Wildlife Vaasa 2004-Book of Entries

Prologue

We are proudly presenting You the List of 88 Nature Films participating

in Wildlife Vaasa Festival Nature Film Competition in 2004.

Great Thanks to All our Participants

& Good Luck to the Finalists !

Dear Friends, VAASA 24.10. 2004 Organizing Wildlife Vaasa Festival for the second time in 2004, we knew already one year ago, that it will not be an easy task for us, to repeat the success of the first Wildlife Vaasa Festival. But thanks to our Participants, our Partners, Co-organizers ,and the City of Vaasa, also to The herd of our Financers and Sponsors, our Supporters and Volunteers ,we are now proud to present the List of the 88 Nature Films, from 17 countries across Europe and the World, participating this year in our Nature Film Competition. This year we also welcome, in a separate competition 44 nature films made by Children and Young People in Finland and Sweden. These are nature films made by children and their teachers in primary schools and high-schools, nature films made at home with parents, as well as animation films made in primary schools during media project implementation around Finland during the last two years . We wish to Thank All our Participants, the Juries, the Speakers, our Delegates and Visitors , the International Environmental Organisations and Associations, the Television Channels and Media , Production Companies and the Film Makers who have honoured Wildlife Vaasa festival 2004 with their newest and the finest quality Nature Films and also for honouring our festival with their presence, during the festival week. We wish to give Big Thanks also to our Pre-Jury for their hard work in choosing the finalists and as we are approaching the festival week, we are looking forward to the arrival of our Main Jury in order to start their working sessions in selectíng the Winners of this years competitions. Welcome to Wildlife Vaasa 2004 and Enjoy ! On behalf of Wildlife Vaasa 2004 festival team: Vesa Heinonen, Soile Bomyer, Ilias Missyris , Sanna Heikkonen, Anna Numminen , Satu Thodén

The Juries PRE - JURY ( Local)

Mr. Vesa Heinonen (FIN) Mr. Christian Olsson (FIN) Mr. Eero Murtomäki (FIN)

MAIN – JURY (Chairman) Mr. Sven Jansson (SWE)

Ms. Tiina Kangro (EST) Mr. Daniel Bamping (UK) Ms. Martin Vaylet (FRA) Ms. Irjaleena Eriksson (FIN) Mr. Michael Haldin (FIN)

Award Categories prizes

1. Best Festival Film Overall 1000€ 2. Best Low Budget-Big Impact Film 2000€

3. Best Short Film 1000€ 4. Best Children & Youth Nature Film 1000€

5. Best Film Containing an Environmental Message 1000€

The List of Films 88 PARTICIPANTS 48 FINALISTS (in red)

ref - title - production company - completion year - country- duration

1. Talking With Fishes Liquid Motion Film 2003 UK 52 min 2. The Green Fix ReCha ry 2003 Finland 57 min

3. The Sandpipers of Fundy WestWind Pictures Ltd 2003 Canada 23 min

4. Pyrenees 2003 Marti Arano Oller 2003 Spain 17 min

5. Sea of Snakes WDR/ Gisela Kaufmann Productions 2002 Germany 52 min

6. The fantastic journey with the Gulf Stream 2003 Germany 43 min Part 1- A Warm Bath for Europe Tesche Dokumentarfilm

7. The fantastic journey with the Gulf Stream 2003 Germany 43 min Part 2 - Waterfall in the Polar Sea Tesche Dokumentarfilm

8. Enemies for Life EO International 2004 Netherlands / Israel 50 min 9. Norway's Hidden Secrets NDR Naturfilm 2003 Germany 50 min

10. Tiny Birds And Great Scientists Les Films d'Ici 2004 France 52 min

11. Wise Use of Peatlands Sound &Picture Oy 2004 Finland 19 min

12. Hygrocosmos Als Ltd 2003 Greece 50 min

13. Gary Snyder, Ecology and Poetry 2002 Greece 58 min Hellenic American Union

14. The Vesyegonsk`s She-wolf Actual Film Studio 2004 Russia 102 min

15. Moby Dick Animose Studio 1999 Russia 26 min

16. Zheltouhin Animose Studio 2002 Russia 13 min

17. Islands Without Frontiers Aldabra Productions srl 2003 Italy 52 min

18. Roots of Life Greenpeace International 2003 Netherlands 10 min

19. The Magnificent Seven Greenpeace International 2003 Netherlands 11 min

20. Korentolampi – Dragonfly Pond Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 26 min

21. Baltic - Sea of Surprises - Part 1- A Sea of Ice Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min

22. Baltic - Sea of Surprises - Part2 -A Fragile Sea Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min

23. Baltic - Sea of Surprises –Part 3- Voyagers Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min

24. Baltic - Sea of Surprises - Part 4 - Sensitive shores Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 10 min

25. The Grey Seals of the Baltic Mandart Productions 2004 Finland 52 min

26. Reefs of Iron Sue Daly Production 2004 Channel Islands 25 min UK

27. The Return of the DoDo Zuleika Kingdon 2004 UK 75 min

28. The Moon Bear Håkan Lundström Form-A-tion 2004 Sweden 8 min

29. Friends of the Forest 2 Marti Arano Oller 2004 Spain 12 min

30. The Tale of The Hares and the Sun 2003 Austria 50 min

Interspot Film GmbH

31. Vultures – The Flying Dustbins 2003 Austria 50 min Interspot Film GmbH

32. Hunters at the Cape of Storms 2004 Germany 50 min Blue Planet Film 33. Spirit of the mountains – The Snowleopard 2003 Sweden 49 min Erik Fernström Film AB 34. Mystic River Nautilusfilm GmbH 2003 Germany 43 min 35. The Bug River Valley Landscape Park 2002 Poland 30 min “ Kruk ” Artur Tabor 36. The Stolowe Mountains 2002 Poland 30 min “ Kruk ” Artur Tabor 37. The Gorillas of My Grandfather 2004 Austria 53 min

ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 38. Plitvice – Land of the falling Lakes. 2004 Austria 53 min ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 39. Typhoon Island 2004 Austria 49 min ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation 40. Hare Tales 2002 Germany 41 min Herbert Ostwald- Wild.doc 41 The Dragons of the Canary Islands 2003 Austria 47 min Power of Earth GmbH 42. Waldviertel: The Enchantment of a Ragged Land 2003 Austria 50 min Power of Earth GmbH 43. Time Flashes in Blue –Yellow 2003 Austria 47 min Power of Earth GmbH 44. The Sisu Stone 2004 Finland 63 min Tekstivirta Production Company 45. The Pearls of the Baltic Sea- Part 3: Gotland 2004 Finland 45 min

Tekstivirta Production Company 46. The Price of the Birds 2004 Bulgaria 27 min Bulgarian National Television 47. Intoxicated by You 2004 Netherlands 5 min Submarines 48. Buddies in Symbiosis 2004 Netherlands 16 min Submarines 49. Give Wood grouse a Future ! 2003 Finland 19 min Videosara T:mi

50. The Land of Crane and Swan 2001 Finland 37 min Videosara T:mi

51. The Holy Arms of Primeval Forest 2003 Finland 36 min Videosara T:mi 52. The Rod Bends At River Teno 2001 Finland 30 min Videosara T:mi 53. Trailing the Crowned Head Elk 2003 Finland 34 min Videosara T:mi 54. Där Ån Flyter Fram ( Where River Flows) 2004 Finland 27 min FST / YLE -Firma Gustav Munsterhjelm 55. Rook Me Gently 2002 Sweden 28 min

Triq Produktion 56. Meeting in The Roundabout 2004 Sweden 7 min Triq Produktion 57. Dogs of the Sea 2003 Sweden 5 min Triq Produktion 58. When Wolf Came to Village 2004 Sweden 58 min Henrik Ekman Reportage AB / SVT 59. A Birds’ Paradise 2004 Russia 24 min Studio “Rossia-Film-Tranzit”

60. Dream No Small Dreams 2004 France 52 min ADR Productions

61. Terra Maritima 2001 Estonia 33 min Profilm 62. Andalucia – Between Heaven and Hell 2003 Germany 52 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 63. Wild Rio 2004 Germany 50 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment 64. Blue Wonder – A Parrot in Peril 2002 Germany 50 min

NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment

65. The Species Hunt 2004 Germany 43 min

NDR Naturfilm 66. Porpoises – Life and Death in the Fast Lane 2004 Germany 50 min

NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment

67. Wild Giants of Denali 2004 Germany 50 min NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment

68. The Forests of Poland 2003 Germany 43 min

NDR Naturfilm

69. Santa Claus Animals 2003 Germany 25 min NDR Naturfilm

70. The Last Goosekeeper 2004 Denmark 50 min

Metronome productions A/S 71. Bingley and the Paperbag 2002 Sweden 4 min

Triq Produktion

72. Bingley is the Boss 2002 Sweden 3 min

Triq Produktion

73. This is Bingley the Rook 2002 Sweden 3,5 min Triq Produktion

74. Laakajärvi – A Lake in the Wilderness 2002 Finland 25 min IS-Center –University of Oulu- Jukka Eskelinen 75. The Laboratory Rat – A Natural History 2002 UK 27 min Oxford University Veterinary Services-Dr. Manuel Berdoy 76. A Shot Rang Out 2003 Norway 24 min NRK 77. Wild Becomes Tame 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 78. A Flowering Meadow in the Ocean 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 79. Out Into Nature 2004 Norway 25 min

