Finalists 2014
LIST OF FINALISTS & SPECIAL AWARD NOMINATIONS 2014
Here the results of our selection for this year's festival. The list includes the finalists of both film competitions followed by the nominees of six special awards, as follows:
A. INTERNATIONAL NATURE FILM COMPETITON
Category 1: Natural History
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year |
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DIRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
1. |
2012 |
GULO Film, BBC NATURAL WORLD & STUDIO HAMBURG DOCLIGHTS NATURFILM Oliver Goetzl & Ivo Noerenberg
|
GERMANY |
59 |
|
66. |
2013 |
Riho Västrik, Remek Meel
|
ESTONIA |
40 |
|
71. |
2014 |
Annette Scheurich, Klaus Scheurich |
GERMANY |
52 |
|
77. |
THE BACKYARD JUNGLE - SPRING AWAKENING 2014 |
nautilusfilm GmbH - Natural History Germany, Jan Haft, Melani Haft
|
GERMANY |
45 |
|
80. |
WILD CONGO – PART 2: APES AND ALLIENS 2013 |
Blue Planet Film for DocLights NDR Naturfilm, Thomas Behrend, Heike Grebe, Susanne Lummer
|
GERMANY |
48 |
|
83. |
2013 |
Jost-Arend Bösenberg, Rosie Koch, Roland Gockel |
GERMANY |
52 |
|
127. |
NOCK - MOUNTAINS AT HEAVEN'S DOOR 2013 |
dreiD.at filmproduktion & ORF in association with ORF-Enterprise and Kulturförderung Kärnten, Waltraud Paschinger
|
AUSTRIA |
50 |
|
132. |
PLANET SPARROW 2013 |
Kurt Mayer Film, ORF, ARTE and NDR in association with RTR, Vienna Film Fund and bm:ukk Kurt Mayer
|
AUSTRIA |
50 |
|
133. |
2013 |
ORF & Power of Earth productions in association with ORF-enterprise, Kurt Mündl
|
AUSTRIA |
50 |
|
137. |
HUMMINGBIRDS - JEWELLED MESSENGERS 2012 |
TERRA MATER Factual Studios, Free Spirit Films Production, Paul Reddish
|
AUSTRIA |
53 |
|
139. |
WHITE BEAUTY - A STALLIONS LIFE 2013 |
SCIENCEVISION AND SATEL FILM in association with THIRTEEN, ServusTV, TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS supported by Cinestyria, Fernsehfonds Austria, Filmfonds Wien and Land NÖ Heinrich Ambrosch, Rita Schlamberger, Michael Schlamberger |
AUSTRIA |
52 |
|
143. |
KILLER WHALES - FINS OF CHANGE 2014 |
TERRA MATER Factual Studios in co-production with WNET/Thirteen and NDR Naturfilm/Doclights, Brian Leith, Ben Wallis
|
AUSTRIA |
53 |
Category 2: Environment & Conservation
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DIRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
3. |
2013 |
Manfred Ladwig,Thomas Reutter
|
GERMANY |
53 |
|
69. |
LIFE FLOURISHING IN THE WETLANDS 2014 |
CKPS & TVP Marta Kadziela
|
POLAND |
27 |
|
76. |
2012 |
nautilusfilm GmbH - Natural History Germany, Jan Haft, Melani Haft
|
GERMANY |
50 |
|
92. |
2014
|
SPAIN |
55 |
|
|
94. |
2014 |
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Tom Synnatzschke, Holger Vogt
|
GERMANY |
50 |
|
122. |
2012 |
ZDF Second German Television, Alexandra Svendsen, Andreas Ewels
|
GERMANY |
52 |
|
129. |
2013 |
ORF & IN-Film in association with bm:ukk, Istvan Nadaskay
|
AUSTRIA |
50 |
|
136. |
2014 |
Triq Produktion for SVT – SverigesTelevision, Tina-Marie Qwiberg
|
SWEDEN |
59 |
|
140. |
2012 |
A MIKE BIRKHEAD ASSOCIATES PRODUCTION FOR TERRA TERRA MATER Factual Studios in co- production with THIRTEEN Mike Birkhead, Joe Loncraine
|
AUSTRIA |
52 |
|
142. |
2012 |
TALKING PICTURES & TABLE MOUNTAIN FILMS for TERRA MATER Factual Studios Garth Lucas, Ann Strimling
|
AUSTRIA |
52 |
|
157. |
2014
|
Roland Blum |
GERMANY |
97 |
|
165.
