.
Production Organization(s):6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP Producer: Jörn Röver Director: Thomas Behrend Photographer: Thomas Behrend, Uwe Anders, Roland Gockel, Christina Karliczek Picture Editor: Patrick Wolters Script Writer: Thomas Behrend Narrator: Rob Quirk Composer: Mark Joggerst Original Format: 16:9 Distributor: 6WXGLR+DPEXUJ3URGXNWLRQ1'51DWXU¿OP
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6WXGLR +DPEXUJ 3URGXNWLRQ 1'5 1DWXU¿OP -HQIHOGHU $OOHH Hamburg, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 6688 5141 +49 40 6688 5166 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:109
Carpa Diem
Country: Italy Language: Length: 2’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis:$QDSDUWPHQW%HGWLPH$OLWWOHJLUOORYLQJO\ZDWFKHVD¿VK DFDUS swimming an an aquarium, while her younger brother is playing in the bathroom, listening to music and letting the water run in the sink. A waste of water that could turn ino tragedy..
Producer: Amap Director: Sergio Cannella Photographer: Roberta Allegrini Picture Editor: Ivan Monterosso Script Writer: Sergio Cannella Composer: Ivan Monterosso Original Format: miniDV
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sergio Cannella, Via Notarbartolo 54, Italy Phone/Fax: +39 3474574146 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sergiocannella.it Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:110
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Country: India Language: Indian (english subtitles) Length: 33’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: Agriculture is all about getting water on time in sync with the needs of the crop at different stages of its growth. There are several days in the monsoon when there is no rain. Such prolonged dry spells can ruin the kharif crop. This ¿OPGHVFULEHVVLPSOHPHWKRGVWKDWFDQKHOSIDUPHUVRYHUFRPHWKLVSUREOHPDV ZHOODVWKHGDPDJHRIVRLOHURVLRQLQWKHIDUP¿HOGV:KHQUDLQIDOOVXQWHQGHG and unchecked, it takes away precious topsoil of the farm. These simple, low-cost measures can mean the difference between drought and prosperity for farmers in India.
Production Organization(s): Samaj Pragati Sahayog Producer: Samaj Pragati Sahayog Director: Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain Photographer: Rabindra Kumar Barik Picture Editor: Pinky Brahma Choudhury Script Writer: Mihir Shah Sound: Laxmi Narayan Deora Narrator: Mihir Shah Effects Editor: Shobhit Jain Composer: Arjun Sen, Shobhit Jain 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU P.S. Vijay Shankar, Rangu Rao, Nivedita Banerji Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Samaj Pragati Sahayog
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli Tehsil, District – Dewas, Madhya Pradesh – 455227, India Phone/Fax: +91 727127577 +917271275500 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:111
A pearl in the Baltic Sea
Country: Finland Language: Length: 15’ Completion date: 2007
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 Nyholm Photographer: Atte Henriksson Picture Editor: Atte Henriksson Script Writer: Atte Henriksson Sound: Atte Henriksson Narrator: Malcolm Dixelius Composer: Rozovian / Andreas Grönroos Original Format: Anamorphic 16:9 PAL
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Atte Henriksson, Rovastintie 12, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 505313452 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:112
Seed Hunter
Country: Australia Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: 2XUSODQHWLVKHDWLQJXSDQGRQHRIWKH¿UVWFDVXDOWLHVZLOOEHRXU IRRG6FLHQWLVWVDUHZRUNLQJRYHUWLPHWR¿QGVROXWLRQVLQFOXGLQJJRLQJEDFNWRWKH 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 Films Producer: Sally Ingleton Director: Sally Ingleton Photographer: Phil Bull ASC Picture Editor: Tony Stevens ASE Script Writer: Sally Ingleton, Mark Lewis, David Tiley Sound: Dan Miau, Jim Graham, Jonothan Wilson Narrator: Tara Morice Composer: Felicity Fox 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Ken Street Original Format: DVCam Distributor: National Geographic Television International
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
360 Degree Films, PO Box 418, Brunswick, 3056 Australia Phone/Fax: +61 3 9948 1922 +61 3 9948 1920 (PDLO VDOO\#GHJUHH¿OPVFRPDX :HE ZZZGHJUHH¿OPVFRPDX Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:113
:DWHUVKHG'HYHORSPHQW± Ridge Area Treatment
Country: India Language: Indian (english subtitles) Length: 30’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPGHVFULEHVYHU\VLPSOHORZFRVWPHWKRGVWR DGGUHVV WKH problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising locally available natural resources.It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness LQYROYHGLQ¿QHWXQLQJWKHLQWHUYHQWLRQVWRPDWFKWKHLPPHQVHGLYHUVLW\RIQDWXUH This approach constitutes a new paradigm of development that does not seek mastery over nature but grows organicaly from the soil, achieving environmnetal regeneration, livelihood security and people’s empowerment, all in one stroke.
Production Organization(s): Samaj Pragati Sahayog Producer: Samaj Pragati Sahayog Director: Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain Photographer: Rabindra Kumar Barik Picture Editor: Pinky Brahma Choudhury Script Writer: Mihir Shah Sound: Laxmi Narayan Deora Narrator: Mihir Shah Effects Editor: Shobhit Jain Composer: Arjun Sen, Shobhit Jain 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU P.S. Vijay Shankar, Rangu Rao, Nivedita Banerji Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Samaj Pragati Sahayog
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli Tehsil, District – Dewas, Madhya Pradesh – 455227, India Phone/Fax: +91 727127577 +917271275500 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:114
:DWHUVKHG'HYHORSPHQW± Boulder Checks
Country: India Language: Indian (english subtitles) Length: 24’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPGHVFULEHVYHU\VLPSOHORZFRVWPHWKRGVWR DGGUHVV WKH problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising locally available natural resources.It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness involved LQ¿QHWXQLQJWKHLQWHUYHQWLRQVWRPDWFKWKHLPPHQVHGLYHUVLW\RIQDWXUH 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.
Production Organization(s): Samaj Pragati Sahayog Producer: Samaj Pragati Sahayog Director: Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain Photographer: Rabindra Kumar Barik Picture Editor: Pinky Brahma Choudhury Script Writer: Mihir Shah Sound: Laxmi Narayan Deora Narrator: Mihir Shah Effects Editor: Shobhit Jain Composer: Arjun Sen, Shobhit Jain 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU P.S. Vijay Shankar, Rangu Rao, Nivedita Banerji Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Samaj Pragati Sahayog
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli Tehsil, District – Dewas, Madhya Pradesh – 455227, India Phone/Fax: +91 727127577 +917271275500 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:115
:DWHUVKHG'HYHORSPHQW± Gabion Structures
Country: India Language: Indian (english subtitles) Length: 34’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPGHVFULEHVYHU\VLPSOHORZFRVWPHWKRGVWR DGGUHVV WKH problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising ORFDOO\DYDLODEOHQDWXUDOUHVRXUFHV,WGHP\VWL¿HVWKHVHHPLQJO\FRPSOH[WHFKQLFDO details of location, design and construction of earthern dam, the most important of watershed structures. It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness involved in ¿QHWXQLQJWKHLQWHUYHQWLRQVWRPDWFKWKHLPPHQVHGLYHUVLW\RIQDWXUH This approach constitutes a new paradigm of development that does not seek mastery over nature but grows organicaly from the soil, achieving environmnetal regeneration, livelihood security and people’s empowerment, all in one stroke.
Production Organization(s): Samaj Pragati Sahayog Producer: Samaj Pragati Sahayog Director: Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain Photographer: Rabindra Kumar Barik Picture Editor: Pinky Brahma Choudhury Script Writer: Mihir Shah Sound: Laxmi Narayan Deora Narrator: Mihir Shah Effects Editor: Shobhit Jain Composer: Arjun Sen, Shobhit Jain 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU P.S. Vijay Shankar, Rangu Rao, Nivedita Banerji Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Samaj Pragati Sahayog
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli Tehsil, District – Dewas, Madhya Pradesh – 455227, India Phone/Fax: +91 727127577 +917271275500 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:116
:DWHUVKHG'HYHORSPHQW± Earthen Dams
Country: India Language: Indian (english subtitles) Length: 38’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPGHVFULEHVYHU\VLPSOHORZFRVWPHWKRGVWR DGGUHVV WKH problem of water – methods that can easily be used by local people, utilising ORFDOO\DYDLODEOHQDWXUDOUHVRXUFHV,WGHP\VWL¿HVWKHVHHPLQJO\FRPSOH[WHFKQLFDO details of location, design and construction of earthern dam, the most important of watershed structures. It illustrates the creativity and meticulousness involved in ¿QHWXQLQJWKHLQWHUYHQWLRQVWRPDWFKWKHLPPHQVHGLYHUVLW\RIQDWXUH 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.
Production Organization(s): Samaj Pragati Sahayog Producer: Samaj Pragati Sahayog Director: Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain Photographer: Rabindra Kumar Barik Picture Editor: Pinky Brahma Choudhury Script Writer: Mihir Shah Sound: Laxmi Narayan Deora Narrator: Mihir Shah Effects Editor: Shobhit Jain Composer: Arjun Sen, Shobhit Jain 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU P.S. Vijay Shankar, Rangu Rao, Nivedita Banerji Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Samaj Pragati Sahayog
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Bagli Tehsil, District – Dewas, Madhya Pradesh – 455227, India Phone/Fax: +91 727127577 +917271275500 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:117
FINALIST Crude
Country: Australia Language: English Length: 90’ Completion date: 2007
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, CrudeUHYHDOVDGLVWXUELQJLURQ\ WKHODWHVWVFLHQWL¿FHYLGHQFH suggests 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 Corporation Producer: Richard Smith Director: Richard Smith Photographer: Richard Smith, Julian Mather Picture Editor: Lile Judickas Script Writer: Richard Smith Sound: Mark Walker, Richard Smith, Paul Freeman Narrator: Richard Smith Effects Editor: Matt Drummond, Hive Studios Composer: Pete Drummond Original Format: DVCam Distributor: ABC Commercial (attention Karen Dacey)
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, GPO BOX 9994, Sydney, 2001, Australia Phone/Fax: +61 419 242 749 +61 2 9949 2814 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.abc.net.au/science/crude Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:118
FINALIST The Gate of the Birds
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 49’ Completion date: 2008
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 ZLQWHULQJKDELWDWVLQ6RXWK$IULFD$ORQJ¿OPLQJWKHZLOGOLIHWKHGRFXPHQWDU\LV a story about the special relationship between humans and the swallows and its UHÀHFWLRQLQGLIIHUHQWNLQGVRIEHOLHIVDQGIRONORUH
Production Organization(s): Tuotantoyhtiö Aranu Oy Producer: Anu Hakkinen Director: Ari Hakkinen Photographer: Ari Hakkinen, Markku Tissarinen Picture Editor: Ari Hakkinen Script Writer: Ari Hakkinen Sound: Joonas Hakkinen Narrator: Jonathan Hutchings Effects Editor: Joonas Hakkinen Composer: Alexander Vygotsky Original Format: DVCam Submitted by: Anu & Ari Häkkinen
Award category: BEST FINNISH FILMS, BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Tuotantoyhtiö Aranu Oy, Vartiotie 3, 45100 Kouvola, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 50 3092083 (PDLO DQXKDNNLQHQ#DUDQXLQHW¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:119
The Honey Buzzard
Country: UK Language: English Length: 15’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: A harrowing 15 minutes short ‘The Honey Buzzard’ is an observational piece showing the distressing effects of illegal hunting activities on birds of prey in Malta. 7KH¿OPIROORZVDQLQMXUHG+RQH\%X]]DUGLOOHJDOO\VKRWE\SRDFKHUVRQ0DOWD as it is examined by a vet and then, due to the nature of its injuries, humanely put to sleep. Here, the viewer is invited to ‘bare witnesses to the real suffering cause by illegal KXQWLQJDFWLYLWLHVRQ0DOWD6RPHSHRSOHPD\¿QGWKLVPDWHULDOXSVHWWLQJ
Producer: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Director: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Photographer: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Picture Editor: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Sound: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Effects Editor: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Composer: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Original Format: DVCam Pal 16x9 Stereo Submitted by: Stephen Cummings
Award category: SHORT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Stephen Cummings, 5 Bracewell Grove, Halifax, West Yorkshire,HX3 5HP, UK Phone/Fax: +44(0)1422360548 +44(0)7717615518 E-mail: &XPPLQJV#$UTD)UHHVHUYH&R8. Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:120
FINALIST Birds, Bins & Bullets
Country: UK Language: English Length: 90’ Completion date: 2008
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: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Director: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Photographer: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Picture Editor: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Sound: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Effects Editor: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJV Composer: 6WHSKHQ&XPPLQJVH[FHSWHQGWLWOH ³7LPHVKLIW´E\-2IIHQ Original Format: DVCam Pal 16x9 Stereo Submitted by: Stephen Cummings
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Stephen Cummings, 5 Bracewell Grove, Halifax, West Yorkshire,HX3 5HP, UK Phone/Fax: +44(0)1422360548 +44(0)7717615518 E-mail: &XPPLQJV#$UTD)UHHVHUYH&R8. Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:121
FINALIST Fields of Demeter, Seasons in the European Landscape of Culture Country: Norway Language: English Length: 46’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: For thousands of years traditional agriculture has shaped the landscapes diversity of Europe. “Fields of Demeter” is a voyage through the visible and invisible European cultural landscape. 7KHFKDOOHQJHIRUWKHIXWXUHLVWRPDLQWDLQWKH¿HOGVRI'HPHWHUDQGWKHSHRSOH who sensitively work the land. The landscape and its wonders belong to future generations.