NRK 80. Ants in your Pants 2003 Sweden 25 min

SVT 81. The Stonehenge Solution 2004 UK 12 min

Future Planet 82. The Big Cat Flap 2004 UK 12 min Future Planet 83. The World’s Largest Shark 2004 UK 6 min Future Planet 84. Voices in the night 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 85. The Secret of the Volcano 2004 2004 Norway 24 min NRK 86. The Hydronauts -episode 3 :Thirsty times 2004 Finland 13 min Epidem Zot 87. The Hydronauts -episode 6 : Oily Feathers 2004 Finland 13 min Epidem Zot 88. The Hydronauts -episode 8: Sixth Sence 2004 Finland 13 min Epidem Zot

List of Countries / Countries in Final (in red)

Austria 8

Bulgaria 1 Canada 1

Denmark 1 Estonia 1

Finland 20 France 2

Germany 15 Greece 2

Italy 1 Netherlands 5 Norway 6

Poland 2 Russia 4 Spain 2

Sweden 10 United Kingdom 7

TOTAL: 17 COUNTRIES 88 FILMS

Entries 2004

Ref:1– 88

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Talking With Fishes Country: UK Language: English Length: 52 min Synopsis:

‘Talking With Fishes’ is a sensational quest to discover whether fishes can actually have feelings and intelligence and a dramatically compelling story about making contact with marine life. Provocative images reveal one man’s extraordinary understanding and unique mystical ability to bond with fishes. Scuba diving the worlds oceans and studying the marine creatures for many years, filmmakers Guy and Anita Chaumette combine highest quality and breathtaking images with the real time exhilaration of going underwater. They invite the viewer to join them on this premiere spectacular journey of discovery beneath the sea.

Production Organization(s): Liquid Motion Film Producer: Anita Chaumette Director: Guy Chaumette Photographer: Guy Anita Chaumette Sound: Guy Chaumette Lee Sykes, Vortex Music Picture Editor: Guy Chaumette Narrator: Anita Chaumette Script Writer: Anita Guy Chaumette Composer: Lee Sykes, Vortex Music Original Format: Mini DV Distributor: under negociation Scientific Adviser: Kirsty Myers, Scientist/Marine Biology Submitted by: Liquid Motion Film Award category: Best Film Overall Address: Phone: 44 1423 771195 23 Brookfield E-mail: [email protected] Hampsthwaite, HGTE, HG32EF UK

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

The Green Fix Country: Finland Language: English Length: 57 min Synopsis: This is the drama of two sisters, Laura (Alisha Davidow) and June (Sanna-June Hyde). Laura, raised in Helsinki, is a nature lover and works in an animal rescue centre with her friend Robyn (Johanna Freundlich). June, raised in Camden Town, is a singer and lives to party. When June turns up on Laura’s doorstep looking for her own refuge, their lifestyles clash, it looks like one of them will have to go – the strung out June or the committed Laura. But Laura’s own world turns out to be as dishonest as the streets of London. Nature theft is big business. The two girls are joined by the cheeky Fatum (Jani Mapesa), as they head for the Carelian wilderness to sort out the mystery around Robyn’s father. There is humour and sorrow in the lives of this young crowd. Are their lessons for them all to learn? Are there lessons for us all? Production Organization(s): ReCha ry Producer: ReCha ry / Juhani Talvela Director: Merja Talvela Photographer: Jari Pussinen / YLE Sound: Tuomas Pietinen Picture Editor: Jorma K. Lehtonen Narrator: Script Writer: Merja Talvela Composer: Esa Lilja, Ville Valo, Tiit Kikas Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digital Beta Submitted by: Merja Talvela, Nina Numminen / ReCha ry Award category: Best Children and Youth film Address: Phone: 0400-418 742 Väinämöisenkatu 29 A 13 E-mail:[email protected] 00100 Helsinki

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004 (FINALIST)

The Sandpipers of Fundy Country: Canada Language: English Length: 22.30 min Synopsis: The Semi-palmated Sandpiper is one of the tiniest shorebirds on the planet. Fully fed and rested, it weighs about 40 grams. Yet each year, huge flocks of these birds fly from the Canadian Arctic to South America, and back, a journey several thousand kilometres long. The trip includes one leg that is a four-day, non-stop flight over the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, a distance of 7,000 kilometres, the width of the United States. To prepare for this journey, hundreds of thousands of Sandpipers make an annual 10-day stopover at a few select beaches in the upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada. Production Organization(s): WestWind Pictures Ltd. Producer: Karen P. Henders Director: Robert J. Long Photographer: Robert J. Long Sound: Ronald Jacobs, Robert J. Long, Dave Fries Picture Editor: Norm Sawchyn Narrator: Robert J. Long Script Writer: (uncredited) N/A Composer: N/A Original Format: DV Cam Distributor: WestWind Releasing Inc. Scientific Adviser: Robert J. Long Submitted by: Mark Bradley / WestWind Pictures Ltd. Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Phone: 306-777-0160 402-2206 Dewdney Ave E-mail: [email protected] Regina, SK S4R IH3 Canada

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Pyrenees 2003 Country: Spain Language: English Length: 16.40 min Synopsis: This film intends to show a small area of the Pyrenees, highlighting the respect we must have for nature. Production Organization(s): Producer: Marti Arano Oller Director: Marti Arano Oller Photographer: Marti Arano Oller Sound: Marti Arano Oller Picture Editor: Marti Arano Oller Narrator: Eduardo Matutes i Amar Script Writer: Marti Arano Oller Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Mini DV Submitted by: Marti Arano Oller Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Phone: +34 937630468 C/Mar de Juny E-mail: [email protected] 16-08396 St. Cebria de Vallalta Barcelona Spain

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Sea of Snakes Country: Germany Language: Length: 52 min Synopsis: Polynesian sea gods, a mysterious sea snake only found in the waters surrounding the small Pacific island of Niue and a charismatic scientist collecting its fatal venom - the result is the intriguing "Sea of Snakes". The journey untangles the incredible ways of the "Niue Sea Krait", a unique snake species, amazingly adapted to life in the sea and on land. This extremely venomous snake has long been part of the island's life and legends, yet it has remained a mystery to the outside world. This deadly creature's pristine marine habitat features crystal clear waters, coral reefs, undersea mountains and bubble caves teeming with tropical fish, dolphins, turtles and sharks. Dr. Bryan Fry, an international authority on venom research, takes a very up close and personal look at this unknown creature - witnessing its baffling behaviour for the first time ever, milking its dangerous venom, and revealing the island's legends. Production Organization(s): WDR/ Gisela Kaufmann Productions Producer: Gisela Kaufmann Productions/ Dieter Kaiser/ WDR Director: Gisela Kaufmann Photographer: Malcolm Ludgate/ Rob Hunter Sound: Mylene Ludgate/ Ian Sherry/ Alasdair MacFarlane Picture Editor: Carsten Orlt Narrator: Jessica Douglas-Henry Script Writer: Gisela Kaufmann/ Carsten Orlt Composer: Antonio Dixon Original Format: Betacam digital Distributor: German United Distributors GmbH Scientific Adviser: Dr. Bryan Fry Submitted by: brigitte.möß[email protected] Award category: Best film Overal Address: Phone: 49-221-220 4726 Appellhofplatz 1 E-mail: brigitte.möß[email protected] D-50600 Köln,Germany

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The Fantastic Journey with the Gulf Stream Part 1- A Warm Bath for Europe

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 42.54 min Synopsis: The first leg of our journey guides us out of the Gulf of Mexico, across to Europe to the French Coast – with several exciting stops in-between: We take a break on the East Coast of Florida to watch turtle hatchlings join the journey. We make a stop at Cape Hatteras and learn why the Gulf Stream suddenly changes its direction here, and takes course toward Europe. We dive down to the bottom of the ocean off the Azores, and experience how the current refuels its warmth. Warmth from the glowing liquid within the Earth joins the current before travelling to the coast of Europe. Production Organization(s): Tesche Dokumentarfilm Producer: Dieter Kaiser/ WDR, Sigurd Tesche Director: Sigurd Tesche Photographer: Sigurd Tesche Sound: Alexander Gress, Meik Kornführer, Gordon Rijnders Picture Editor: Monika Hertzfeldt Narrator: Marc Rossman Script Writer: Volker Arzt Composer: Thomas Stelzer Scientific Adviser: Peter Lemke, Antje Boetius, Ulf Bamstedt, Jacques

Piccard, Eric Hussenot, Edi Widder Original Format: Betacam digital Submitted by: [email protected], Birgitte Mößner

Award category: Best Environmental Message film

Address: Phone: 49-221-220 4726 Appellhofplatz 1 E-mail: [email protected] D-50600 Köln, Germany