|
O CHRISTMAS TREE 2013
|
Viktor Apfelbacher, Andy Lehmann |
GERMANY
|
51
|
Category 3.1: Nordic
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
128. |
2014 |
Trude Refsahl, Jan Inge M. Skogheim
|
NORWAY |
29 |
|
130. |
2013 |
Jan Inge M. Skogheim
|
NORWAY |
29 |
|
135. |
2013 |
Vildmarksforum & SVT - Sveriges Television, Henrik Ekman, Ulf Jonasson, Hans Berggren
|
SWEDEN |
58 |
|
38. |
2011 |
Ibis film Skule Eriksen, Lisbeth Dreyer
|
NORWAY |
25 |
|
39. |
2013 |
Ibis film Skule Eriksen, Lisbeth Dreyer |
NORWAY |
22 |
Category 3.2 : Finnish
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
26. |
THE NEW LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS 2013 |
Elina Kivilä, Olga Pihlman |
FINLAND |
28 |
|
67. |
2013 |
Jussi Haapalainen
|
FINLAND |
51 |
|
108. |
VEDEN SAARTAMAT: OSA 5 MERENKURKUSSA 2013
|
Tiina Saario & Petteri Saario |
FINLAND |
29 |
|
120. |
2012 |
Eero Heinonen
|
FINLAND |
30 |
|
151. |
KURKIRANNIKOLLA 2014
|
Eero Murtomäki, Ari Valkola, Juhani Koivusari |
FINLAND |
45 |
|
159. |
2014
|
Sini Vuorialho |
FINLAND |
5 |
Category 4.1 : Low Budget
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
16. |
2013 |
Silver Fir Media Donald O'Brien, Jerry Freilich |
USA |
18 |
|
22.
|
2013
|
|
UK |
22 |
|
48.
|
2013
|
|
PERU |
29
|
|
58. |
2014
|
|
FRANCE |
52 |
|
101. |
THE DESERT ISLANDS 2014
|
PORTUGAL |
32 |
|
|
147. |
WILDMED, THE LAST MEDITERRANEAN FOREST 2014 |
Acajú Comunicación Ambiental, Arturo Menor |
SPAIN |
61 |
Category 4.2 : Short
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
2. |
2012 |
Giuseppe Bucciarelli
|
ITALY |
7 |
|
31. |
2014 |
Office Number Four Afea, Edoardo Picciolo, Antonio Spanò, Francesco Picciolo
|
D.REPUBLIC OF CONGO / ITALY |
9 |
|
45. |
WINTER BIRDWATCHING IN JERSEY CITY 2014
|
Tommy Dunstan & John Dunstan |
USA |
16 |
|
56. |
2012
|
Edward Snijders |
NETHERLANDS FIJI ISLANDS |
6 |
|
121. |
2014
|
Ian A Nelson |
USA |
11 |
|
153. |
2014 |
|
BELARUS |
10 |
Category 5: Science
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
12. |
2011 |
Jacques Mitsch/ K Production / Arte / Discovery Science / SBS / SVT / RTBF / VRT / RTP / DRTV
|
FRANCE |
52 |
|
34. |
2012 |
Daniel Vega Martínez
|
SPAIN |
24 |
|
42. |
2013 |
360 Degrees Films, Sally Ingleton, Peter Zakharov/Simon Enderby
|
AUSTRALIA |
50 |
|
47. |
THE SECRET OF THE APES - NARROWING THE GAP, 2013 |
Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH Olaf Jacobs, Axel Friedrich & Eva Demmler
|
GERMANY |
52 |
|
59. |
TROODOS AND THE BIRTH OF CYPRUS 2011 |
Paschalis Papapetrou
|
CYPRUS |
50 |
|
146. |
2013 |
SKY VISION for TERRA MATER FACTUAL STUDIOS GMBH, Steve Nicholls, Sarah Whalley
|
AUSTRIA |
53 |
|
166. |
URINE SUPERPOWERS 2013
|
Thierry Berrod / Quincy Russell |
|
52 |
Category 6: Water & Underwater
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
9. |
2012 Underwater |
Ocean Pix, Andrea Ramalho Ralf Kiefner, Peter Spielmann
|
GERMANY |
60 |
|
41. |
2013 Underwater |
Kaufmann Productions Pty Ltd, ABC Australia, Smithsonian Channel, TERRA MATER Factual Studios
|
AUSTRALIA |
58 |
|
57. |
IT'S EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS 2013 Water
|
Neil Curry |
SOUTH AFRICA |
40 |
|
81. |
2013 Underwater |
Zsolt Sasdi