Production Organization(s): UNIFOB Natural science Producer: Knut Krzywinski Director: Knut Krzywinski and Graham Townsley Photographer: Chris Cox Picture Editor: Sergio Ramirez and Mike Barrett Script Writer: Knut Krzywinski and Graham Townsley Sound: Paul Langwade Narrator: Tom Jackson and Ellie Piercy Effects Editor: Chris Radcliffe Composer: Scanner & Max de Wardener 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU 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: HD Distributor: UNIFOB Natural science Submitted by: Knut Krzywinski Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS, SCIENCE FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, 5007 Bergen, Norway Phone/Fax: +47 99236182 +47 55589667 E-mail: [email protected] :HE KWWS ¿HOGVRIGHPHWHURUJ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:122
Crane Migration of the Hortobágyon
Country: Hungary Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2007
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 E\WKH¿UVWFUDQHÀRFNVDSSHDULQJRQWKHKRUL]RQZLWKÀXWHOLNHFDOOV7KHDXWXPQ migration of the cranes has begun.
Production Organization(s): “Camera in the Backpack” Production Producer: Zsolt Cséke Director: Zsolt Cséke Photographer: Zsolt Cséke, Attila Linzenbold, Péter Kéry Picture Editor: László Csordás Script Writer: Zsolt Cséke Sound: László Csordás Narrator: Jonathan Wild Effects Editor: László Csordás 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU D. Zsolt Véghváry Original Format: DVCam Distributor: “Camera in the Backpack” Production
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
“Camera in the Backpack” Production, 4032 Debrecen, Illyés Gy. U. 148; Hungary Phone/Fax: +36 70 245 3945 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:123
FINALIST 2QO\%HOLHYHWKH:LQG± Chernobyl, 20 years after
Country: Belarus Language: Russian ( English subtitles) Length: 31’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPLVDERXWWKHFRQWHPSRUDU\VLWXDWLRQLQWKH]RQHSROOXWHGE\ the accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the attitude of scientists to nuclear energy in general. ,QWKH¿OPRQHFKDUDFWHUFDOPO\VSHDNVDQGVKRZVWKHUDGLDWLRQOHYHOVWKDWH[FHHG the norm hundreds and thousands times, and crops are grown nearby. Another character speaks of the terrible statistics of cancer illnesses, lies of the RI¿FLDOVFLHQWLVWVRIQXFOHDUSK\VLFVDQGGHSULYDWLRQRIWKHFDWDVWURSKH¶VYLFWLPV 7KH¿OPPDNHVSHRSOHWKLQNDERXWWKHGDQJHURXVµJDPHV¶WKHKXPDQNLQGSOD\V with the enormous powers of the nuclear energy and the responsibility before the descendents. Production Organization(s): VivaFutura Studio Producer: Kasia Kamockaja Director: Viktar Korzoun Photographer: Jury Haruliou, Aliaksandar Lavysh, Uladzimier Kaspiarovich Picture Editor: Dmitriy Sushchev Script Writer: Viktar Korzoun Sound: Siarhiej Labandzievski Composer: Kasia Kamockaja 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Jury Bandazevsky, Ivan Nikitchanka Original Format: Betacam SP Distributor: Viktar Korzoun Submitted by: Viktar Korzoun
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
VivaFutura Studio, Miarzynskaha Str. 6-16, Minsk, 220012, Belarus Phone/Fax: +375 297 564110 +375 173 310844 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:124
FINALIST Cassowaries
Country: Australia Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
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 WKHLUUDLQIRUHVWKRPHVZKLOHUHYHDOLQJIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHWKHQDWXUDOKLVWRU\RIWKH wild, endangered Southern Cassowary. A prehistoric, six-foot creature moves stealthily through the rainforest... a blazing PXOWLFRORXUHGQHFNÀDVKHVDVRQHRIWKHZRUOG¶VPRVWEL]DUUHDQGGHDGO\ELUGV appears. Cassowaries takes you on an intimate journey inside the world of these ÀLJKWOHVVJLDQWV:HLJKLQJXSWRNJWKH\VZLPULYHUVDQGUXQDWNSK«WKHVH are no ordinary birds!
Production Organization(s): BK Films Pty Ltd in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Screen Australia, ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) Producer: Bianca Keeley, Dione Gilmour Director: Bianca Keeley, David Wright Picture Editor: Efstratios Psyridis Script Writer: Bill Garner Sound: &DPHURQ0F*UDWK 'DYLG7RÀHU Narrator: William McInnes Effects Editor: Lynne Butler & Mark Street Composer: Dale Cornelius 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr Leslie Moore Original Format: HD Distributor: National Geographic Television International
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
BK Films Pty Ltd, 12 Northwood Court, Buderim QLD 4556, Australia Phone/Fax: +1 646 202 1808 +1 646 416 1047 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:125
FINALIST Time
Country: Latvia, Estonia Language: Saami (english subtitles) Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: A reindeer herdsman’s life ia as gently monotonous as the tundra ODQGVFDSHLWVHOI,WÀRZVLQV\QFKURQ\ZLWKWKHOLIHRIWKHUHLQGHHUKHUGIURPRQH 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 Västrik Director: Dainis Klava Photographer: Valdis Celmins, Uldis Cekulis Sound: Riho Västrik, Jüri Sooäär, Egons Kronbergs Original Format: DigiBeta Distributor: Vides Filmu Studija, Vesilind
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Vides Filmu Studija, Lapu Str.17, Riga LV-1002,Latvia Phone/Fax: +371 67503588 +371 67503589 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vfs.lv Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:126
Balance Between Man and Nature
Country: Estonia Language: Estonian (English subtitles) Length: 33’ Completion date: 2006
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 HQGDQJHUHGVSHFLHV7KH¿OPFRQFHQWUDWHVRQWKHFRRSHUDWLRQZLWKORFDOSHRSOH within the project.
Production Organization(s):3UR¿OP Producer: Ago Ruus Director: Ago Ruus Photographer: Ago Ruus Picture Editor: Kadri Kanter Script Writer: Elle Puurmann, Ago Ruus Sound: Mart Kessel-Otsa Distributor: 3UR¿OP
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
3UR¿OP32%R[7DOOLQQ(VWRQLD Phone/Fax: +372 505 6691 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:127
FINALIST The Return of the Musk ox
Country: Estonia Language: Russia, Russian (english subtitles) Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
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 KHDGSURYLGLQJSRSXODWLRQPDWHULDOIRURWKHU$UFWLFDUHDVDVZHOO7KH¿OPFUHZ 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.
Production Organization(s): OÜ Vesilind Producer: Riho Västrik Director: Vassili Sarana Photographer: Vassili Sarana Script Writer: Vassili Sarana Sound: Tiina Andreas Original Format: DigiBeta Distributor: OÜ Vesilind
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Riho Västrik, Tartu mnt. 51-17, 10115 Talinn, Estonia Phone/Fax: +372 5078067 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vesilind.ee Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:128
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 OLWHUDOO\PHDQVWKHEOXHPRXQWDLQVJRWLWVQDPHIURPWKHSXUSOLVKEOXHÀRZHUV 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 DOHLWPRWLILQWKHFXOWXUHRIWKHPRXQWDLQWULEHV.XULQMLLVWKHÀRZHURI/RUG0XUXJD (Murukan). The Muthuva tribe believes that their god Muruga married Valli, a Veda WULEDOKXQWHU JLUOE\ZHDYLQJDJDUODQGRINXULQMLÀRZHUV NXULQMLPDODU DURXQG her neck. For them, kurinji is the symbol of love and romance.
Production Organization(s): Renaisense Films Producer: Anil Kottapparambil Director: Sabu Thankappan Photographer: Ajith Pavoor Picture Editor: Giri Script Writer: Don Sebastian Narrator: K B Venu Composer: Pappadam
Award category: DETRUCKTED RELEGIOUS DOC
CONTACT INFORMATION
Renaisense Films Sabu Thankappan, India Tel. +9 4478 24135 Email: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:129
Wild Quarry
Country: Channel Islands Language: English Length: 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 DFWLYLW\EHDOORZHGLQDQDUHDVRLPSRUWDQWIRUZLOGOLIHDQGZKDWÀRUDDQGIDXQD could possibly survive alongside this industrial digging? Wild Quarry follows the life RIWKHVDQGTXDUU\WKURXJKWKHVHDVRQVDQGGLVFRYHUVDQXQRI¿FLDOQDWXUHUHVHUYH teeming with wildlife, thanks to the careful management of its owners.
Production Organization(s): Sue Daly Productions Producer: Sue Daly Director: Sue Daly Photographer: Sue Daly Picture Editor: Sue Daly Script Writer: Sue Daly Sound: Sue Daly Narrator: Sue Daly Composer: Marc Mitchell 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU National Trust for Jersey Original Format: Digi Beta
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sue Daly Productions, La Vieille Maison, la Seigneurie, Sark, Channel Islands, GY9 0SF Phone/Fax: 00 44 1481 832175 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.suedalyproductions.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:130
Wild West Jersey
Country: Channel Islands Language: English Length: 36’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: In the 1970s large areas of Jersey’s west coast were used as a rubbish dump and people pressure caused terrible damage to the dunes and grassland. After years of conservation work the area is now home to a wealth of wildlife yet is still popular with the general public. Much of the land is owned and managed by WKH1DWLRQDO7UXVWIRU-HUVH\ZKRFRPPLVVLRQHGWKLV¿OPDVSDUWRIWKHLU&RDVWOLQH Campaign. It shows the bay through the seasons for the wildlife which thrives here and the many people who work, live and play in Wild West Jersey.