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The Fantastic Journey with the Gulf Stream Part 2 - Waterfall in the Polar Sea

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 42.47 min Synopsis: In the second leg of our journey we follow a secretive force that pulls the warming current farther to the North. It allows coral reefs along the coast of Norway to bloom, it directs the course of the icebergs off Greenland – and draws the excitement of Polar researchers in Spitzbergen. However, in the cold winter months, when snow storms chase over the waves, the current looses its last bit of strength and warmth: Then the water masses drop down, 3000 meters deep onto the ocean floor. But even there the waters find no peace. They start a new journey as a cold, deep water current – a round trip, travelling to the Pacific and after one thousand years finally returning and without an end. Production Organization(s): Tesche Dokumentarfilm Producer: Dieter Kaiser/ WDR, Sigurd Tesche Director: Sigurd Tesche Photographer: Sigurd Tesche Sound: Alexander Gress, Meik Kornführer, Gordon Rijnders Picture Editor: Monika Hertzfeldt Narrator: Marc Rossman Script Writer: Volker Arzt Composer: Thomas Stelzer Scientific Adviser: Peter Lemke, Antje Boetius, Ulf Bamstedt, Jacques

Piccard, Eric Hussenot, Edi Widder Original Format: Betacam digital Submitted by: [email protected] Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Phone: 49-221-220 4726 Appellhofplatz 1 E-mail: [email protected] D-50600 Köln, Germany

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Enemies for Life Country: The Netherlands/Israel Language: English Length: 50 min Synopsis: The Palestine Viper is one of the most aggressive and venomous snakes in the world. This is the story of a clutch of nine vipers, from the day they hatch until each meets its fate at the hands of their various implacable enemies. Enemies for Life is a unique view of the world from the snake`s eye level, but it also contains evidence of the danger posed by the viper to humans, in the cattle pen, the chicken farm, and above all in the banana plantation. Production Organization(s): Afikim Productions (Israel) EO International

(The Netherlands) Producer: Yossi Weissler Director: Moshe Alpert Photographer: Moshe Alpert Sound: Noam Sphiegler Picture Editor: Yaron Lev Narrator: Bobby Lax Script Writer: Malcolm Penny Composer: Gil Talmi Scientific Adviser: Amitzur Boldo – Tzahi Avraham Original Format: Digital Beta (16:9) Submitted by: EO International Award category: Best film Overall Address: Phone: +31 35 647 4768 P.O. Box 21000 E-mail: [email protected] 1202 BA Hilversum The Netherlands

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Norway's Hidden Secrets Country: Germany Language: English Length: 49:34 min Synopsis: This is one man’s quest to explore a new world beneath Norway’s crystal clear fjords. What Florian finds in the abyss of the fjord, is a place like no other – coral reef thriving in a world without sunlight. We dive in to meet water sharks, salmon, killer whales, horsehead seals, and more, attracted to the reefs by the currents of the Gulf Stream. Travelling above the reefs, we venture into kelp forest, and beyond, taking a breathtaking journey through woods, rivers, snowfields and glaciers lining the fjords. This landscape has affected human populations since the Stone Age, Norway’s Hidden Secret. Production Organization(s): NDR Naturfilm Producer: Phil Coles, Britta Kiesewetter / Jorn Rover, Carl Hall,

Harald Reitan Director: Florian Graner, Kevan Pegley Photographer: Florian Graner Sound: Trevor Barber, Sven Michael Bluhm Picture Editor: Klaus Muller Narrator: Jane Copland Script Writer: Florian Graner, Kevan Pegley Composer: Ulrich Graner - Granolit Produtions Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digital Beta Submitted by: Parthenon Entertainment Ltd Award category: Best film Overall Address: Phone: 02075638323 66-68 Bell Street E-mail: [email protected] London, NW1 6SP UK

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Tiny Birds And Great Scientists Country: France Language: French Length: 52 min Synopsis: Once upon a time there was a Kingdom made up of tiny little birds and the Great Scientists that studied them. One day, their King, a little Goldcrest weighing only 5 grams, begins to tell the story of his little winged subjects... A film that leads us to discover the fragile and mysterious destiny of tiny migratory songbirds, or Passerines. Production Organization(s): Les Films d'Ici Producer: Serge Lalou Director: Catherine Garanger Photographer: Sergey Dubrovskiy Sound: Alexander Dudarev, Jean Mallet, Jerome Alexandre Picture Editor: Florence Ricard Narrator: Irène Jacob Script Writer: Catherine Garanger Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Betacam Submitted by: Les Films d'Ici; [email protected] Award category: Best Children and Youth film Address: Phone: 33 1 44 52 23 23 12, rue Clavel 75019 Paris E-mail: [email protected] FRANCE

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Wise Use of Peatlands Country: Finland Language: English Length: 19 min Synopsis: The documentary tells us about the wise use of peatlands, peat and peat production. It gives the viewer information about the location and number of peatlands worldwide, how peat is collected from peatlands and how man should take care of peatlands after peat production. The emphasis is on the wise use of peatlands and in the documentary the principles of wise use are presented. The documentary is based on the book Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands, published by the International Peat Society and the International Mire Conservation Group in 2002. Production Organization(s): Elokuva- ja Mainostuotanto Sound & Picture Oy Producer: Jouko Kulppi Director: Jari Koskela Photographer: Kalle Pekkala & Antti Ruusuvuori Sound: Jani Loikas Picture Editor: Sasha Silvala & Markus Laitinen Narrator: Paul Allison Script Writer: Tomi Winberg Composer: Jani Loikas Scientific Adviser: Raimo Sopo Original Format: DV CAM Submitted by: Elokuva- ja Mainostuotanto Sound & Picture Oy Award category: Best Short film Address: Phone: +358 (0)9 222 4463 Takkatie 10 B 2, 00370 Helsinki E-mail: [email protected]

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Hygrocosmos

Country: Greece Language: Ancient Greek (Aristotle) Length: 50 min Synopsis: This film is an aesthetic approach of the world that inhabits the seabed, based on excerpts from Aristotle’s work Stories about Animals where the philosopher describes with accuracy, back in 350 B.C., the biology and ecology of a large number of sea animals. Almost 2,500 years later, contemporary hydrobiologists admit the truth of most of these statements and at the same time are at a loss to explain how people could observe life on the seabed in those times. After four years of underwater shooting, during which hundreds of litres of “bottled” oxygen were consumed, and hundreds of hours of sea diving, we managed to record a part of the sea organisms Aristotle speaks about. The film starts with the miracle of creation in a water drop. Aristotle compares the emersion of the dolphins to that of the divers. How little has our own evolution progressed? The narration is in ancient Greek and consists of excerpts from Aristotle’s work Stories About Animals. Production Organization(s): ALS LTD Producer: Yorgos Filipeos Director: Yorgos Filipeos Photographer: Yorgos Filipeos Sound: Kostas Haritatos Picture Editor: Alexandros Kossivas Narrator: Milena Partheniou Script Writer: Yorgos Filipeos Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: BETA SP Submitted by: ALS LTD Award category: Best Children and Youth film Address: Phone: +30 210 3845465 99 Zoodochou Pigis str.-11473 Athens E-mail: [email protected] Greece

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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Gary Snyder, Ecology and Poetry

Country: Greece Language: English Length: 58 min Synopsis: The documentary is about Gary Sneider’s visit in Greece, invited by the University of Athens. Gary Snyder is a multi – awarded poet, one from the first Beatniks and innovator of the renaissance of poetry, that took place in San Fransisco, together with Ginsberg, Kerouak and others. His poetry assembles, as they say to this of Thoreau and Ezra Pound. His poetry’s theme is man’s place in nature. As a spokesman for ‘ those who have no voice in the political process – the trees, rocks, rivers and bears’ , Gary Snyder has earned international acclaim for championing the rights and lives in our societies of those creatures and things which cannot speak for themselves. He is one of the most important figures in the international poetry and literature, a well-known and highly active participant in the global environmental movement, whose works have been translated into more than 20 languages. Production Organization(s): Hellenic American Union Producer: Director: Thanasis Papathanasiou Photographer: Asinefi Zouridi, John Fagras,Faedra Ekonomou,

Nikos Stathoyannopoulos,Thanasis Papathanasiou Sound: Nikos Stathoyannopoulos, Phaedra Economou Picture Editor: Nikos Stathoyannopoulos Narrator: Script Writer: Composer: The Moles band Scientific Adviser: Evi Papa Original Format: Beta Submitted by: Thanasis Papathanasiou Award category: Best Low Budet –Big Impact Address: Phone: +306946319143 Papachristoforou 10, Athens 11476 E-mail: [email protected] Greece

