WILDLIFE VAASA FESTIVAL 2012‐RESULTS INTERNATIONAL NATURE FILM COMPETITION Category 1: Natural History 1. DANUBE – EUROPE’S AMAZON EP. 2 Rita & Michael Schlamberger, Jiri Petr, 2012 2. WILD LIONS‐BORN WILD Ep 2 Joe Kennedy Terra Matter, 2012 3. WILD HUNGARY – A WATER WONDERLAND . Zoltan Török, Jörn Röver, 2011 Category 2: Environmental Conservation 1. WHALES UNDER ATTACK, 2011 Jörn Röver, Tom Synnatzschke, Daniel Opitz, 2011 2. BILLION DOLLAR FISH Sabine Holzer, Michael Schlamberger, Alfred Schwarzenberg, 2012 3. LAIKIPIA, THE LAND OF LIFE Giuseppe Bucciarelli, 2011 Category 3: Nordic 1. FJORD Lisbeth Dreyer, Skule Eriksen, 2009 2. THE SILVER OF THE SEA Are Pilskog, 2012 3. FUTURE OF HOPE Heather Millard, 2010 Category 4: Finnish 1. THE UNKNOWN BOTHNIAN SEA Jouni Hiltunen, 2011 2. LAKES OF FINLAND PART 2: LAKE INARI Petteri Saario & Tiina Saario, 2012 3. ICE‐LOVING SEALS Erkki Astala & Juha Taskinen, 2011 Category 5: Low Budget‐Big Impact 1.E‐WASTELAND, David Fedele, 2012 2.THE WEST IN THE EAST Nisvet Hrustić, 2010 3.FROGS ON THE ROOF , Arnaud Devroute & Maxence Lamoureux, 2011 Category 6: Short 1.BURIGANGA Michelle Coomber, Jon TO Cardwell, 2010 2. TO ANY BIRD ITS NEST Siarhei Makhau, 2011 3. VIRGIN MOTHERS John Dunstan, 2012 Category 7: Science 1. LIMITS OF LIGHT Alfred Vendl ,ORF 2011 2. YOU PLANET Terramater Productions, Martin Mészáros, Alfred Vendl, Sabine Holzer, 2012 3. LIFE IN HELL, SURVIVORS OF SALT & ACID Monalisa Productions, Arte France, CNRS Images, 2010 Category 8: Animations 1. BENDITO MACHINE IV Jossie Malis, 2012 2. THE STORYTELLER Nandita Jain, 2010 3. A SHADOW OF BLUE Carlos Lascano & Jonathan Hazan, 2011 THE JURY’S SPECIAL AWARD: THE GREEN UNIVERSE Jan Haft & Jörn Röver, 2012
SPECIAL AWARDS 1. OSTROBOTHNIA AUSTRALIS AWARD: WILD SCANDINAVIA‐SWEDEN NDR‐STUDIO HAMBURG, DOCLIGHTS JÖRN RÖVER OLIVER GOETZL, IVO NÖRENBERG 2. VAASA CITY & THE OSTROBOTHNIAN COUNCIL AWARD: TIGER DYNASTY GREY FILMS INDIA PVT LTD, BBC INDIA NATURAL WORLD, S NALLAMUTHU 3. THE METSÄHALLITUS AWARD: GAUTCHOS: IF YOU DON’T GET ON, YOU WON’T FALL OFF, NUR FILM GROUP, Jana Richter ARGENTIINA/ GERMANY 4. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AWARD RAISING RESISTANCE , DREAMER JOIN VENTURE, 2011 5.VAASA UNIVERSITY‐INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AWARD WILD‐SCANDINAVIA NORWAY NDR‐STUDIO HAMBURG DOCLIGHTS JAN HAFT JÖRN RÖVER 6. VAASA ANDROMEDA AWARD: WILD‐SCANDINAVIA ICELAND NDR‐STUDIO HAMBURG DOCLIGHTS JAN HAFT JÖRN RÖVER 7. OSTROBOTHNIAN MUSEUM’S ARTISTIC AWARD, PLANETARIUM by KIRO URDIN, OSMOZA PRODUCTIONS TERRANOVA SPECIAL MENTIONS: NATURE’S INVITATION by Brandy Yanchuck CANADA MAN‐MADE SCENERIES by Yan Zhong CHINA ASTONISHING EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS Natalie Truchet, Yves Lancheau, FRANCE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WOLVES, by Goeran Emerius,SWEDEN EVOLUTION OF THE BALTIC SEA, Eva Lepik, Tarmo Bauert, ESTONIA OILMAN by Seyran Mahmoudoglou, Esmira Ayyub ,AZERBAIJAN UNDERTONES by Ori Wirzberg, Avishag Biton, Bezalel Academy of Arts, ISRAEL THE BATTLE OF OUR ENERGY FUTURE (PART 1 & 2) Jukka Seppälä, FINLAND MORPHOGENESIS by Koyinta Productions, Christos Karakasis, GREECE HIGH MEETS LOW by Sys Productions, IMG MEDIA Susanne Skata FINLAND
WILDLIFE VAASA FESTIVAL 2012: CHILDREN & YOUTH FILM COMPETITION Category 1: CHILDREN: 5 WINNERS ‐GRÖNGÖLINGEN LEVER IGEN/ 2012 Köpings skola, Malax FINLAND ‐KANKAAT KIERTOON / 2011 Savonlinnan kaupunginkirjasto / Savonlinnan Normaalikoulu Mediabus/ Maikki Kantola, FINLAND ‐LÄHIRUOKA ON PARASTA (local food is te best)/ 2010, Kodisjoen koulu (Kodisjoki) Mediabus/ Maikki Kantola, FINLAND ‐ÄVENTYR PÅ STORHOLMEN/ 2012 Dagsmark School, Siv Bergman, Carita Nyström FINLAND ‐MATOMÄKI SCHOOL IN THE WOODS, 2012 Matomäen koulu, SEKK / MEKA TV, Matomäki FINLAND Category 2: YOUTH 5 WINNERS ‐ISOKYRÖ BLUES, 2010 WILDLIFE VAASA FESTIVAL High school of Isokyrö, FINLAND ‐LIVING WITH DUST 2011 SUNCHILD FESTIVAL SunChild Eco Club of Urtsadzor, Ruben Khachatryan, ARMENIA ‐A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, 2012, Mr Blob Pictures, Wendel Brooks, CANADA ‐3 MINUTES JOURNEY, 1st Highschool of Orestiada, Environmental group Dimitris Kefalas, Georgia Barkoglou, GREECE ‐VALENTINE'S DAY SHORTSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Yuri Deguchi , Short Shorts Film Festival, JAPAN Category 3: ANIMATION (5 WINNERS) ‐FOREST 2011 Animation Studio “DA” Misha Safronov, Ira Grudina, RUSSIA ‐THE SAD DOG, 2011, Camera Zizanio, 5th primary schooll of Holargos, Panagiotis Mitsis, GREECE ‐THE BIG BELLY, 2011 CAMERA Zizanio Animasyros workshop, Christina Depian, Ad Axem, GREECE ‐SHORT MUSIC STORIES IN THE CRISIS ERA, 2011, 112th primary school of Athens, GREECE ‐LIGHT, 2012, Istituto Comprensivo di Ponte San Nicolò Raffaella Traniello & 70 pupils, ITALY