Production Organization(s): Sue Daly Productions Producer: Sue Daly Director: Sue Daly Photographer: Sue Daly Picture Editor: Sue Daly Script Writer: Sue Daly Sound: Sue Daly Narrator: Sue Daly Composer: Marc Mitchell 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU National Trust for Jersey Original Format: Digi Beta
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sue Daly Productions, La Vieille Maison, la Seigneurie, Sark, Channel Islands, GY9 0SF Phone/Fax: 00 44 1481 832175 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.suedalyproductions.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:131
0LUDVODYD
Country: Canada Language: English Length: 8’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: $\RXQJPDQKLVOLIHLQWDWWHUVVHHNVUHGHPSWLRQE\ÀHHLQJWKHFLW\
Production Organization(s): Fato A Mano Producer: Roberto Santaguida Director: Roberto Santaguida Photographer: Roberto Santaguida Picture Editor: Roberto Santaguida Script Writer: Roberto Santaguida Sound: Roberto Santaguida Narrator: Roberto Santaguida Composer: Various Distributor: Roberto Santaguida / Fato A Mano
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Fato A Mano, 95 Girouard, Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9S 3R1 Phone/Fax: +1 514 636 4210 +1 514 633 6401 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:132
The Spruce
Country: Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 54’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: An old spruce, at the edge of the local wood turns out to be the perfect KLGHRXWIRUD\RXQJZLOGOLIH¿OPPDNHU
Producer: Johan Karlsson Director: Johan Karlsson Photographer: Johan Karlsson Picture Editor: Johan Karlsson Script Writer: Johan Karlsson Sound: Johan Karlsson Narrator: Johan Karlsson Effects Editor: Johan Karlsson Original Format: Mini-DV Distributor: Johan Karlsson
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Johan Karlsson, Bondorlunda 114, 59691 Skänninge, Sweden Phone/Fax: +46 70 235 9745 +46 143 30128 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:133
FINALIST Wild Dog Diaries
Country: India Language: English Length: 47’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: :LOGOLIH¿OPPDNHU.UXSDNDULVRQWKHYHUJHRIDEDQGRQLQJKLVVWXG\ 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. 7KHDFWLRQWKDWIROORZVLVVXFKDVKDVQHYHUEHHQ¿OPHGLQDQ,QGLDQIRUHVW ‘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 Hegde Photographer: Senani Hegde, Krupakar Picture Editor: Saravanakumar Script Writer: N. Bhanutej Sound: Ravish K.P. 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Ajay A. Desai Original Format: Beta Sp Distributor: National Geographic Channel
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Krupakar Senani Features, No.1, 12th cross, V.V. Mohalla, Mysore-S70002, India Phone/Fax: +91 98807 07177 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:134
Forest – The landscape of the Finnish Soul
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 7’ Completion date: 2006
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 WKHLHYHU\GD\EX\LQJGHFLVLRQV)RUHVWU\LQ)LQODQGLVDVXVWDLQDEOHDQGSUR¿WDEOH venture that underscores natural values.
Production Organization(s): Smile Audiovisual Oy Producer: Pirkko Tiiri Director: Jukka Oulasvirta Photographer: Jukka Oulasvirta, Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Picture Editor: Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Script Writer: Hannes Mäntyranta, Ari Turunen, Seppo Palminen Sound: Roni Kamras Distributor: Finnish Forest Industries Federation Submitted by: Seppo Palminen
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Smile Audiovisual Oy, Tehtaankatu 29A, Helsinki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 50 552 1360 (PDLO VHSSRSDOPLQHQ#VPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ :HE ZZZVPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:135
Finns Tend their Forests
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 4’ Completion date: 2006
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 WKHLHYHU\GD\EX\LQJGHFLVLRQV)RUHVWU\LQ)LQODQGLVDVXVWDLQDEOHDQGSUR¿WDEOH venture that underscores natural values.
Production Organization(s): Smile Audiovisual Oy Producer: Pirkko Tiiri Director: Jukka Oulasvirta Photographer: Jukka Oulasvirta, Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Picture Editor: Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Script Writer: Hannes Mäntyranta, Ari Turunen, Seppo Palminen Sound: Roni Kamras Distributor: Finnish Forest Industries Federation Submitted by: Seppo Palminen
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Smile Audiovisual Oy, Tehtaankatu 29A, Helsinki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 50 552 1360 (PDLO VHSSRSDOPLQHQ#VPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ :HE ZZZVPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:136
)LQODQGPDNHVYHUVDWLOH use of its Forests
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 4’ Completion date: 2006
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 WKHLHYHU\GD\EX\LQJGHFLVLRQV)RUHVWU\LQ)LQODQGLVDVXVWDLQDEOHDQGSUR¿WDEOH venture that underscores natural values.
Production Organization(s): Smile Audiovisual Oy Producer: Pirkko Tiiri Director: Jukka Oulasvirta Photographer: Jukka Oulasvirta, Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Picture Editor: Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Script Writer: Hannes Mäntyranta, Ari Turunen, Seppo Palminen Sound: Roni Kamras Distributor: Finnish Forest Industries Federation Submitted by: Seppo Palminen
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Smile Audiovisual Oy, Tehtaankatu 29A, Helsinki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 50 552 1360 (PDLO VHSSRSDOPLQHQ#VPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ :HE ZZZVPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:137
)LQQVDUHZHOOYHUVHG in their Forests
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 5’ Completion date: 2006
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 WKHLHYHU\GD\EX\LQJGHFLVLRQV)RUHVWU\LQ)LQODQGLVDVXVWDLQDEOHDQGSUR¿WDEOH venture that underscores natural values.
Production Organization(s): Smile Audiovisual Oy Producer: Pirkko Tiiri Director: Jukka Oulasvirta Photographer: Jukka Oulasvirta, Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Picture Editor: Olli-Matti Lehtoranta Script Writer: Hannes Mäntyranta, Ari Turunen, Seppo Palminen Sound: Roni Kamras Distributor: Finnish Forest Industries Federation Submitted by: Seppo Palminen
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Smile Audiovisual Oy, Tehtaankatu 29A, Helsinki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 50 552 1360 (PDLO VHSSRSDOPLQHQ#VPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ :HE ZZZVPLOHDXGLRYLVXDO¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:138
Androgynous
Country: Hungary Language: English Length: 11’ Completion date: 2007
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 Dunatáj Producer: Sándor Buglya Director: Ildikó Kormos Photographer: József Rák Picture Editor: János Buda Sound: János Buda Narrator: András Márton Effects Editor: János Buda Composer: Mária Bakó 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU József Rakonczay, György Szollát Original Format: DV Cam
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dunatáj Foundation, 1016 Budapest, Mészáros utca 48. Hungary Phone/Fax: + 36/20-956-2054 +36/1-489-1574 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:139
Lunaria and the Alchimists
Country: Hungary Language: English Length: 11’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: Judas chucked the entire fee of his sin on the ground. One of the coins UROOHGIDUDZD\DQGWKXVWKHVDWLQÀRZHURUOXQDULDZLWKLWVYLROHWSHWDOVZDVERUQ 7KHÀRZHUHYROYHVLQWRDWUDQVSDUHQWKXVN$OFKLPLVWVZHUHKRSLQJWR¿QGDZD\ WRWXUQLWVLULGHVFHQW¿OPOLNHPHPEUDQHEDFNLQWRVLOYHU
Production Organization(s): Dunatáj Alapítvány/Foundation Dunatáj Producer: Sándor Buglya Director: Ildikó Kormos Photographer: József Rák Picture Editor: Gyula P.Kovács Sound: Balázs Balogh Narrator: András Márton Effects Editor: Eszter Rák Composer: Mária Bakó, Ágnes Szigethy 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU József Rakonczay, György Szollát, László Magyar Original Format: DV Cam
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dunatáj Foundation, 1016 Budapest, Mészáros utca 48. Hungary Phone/Fax: + 36/20-956-2054 +36/1-489-1574 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:140
Wild Poppy Seeds
Country: Hungary Language: English Length: 12’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: „Sword blades and poppy seed“ – do we ever think of the tiny black dots in the poppy head as representing a muse for painters, a piece of weed by the road and a beautiful cure all in one?
Production Organization(s): Dunatáj Alapítvány/Foundation Dunatáj Producer: Sándor Buglya Director: Ildikó Kormos Photographer: József Rák Picture Editor: -iQRV%XGD Sound: -iQRV%XGD Narrator: (U]VpEHW.~WY|OJ\L%DUQDEiV6]DEy6LSRV Effects Editor: -iQRV%XGD Composer: Mária Bakó 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU József Rakonczay, György Szollát Original Format: DV Cam
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dunatáj Foundation, 1016 Budapest, Mészáros utca 48. Hungary Phone/Fax: + 36/20-956-2054 +36/1-489-1574 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:141
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 Zand Producer: Saskia Kluit Director: Annick van Wijk Photographer: Rogier Timmermans Picture Editor: Peter van Houten Script Writer: Annick van Wijk Sound: Marco van Zelst, Jeroen Goeijers Composer: Jeroen Goeijers Original Format: HDV Distributor: NPO Sales, The Netherlands
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS,
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nat Zand,Kloveniersburgwal 47, 1011 JX Amsterdam, The Netherlands Phone/Fax: +31 20 4289585 Mobile: +31 624768274 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.natzand.nl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:142
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 Syrjälä Director: Pentti Olavi Syrjälä Photographer: Pentti Olavi Syrjälä Picture Editor: Pentti Olavi Syrjälä Script Writer: Pentti Olavi Syrjälä Sound: Pentti Olavi Syrjälä Narrator: Tane Jontikka Composer: Wasted Desing (Ilkka Syrjälä)
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Pentti Olavi Syrjälä,Kanteleenkatu 4A20, 60100 Seinäjoki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 7654657 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:143
Land
Country: Finland Language: English Length: 6’ Completion date: 2008
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.
Producer: Joakim Hansson Director: Joakim Hansson Photographer: Joakim Hansson Picture Editor: Joakim Hansson Script Writer: Joakim Hansson Sound: Joakim Hansson Submitted by: Joakim Hansson
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Joakim Hansson, Topeliusesplandaden 21, 66900 Nykarleby, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 44 934 1003 (PDLO MRDNLPKDQVVRQ#QRYLD¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:144
Fled Moments
Country: Finland Language: Length: 6’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: To compress one month impressions to the shape of 1 day, shortenend WRDIHZPLQXWHV7RVKRZPDQNLQGVLQÀXHQFHRQDQGSRZHUOHVQHVVWRQDWXUHZH are nothing but guests in time.
Producer: Joakim Hansson Director: Joakim Hansson Photographer: Joakim Hansson Picture Editor: Joakim Hansson Script Writer: Joakim Hansson Sound: Joakim Hansson Submitted by: Joakim Hansson
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Joakim Hansson, Topeliusesplandaden 21, 66900 Nykarleby, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 44 934 1003 (PDLO MRDNLPKDQVVRQ#QRYLD¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:145
FINALIST The Original Whale Riders
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Laurent Soulier is a parasitologist and thinks he can save entire SRSXODWLRQVRIZKDOHVE\VWXG\LQJWKHLUOLFH(YHQLIKH¿QDOO\DSSURDFKHVWKHVH VHDJLDQWV/DXUHQWZLOOVWLOOKDYHWR¿JXUHRXWDZD\WRFROOHFWFPSDUDVLWHVIURP WKHLUVNLQ:LWKWKHKHOSRIDORFDO¿VKHUPDQDQGDQXQGHUZDWHU¿HOGH[SHUW/DXUHQW 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): Kwanza Producer: Benjamin Ternynck Director: Jean-Michel Corillion Photographer: Yann Hubert Script Writer: Jean-Michel Corillion/ Héléne Sound: Jean-Yves Munch Narrator: Paul Bandey Effects Editor: Bertrand Collard Composer: Bruno Alexiu/ KWANZA WIMBO 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Laurent Soulier Original Format: Digital HD Distributor: Kwanza
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
KWANZA,18 boulevard de la République , 92100 Boulogne, Billancourt, France Phone/Fax: + 33 1 55 20 05 25 + 33 1 46 21 98 26 E-mail:[email protected] Web: www.kwanza.fr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:146
Boreal Forest Expedition
Country: Canada Language: English Length: 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-Ewart Director: Nick and Lindsay Bradford-Ewart Photographer: Nick Bradford-Ewart Picture Editor: Nick and Lindsay Bradford-Ewart Script Writer: Lindsay Bradford-Ewart Sound: Marc Griebel Composer: Julie Duggan Original Format: Super 8
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nick Bradford-Ewart, 4027 St. George St., Canada Phone/Fax: 604 677 7752 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.borealforestexpedition.blogspot.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:147
FINALIST Pannonian Desert
Country: Hungary Language: 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 DUHFOHDU PRUHIUHTXHQWGURXJKWVDQGÀRRGVVWRUPVDQG¿UHVFDXVLQJHQRUPRXV damages.