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The Vesyegonsk`s She-wolf

Country: Russia Language: Russian, subtitled in English Length: 102 min Synopsis: Egor is a hereditary hunter, he lives among a nature, as his grandfather and great-grandfather. He grew his daughter, loved a wood, hunted. But his life sharply varies after he meet with unusual she-wolf. Production Organization(s): Actual Film Studio Producer: Nikolai Solovtsov, Lyudmila Bityukova Director: Nikolai Solovtsov Photographer: Elizbar Karavaev Sound: Victor Strokov, Yulia Trophimenko, V. Mordashova, I. Ringo, Stepan Bogdanov Picture Editor: Natalia Topkova, Timur Belov Narrator: Script Writer: Nikolai Solovtsov, Eduard Volodarsky Composer: Evgheniy Doga Scientific Adviser: Original Format: 35 mm Submitted by: Actual Film Studio Award category: Best film Overall Address: Phone: (095) 451 8058, (095) 455 9101 Valdaysky proezd 16, Moscow E-mail: [email protected] Russia 125445

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Moby Dick Country: Russia/England Language: English Length: 26 min Synopsis: The film based on the famous novel by Herman Melville. It is an epic of the voyage of the whaling ship the Pequod and its captain, Ahab, who relentlessly pursues the great Sperm Whale (the title character) during a journey around the world. The narrator of the novel is Ishmael, a sailor on the Pequod who undertakes the journey out of his affection for the sea. Production Organization(s): Man and Time studio and S4C (England) Producer: Tengiz Semenov / Christopher Grace Director: Natalia Orlova Photographer: Inna Podyonschikova Sound: Picture Editor: Galina Filatova, Nadya Fedenistova Narrator: Tim Guinee Script Writer: Brian Sibley Composer: Nigel Beaham-Powell, Bella Russell Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Beta SP (PAL) Submitted by: Animose studio Award category: Best Children and Youth film Address: Phone: + 7 095 995 1075 Louzhneckaya em.,8 E-mail: [email protected] Office 59a 119992, Moscow Russia


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004 (FINALIST )

Zheltouhin Country: Russia Language: Russia, subtitled in English Length: 13 min Synopsis: The story is about a boy Nikita, who found a starling who fell out from the nest and made friends with him. (By Alexey Tolstoy`s novel) Production Organization(s): Animose studio Producer: Tengiz Semenov, Anna Dzhioeva Director: Maria Mouat Photographer: Alexander Betev, Andrew Pouchnin Sound: Vladimir Oryol Picture Editor: Ludmila Kopteva Narrator: Oleg Tabakov Script Writer: Vladimir Golovanov Composer: Igor Nazarouk Scientific Adviser: Original Format: 35 mm Submitted by: Animose studio Award category: Best Children and Youth film Address: Phone: + 7 095 995 1075 Louzhneckaya em.,8 E-mail: [email protected] Office 59a 119992, Moscow Russia


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Islands Without Frontiers

Country: Italy Language: English Length: 52 min Synopsis: The Mediterranean Straits of Bonifacio Thousand of tourists from all over the world flock every summer to the beautiful Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia. They mainly gather in the region called the “ Bouches de Bonifacio” by the French, and “ Bocche di Bonifacio” by their Italian neighbours. The water is crystal clear and its turquoise and emerald colours reflect the light granite boulders eroded into bizarre shapes by the wind and sea. In fact, the “Bouches” attract not only people but wild animals too. The area is at the crossroads of many birds`migratory routes and its waters, swept by changing winds and currents, are rich in nutrients that attract a multitude of marine life. Production Organization(s): Aldabra Productions srl Producer: Andrea Maggi Director: Andrea Maggi Photographer: Rick Price Sound: Mp Communications Picture Editor: Alessio Lavacchi Narrator: Jenny Devitt Script Writer: Jenny Devitt Composer: Matteo Cremolini Scientific Adviser: Jean-Michel Culioli Original Format: Super 16 Submitted by: Aldabra Productions srl Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Phone: + 39 0187 513975 C.so Nazionale, 5 E-mail: [email protected] 19126 La Spezia Italy

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Roots of Life Country: The Netherlands Language: English Length: 9 min 40 sec Synopsis: A Greenpeace film telling about mangroves destruction

due to shrimp farming. Contains a lot of wildlife images. Production Organization(s): Greenpeace International Producer: Martin Atkin Director: Photographer: Martin Atkin Sound: Picture Editor: Linda Voorthuis Narrator: Matt Gianni Script Writer: Martin Atkin Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: PAL 625 Betacam sp Submitted by: Hester Van Meurs Award category: Best Short film Address: Phone: +31 20 5148150 Ottho Heldringstraat 5 E-mail:[email protected] 1066 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands

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The Magnificent Seven Country: The Netherlands Language: English Length: 10 min 41 sec Synopsis: A Greenpeace film promoting worldwide biodiversity. The focus of the video is the

ancient forests around the world and the indigenous people and animals that depend on the forests for their viability.

Production Organization(s): Greenpeace International Producer: Mim Lowe Director: Mim Lowe Photographer: various Sound: Picture Editor: Linda Voorthuis Narrator: Lucy Clayton Script Writer: Mim Lowe Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: PAL 625 Betacam Submitted by: Hester Van Meurs Award category: Best Short film Address: Phone: +31 20 5148150 Ottho Heldringstraat 5 E-mail: [email protected] 1066 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Korentolampi – Dragonfly Pond Country: Finland Language: English Length: 26 minutes Synopsis: "Dragonfly Pond" is a story of a pond deep in the forest of Finland - a pond with a life very much of its own. By midsummer, the pond is overflowing with life. It is home for dragonflies, diving-boatmen and frogs. Photographer Kari Hautanen has captured amazing close-ups and rare scenes of these fascinating creatures during his seven year long filming period. Production Organization(s): Mandart Production Producer: Pamela Mandart Director: Kari Hautanen Photographer: Kari Hautanen Sound: Heikki Innanen Picture Editor: Jari Innanen Narrator: Frank Boyle Script Writer: Ilari Kopsala Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: DV Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen - Production Manager Award category: Best Low Budget- Big impact film Address: Kalevankatu 28 A 3, Phone: +358 9 694 3142

00100 Helsinki E-mail: [email protected] Finland

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Baltic - Sea of Surprises (A Sea of Ice ) Country: Finland Language: English Length: 10 minutes Synopsis: This series of four 10-minute films looks at the unique landscapes and nature fo the beautiful Baltic sea, also examining how this sensitive inland sea is affected by pollution and other problems caused by man. The first film, A Sea of Ice, shows how the wildlife and people of the Baltic cope with the harsh winter conditions in this northern sea, and reveals some of the Baltic’s more unusual features and creatures. Production Organization(s): Mandart Production Executive producer: Pamela Mandart Producer: Irjaleena Eriksson Director: Nick Upton Photographer: Timo Vähämäki, Kari Hautanen, Juha Taskinen Sound: Pietari Koskinen Picture Editor: Mira Ranta Narrator: Frank Boyle Script Writer: Jani Kaaro, Mark Sawalha, Nick Upton, Fran Weaver Composer: Jussi Lampela Scientific Adviser: Original Format: DigiBeta Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen - Production Manager Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Kalevankatu 28 A 3, Phone: +358 9 694 3142


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Baltic - Sea of Surprises (A Fragile Sea ) Country: Finland Language: English Length: 10 minutes Synopsis: This series of four 10-minute films looks at the unique landscapes and nature fo the beautiful Baltic sea, also examining how this sensitive inland sea is affected by pollution and other problems caused by man. A Fragile Sea explains how serious environmental problems have endangered the Baltic Sea, its wildlife, and even the people living around its shores. Production Organization(s): Mandart Production Executive producer: Pamela Mandart Producer: Irjaleena Eriksson Director: Nick Upton Photographer: Timo Vähämäki, Kari Hautanen, Juha Taskinen Sound: Pietari Koskinen Picture Editor: Mira Ranta Narrator: Frank Boyle Script Writer: Jani Kaaro, Mark Sawalha, Nick Upton, Fran Weaver Composer: Jussi Lampela Scientific Adviser: Original Format: DigiBeta Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen - Production Manager Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Kalevankatu 28 A 3, Phone: +358 9 694 3142


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Baltic - Sea of Surprises (Voyagers ) Country: Finland Language: English Length: 10 minutes Synopsis: This series of four 10-minute films looks at the unique landscapes and nature fo the beautiful Baltic sea, also examining how this sensitive inland sea is affected by pollution and other problems caused by man. In Voyagers we see how humans and other invaders can disturb the delicate natural balance of the Baltic, but also how people can find ways to make their living from the sea in harmony with nature. Production Organization(s): Mandart Production Executive producer: Pamela Mandart Producer: Irjaleena Eriksson Director: Nick Upton Photographer: Timo Vähämäki, Kari Hautanen, Juha Taskinen Sound: Pietari Koskinen Picture Editor: Mira Ranta Narrator: Frank Boyle Script Writer: Jani Kaaro, Mark Sawalha, Nick Upton, Fran Weaver Composer: Jussi Lampela Scientific Adviser: Original Format: DigiBeta Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen - Production Manager Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Kalevankatu 28 A 3, Phone: +358 9 694 3142