|
HUNGARY |
26 |
|
89. |
WILD BALTIC - LIFE ON THE AMBER COAST 2014 Water |
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, coraxfilm GmbH, Britta Kiesewetter, Christoph Hauschild
|
GERMANY |
48 |
|
95. |
EUROPE´S WILD RIVER - THE ELBE 2013 Water |
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Macro Tele-Film, Britta Kiesewetter, Svenja & Ralph Schieke
|
GERMANY |
50 |
|
103. |
SZIGETKÖZ - THE INLAND DELTA OF THE RIVER DANUBE 2013 Water |
Erika Bagladi, Szabolcs Mosonyi |
HUNGARY SLOVAKIA GERMANY |
52 |
|
86. |
2013 Underwater
|
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Jörn Röver, Klaus Müller |
GERMANY |
90 |
|
144. |
2013 Water |
RED LINE FILMS and THIRTEEN in Co-Production with TERRA MATER Factual Studios, Fritz Mitchell, Peter Franchella
|
AUSTRIA |
51 |
|
145. |
EPISODE 1: MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON 2014 Water |
TERRA MATER Factual Studios with NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL in association with FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS, WDR produced by COSMOS FACTORY FILMPRODUKTION Harald Pokieser, Clare Dornan |
AUSTRIA |
50 |
Category 7: Food & Agriculture
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
30. |
2013 |
”Ukrkinokhronika” SE Ukrainian Documentary Films Studio
|
UKRAINE |
30 |
|
43. |
2014
|
|
SPAIN |
58 |
|
46. |
2013
|
LVP, Anthony Dickinson & Oliver Dickinson |
FRANCE/UK |
52 |
|
62. |
2011 |
Paschalis Papapetrou
|
CYPRUS |
50 |
|
78. |
THE BACKYARD JUNGLE - HARVEST TIME 2014 |
nautilusfilm GmbH - Natural History for Doclights GmbH/NDR Naturfilm
|
GERMANY |
45 |
|
124. |
2014 |
ORF & MR-Film in assoc. with ARTE, CCTV-9, Austrian Television Fund & Film Fund Vienna, Maria-Magdalena Koller
|
AUSTRIA |
50 |
B. CHILDREN AND YOUTH COMPETITION
LIST OF FINALISTS
Category 8: Children Films
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
37.
|
2013
|
|
NETHERLANDS |
15 |
|
114.
|
2013 |
Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets, SOS culture youth club members |
ARMENIA |
14 |
|
115.
|
2013 |
Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets Sunchild eco club members |
ARMENIA |
11 |
|
118.
|
I DREAMT OF A CHOCOLATE SCHOOL 2014 |
3rd Primary School of Loutraki,Dimitrakopoulou Harikleia, Nikos Theodosiou
|
GREECE |
6 |
|
150. |
P J BLADH’S KASKO 2013
|
|
FINLAND |
15 |
Category 9: Youth Films
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
6.
|
2012
|
|
BELGIUM |
7 |
|
28. |
2013 |
|
BELGIUM |
5 |
|
29. |
ADAPTING ANOLIS 2013 |
Tom Rowland, Ivan Medina
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
13 |
|
49.
|
2013 |
Simon Goodall |
UK |
13 |
|
70.
|
2013 |
Africa Media Ryan Johnson, Marta Ariza
|
UK |
7 |
Category 10: Animation Films
REFnr |
TITLE / Production year
|
PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONPRODUCER / DRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
RT min |
|
25.
|
2013 |
Marcel Barelli |
SWITZERLAND |
8 |
|
53.
|
FG MEDITATION ANIMATION-PART 1 2013 |
Farshad Nazaraghaei
|
IRAN |
48 |
|
110.
|
2013 |
Christina Depian, K. Bubnova, Ad Axem |
GREECE |
5 |
|
111.
|
I DREAM, I DON'T STEP BACK, I LIVE 2013 |
Dina Plessa & 6th High school of Patras
|
GREECE |
5 |
|
117.