Production Organization(s): Szabolcs Mosonyi Productions Producer: Szabolcs Mosonyi Director: Szabolcs Mosonyi Photographer: Szabolcs Mosonyi Picture Editor: Szabolcs Mosonyi Script Writer: Erika Bagladi Narrator: Gábor Vass EComposer: Vincent Varco, Pierre Langer 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. György Csóka, Dr. Szilárd Czóbel Original Format: DVCPRO HD 1080p
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT), SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
6]DEROFV0RVRQ\L3URGXFWLRQV+*\~Uy3HW|¿~W+XQJDU\ Phone/Fax: +36 30 8554018 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.szmosonyi.hu Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:148
When the Tisa is in Flower
Country: Hungary Language: 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 Productions Producer: Szabolcs Mosonyi Director: Szabolcs Mosonyi Photographer: Szabolcs Mosonyi Picture Editor: Szabolcs Mosonyi Script Writer: Erika Bagladi Narrator: Erika Szórádi Original Format: DV
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
6]DEROFV0RVRQ\L3URGXFWLRQV+*\~Uy3HW|¿~W+XQJDU\ Phone/Fax: +36 30 8554018 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.szmosonyi.hu Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:149
A Horse called Palladium
Country: Estonia Language: Estonian (English subtitles) Length: 50’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: 7KHKHURRIRXU¿OPLVDSURXGEDFNVWDOOLRQFDOOHG3DOODGLXP7KH 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 ¿OPVUHPLQGXVRIWKHJORULRXVGD\VRIWKH7UDNHKQHUV%XWWKHYLFWLULHVZRQE\ 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):3UR¿OP Producer: Ago Ruus Director: Ago Ruus Photographer: Ago Ruus Picture Editor: Sirje Haagel Script Writer: Raigo Kollom, Madis Jürgen Sound: Mart Kessel-Otsa Narrator: Raivo E. Tamm Distributor: 3UR¿OP
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
3UR¿OP32%R[7DOOLQQ(VWRQLD Phone/Fax: +372 505 6691 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:150
Eau de Bretagne
Country: The Netherlands Language: English Length: 20’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: 7KH¿OPVKRZVWKHXQH[SHFWHGEDXW\RIWKHFROG$WODQWLFZDWHUVRI Bretagne, featuring some unexpectetd encounters. A dedicated musical soundtrack suports the images strongly.
Production Organization(s): Submarines foundation Producer: Edward Snijders Director: Edward Snijders Photographer: Edward Snijders Picture Editor: Edward Snijders Script Writer: Edward Snijders Sound: Roy Bemelmans Narrator: Kirsteen Easdale Composer: Roy Bemelmans 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Felice de Zwart Original Format: HDV Distributor: Submarines foundation
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Submarines foundation, Grijzegrubben 83, 6361GL Nuth, The Netherlands Phone/Fax: +31 6 4910 9030 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.submarines.nl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:151
One
Country: The Netherlands Language: English Length: 4’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: 7KH+DUU\1LOVVRQVRQJ³2QH´LV¿OOHGLQZLWKWKHDSSURSULWHLPDJHV
Production Organization(s): Submarines foundation Producer: Edward Snijders Director: Edward Snijders Photographer: Edward Snijders Picture Editor: Edward Snijders Script Writer: Edward Snijders Composer: Harry Nilsson Original Format: HDV Distributor: Submarines foundation
Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Submarines foundation, Grijzegrubben 83, 6361GL Nuth, The Netherlands Phone/Fax: +31 6 4910 9030 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.submarines.nl Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:152
Under the Northern Sky
Country: Finland Language: Finnish (English subtitles) Length: 11’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 8QGHUWKH1RUWKHUQVN\LVDPXVLFDOYLGHR¿OPDERXW)LQODQGVRULJLQDO QDWXUH7KH¿OPLVGLYLGHGLQWRWKUHHSDUWVDFFRUGLQJWRWKHPDLQHOHPHQWVRI¿QQLVK environment. The waters, swamps and forests with their animals and plants are presented in the circle of seasons.
Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Script Writer: Arttu Kotisara Sound: Harri Pekkarinen Composer: Riitta Kotisara Original Format: Mini-dv Distributor: Videosara
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS), LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Videosara, Salmenkuja 53, 44610 Kärnä, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 400 229739 (PDLO DUWWX#YLGHRVDUD¿ :HE ZZZYLGHRVDUD¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:153
FINALIST The Deer Family LQWKH7UDI¿F
Country: Finland Language: Finnish (English subtitles) Length: 11’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KHGHHUIDPLO\LQWKHWUDI¿FLVD¿OPZKLFKJLYHVLQIRUPDWLRQKRZWKH GHHUIDPLO\DFWVLQWKHWUDI¿FDQGJXLGHVKRZWRSUHYHQWWKHFLOOLVLRQZLWKDQHON
Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Script Writer: Hirvieläintietoa Liikenteeseen- Hankkeen Ohjausrhymä Sound: Martti Takalo, Artu Kotisara Narrator: Martti Takalo Composer: Martti Takalo Original Format: HDV Mini-dv Distributor: Metsästäjäin Keskus Järjestö, Videosara
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Videosara, Salmenkuja 53, 44610 Kärnä, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 400 229739 (PDLO DUWWX#YLGHRVDUD¿ :HE YLGHRVDUD¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:154
Best Before
Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 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 VWXGHQWV7KH¿OPDOVRH[DPLQHVUHODWHGLVVXHVIURPWKHDQJOHRIDQRUGLQDU\ 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 Letters Director: Kirsi Norros, Katri Haatainen Photographer: Ari Aalto, Tuula Alanko, Reija Jokipii, Kirsi Norros, Katri Haatainen Picture Editor: Pekka Pulkkila Script Writer: Kirsi Norros, Katri Haatainen Sound: Pentti Leppäaho, Sakari Heikka Effects Editor: Pekka Pulkkila Composer: Laszlo Bencker 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Marja Sorsa Original Format: DVD Distributor: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Mechelininkatu 34a, P.O.Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 740 1693 +358 9 5490 2190 (PDLO NLUVLQRUURV#\PSDULVWR¿ :HE ZZZHQYLURQPHQW¿V\NH Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:155
Sergei the Healer
Country: Finland Language: Finnish (English subtitles) Length: 103’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Sergei the Healer is a touching and warm depiction of the life in a small Russian Karelian village, where young Sergei grows up in the middle of the most fabulous primeval forests in North Europe. He learns the skills needed for survival from his father Santeri and from the village’s grand old man: boat builder, Sulo. The documentary follows Sergei as he grows up and the struggle of Venehjärvi’s H[LVWHQFHRYHUD¿YH\HDUSHULRG6HUJHLZLOOOHDUQKRZWREXLOGDVXLWDEOHURZLQJ boat, how to hunt a capercaillie and how to carry on the other ancient traditions of the village.
Production Organization(s): Taiga Films, in co-operation with YLE Co-productions, NDR Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario Photographer: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario Picture Editor: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario Script Writer: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario Sound: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Composer: Perttu Hietanen 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Marja Sorsa Original Format: Super 16mm Distributor: Taiga Films Ltd
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS), SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Taiga Films Ltd, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:156
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Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2006
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 VHWRXWZLWKKLV\HDUROGVRQWR¿OPWKHJHPVRIWKH¿QQLVKULYHUV7KHULYHU FXUUHQWVFDUU\WKHPIURPWKHPDJQL¿FHQWIHOOVRI/DSODQGWRWKHUXJJHGZLOGHUQHVV 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 ÀRZLQJULYHU±WKH7RUQLR5LYHU7KH\HQFRXQWHUEHDUVDQGO\Q[HVZROYHULQHVDQG wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.
Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Script Writer: Petteri Saario Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Narrator: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Original Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacam Distributor: DocArt
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRPMRNLHPPHKHOPHW Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:157
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Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2006
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 VHWRXWZLWKKLV\HDUROGVRQWR¿OPWKHJHPVRIWKH¿QQLVKULYHUV7KHULYHU FXUUHQWVFDUU\WKHPIURPWKHPDJQL¿FHQWIHOOVRI/DSODQGWRWKHUXJJHGZLOGHUQHVV 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 ÀRZLQJULYHU±WKH7RUQLR5LYHU7KH\HQFRXQWHUEHDUVDQGO\Q[HVZROYHULQHVDQG wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.
Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Script Writer: Petteri Saario Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Narrator: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Original Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacam Distributor: DocArt
Award category: (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRPMRNLHPPHKHOPHW Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:158
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Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2006
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 VHWRXWZLWKKLV\HDUROGVRQWR¿OPWKHJHPVRIWKH¿QQLVKULYHUV7KHULYHU FXUUHQWVFDUU\WKHPIURPWKHPDJQL¿FHQWIHOOVRI/DSODQGWRWKHUXJJHGZLOGHUQHVV 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 ÀRZLQJULYHU±WKH7RUQLR5LYHU7KH\HQFRXQWHUEHDUVDQGO\Q[HVZROYHULQHVDQG wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.
Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Script Writer: Petteri Saario Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Narrator: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Original Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacam Distributor: DocArt
Award category: (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRPMRNLHPPHKHOPHW Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:159
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Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2006
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 VHWRXWZLWKKLV\HDUROGVRQWR¿OPWKHJHPVRIWKH¿QQLVKULYHUV7KHULYHU FXUUHQWVFDUU\WKHPIURPWKHPDJQL¿FHQWIHOOVRI/DSODQGWRWKHUXJJHGZLOGHUQHVV 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 ÀRZLQJULYHU±WKH7RUQLR5LYHU7KH\HQFRXQWHUEHDUVDQGO\Q[HVZROYHULQHVDQG wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.
Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Script Writer: Petteri Saario Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Narrator: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Original Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacam Distributor: DocArt
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRPMRNLHPPHKHOPHW Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:160
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Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2006
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 VHWRXWZLWKKLV\HDUROGVRQWR¿OPWKHJHPVRIWKH¿QQLVKULYHUV7KHULYHU FXUUHQWVFDUU\WKHPIURPWKHPDJQL¿FHQWIHOOVRI/DSODQGWRWKHUXJJHGZLOGHUQHVV 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 ÀRZLQJULYHU±WKH7RUQLR5LYHU7KH\HQFRXQWHUEHDUVDQGO\Q[HVZROYHULQHVDQG wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.
Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Script Writer: Petteri Saario Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Narrator: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Original Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacam Distributor: DocArt
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRPMRNLHPPHKHOPHW Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:161
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Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2006
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 VHWRXWZLWKKLV\HDUROGVRQWR¿OPWKHJHPVRIWKH¿QQLVKULYHUV7KHULYHU FXUUHQWVFDUU\WKHPIURPWKHPDJQL¿FHQWIHOOVRI/DSODQGWRWKHUXJJHGZLOGHUQHVV 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 ÀRZLQJULYHU±WKH7RUQLR5LYHU7KH\HQFRXQWHUEHDUVDQGO\Q[HVZROYHULQHVDQG wolves. Finally they end their long and rewarding journey in the Artic Ocean.
Production Organization(s): DocArt, YLE TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Script Writer: Petteri Saario Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Narrator: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Original Format: Super 16mm, Digital betacam Distributor: DocArt
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS)
CONTACT INFORMATION
DocArt, Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 733 9300 +358 195232910 (PDLO WLLQDVDDULR#ZLOG¿QFRP :HE ZZZZLOG¿QFRPMRNLHPPHKHOPHW Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:162
Life between the Elbe Dikes
Country: Germany Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: The river Elbe in Germany. One of the most original European ODQGVFDSHVGLGRQFHVSUHDGZLGHDVWKH(OEHÀRRGSODLQV%XWZKDWZHNQRZ today as the nature of this region has little in common with its original form. Dense ÀRRGSODLQIRUHVWVDQGROGJQDUOHGRDNWUHHVDUHGLVDSSHDUHG%URDGPDUVKDUHDV 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 GmbH Producer: Olaf Jacobs Director: Anne Mesecke Photographer: Heribert Schöller, Guido Kilbert Picture Editor: Klaus Eichler Script Writer: Anne Mesecke Sound: Sven Piesker Narrator: David Nathan Composer: Andreas Kuse 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Heribert Schöller Distributor: Telepool GmbH
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH,Scheffelstr. 31a, 04277 Leipzig, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 341 2413 850 +49 341 2413 851 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hoferichterjacobs.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:163
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Country: Germany Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: The Sava riverbanks are among the least modernised in europe. Nowhere else could such a large and cohesive area of riverside woodland be preserved. For centuries the Slavonian farmers graze their cattle here and thereby created a unique landscape. Some shepherds live this old tradition up till today DQGGULYHKXQGUHGVRIGUROO7XURSROMHSLJVRUZLOGKRUVHVRYHUWKHÀRRGSODLQV:LWK modernization though, this original form of farming is in danger of extinction. Will the peasants favor modern stock farming over their old pact with the river Sava?
Production Organization(s): Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH Producer: Olaf Jacobs Director: Anne Mesecke Photographer: Heribert Schöller, Guido Kilbert Picture Editor: Klaus Eichler Script Writer: Anne Mesecke Sound: Sven Piesker Narrator: David Nathan Composer: Andreas Kuse 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Heribert Schöller Distributor: Telepool GmbH
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH,Scheffelstr. 31a, 04277 Leipzig, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 341 2413 850 +49 341 2413 851 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hoferichterjacobs.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:164
Sand, Wind, Water
Country: The Netherlands Language: English Length: 27’ Completion date: 2008
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 ZDWHUWKHYDOOH\VGULHGRXW$URXQG ZDWHUIURPWKHULYHUVZDVLQ¿OWUDWHG with too many fertilizing compounds, causing rare plant species to dissappear. To restore the former wet dune slacks , the natural processes had to be retraced and set into motion again. Only after that could the natural play of sand, wind and water be regained. Now slowly rare plants and animals return.
Production Organization(s): Filmproductie van den Ende c.v. Producer: Jan C. van den Ende Director: Monique M. van den Broek Photographer: Jan C. van den Ende Picture Editor: Jan C. van den Ende, Monique M. van den Broek Script Writer: Jan C. van den Ende, Monique M. van den Broek Sound: BKS studio Narrator: Tony Maples Composer: Library Music 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Prof. Eddy van der Meijden Distributor: Filmproductie van den Ende c.v. Submitted by: Monique van den Broek
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Filmproductie van den Ende c.v.,Bezuidenhoutseweg 265 A, 2594 AN DEN HAAG, The Netherlands Phone/Fax: +31 (0)70 385 86 76 (PDLO QDWXXU#QDWXXU¿OPFRP :HEVLWH ZZZQDWXXU¿OPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:165
The Wild sheep, WKH)R[DQG/RYH
Country: Norway Language: English Length: 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 AS Producer: Anne Magnussen Director: Anne Magnussen Photographer: Gvidas Kovera, Anne Magnussen Picture Editor: Skule Eriksen Script Writer: Jan C. van den Ende, Monique M. van den Broek Sound: 3nO7HUMH1\JnUG.ULVWLDQ6WDQJHE\H Composer: Anne-Regina Kayser Original Format: Digibeta Distributor: Embla Film AS Submitted by: The Norwegian Film Institute
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Embla Film AS, Bergenhus 13, 5003 Bergen, Norway Phone/Fax: +47 9901 2370 :HEVLWH ZZZHPEOD¿OPQR Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:166
FINALIST Breaking the Ice- Arctic Style
Country: Norway Language: English Length: 53’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: 7KLV¿OPSRUWUD\VWKHUHVHDUFKHUDQGVFLHQWLVW)ULGWMRI 1DQVHQ ,Q 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 Respecto Producer: Kurt Salo Director: Kurt Salo Picture Editor: Frank Ludvigsen Composer: Nils P. Johansen Original Format: Digibeta Distributor: Embla Film AS Submitted by: The Norwegian Film Institute
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Video Respecto, Hornsundveien 21 , 9013 Tromsø, Norway E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:167
A Bat Mystery
Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: 7KLV¿OPSRUWUD\VWKHUHVHDUFKHUDQGVFLHQWLVW)ULGWMRI 1DQVHQ ,Q 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 Film Producer: Are Pilskog Director: Are Pilskog Photographer: Are Pilskog Picture Editor: Are Pilskog Script Writer: Are Pilskog Sound: Are Pilskog Composer: Tonje Unstad, Petter Carlsen Original Format: DVcam Submitted by: The Norwegian Film Institute
Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
3LOVNRJ)LOP+M¡UXQJDYnJ1RUZD\ Phone/Fax: +47 97766471 (PDLO DUH#SLOVNRJ¿OPFRP :HEVLWH ZZZSLOVNRJÀPFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:168
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Country: India Language: English Length: 9’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Today’s environmental problems have reached to its peak. Many people, VFLHQWLVWVDQGHQYLURQPHQWDOLVWVDUHVWUXJJOLQJKDUGWR¿QGRXWJUHHQVROXWLRQV 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. 7KH¿OPWULHVWRWULJJHUWKRXJKWSURFHVV
Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video Film Producer: Jagdish Kulkarni Director: Jagdish Kulkarni Photographer: Sandip Avdhani Picture Editor: Sheshgiri Script Writer: Prafulla Chikerur Sound: Ilias Missyris Narrator: Nik Van Eckmann 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Ilias Missyris Original Format: Betacam
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:169
Eco Foot print: 7KLQNRI&UHDWLYHIRRWSULQWV
Country: India Language: English Length: 2’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: This is quickie. Today mankind is consuming more that the Earth can Earn. Our rate of consumption has exceeded the rate of reproduction of resources. We should be serious about our ECO FOOTPRINTS. If great care is not taken at this stage, our sustainability is in danger! Instead of leaving ecological footprints we can think of creative footprints...
Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video Film Producer: Jagdish Kulkarni Director: Jagdish Kulkarni Photographer: Sandip Avdhani Picture Editor: Sheshgiri Script Writer: Prafulla Chikerur Sound: Sheshgiri Narrator: Reena Thakar 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Pradeep Wagh Original Format: Betacam
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:170
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Country: India Language: English Length: 2’ Completion date: 2008
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 JUHHQEXVLQHVVHV:HFDQDOVR¿QGRXWZD\VWRIXO¿OOWKHFRQVXPHGUHVRXUFHV
Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video Film Producer: Jagdish Kulkarni Director: Jagdish Kulkarni Photographer: Sandip Avdhani Picture Editor: Sheshgiri Script Writer: Prafulla Chikerur Sound: Sheshgiri Narrator: Reena Thakar 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Pradeep Wagh Original Format: Betacam
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:171
Economics of Ecology
Country: India Language: English Length: 2’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: This is quickie. Today mankind is consuming more that the Earth can Earn. Our rate of consumption has exceeded the rate of reproduction of resources. We should be serious about our ECO FOOTPRINTS. If great care is not taken at this stage, our sustainability is in danger!
Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video Film Producer: Jagdish Kulkarni Director: Jagdish Kulkarni Photographer: Sandip Avdhani Picture Editor: Sheshgiri Script Writer: Prafulla Chikerur Sound: Sheshgiri Narrator: Reena Thakar 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Pradeep Wagh Original Format: Betacam
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:172
Space TV News
Country: India Language: English Length: 2’ Completion date: 2008
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!
Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video Film Producer: Jagdish Kulkarni Director: Jagdish Kulkarni Photographer: Sandip Avdhani Picture Editor: Sheshgiri Script Writer: Prafulla Chikerur Sound: Sheshgiri Narrator: Reena Thakar 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Pradeep Wagh Original Format: Betacam
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:173
Who is Wild
Country: India Language: English Length: 2’ Completion date: 2008
Synopsis: Animals in the jungle are often termed as wild animals. If you see the GH¿QLWLRQRI´:LOG´LW 6D\V¶8QLYHUVDOO\GDQJHURXVWR+XPDQV¶7KLVLVMXVWEHFDXVHWKLVGH¿QLWLRQ LVZULWWHQE\KXPDQV:KDWZRXOGKDSSHQLIDQLPDOVZULWHWKLVGH¿QLWLRQ:KLOH calling them wild...what are we doing with Earth-Nature and Environment. This is more Wild...!
Production Organization(s): Nirmiti Video Film Producer: Jagdish Kulkarni Director: Jagdish Kulkarni Photographer: Sandip Avdhani Picture Editor: Sheshgiri Script Writer: Prafulla Chikerur Sound: Sheshgiri Narrator: Reena Thakar 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Pradeep Wagh Original Format: Betacam
Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Individual (Nirmiti Video Films),7, Vishvanath park C, Ayodhya colony, Nashik 422013, INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 –9890961576 +91-253-2583158 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:174
In the Name of Roses
Country: France Language: English Length: 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 Berrod Director: Thierry Berrod Photographer: Quincy Russell, Jean-Pierre Rivalain Picture Editor: Thierry Berrod Script Writer: Thierry Berrod Sound: Thierry Berrod Narrator: Alexander Laube Effects Editor: Damien Steck, Pierre-Loic Precausta Composer: Gilbert Grilli 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Cyrille Harpet, Emmanuel Adler Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:175
Spider Game
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: Habitually associated with the colour black, with death, the spider ¿JXUHV DPRQJ WKH OLVW RI WKH DQLPDO ZRUOG¶V PRVW KDWHG FUHDWXUHV7KH VSLGHU 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 Berrod Director: Thierry Berrod Photographer: Quincy Russell, Jean-Pierre Rivalain, Gerard Sergent Picture Editor: Thierry Berrod Script Writer: Thierry Berrod Sound: Thierry Berrod Narrator: Mike Andrews Effects Editor: Damien Steck, Pierre-Loic Precausta, Stephane Lefort Composer: Gilbert Grilli Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:176
Sentinel Animals – Warning! Soil Pollution
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
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 Berrod Director: Kamel Kezadri Photographer: Vincent Fooy Picture Editor: Anne-Sophie de Brauer, Pierre-Loic Precausta Script Writer: Kamel Kezadri ,Thierry Berrod, Cyrille Harpet Sound: Kamel Kezadri Narrator: Alexander Laube Effects Editor: Damien Steck, Pierre-Loic Precausta Composer: Gilbert Grilli Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:177
Sentinel Animals – Warning! Water Pollution
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008
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 Berrod Director: Vincent Amouroux Photographer: Jean-Pierre Rivalain Picture Editor: Vincent Amouroux Script Writer: Vincent Amouroux,Thierry Berrod, Cyrille Harpet Sound: Vincent Amouroux Narrator: Alexander Laube Composer: Gilbert Grilli 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Cyrille Harpet Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:178
FINALIST Vanuatu, The Pig Islands
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2007
Synopsis: ,QWKHPLGGOHRIWKH3DFL¿F2FHDQRQWKHLVODQGVRI9DQXDWXKXPDQV 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 Berrod Director: Jean-Pierre Rivalain Photographer: Jean-Pierre Rivalain Picture Editor: Jean-Pierre Rivalain Script Writer: Jean-Pierre Rivalain,Thierry Berrod Sound: Kate Stoney Narrator: Alexander Laubee Effects Editor: Damien Steck Composer: Gilbert Grilli 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Kirk Huffman Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:179
In the Beginning was the Mud
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2006
Synopsis: Mud has a quality unique on Earth: in mud are concentrated all the building blocks necessary for the construction of life; in mud, the link between WKHLQ¿QLWHO\ODUJHDQGWKHLQ¿QLWHO\VPDOOLVPDGHSRVVLEOH'DQLHO*XLUDODTXDWLF ecology specialist, takes us to the Kaw River estuary, near the border between Brazil and French Guyana, and in the immediate vicinity of an immense mud bank. This region is like an open laboratory enabling us to observe the behaviour of the mud’s strange and fragile inhabitants.