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Baltic - Sea of Surprises (Sensitive shores) Country: Finland Language: English Length: 4 X 10 minutes Synopsis: This series of four 10-minute films looks at the unique landscapes and nature fo the beautiful Baltic sea, also examining how this sensitive inland sea is affected by pollution and other problems caused by man. Sensitive shores looks at the ever-changing coastlines of the Baltic, and shows how we must take great care to preserve this vulnerable sea for future generations. Production Organization(s): Mandart Production Executive producer: Pamela Mandart Producer: Irjaleena Eriksson Director: Nick Upton Photographer: Timo Vähämäki, Kari Hautanen, Juha Taskinen Sound: Pietari Koskinen Picture Editor: Mira Ranta Narrator: Frank Boyle Script Writer: Jani Kaaro, Mark Sawalha, Nick Upton, Fran Weaver Composer: Jussi Lampela Scientific Adviser: Original Format: DigiBeta Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen - Production Manager Award category: Best Environmental Message film Address: Kalevankatu 28 A 3, Phone: +358 9 694 3142


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The Grey Seals o fthe Baltic

Country: Finland Language: English Length: 52 minutes Synopsis: Seals are very close to Finnish wildlife photographer Juha Taskinen’s and Estonian seal researcher Mart Jüssi’s heart. They have dedicated much of their lives to seals. This film is their homage to these magnificent marine mammals in their watery home though it only captures a brief interlude in their long existence, like a shaft of sunlight illuminating a path of sea ice, or a single note from a song that has echoed beneath the waves for thousands of years. Production Organization(s): Mandart Production Producer: Pamela Mandart Director: Pekka Mandart Photographer: Juha Taskinen Sound: Heikki Innanen Picture Editor: Jari Innanen Narrator: Frank Boyle Script Writer: Pekka Mandart, Juha Taskinen Composer: Scientific Adviser: Mart Jüssi Original Format: DigiBeta Submitted by: Jenni Siitonen - Production Manager Award category: Best film Overall Address: Kalevankatu 28 A 3, Phone: +358 9 694 3142


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Reefs of Iron Country: UK - Channel Islands Language: English Length: 25 minutes Synopsis: After earning her keep for more than seventy years, the Olway is a ship at the end of her life. For more vessels the scrap yard is the final port of call but the old barge is to meet a more dramatic end ,as a shipwreck. But she wont be alone in the watery grave for the maritime history of these waters lies written on the seabed in the rusting remainsof wrecks. This film looks at some of the wrecks left today and asks why do so many sea creatures make them their home? Production Organization(s): Sue Daly Productions Producer: Sue Daly Director: Sue Daly Photographer: Sue Daly Sound: Daniel Whickham Picture Editor: Daniel Whickham Narrator: John Nettles Script Writer: Composer: Marc Mitchell Scientific Adviser: Original Format: MINI DV Submitted by: Sue Daly Award category: Best Low Budget- Big impact film Address: No 2 La Garenne, Phone: +44 1534 864541 La Rue de la Garenne

Trinity – Jersey Channel Islands JE3 5 FE-UK E-mail: [email protected]

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The Return of the DoDo Country: UK Language: English Length: 75 minutes Synopsis: A group of artists and scientists fascinated by the Dodo, commemorate the work of the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation and discover important lessons about extinction. Nine lost creatures from Mauritius are scientifically accurately reconstructed in bronze. Alongside the very first release of endangered Mauritius Fodies into pristine predator-free island habitats, the sculptures become conservation showpieces (unveiled by the Prime Minister). This film compellingly celebrates continued restoration programmes that are saving numerous rare species from the brink of extinction. A story told by people passionate about making a difference. Production Organization(s): Freelancer Zuleika Kingdon Producer: Zuleika Kingdon Director: Zuleika Kingdon Photographer: Zuleika Kingdon Sound: Zuleika Kingdon Picture Editor: Zuleika Kingdon Narrator: Stash Kirkbride Effects editor: Iona Fabian Composer: Brian Gascoigne Scientific Adviser: (Video participants ) Original Format: DVCAM Submitted by: Zuleika Kingdon Award category: Best Low Budget- Big impact film Address: Phone: +44 (0)1865-372223 6 Mill Street, Islip. Oxford OX5 2SZ E-mail: [email protected] UK

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Månbjörnen (The Moon Bear) Country: Sweden Language: Length: 7,20 minutes Synopsis: It is the eclipse of the Moon. In the dead of night a bear makes brave attempts to reach the food. Production Organization(s): Håkan Lundström Form-A-tion Producer: Håkan Lundström Director: Håkan Lundström Photographer: Håkan Lundström Sound: Picture Editor: Simon Lundström Effects editor: Simon Lundström Narrator: Script Writer: Håkan Lundström Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: DVD Submitted by: Håkan Lundström Award category: Best Short film Address: Ollasbyvägen 10 Phone: +46 981-10558

980 10 Vittangi Sweden E-mail: [email protected]

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Friends of the Forest 2 Country: Spain Language: English Length: 12 min Synopsis: More than 1000 years ago, the Arabs introduced the genet cat in the Iberian Peninsula. At the present this animal can be found throughout the peninsula. Production Organization(s): Marti Arano Oller Producer: Marti Arano Oller Director: Marti Arano Oller Photographer: Marti Arano Oller Music: Vangelis Picture Editor: Marti Arano Oller Narrator: Eduardo Matutes i Amar Script Writer: Marti Arano Oller Composer: Vangelis Scientific Adviser: Original Format: MDV Submitted by: Marti Arano Oller Award category: Best Short film Address: Phone: +34 937630468 C/Mar de Juny E-mail: [email protected] 16-08396 St. Cebria de Vallalta Barcelona Spain

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The Tale of The Hares and the Sun Country: Austria Language: English Length: 50 min Synopsis: This documentary unfolds the secret of the snowshoe hares in Canada`s Yukon Territory – an animal with very peculiar population dynamics connected to solar cycles. It`s through their legendary fertility rates that hares and rabbits are perfectly in tune with nature`s rhythms – as fascinating examples from all over the world show. Once upon a time, the hares allied themselves with the sun, and harnessing its power, created the word and the moon. Ever since then, the hares can hide in the sunlight when danger looms and return from the rays of the sun when the danger has passed. This is what an ancient Native American legend tells us. Production Organization(s): Interspot Film GmbH Producer: Rundolf Klingohr / Heinrich Mayer Director: Waltraud Paschinger /Franz Hafner Photographer: Dietrich Heller /Josef Neuper Sound: Niki Neuspiel Picture Editor: Roland Buzzi Narrator: Andrew Golder Script Writer: Composer: Erwin Kiennast / Gerald Gratzer Scientific Adviser: Hartmut Gossow, Klaus Hackländer, Dietrich v. Holst Original Format: Digi Beta Submitted by: Josefa Mayerhofer Award category: Best Film overall Address: Phone: +43 1801 20420 Walter-Jurmann-Gasse 4 E-mail: [email protected] 1230 Wien [email protected] Austria

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Vultures – The Flying Dustbins

Country: Austria Language: English Length: 50 min Synopsis: Vultures are not lovely birds. Their way of life, feasting on the dead and rotting corpses, disgusts us. They are Cinderella birds, misunderstood and unloved. Yet everything about them is a result of their way of life. Even their ugliness is by design – an anatomy for consuming cadavers. Scientists have recently made some amazing discoveries about these birds, including some peculiar food preferences ! Whatever we think of vultures, we need them for they clean up the dead and potential sources of disease. And despite our dislike of vultures, they are amazing creatures. This film, with the aid of humour, reveals the world of the animal undertaker. Production Organization(s): Interspot Film GmbH Producer: Rudolf Klingohr, Heinrich Mayer Director: Paul Reddish Photographer: Ian McCarthy, Michael Potts, Harold Mittermüller Sound: Niki Neuspiel Picture Editor: Roland Buzzi Narrator: Paul Reddish Script Writer: Composer: Erwin Kiennast Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digi Beta 16:P Submitted by: Interspot Film GmbH Award category: Best Film overall Address: Phone: + 431 801 20420 Walter-Jurmann-Gasse 4 E-mail: [email protected] 1230 Wien Austria

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Hunters at the Cape of Storms Country: Germany Language: Length: 50 min Synopsis: At the Cape of Storms massive ocean currents create nutrient rich waters. Lots of Hunters patrol these waters, but 3 of them are very typical for the region: the cape fur seal, the great white shark and the cape gannet. Their destiny is very much linked to each other. The film follows one year in the life of these hunters. Production Organization(s): Blue Planet Film Producer: Dr. Hans Jöchler / Thomas Behrend Director: Thomas Behrend Photographer: Thomas Behrend Sound: Marco D. Biemann / Jan Schulz / Walter Pöham Picture Editor: Jan Schulz Narrator: West Westbrook Script Writer: Thomas Behrend Composer: Martin Bertel Scientific Adviser: Marco D. Biemann Original Format: Digital Betacam Submitted by: Blue Planet Film Award category: Best Film overall Address: Phone: +49-40-55201760 Roennkamp 8 a, 22457 Hamburg E-mail: [email protected] Germany

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Spirit of the Mountains – The Snowleopard