|
2013 |
9th Elementary School of Ag. Dimitrios, Athens Nikolaos Kamilos |
GREECE |
5 |
WILDLIFE VAASA 2014 - Special award NOMINATIONS
- the Ostrobothnia Australis SPECIAL AWARD
LIST OF NOMINEES:
|
7. |
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CAPE COD BEAR 2013 |
Maryanne Galvin |
USA |
52 |
|
17. |
2013 |
Mono Collective, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, Simeon Tsonchev
|
BULGARIA |
40 |
|
73. |
THE TIME-HOPPER : PART 1: HOLDING ON 2014 |
TZSM PRODUCTION – FILMJUNGLE Zsolt Marcell Toth, Attila David Molnar
|
HUNGARY |
27 |
|
90. |
WILD BALTIC - ENCHANTED FORESTS AND MOORS 2014 |
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, coraxfilm GmbH, Britta Kiesewetter, Christoph Hauschild
|
GERMANY |
48 |
|
100. |
2014 |
Dive Encounters Buceo México, Gerardo del Villar
|
MEXICO |
46 |
|
131. |
HUNTING BUDDIES - HOW DOGS DISCOVERED MAN 2013 |
ORF & Wega Film in association with ARTE and bm:ukk, Ute Gebhardt |
AUSTRIA |
50 |
2. THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF OSTROBOTHNIA: OSTROBOTHNIAN SPECIAL awarD
LIST OF NOMINEES:
|
35. |
2013 |
Salvo Manzone, Luca Casavola
|
ITALY/ FRANCE |
28 |
|
54. |
2014 |
Lorella Jowi, D. David Morin
|
KENYA |
63 |
|
55. |
BOAVISTA, ON THE VERGE OF CHANGE 2012
|
Submarines Foundation & ConID, Edward Snijders |
NETHERLANDS, CAPE VERDE |
26 |
|
85. |
2013 |
Miroslav Rezic, Miro Brankovic
|
CROATIA |
50 |
|
87. |
2013
|
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Altayfilm, Henry M. Mix |
GERMANY |
48 |
|
97. |
POLLINATORS IN ACTION II-POLLINATOR INSECTS 2014 |
SPAIN |
26 |
- VAASA ANDROMEDA SPECIAL AWARD
LIST OF NOMINEES:
|
88. |
2014
|
Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Altayfilm, Tom Synnatzschke Henri M. Mix
|
GERMANY |
50 |
|
109. |
THE WILDLIFE OF SLIVNITSA MUNICIPALITY 2013 |
Iva Hristova-Nikolova |
BULGARIA |
30 |
|
123. |
2012 |
ORF & Kubefilm in association with Austrian Television Fund, Florian Berger and Stefan Polasek |
AUSTRIA |
50 |
|
138. |
GUADALQUIVIR - THE GREAT RIVER 2014 |
TERRA MATER Factual Studios & WANDA FILMS, José María Morales, Joaquín Gutiérrez Acha |
AUSTRIA |
52 |
|
141. |
2012 |
TERRA MATER Factual Studios in association with Wanda Films, Klaus Feichtenberger
|
AUSTRIA |
52 |
|
152. |
VIPERA LIFE - A SERPENT'S TALE 2014 |
Attila Dávid Molnár, Zsolt Marcell Tóth |
HUNGARY |
52 |
- VAASA MUSEUMS SPECIAL AWARD
LIST OF NOMINEES:
|
14. |
2013 |
bushmaster films Cristian Spencer, Marc Egger
|
BRAZIL |
25 |
|
20.
|
2013 |
Gwenaëlle Bron, Anne Luart
|
FRANCE |
52 |
|
32. |
2013
|
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
21 |
|
|
113. |
2014 |
Edward Snijders
|
NETHERLANDS/ BONAIRE |
26 |
|
125. |
KEEPERS OF THE ARK- A LIFE FOR ANIMALS 2013 |
ORF & Metafilm in association with Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund, bm:ukk and Cinestyria, dir.Lukas Beck |
AUSTRIA |
50 |
|
134. |
2012 |
Thomas Rilk Filmproduktion in association with ORF and Vienna Film Fund, Thomas Rilk |
AUSTRIA |
50 |
5. VAASA INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SPECIAL AWARD
LIST OF NOMINEES:
|
13. |
2011 |
Jacques Mitsch/ ARTE France Altomedia, K Production, DocLab
|
FRANCE |
48 |
|
33. |
2013
|
Mohammad Ehsani |
IRAN |
30 |
|
96. |
2014
|
Evgeni Usov |
RUSSIA |
48 |
|
112. |
2013 |
t-shOrt, Kyriakos Chatzimichailidis & Apostolis Asimakopoulos
|
GREECE |
65 |
|
119. |
SONS OF EARTH 2014 |
Ultreia Films Patxi Uriz
|
SPAIN |
30 |
|
154. |
THE TOAD MOVIE-PART 1 POND’S CALLING 2014
|
Jukka Seppälä |
FINLAND |
30 |
6. TERRANOVA SHORT SPECIAL AWARD
LIST OF NOMINEES:
|
23. |
2012
|
Yulia Travnikova, Sergey Tsyss |
RUSSIA |
7 |
|
40. |
2014 |
Richter Production Jana Richter
|
GERMANY |
8 |
|
44. |
2014
|
LITHUANIA |
6 |
|
|
68. |
DR.ALLA MASS AND THE DOLPHIN ZONE 2013
|
|
RUSSIA |
15 |
|
148. |
2013 |
HORIZON & NATURE FILMS, Enrik Ballesteros, Andoni SanGaley
|
SPAIN |
3 |
|
158. |
2014 |
UNIV. OF KASSEL / NUR FILM GROUP Jörn Möllenkamp, Miriam Steen
|
GERMANY |
7 |
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