Production Organization(s): Mona Lisa Production Producer: Thierry Berrod Director: Luc Riolon Photographer: Luc Riolon, Gerard Sergent, Jean-Marie Cornuel Picture Editor: Francois-Philippe Gallois Script Writer: Luc Riolon Sound: Luc Riolon Narrator: Alexander Laube Effects Editor: Damien Steck Composer: Felix Sabal-Lecco 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Daniel Guiral Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:180
/LYLQJDQG'\LQJ in the Swamp
Country: France Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2006
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 Berrod Director: Luc Riolonse Photographer: Luc Riolon, Gerard Sergent, Jean-Marie Cornuel Picture Editor: Francois-Philippe Gallois Script Writer: Luc Riolon Sound: Luc Riolon Narrator: Alexander Laube Composer: Felix Sabal-Lecco 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Daniel Guiral Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Mona Lisa Production
Award category: SCIENCE FILMS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mona Lisa Production, 3 & 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France Phone/Fax: +33 4 78 39 04 04 + 33 4 78 29 09 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.monalisa-prod.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:181
/DVW Country: Finland Language: Finnish (English subtitles) Length: 58’ Completion date: 2008 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 Council Producer: Hannu Hyvönen Director: Hannu Hyvönen Photographer: Maarten van Royveay, Rikhard Saukko, Hannu Hyvönen, Ossi Kakko Picture Editor: Ossi Kakko, Hannu Hyvönen, Rikhard Saukko Script Writer: Hannu Hyvönen, Pauliina Feodoroff Sound: Ossi Kakko Narrator: Rita Thomassen Composer: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Wimme Saari, Ulla Pirttijärvi, Niilas Somby Original Format: DV Distributor: Documentary Educational Resource www.der.org Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS, BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS), LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Cultural Cooperative Signs of Life, Kihmulankatu 41 74130 Iisalmi, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 408317733 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://elonmerkki.net/en Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:182 FINALIST Europe’s Last Spotted Eagles Country: Finland Language: English Length: 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 ky Producer: Göran Plam (Yle), Petri Merta (TV-Production Petri Merta ky) Director: Petri Merta Photographer: Petri Merta Picture Editor: Petri Merta Script Writer: Petri Merta Sound: Petri Merta Narrator: Mike Davies Composer: Olli Perttula Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: TV-Production Petri Merta ky Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION TV-Production Petri Merta ky, Villilänniemi 8 D 14, 33300 Finland Phone/Fax: +358 400 625381 +358 32125066 (PDLO SHWULPHUWD#NROXPEXV¿ Website: www.mertavisio.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:183 FINALIST KAZA – A Megapark for Elephants Country: Germany Language: English Length: 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 FDQRQFHPRUHPLJUDWHDORQJWKHLUDQFLHQWURXWHV¿YHFRXQWULHVLQVRXWKHUQ$IULFD 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 Seiffert Director: Cornelia Volk Photographer: Jürgen Jozefowicz Picture Editor: Dietmar Käfert Script Writer: Cornelia Volk Narrator: Volker Lechtenbrink, Thomas Dehler Original Format: Digi Beta Distributor: Telepool GmbH Leipzig Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Kantstr. 71-73, 04275 Leipzig, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 341 3004339 +49 341 3004365 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mdr.de/tiere Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:184 The Weather Prophets Country: Germany/Switzerland Language: 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): CFF Producer: Christoph Felder Director: Christoph Felder Photographer: Christoph Felder Sound: Andreas Lambert Award category: DETRUCKED FROM CATEGORIES, (ETHNOGRAPHICAL DOC) CONTACT INFORMATION CFF, Marienstr. 5, 51491 Overath, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 220 4987716 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cff-online.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:185 The Last Bus Country: Germany, Austria Language: German Length: 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 Production Producer: Maria Hengge Director: Maria Hengge Photographer: Filip Hirschegger, Clemens Seiz Picture Editor: Clemens Seiz Script Writer: Maria Hengge Sound: Luca Winkler Narrator: Maria Hengge Composer: Alexandre Soares Original Format: 35mm Distributor: Maria Hengge Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Maria Hengge, Chodowieckistr. 34, 10405 Berlin, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 163 8294145 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thelastbus.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:186 Roads of the Sea Country: Finland/Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 27’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis:'HO 0nVHQYDNQDURFKVHJODUXWL(XURSDVQRUUDVNlUJnUG 'HQnUJDPODNRVWHUQ0nVHQUXVWDVSnYDUYHWL/XOHn0LOM|QSnYDUYHWRFK 0nVHQVHJHQKLVWRULDVNLOGUDVPHGDQYLDUEHWDUPHGDWWVQLFNUDVNUDSDRFKPnOD (IWHUVM|VlWWQLQJHQSnYnUHQVHJODUYLXWL/XOHnRFK3LWHnVNlUJnUGDUVRPWLOOK|U (XURSDV ¿QDVWH PHQ VRP lU QlVWDQ RNlQGD V|GHUXW 9L VNLOGUDU QnJUD VWDUND SHUVRQOLJKHWHUEODQG¿VNDUHE|QGHUEnWE\JJDUHSn|DUQDRFKVlUVNLOWQnJUD NYLQQRUVRPKDUOHYWVLQDOLYXWHLVNlUJnUGHQ'HQI|UVWDGHOHQDYVOXWDVPHGHQ segling ner till Bjuröklubb, en av Bottenvikens mest intressanta platser med historia NULQJ¿VNHVM|IDUWVlOMDNWRFKVPXJJOLQJVHGDQWLGLJPHGHOWLG Production Organization(s): Quetzalcoatl Production Producer: Heikki Timonen Director: Boris Ersson Photographer: Boris Ersson Picture Editor: Boris Ersson Script Writer: Boris Ersson Sound: Boris Ersson Narrator: Boris Ersson Effects Editor: Boris Ersson Original Format: DV Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION 4XHW]DOFRDWO3URGXFWLRQ)UHMDJDWDQ /XOHn6ZHGHQ Phone/Fax: +46 920255258 +46 703587711 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.marebotnicum.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:187 FINALIST The last Hunters and )LVKHUPHQRIWKH1RUWK" Country: Finland/Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 27’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis: Del 2: Kvarken - en bro av sten och vatten Den andra delen börjar vid Västerbottens kust med den skyddade hamnen Ratan där segelskeppen som byggdes i gamla tider mättes och registrerades. Flera KXQGUDVHJHOVNHSSE\JJGHVSnYDUYHQL%RWWHQYLNHQVQRUUDGHODUXQGHURFK WDOHQRFKDOODUHJLVWUHUDGHVKlU,5DWDQVWRGHWWEORGLJWVODJ GnGHQ ryska krigsmakten anföll Sverige. Vi skildrar ett svensk och ett ryskt soldatöde XWLIUnQJUDYVWHQDUHIWHUOlPQDGHNOlGHUEUHYRFKDQGUDI|UHPnO Production Organization(s): Quetzalcoatl Production Producer: Heikki Timonen Director: Boris Ersson Photographer: Boris Ersson Picture Editor: Boris Ersson Script Writer: Boris Ersson Sound: Boris Ersson Narrator: Boris Ersson Effects Editor: Boris Ersson Original Format: DV Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION 4XHW]DOFRDWO3URGXFWLRQ)UHMDJDWDQ /XOHn6ZHGHQ Phone/Fax: +46 920255258 +46 703587711 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.marebotnicum.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:188 Coast of the Boatbuilders Country: Finland/Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 27’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis: Del 3: Jätten Finn tappade sin stora säck med sten i havet - och en KHOVNlUJnUGEOHYWLOO 'HOWUHKDQGODURPGHQVYHQVNVSUnNLJDVNlUJnUGHQLgVWHUERWWHQ 9L¿OPDUOLYHW L%M|UN|E\RFK|DUQDLQWLOOPHGMRUGEUXN¿VNHVNRODRFKGHW¿QDVlWWVRPPDQ KDUEHYDUDW%M|UN|VJDPODWUDGLWLRQHU3HUVRQOLJDSRUWUlWWDYnOGHUPDQQHQ$QWRQ %M|UNPDQ¿VNDUHQRFKPHNDQLNHUQ:DOWKHU1LVVDVVRPVYHWVDGHHQYHGVSLVWLOO 0nVHQRFKVlOMlJDUHQ(YDOG*HXVW9L¿OPDUGHWnULJDEnWYDUYHWL-DNREVWDG GlU-DQ%DFNPDQE\JJHUIDQWDVWLVNDWUlEnWDURFKNDQVNHE\JJDQGHWDYGH YlUOGVEHU|PGD6ZDQEnWDUQD-DNREVWDGVYDSHQHQUHNRQVWUXNWLRQDYHWWJDPPDOW segelskepp skildras. Production Organization(s): Quetzalcoatl Production Producer: Heikki Timonen Director: Boris Ersson Photographer: Boris Ersson Picture Editor: Boris Ersson Script Writer: Boris Ersson Sound: Boris Ersson Narrator: Boris Ersson Effects Editor: Boris Ersson Original Format: DV Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION 4XHW]DOFRDWO3URGXFWLRQ)UHMDJDWDQ /XOHn6ZHGHQ Phone/Fax: +46 920255258 +46 703587711 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.marebotnicum.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:189 Encounters at the Sea Country: Finland/Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 27’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis:'HO %RWWHQYLNHQVVW|UVWD|RFKVPXJJODUQDVVNlUJnUG 'HQVLVWDGHOHQLVHULHQKDQGODURPGHQ¿QVNVSUnNLJDGHOHQDYNXVWHQLQRUU 9LVWDQQDUYLGWYLOOLQJ|DUQD8ONRNDOODRFK0DDNDOODGlUDOODWDODU¿QVND2FKYL fortsätter upp till Bottenvikens största ö Hailuoto som är en egen kommun ute i KDYHWPHGGU\JW LQQHYnQDUH+lU¿QQVHQOHYDQGHVNlUJnUGVPLOM|PHGMRUGEUXN ¿VNHVNRORUEXWLNHURFKP\FNHWDQQDW (QDY)LQODQGVVWRUDIRONOLYVVNLOGUDUH6DPXOL3DXODKDUMXVNUHYHQ¿QERNRP +DLOXRWRLE|UMDQDY WDOHW0HGKDQVERNUHVHUYLLWLGHQRFKVNLOGUDUOLYHWSn |QLGDJEODQGDQQDWKDPQHQRFKI\USODWVHQ0DUMDQLHPLPHG¿VNHYHUNVWlGHU lotsar och ett hamncafé där folk träffas. Production Organization(s): Quetzalcoatl Production Producer: Heikki Timonen Director: Boris Ersson Photographer: Boris Ersson Picture Editor: Boris Ersson Script Writer: Boris Ersson Sound: Boris Ersson Narrator: Boris Ersson Effects Editor: Boris Ersson Original Format: DV Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION 4XHW]DOFRDWO3URGXFWLRQ)UHMDJDWDQ /XOHn6ZHGHQ Phone/Fax: +46 920255258 +46 703587711 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.marebotnicum.