Country: Sweden Language: Length: 49 min Synopsis: The Snowleopard – by locals in central Asia – sometimes called Spirit of the Mountains. The film Spirit of the Mountains is the first film ever telling the story about the illegal trading with skins, parts and also live snowleopards in several Central Asian countries. By using concealed cameras filmmaker Erik Fernström has captured the illegal trading on tape in countries such as Mongolia, Kyrgyztan, Kazakhstan and Russia. The film Spirit of the Mountains follows the illegal trading on markets in Ulan Bator, Mongolia – on the streets of Bishkek, Kyrgyztan and in houses of criminals in Southern Siberia. There are only 300-7000 snowleopards left on earth and times run short to save these last ones… Production Organization(s): Erik Fernström Film AB Producer: Erik Fernström Director: Photographer: Erik Fernström Sound: Erik Fernström, Magnus Pennsaar Picture Editor: Magnus Pennsaar Narrator: Monte Reid Script Writer: Erik Fenström Composer: Murray Munroe, D Holter, Anthony Phillips, Steve Marshall Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digi-Beta Submitted by: Erik Fernström Award category: The Best Festival film overall Address: Phone: +46 63 37371 Namn 305, 83293 Frösön, Sweden E-mail: [email protected]

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Mystic River Country: Germany Language: Length: 43 min Synopsis: They do still exist, natures paradises next door to our home towns. Far from natural reserves or nature parks. The film shows the seasons at a small river in Southern Bavaria. Beautiful pictures, (fairy) tales of the inhabitants of the rivers valley and the story of a peculiar fish that comes here every year to drop its sperm. A mystic river that has many stories to tell. Production Organization(s): Nautilusfilm GmbH, Bayerisches fernsehen Producer: Jan Haft Director: Jan Haft Photographer: Jan Haft, Hans-Peter Kuttler Sound: Frank Casaretto Picture Editor: Thomas Casaretto Narrator: Achim Höppner Script Writer: Jan Haft, Gerwig Lawitzky Composer: Joe Dinkelbach Scientific Adviser: Dr. Gerwig Lawitzky Original Format: DigiBeta 16:9 Submitted by: Nautilusfilm GmbH Award category: The Best Film overall Address: Esterndorf 41, Phone: +49 8081 959661 84405 Dorfen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]


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The Bug River Valley Landscape Park Country: Poland Language: Length: 30 min. Synopsis: The Nadbuzanski Landscape Park was established in order to protect the largely untamed Bug river, which still follows its original winding channel, features numerous shallows, steep banks, mysterious depths and small islands. The film shows wealthy of animals and plants world. The bug valley has one of the highest populations of white storks in Poland. The largest colonies of black tern in Poland are also to be found here. This species is almost extinct in Western Europe. This film shows, flocks of lapwings and white storks prepare for departure and finally the migration of the waders brings another breeding season in the Bug valley to an end. Production Organization(s): KRUK, Artur Tabor Producer: The Nadbuzanski Landscape Park Director: Artur Tabor Photographer: Artur Tabor, Wojciech Kuchta Sound: Artur Tabor Picture Editor: - Narrator: Richard Bialy Script Writer: Artur Tabor Composer: Marcin Alot Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Beta Submitted by: Kruk, Artur Tabor Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: ul. Stawowa 2, Phone: (48) 048 322 16 48 26-630 Jedlnia let., Poland E-mail: [email protected]


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The Stolowe Mountains

Country: Poland Language: Length: 30 min. Synopsis: 100 million years ago this place of the Stolowe Mountains there spred a vast sea. Today´s the Stolowe Mountains occupy NE part of that sea. Water, wind and temperature sculptured rocks into unusual forms stimulating human imagination. Narrow corridors one can hardly squeeze through and rocky mushrooms with big cups upon frail stalks were created thanks to differences in joint composition responsible for resistence to erosion. There are places we can find stamps of mussels. It means that millions of years ago the once existing sea was teeming with life, like contemporary seas and oceans. To preserve the amazing rocky forms and geological structure unique in Europe the area has been declared a nationam park. Production Organization(s): KRUK, Artur Tabor Producer: The National Park of Stolowe Mountain Director: Artur Tabor Photographer: Artur Tabor Sound: Artur Tabor Picture Editor: - Narrator: Richard Bialy Script Writer: Romek Mikusek Composer: Marcin Alot Scientific Adviser: mgv Kvaysatof Baldy, mgv Romek Mikusek, do Zbiguiew

Gotab Original Format: Beta, DV cam Submitted by: KRUK, Artur Tabor Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: ul. Stawowa 2, Phone: (48) 048 322 16 48 26-630 Jedlnia let. Poland E-mail: [email protected]


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The Gorillas of my Grandfather Country: Austria Language: Length: 53 min. Synopsis: In 1902, German army captain Robert von Beringe shot a mysterious black creature while climbing an unexplored volcano in Central Africa. From this chance encounter, a dramatic story began to unfold. The creature was a new species, a mountain gorilla. Decades of conflict and tragedy followed before the terrifying icon of King Kong was shown to be a myth by researchers such as George Schaller and Dian Fossey. A hundred years after the discovery, Robert´s grandson, Andreas von Beringe, sets out on a journey to retrace his grandfather’s adventures and to reveal the whole story of the mountain gorilla. Production Organisation(s): Cosmos Factory Producer: Adrian Warren, Harald Pokieser Director: Adrian Warren Photographer: Carl Akeley, Georg Schaller, Bob Campbell, Gerard

Vienne, Bruce Davidson, Peter Veit Sound: Kurt Adametz Picture Editor: - Narrator: Andrew Golder, Peter Faerber Script Writer: - Composer: Kurt Adametz Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Digibeta Award category: The best film containing an environmental message Address: Würzburggasse 30, Phone: + 431 87878 12335 1136 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected]


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Plitvice – Land of the Falling Lakes

Country: Austria Language: Length: 53 min. Synopsis: In the 50ies, they shot to fame as locations for many a movie – the Plitvice Lakes on the border between Bosnia and Croatia. The Plitvice Lakes are Europe’s first national park and were quite early on turned into an international nature preserve by UNESCO. On a film journey, award-winning Austrian wildlife filmmaker Michael Schlamberger shows Plitvice´s Wonders of nature: Its famous 16 karst lakes arranged in the form of stairs, covering a length of seven kilometres and connected by waterfalls. He also examines the secrets of karst and introduces Europe’s most feared and most endangered predators – the bears and wolves in the “ Land of the falling Lakes”. Production Organisation(s): Science Vision Producer: Michael Schlamberger Director: Michael Schalmberger Photographer: Michael Schlamberger, Rolando Menardi, Paul Johnson Sound: - Picture Editor: - Narrator: John Shrapnel Script Writer: Harry Marshall, Martin Mézáros Composer: Andreas Fabianek Scientific Adviser: Peter Praschag, Boris Krystufek, Nikola Tvrtkovic,

Georg Massner Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Award category: The best film containing an environmental message Address: Würzburggasse 30, Phone: +431 87878 12335 1136 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected]


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Typhoon Island Country: Austria Language: Length: 49 min. Synopsis: The spectacular mountainous island of Taiwan has long been buffeted by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes. Despite a recent storm of human progress, it has kept much of its beauty and remains one of the world’s most suprising wildlife hotspots. Its forested highlands are still home to bears, monkeys, anteaters, and a huge variety of little known creatures such as ferret badgers, flying squirrels, serows and civets. This revelatory film portrays the island’s remarkable beauty and unique cultural influences, and reveals how so many intriguing animals have survived Taiwan’s violent winds of change. Production Organisation(s): Science Vision Producer: Nick Upton, Michael Schlamberger Director: Nick Upton Photographer: Philip Novel, Rolando Menardi Sound: - Picture Editor: - Narrator: Sean Pertwee Script Writer: Nick Upton Composer: Andreas Fabianek Scientific Adviser: Ling-Ling Lee, Yeong-Choy Kam Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Award category: The best film containing an environmental message Address: Würzburggasse 30, Phone: +431 87878 12335 1136 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected]


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Hare Tales Country: Germany Language: Length: 41 min. Synopsis: Few wild animals are associated with as many legends, myths and prejudices as the European Brown Hare. Symbol of erotic fantasies, an attribute of devil and a favourite of the gods. Revered, ridiculed, humanised. But who actually is the so called Easter bunny? Researchers are trying to find out what’s going on in the fields. One year long the camera team observed the elusive animals, artists, hunters and biologists across Europe. They got the some new insights in the intimate life of hares: The kicking, swimming and fighting animals. Hares are more than tails and tales… An astonishing portrait about the complex relationship between man and hares. Production Organisation(s): Wild.doc, WDR Producer: - Director: Herbert Ostwald Photographer: Roland Gockel Sound: Dagmar D. Cee, Sandra Fiedler, Gordon Rijnders Picture Editor: Sandra Fiedler Narrator: Herbert Ostwald Script Writer: Herbert Ostwald Composer: Frank Heckel Scientific Adviser: Dr. Klaus Hacklaender Original Format: Beta Sp 4:3 Submitted by: Wild.doc, Herbert Ostwald Award category: Best Film Overall Address: Hoelderlinstr. 30, Phone: +49 221 3405397 50968 Cologne, Germany E-mail: [email protected]