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:190 Trempülkawe, Giants of Sea Country: Chile, Argentina Language: 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 VRXWKRI&KLOHLQWKHKRSHVRI¿QGLQJWKHODUJHVWPDPPDOLQWKHZRUOGDQGIROORZLQJ LWVVORZUHWXUQDORQJWKHFRDVWRIWKH6RXWK3DFL¿F Production Organization(s): Antartica Films, Universidad del Cine Producer: Antonio Molina Montecinos Director: Antonio Molina Montecinos Photographer: Gaspar Citoler , Antonio Molina Montecinos Picture Editor: Cristoph Behl Script Writer: Antonio Molina Montecinos Sound: Damian Turkieh Narrator: Yanko Gonzales Composer: Ulises Conti 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Alejandro Perez Matus Original Format: DV Distributor: Premium Media - Argentina Submitted by: Antonio Molina Montecinos Award category: UNAVAILABLE (PREVIEW dvd DID NOT ARRIVE) CONTACT INFORMATION Antartica Films, Univesridad del Cine de Buenos Aires, Salguero 1417 1º 3 Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone/Fax: +34665103081 (PDLO DQWDUWLFD¿OPV#JPDLOFRP Website: www.trempulkawe.org Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:191 Rebirth Country: Estonia Language: Estonian (English subtitles) Length: 18’ Completion date: 2007 Synopsis: ,QWKLV¿OPWKH1DWXUHLVVXIIHULQJXQGHUIHYHUFUDPSVDQGEDODQFH disorder. It happens every spring: the Rebirth. Production Organization(s): *DYLD¿OP Producer: Rein Maran Director: Joosep Matjus Photographer: Joosep Matjus Picture Editor: Katri Rannastu Script Writer: Joosep Matjus Sound: Horret Kuus Narrator: Joosep Matjus 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Joosep Matjus, Harry Põldsam Submitted by: *DYLD¿OP Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Joosep Matjus, Välja 42, Kohila, Raplamaa 79804; Estonia Phone/Fax: +327 5216949 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:192 Summer Documentary Country: Estonia Language: Estonian (English subtitles) Length: 9’ Completion date: 2006 Synopsis: $ZLOGOLIH¿OPDERXWWKHPRVWLPSRUWDQWWLPHRIWKH\HDUIRUWKHURH deer: the mating season. Production Organization(s): Baltic Film and Media School Producer: Joosep Matjus Director: Joosep Matjus Photographer: Joosep Matjus Picture Editor: Joosep Matjus Script Writer: Joosep Matjus Sound: Juhani Juurik Narrator: Joosep Matjus 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Joosep Matjus, Harry Põldsam Submitted by: Baltic Film and Media School Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Joosep Matjus, Välja 42, Kohila, Raplamaa 79804; Estonia Phone/Fax: +327 5216949 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:193 Dear Earth Part 1: Splendid Earth Country: South Africa Language: Dutch Length: 24’ Completion date: 2008 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 RI¿FLDOSDUWQHUVZLWKWKH::)6$DQG*52(1EURDGFDVWHW::)DGYHUWLVHPHQWV on how to lower your carbon fotprint, and included several inserts during contnuity links on hoe to save energy. The “Liewwe Aaarde” series was also accompanied by two interactive websites for the duration of the broadcast month including www. groen.co.za and http://bethehero.wwf.org.za Production Organization(s): Homebrew Films Producer: Joco Loubser Director: Willie Steenkamp Photographer: Jorrie van der Walt, Pieter Seyffert, Tim Wege, Falk Eggert, Len Fletcher Picture Editor: Noel Cloete Script Writer: Willie Steenkamp, Jeannie Hayward, Dave Pepler Sound: Stef Albertyn Narrator: Dave Pepler Effects Editor: Noel Cloete 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dave Pepler Original Format: DVcam Distributor: Hemebrew Films Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425 (PDLO MHDQQLH#KRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D :HE ZZZJURHQFR]DZZZKRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:194 Dear Earth Part 2: Hourglass of our Planet Country: South Africa Language: Dutch Length: 24’ Completion date: 2008 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 RI¿FLDOSDUWQHUVZLWKWKH::)6$DQG*52(1EURDGFDVWHW::)DGYHUWLVHPHQWV on how to lower your carbon fotprint, and included several inserts during contnuity links on hoe to save energy. The “Liewwe Aaarde” series was also accompanied by two interactive websites for the duration of the broadcast month including www. groen.co.za and http://bethehero.wwf.org.za Production Organization(s): Homebrew Films Producer: Joco Loubser Director: Willie Steenkamp Photographer: Jorrie van der Walt, Pieter Seyffert, Tim Wege, Falk Eggert, Len Fletcher Picture Editor: Noel Cloete Script Writer: Willie Steenkamp, Jeannie Hayward, Dave Pepler Sound: Stef Albertyn Narrator: Dave Pepler Effects Editor: Noel Cloete 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dave Pepler Original Format: DVcam Distributor: Hemebrew Films Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425 (PDLO MHDQQLH#KRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D :HE ZZZJURHQFR]DZZZKRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:195 Dear Earth Part 3: The True Cost of Bread and Wine Country: South Africa Language: Dutch Length: 24’ Completion date: 2008 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 RI¿FLDOSDUWQHUVZLWKWKH::)6$DQG*52(1EURDGFDVWHW::)DGYHUWLVHPHQWV on how to lower your carbon fotprint, and included several inserts during contnuity links on hoe to save energy. The “Liewwe Aaarde” series was also accompanied by two interactive websites for the duration of the broadcast month including www. groen.co.za and http://bethehero.wwf.org.za Production Organization(s): Homebrew Films Producer: Joco Loubser Director: Willie Steenkamp Photographer: Jorrie van der Walt, Pieter Seyffert, Tim Wege, Falk Eggert, Len Fletcher Picture Editor: Noel Cloete Script Writer: Willie Steenkamp, Jeannie Hayward, Dave Pepler Sound: Stef Albertyn Narrator: Dave Pepler Effects Editor: Noel Cloete 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dave Pepler Original Format: DVcam Distributor: Hemebrew Films Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425 (PDLO MHDQQLH#KRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D :HE ZZZJURHQFR]DZZZKRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:196 Dear Earth Part 4: Fragile Paradise Country: South Africa Language: Dutch Length: 24’ Completion date: 2008 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 RI¿FLDOSDUWQHUVZLWKWKH::)6$DQG*52(1EURDGFDVWHW::)DGYHUWLVHPHQWV on how to lower your carbon fotprint, and included several inserts during contnuity links on hoe to save energy. The “Liewwe Aaarde” series was also accompanied by two interactive websites for the duration of the broadcast month including www. groen.co.za and http://bethehero.wwf.org.za Production Organization(s): Homebrew Films Producer: Joco Loubser Director: Willie Steenkamp Photographer: Jorrie van der Walt, Pieter Seyffert, Tim Wege, Falk Eggert, Len Fletcher Picture Editor: Noel Cloete Script Writer: Willie Steenkamp, Jeannie Hayward, Dave Pepler Sound: Stef Albertyn Narrator: Dave Pepler Effects Editor: Noel Cloete 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dave Pepler Original Format: DVcam Distributor: Hemebrew Films Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425 (PDLO MHDQQLH#KRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D :HE ZZZJURHQFR]DZZZKRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:197 Friends from Madagascar Country: South Africa Language: 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 RI¿FLDOFRQVHUYDWLRQSDUWQHUVWRXULVPDXWKRULWLHVQGDFDGHPLFUHVHDUFKLQVWLWXWLRQV 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 YLHZHUVWRH[SORUHWKHPDJQL¿FLHQWKHUSHIDXQDRI0DGDJDVFDU Production Organization(s): Homebrew Films Producer: Joco Loubser Director: Willie Steenkamp Photographer: Pieter Seyffert Picture Editor: Joco Loubser Sound: Stef Albertyn Narrator: Marius Burger Effects Editor: Joco Loubser Original Format: HD Distributor: Hemebrew Films Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425 (PDLO MHDQQLH#KRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D :HE ZZZJURHQFR]DZZZKRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:198 FINALIST Rocherpan Country: South Africa Language: 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 RI¿FLDOFRQVHUYDWLRQSDUWQHUVWRXULVPDXWKRULWLHVQGDFDGHPLFUHVHDUFKLQVWLWXWLRQV 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 Films Producer: Joco Loubser Director: Willie Steenkamp Photographer: Len Fletcher Picture Editor: Noel Cloete Sound: Stef Albertyn Narrator: Dave Pepler Effects Editor: Joco Loubser Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Hemebrew Films Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Hemebrew Films, 46 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Phone/Fax: +27 21 4223452 +27 214223425 (PDLO MHDQQLH#KRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D :HE ZZZJURHQFR]DZZZKRPHEUHZ¿OPVFR]D Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:199 Nine-and-a-Half: Water- :KHUHGRHVLWFRPHIURP" 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 Köln Producer: Tvision GmbH for Westdeutscher Rundfunk Director: Katja Engelhardt, Sarah Winkenstette Photographer: Stefan Lemanski Script Writer: Antìa Martinez-Amor, Gesa Dankwerth Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Appellhofplatz 1, 50600 Köln, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 221 220 6046 +49 221 20 6185 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.9einhalb.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:200 FINALIST Countdown on the Yangtze Country: Germany Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2007 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 ZHUHIRUFHGWRUHORFDWH KXQGUHGVRIYLOODJHVZHUHÀRGHGPDMRUPRQXPHQWVZHUH WKUHDWHQHGE\WKHÀRGZDWHUV7KHHQWLUHSURMHFWLVWREHFRPSOHWHWGLQ Production Organization(s): Längengrad Filmproduktion Producer: Oliver Gontram Director: Thomas Weidenbach, Shi Ming Photographer: Michael Kern Picture Editor: Jan Wilm Schmülling Script Writer: Thomas Weidenbach, Shi Ming Sound: Georg Brodegger, Stefan Nowak Composer: Stefan Döring Distributor: United Docs/GUD Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Appellhofplatz 1, 50600 Köln, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 221 220 6046 +49 221 20 6185 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wdr.de Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:201 Area 34 Country: Finland Language: Finnish Length: 30’ Completion date: 2008 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 Saario Director: Sari Orkomies Photographer: Sari Orkomies Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Joonatan Hietanen Script Writer: Sari Orkomies Sound: Joonatan Hietanen Effects Editor: Petteri Saario Composer: Joonatan Hietanen, Perttu Hietanen Original Format: HDV Distributor: United Docs/GUD Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION Sari Orkomies, Mehiläistie 6, 06100 Porvoo, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 50 377 1292 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:202 The Bay of the Mont- Saint-Michel, A Balance in 0RYHPHQW Country: France Language: French Length: 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 LW7KLVLQ¿QLWHKRULRQWDOVSDFHZKHUHQRWKLQJFDWFKHVWKHH\HVHHPVWREHWKH 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 France Producer: Suzanne Masson Director: Philippe Muller Photographer: Rémy Revellin, Philippe Muller, Olivier Chasle Picture Editor: Matthieu Lambourion Sound: Sylvain Delecroix Narrator: Matthieu Dahan Composer: Félix Sabal-Lecco Original Format: HD Submitted