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The Dragons of the Canary Islands Country: Austria Language: Length: 47 min. Synopsis: This documentary points out the re-discovered giant lizards on the Canary Island as well as the history behind it. The beautiful nature / wildlife will be part of the documentary. It also includes sensational first-ever filmings of only recently discovered giant lizards in the world. Production Organisation(s): Power of Earth GmbH, Kurt Mündl Producer: Kurt Mündl Director: Kurt Mündl Photographer: Franz Cee, Kurt Mündl, Thomas Zeller Sound: Franz Cee Picture Editor: Kurt Mündl Narrator: Peter Matie Script Writer: Kurt Mündl Composer: Erwiu Kiennast Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: DigiBeta 16:9 Submitted by: Power of Earth GmbH Award category: Best Festival Film overall Address: Alter Markt 76 / 2, Phone: 0043 2772 56106 Austria E-mail: [email protected]


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004 (FINALIST ) Waldviertel – The Enchantment of a Rugged Land Country: Austria Language: Length: 50 min. . Synopsis: The documentary ” Waldviertel – The Enchantment of a Rugged Land” portrays the rough beauty of the beautiful scenery of one of the oldest culture and nature of Austria through all four seasons. Production Organisation(s): Power of Earth GmbH Producer: Power of Earth GmbH, Kurt Mündl Director: Kurt Mündl Photographer: Franz Cee, Kurt Mündl Sound: Franz Cee Picture Editor: Kurt Mündl Narrator: Josef Glanz Script Writer: Kurt Mündl Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Digi Beta 4:3 Award category: The Best film overall

Address: Alter Markt 76 / 2, Phone: 0043 2772 56106 3040 Neulengbach, Austria E-mail: [email protected]


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Time flashes in Blue-Yellow

Country: Austria Language: Length: 47 min. Synopsis: This documentary – feature – film travels 25000 years back in time of the Austrian culture and history. We will see the famous ” Venus of Willendorf”, the Romans in Carnuntum and re-enactments of Richard Lionheart. Production Organisation(s): Power of Earth GmbH Producer: Power of Earth, Kurt Mündl Director: Kurt Mündl Photographer: Franz Cee, Kurt Mündl, Thomas Zeller Sound: Franz Cee, Ingo Holub Picture Editor: Kurt Mündl Narrator: Josef Glanz Script Writer: Kurt Mündl Composer: Kurt Adametz Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: High Definition Submitted by: Power of Earth GmbH Award category: Best festival film overall Address: Alter Markt 76 / Top 2, Phone: 0043 2772 56106 Austria E-mail: [email protected]


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The Sisu Stone

Country: Finland Language: Length: 63 min. Synopsis: Even the impossible is possible as long as you have faith in yourself, says Göran, the father of the Stenroos family living in Husö Island in the Åland archipelago. As if to add credibility to his words Göran has placed a piece of granite - the ”sisu stone” – in an unnatural position onto the shore of his home island. The documentary tells about the relationship between man and nature and the year-round survival of the Stenroos family on an outer island. The film depicts also the life of the surrounding nature: the eagles, the seals and the water birds. Production Organisation(s): Tekstivirta Production Company, NDR, YleTeema Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, add. photography Jan Henriksson Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Johanna Lampi, Tiina Saario, Jan

Henriksson, Petteri Saario

Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Narrator: - Script Writer: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Super 16 mm film Submitted by: Tekstivirta Production Company Award category: The best film overall Address: Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, Phone: 040 733 9300 06100 Porvoo E-mail: [email protected]


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The Pearls of the Baltic Sea, Part 3: Gotland

Country: Finland Language: English Length: 45 min. Synopsis: The Baltic Sea is much more than eutrophic, brackish water. It is a meeting point of the southern and northern, the eastern and the western nature. It embraces the angular culture and hard struggle for the life style of the islanders. The Baltic Sea is in the middle of the fastest transition period of its history. The pearls of the Baltic Sea is a documentary in six parts, a story about a sailing trip, during which the islands of Åland, Bornholm, Gotland, Saaremaa, Hailuoto and Kotlin – the pearls of the Baltic Sea are rediscovered. At the same time it is a strong expression of opinion for the survival of the nature of our home sea and also the people’s habits, the culture of the archipelago. Production Organisation(s): Teksitivirta Production Company, Yle TV2 Producer: Petteri Saario Director: Petteri Saario Photographer: Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson Sound: Raimo Raitahila, Jan Henriksson, Sirpa Mustonen,

Petteri Saario Picture Editor: Petteri Saario, Raimo Raitahila Narrator: Neil Hardwick Script Writer: Petteri Saario Composer: Perttu Hietanen Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Super 16mm film & Digital Betacam Submitted by: Tekstivirta Production Company Award category: The best film overall Address: Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11, Phone: 040 733 9300 06100 Porvoo E-mail: [email protected]


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The Price of the Birds

Country: Bulgaria Language: Length: 27 min. Synopsis: This film aims at introducing the Bulgarian, European and world audience to the unique and rich ornithological variety (about 480 species) Of Bulgaria, some of them shown also in unique aerial frames. In the film are shot many of Bulgarian nature beauties, which are combined with the unique sound of native Bulgarian music. The ornithological treasures is subject to great scientific and amateur interest of ornithologists from all over the world. Many scientific institutions and non-government environment-protection organisations work for the protection and study of the ornithological fauna of Bulgaria. Production Organisation(s): Bulgarian National Television & Svidas Film Production Producer: BNT, Svidas Film Director: Albena Puoneva Photographer: Yaroslav Yachev Sound: Ivan Dinev Picture Editor: Jelio Jelev Narrator: - Script Writer: Katerina Zareva Composer: Ivan Dinev Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Beta Sp Submitted by: Bulgarian National Television Award category: The best film overall Address: 29 San Stefano Str., Phone: +359 2963 3095 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria E-mail: [email protected]


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Intoxicated by You

Country: Netherlands Language: Length: 5 min. Synopsis: This 5’ underwater film is a unique one-take, shot in the Maldives. It was made possible because of a co-operative manta ray, but the non-threatening behaviour of the videographer, who had made himself part of the underwater world, also played an important role. The result is a recorded feeding dance, displayed by a 4-meter manta, a large plankton feeder, which does not need any comment. The dance is accompanied by the song ’Intoxicated by You’, written and performed by the Maldivian group ’Zero Degree Atoll’, from the album ’Island Pulse’. Production Organisation(s): Submarines Producer: Gabrielle M. Maessen Director: Edward A.M. Snijders Photographer: Edward A.M. Snijders Sound: Zero Degree Atoll, Edward A.M. Snijders Picture Editor: Edward A.M. Snijders Narrator: - Script Writer: A maldivian manta Composer: Zero Degree Atoll Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Digital video Submitted by: Submarines Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Grijzegrubben 83, Phone: 31 45 524 2555 6361 gl Nuth, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Buddies in Symbiosis

Country: Netherlands Language: Length: 16 min. Synopsis: This 16’ underwater video document explains in short oceanic symbiosis and shows some stunning examples of marine life acting under the umbrella of this phenomenon. The footage was recorded on video in the Indian Ocean (Maldives) and in the Egyptian and Sudanes territorial waters of the Red Sea. Production Organisation(s): Submarines Producer: Gabrielle M. Maessen Director: Edward A.M. Snijders Photographer: Edward A.M. Snijders Sound: Paul J. Hooper, Edward A.M. Snijders Picture Editor: Edward A.M. Snijders Narrator: Paul J. Hooper Script Writer: Edward A.M. Snijders, Gabrielle M. Maessen Composer: Highland Musik Archive Scientific Adviser: Drs. Thijs van Boxtel Original Format: Digital video Submitted by: Submarines Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Grijzegrubben 83, Phone: 31 45 524 2555 6361 gl Nuth, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Give Wood grouse a Future!