by: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Bleu Krystal media, 88,rue La Fayette, 75009 Paris, France Phone/Fax: +33 1 53 34 15 90 +33 1 44 79 06 76 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bkm.fr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:203 The Netherlands, 6DFUL¿FHG3ROGHUV Country: France Language: French Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008 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 KDELWDWDQGDJULFXOWXUH7KLVÀH[LELOLW\LQWKHPDQDJHPHQWRIK\GURORJ\LQWKH Netherlands has been made possible because of a collective acknowledgement of said problems. Production Organization(s): Bleu Krystal media , ARTE France Producer: Suzanne Masson Director: Jean-Marie Cornuel Photographer: Jean-Marie Cornuel, Mathieu Rivoli/ Xavier Istasse Picture Editor: Didier Touchette Sound: Jean-Marie Cornuel Narrator: François Cognard Composer: Félix Sabal-Lecco Original Format: HD Submitted by: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Bleu Krystal media, 88,rue La Fayette, 75009 Paris, France Phone/Fax: +33 1 53 34 15 90 +33 1 44 79 06 76 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bkm.fr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:204 The Nile Delta, the End of the Miracle Country: France Language: French Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis: A heavy threat hangs over the Egyptians: they will be among the ¿UVWWREHVXEMHFWHGWRWKHFRQVHTXHQFHVRIJOREDOZDUPLQJ$ODUJHSDUWRIWKH RYHUFURZGHG'HOWDZLOOEHÀRRGHGEHIRUHE\DPRUHDQGPRUHDJJUHVVLYH 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 France Producer: Suzanne Masson Director: Luc Riolon Photographer: Gérard Sergent, Christian Fienga, Luc Riolon Picture Editor: Luc Riolon Narrator: Luc Riolon Composer: Félix Sabal-Lecco Original Format: HD Submitted by: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Bleu Krystal media, 88,rue La Fayette, 75009 Paris, France Phone/Fax: +33 1 53 34 15 90 +33 1 44 79 06 76 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bkm.fr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:205 It’s Bio in Germany, but Death for the Orang Utans in Indonesia Country: Germany Language: German Length: 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 Altemeier Photographer: Birgit Handke, Reinhard Hornung Picture Editor: Reinhard Hornungs Script Writer: Inge Altemeier Narrator: Dorothea Reinicke Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Altemeier & Hornung Film Production Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Altemeier & Hornung Film Production, Arnoldstr. 62, 22763 Hamburg, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 392234 +49 40 3903736 (PDLO LQIR#JOREDO¿OPGH :HEVLWH ZZZJOREDO¿OPGH Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:206 The Biofuel Trap Country: Germany Language: German Length: 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 Altemeier Photographer: Birgit Handke, Reinhard Hornung Picture Editor: Reinhard Hornungs Script Writer: Inge Altemeier Original Format: DVCam Distributor: Altemeier & Hornung Film Production Award category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Altemeier & Hornung Film Production, Arnoldstr. 62, 22763 Hamburg, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 40 392234 +49 40 3903736 (PDLO LQIR#JOREDO¿OPGH :HEVLWH ZZZJOREDO¿OPGH Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:207 Anbafey Country: France Language: 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): /HV¿OPVGXUHTXLQ Producer: Jean des Fôrets Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION /HV¿OPVGXUHTXLQUXH*DQQHURQ)UDQFH Phone/Fax: +33 143 87 15 62 + 33 143 87 34 72 (PDLO LQIR#OHV¿OPVGXUHTXLQFRP Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:208 FINALIST 6XSHU¿VK Country: USA Language: English Length: 52’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis: Wild Logics travels the oceans of the world to reveal the secrets of ELOO¿VK5HQRZQHGIRUWKHLUIRUPLGDEOHVSHDUVDQGVZRUGOLNHELOOVWKHVSHFLHV LQFOXGHVWKHVSHFWDFXODUPDUOLQVZRUG¿VKVSHDU¿VKDQGVDLO¿VK2XUJXLGHWR WKHVHPDJQL¿FHQWSUHGDWRUVLV(PP\DZDUGZLQQLQJ¿OPPDNHU5LFN5RVHQWKDO 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 Shirokow Director: Rick Rosenthal Photographer: Rick Rosenthal Picture Editor: Chris Aikenhead Script Writer: Kate Younedahl Sound: Santa Barbara Sound Design Narrator: Sir David Attenborough Effects Editor: Scott Simmons Composer: Lenny Williams 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Dr. Barbara Block, Dr. Eric Prince Original Format: HD Cam, Super 16mm Distributor: Wild Logic, L.L.C. Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Wild Logic, L.L.C., 1482 East Valley Road, Suite 625, Santa Barbara 93108, California, USA Phone/Fax: +1 805 969 1699 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.wildlogic.net Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:209 Reading the Water Country: USA Language: English Length: 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 Vollmer Director: Niklas Sven Vollmer Photographer: Niklas Sven Vollmer Picture Editor: Niklas Sven Vollmer Sound: Niklas Sven Vollmer 6FLHQWL¿F$GYLVHU Douglas Vollmer Original Format: HD Cam Distributor: Vtape – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Niklas Sven Vollmer, Georgia State University, Department of Communication, P.O.Box 4000, Atlanta, GA 30302-4000, USA Phone/Fax: +1 404 378 1278 +1 404 413 5634 E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:210 The Isle of Chatter Country: Finland Language: Length: 20’ Completion date: 2006 Synopsis: Vaasa region’s Kvarken archipelago and its diverse wildlife as depicted E\ORFDOZLOGOLIH¿OPPDNHUV(HUR0XUWRPlNL-XKDQL.RLYXVDDULDQG$UL9DONROD Producer: Eero Murtomäki, Juhani Koivusaari, Ari Valkola Director: Eero Murtomäki, Juhani Koivusaari, Ari Valkola Photographer: Eero Murtomäki, Juhani Koivusaari, Ari Valkola Original Format: DVCam Award category: LOW BUDGET-BIG IMPACT FILMS (INCLUDING SHORT) CONTACT INFORMATION Eero Murtomäki, Läntinen Pitkäkatu 4-6, 65380 Vaasa, Finland Phone/Fax: +358 40 5602228 Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:211 Force and Weak Country: Georgia Language: Length: 25’ Completion date: 2006 Synopsis:,QIUDPHVRIWKLVSURMHFWIRXUDUWLVWVZHUHFKRVHQWRVKRRW¿OPVLQIRXU UHJLRQVRI*HRUJLD7KLV¿OPWHOOVDERXWWKH(DVWHUQYLOODJH*XUGMDDQL7KH¿OP tells about lives of simple people in the village; these are short sad stories about values and passions in the Georgian village life. Production Organization(s): Contemporary Art Club(CAC) and Swiss Agency for Development and cooperation Producer: Maka Batiashvili Director: Maka Batiashvili Photographer: Natela Grigalashvili Script Writer: Maka Batiashvili Sound: Maka Batiashvili Submitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert Award category: DETRUCKTED (Documentary) CONTACT INFORMATION Phone/Fax: Maka Batiashvili E-mail: [email protected] Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:212 The Old man of Hara Country: Iran Language: 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 Sheikholeslami Photographer: Morteza Poursamadi Script Writer: Mahvash Sheikholeslami Sound: Ali Akbar Yaghobi Submitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert Award category: DETRUCKTED (Documentary) CONTACT INFORMATION IYCS Gandhi Ave., 19 St., #20 15178 Tehran, Iran P.O.Box: 15875/9544 Tel: +98 21 88 77 31 14 [email protected] www.iycs.ir Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:213 FINALIST Engure Country: Latvia Language: English Length: 49’ Completion date: 2006 Synopsis 7KH¿OPLVDVWRU\RI/DWYLD¶VODUJHVWFRDVWDOODNHDQGWKHOLYHVRIWKH SHRSOHOLYLQJE\LWDQGUHÀHFWVWKHIRUPDWLRQRIWKHODNHEHJLQQLQJZLWKLWVVHSDUDWLRQ from the sea in ancient times. The lake’s wonderful natural scenery and the GHSLFWLRQRIELUGVDQGDQLPDOVEOHQGZLWKDFFRXQWVRIWKHGDLO\OLYHVRI¿VKHUPHQ 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. Producer: Kaspars Goba, Ieva Ubele Director: Karpars Goba Photographer: Ainars Aunins, Andris Prieditis Script Writer: Karpars Goba, Guntars Dagis Sound: Mihails Medvejevs, Klavs Silins, Oskars Doma Submitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION ELM MEDIA Address: Ganibu dambis 15-47, Riga, LV 1045, Latvia Phone: +371 29477888 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.elmmedia.lv Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:214 The Shore of Life Country: Turkey Language: Turkish(English subtitles) Length: 30’ Completion date: 2007 Synopsis: Production Organization(s): DogaBel Society Producer: Serkan Yilmaz Director: Behiye Yilmaz Photographer: Serkan Yilmaz, A. Gemal Gucu Script Writer: Serkan Yilmaz Submitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS, CONSERVATION FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION DogaBel Society Kilicaslan Mah. Silvas Cad. No:58/2 Kayseri / Turkey Tel/Fax: + 90 352 233 53 95 [email protected], www.dogabel.org.tr Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:215 Women of Dorfak Country: Iran Language: Length: 19’ Completion date: 2007 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... Production Organization(s): Neshneh-Rooz Producer: Peymar Hosseini Nami, Kamal Farhang Director: Mohammad Nami Photographer: Vahid Najafzadeh, Liman Khalili Poor Script Writer: Mohammad Nami Sound: Mohammad Hassan Damanzan Submitted by: Sunchild Festival Armenia/Barbara Siebert Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION Neshneh-Rooz 1R UGÀRRU:HVW1RVUDWVW7RKLGVT7HKUDQ,UDQ tel: +98(0)21 -66931513; fax:+98(0)21-669112648; [email protected] www.neshnehrooz.com Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:216 0l\UlNRLUD+LUYLPHWVlOOl Country: Finland Language: Finnish (English subtitles) Length: 2’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis: Juttu kertoo hirvenmetsästyksestä johon osallistuu, mm mäyräkoira. Photographer: Esa Siltaloppi Picture Editor: Esa Siltaloppi Narrator: Erkki Valtamäki Original Format: DVCam Award category: BEST NORDIC FILMS (INCLUDING FINNISH FILMS) CONTACT INFORMATION Siltaloppi Productions, Rantakatu 2A, 65100 Vaasa Phone/Fax: +358 500 662146 (PDLO HVDVLOWDORSSL#VLOWDORSSL¿ :HEVLWH ZZZVLOWDORSSL¿ Wildlife Vaasa 2008 Ref:217 'HYLOV¶/DQG Country: Germany Language: Various (English subtitles) Length: 90’ Completion date: 2008 Synopsis:)ROORZLQJWKHZHUHZROIP\WKWKH¿OPWUDYHOVWKURXJKOHJHQGDU\/DWYLD 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. Production Organization(s): Springer Film, ZDF, ARTE Producer: Kathrin Springer Director: Gisa Schleelein Photographer: Lars Barthel Picture Editor: Katalin Pazmandy Original Format: DIGI Beta Award category: NATURAL HISTORY FILMS CONTACT INFORMATION ZDF/Arte, Otto-Schott-Strasse 13 Phone/Fax: +49 6131 706447 +49 6131 703411 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.zdf.de www.arte-tv.com