Country: Finland Language: Length: 19 min Synopsis: The wood grouse is one of the highly valued game animals in Finland and with its massive appearance it represents the Finnish forest. Those changes that took place in wood grouses environment and increased mount of small predators has ruined its population into one third of what it was just few decades ago. ”Give Wood Grouse a Future” goes deep into the fundamental question of treating the degenerating wood grouse population and guides forest specialists, forest owners, gamekeepers as well as hunters. Production Organisation(s): Videosara T:mi Keski-Suomen Metsoparlamentti Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara, Marko Gola, Pentti Tossavainen Sound: Arttu Kotisara Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Narrator: Rauno Paananen Script Writer: Arttu Kotisara Composer: Jyrki Kemppainen Scientific Adviser: Pentti Valkeajärvi, Lauri Ijäs, Olli Kursula Original Format: Mini-dv Submitted by: Videosara T:mi Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: Salmenkuja 32, Phone: 0400-229 739 44610 Kärnä, Finland E-mail: [email protected]


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

The Land of Crane and Swan

Country: Finland Language: Length: 37 min Synopsis: The land of crane and swan is a touching, attractively figurative and musical story of Finnish lake, a bird sanctuary. The seasons change and the same time an exhausted person finds a new beneficial relationship with the nature. The movie is strongly adventurous and relaxing. It awakens thoughts about Finnish nature and it’s harmonising effect on those who find it. Production Organisation(s): Videosara T:mi Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara Sound: Arttu Kotisara, Jyrki Kemppainen Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Narrator: Hannu Räisänen Script Writer: Arttu Kotisara Composer: Riitta Kotisara Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Mini-dv Submitted by: Videosara T:mi Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: Salmenkuja 32, Phone: 0400-229 739 44610 Kärnä, Finland E-mail: [email protected]


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The Holy Arms of Primeval Forest

Country: Finland Language: Length: 36 min Synopsis: The primeval forest and marshlands are the scene of action in the ”The Holy Arms of Primeval Forests” movie. The leading actors are the numerous animals in the national park of Pyhä-Häkki but there is also a man seeking his own roots from the forest. The light relationship with the forest grows to be a part of the inner world of it’s finder, a fixed resource in modern busy world. ” The Holy Arms of Primeval Forest” is a profound tribute to original Finnish nature. Production Organisation(s): Videosara T:mi Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara Sound: Arttu Kotisara, Jani Savolainen, Jyrki Kemppainen Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Narrator: Rauno Paananen Script Writer: Arttu Kotisara Composer: Riitta Kotisara Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Mini-dv Submitted by: Videosara T:mi Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: Salmenkuja 32, Phone: 0400-229 739 44610 Kärnä, Finland E-mail: [email protected]


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The Rod Bends at River Teno Country: Finland Language: Length: 30 min Synopsis: Teno river in Northern Finland is known for it’s enormous salmons. A popular place, both for boat fishing and shore fishing. It is July and even the nights are light. Patiently the fishermen try to catch the great fish of Teno. The film also portrays the barren but impressive scenery and the atmosphere of waiting for a catch.. Production organisation(s): Videosara Tmi Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara Sound: Artttu Kotisara, Jani Savolainen,

Jyrki Kemppainen

Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Narrator: Rauno Paananen Script Writer: Arttu Kotisara Composer: Riitta Kotisara Scientific Adviser: -- Original Format: Mini-dv Submitted by: Videosara T:mi Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: Salmenkuja 32 Phone: 0400-229739 44610 Kärnä, -Finland E-mail:[email protected]


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On The Trail of a Crown Headed Elk Country: Finland Language: Length: 34 min Synopsis: The film tells about Finnish elk hunt, witch is over thousand years old tradition in Finland. Teamwork, friendship and strategy are very important. Hunting season begins on the last saturday of September. The film follows a group of hunters on two of their hunting trips, in a Finnish forest. They also make time to observe birds. Different roles the hunters play are also presented. Production organisation(s): Videosara Tmi Producer: Arttu Kotisara Director: Arttu Kotisara Photographer: Arttu Kotisara Sound: Artttu Kotisara, Jani Savolainen, Jyrki Kemppainen Picture Editor: Arttu Kotisara Narrator: Rauno Paananen Script Writer: Arttu Kotisara Composer: Riitta Kotisara Scientific Adviser: -- Original Format: Mini-dv Submitted by: Videosara T:mi Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: Salmenkuja 32 Phone: 0400-229739 44610 Kärnä, Finland E-mail: [email protected]


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Där Ån Flyter Fram - ’’Where River Flows’’

Country: Finland Language: Length: 27 min Synopsis: Filmdokumentet ’’Där Ån Flyter Fram – Where River Flows’’ berättar on naturen kring och i de västnyländska åarna. Följ med under ytan och se flodpärlmussla och laxöringar i en sällan filmad miljö. The document ”Där Ån Flyter Fram – Where River Flows” tells about the nature around us and the rivers of western Uusimaa. Follow us under the surface of these rivers and see river pearl mussels and salmon trouts in the rarely filmed place. Production Organisation(s): Firma Gustav Munsterhjelm Producer: Gustav Munsterhjelm for YLE FST Director: Gustav Munsterhjelm Photographer: Gustav Munsterhjelm, Sune Helenius, Johan Hulden,

Reijo Juurinen Sound: - Picture Editor: Klaus Grabber Narrator: Henrik von Pfaler Script Writer: Gustav Munsterhjelm Composer: Matts Malmström Scientific Adviser: Gustav Munsterhjelm Original Format: Mini-dv Submitted by: YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Company Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Radiokatu 5, Box 46 Phone: +358 9 1480 24303 E-mail: [email protected]


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Rook Me Gently

Country: Sweden Language: Length: 28 min. Synopsis: This film gives insights into the life of an extraordinary bird, the rook, and it’s perspectives on humans. We accompany the rook, and through it’s activities – love life, nest building, quest for food and crowded living conditions, and we perceive the nature of our own modern life. The conflict between the rook and humans has it’s roots in our own life-style. Nature and it’s sounds are unfamiliar elements in urban settings. Peoples fear of the unknown in made visible when the rooks appear in our neighbourhood. How close do we want nature? How close does nature want us? This film presents the conflict through media – through radio, television, and complaining telephone voices. Production Organisation(s): SVT Sundsvall Producer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg, Triq Produktion Director: Tina-Marie Qwiberg, Gunilla Hamne, Torkel Lundberg Photographer: Torkel Lundberg, Gunilla Hamne, Karl Melander,

Hans Berggren Sound: Torkel Lundberg, Gunilla Hamne, Jens Meyer Leegard Picture Editor: Torbjörn Jonasson Narrator: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Script Writer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Composer: Wille Thors, Teddybears, Mats Gustavsson Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Mini-DV Submitted by: Triq Produktion Award category: Best low budget – big impact film Address: Halvands, Garda 62013 Stånga Phone: 0498-491 301 / 070 625 8148 Sweden E-mail: [email protected]


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Meeting in The Roundabout

Country: Sweden Language: Length: 7 min. Synopsis: The Oyster catcher normally inhabits seashores and other coastal areas and to a degree abhors human company. In this film we meet the large shorebird in rather unusual habitats and close to humans. Production Organisation(s): Triq Produktion Producer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Director: Tina-Marie Qwiberg, Torkel Lundberg Photographer: Torkel Lundberg Sound: Torkel Lundberg Picture Editor: Gunilla Hamne Narrator: - Script Writer: - Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Mini-DV Submitted by: Triq Produktion Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Halvands, Garda, 62013 Stånga Phone: 0498-491 301 / 0706 258 148 Sweden E-mail: [email protected]


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Dogs of the Sea

Country: Sweden Language: Length: 5 min. Synopsis: The Grey seal in the Baltic has for many years been a threatened species. In the last years the seals have increased in number, and this in turn has fuelled a debate about whether the fisheries are threatened and the necessity of culling. This film takes a look at the seals – and the seals takes a look back at the human intruder. Production Organisation(s): Triq Produktion Producer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Director: Torkel Lundberg Photographer: Torkel Lundberg, Gunilla Hamne, Erik Börjesson Sound: Torkel Lundberg, Gunilla Hamne Picture Editor: Torkel Lundberg, Mikael Stoltz Narrator: - Script Writer: - Composer: DJ Crush Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Mini-DV Submitted by: Triq Produktion Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Halvands, Garda, 62013 Stånga Phone: 0498-491 301 / 0706 258 148 Sweden E-mail: [email protected]


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When Wolf Came to Village Country: Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 58 min Synopsis: The old swedish farmers had there view of the wolf perfectly clear. It was an awful beast to get rid of. Which they did. Now the wolf is back, while the farmer himself has become an endangered species in the more forested parts of Sweden. But the old farmer´s view of the wolf is still very much alive. In this film we follow Sweden´s southernmost pack of wolves, the so called ”Hasselfors pack”. We do it by accompanying Sven-Olov Svensson and his wife Anita, who night after night help the scientists at Grimsö Research Center to track the wolves´ movements. These wolves live in the Örebro county, some 250 kilometers west of Stockholm. It is a landscape where agriculture is still strong and the conflict bitter. The real drama takes place among the wolves themselves. In the winter of 2001, the biologists are lucky. They manage to put a radio collar on four members of the pack, the alfa male and three young. Everything looks promising, now they will be able to follow the newly established group. Production Organisation(s): Henrik Ekman Reportage AB and SVT Producer: Henrik Ekman Director: Henrik Ekman Executive Producer: Björn O Henriksson, SVT Photographers: Henrik Ekman, Per Ahlqvist, Sven Hildingsson, Sven Widen, Gerold Berg, Ari Vartiainen Sound: Lars Palm Picture Editor: Tomas Hallstan Script Writer: Henrik Ekman Composer: Etnopojat (among others) Original Format: Submitted by: Henrik Ekman Reportage AB and SVT Award category: Best Film Overall Address: Falks väg 10 Phone: 0046-8-753 67 69, 70-543 89 02 S-182 54 Djursholm E-mail: [email protected] Sweden


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A Birds’ Paradise

Country: Russia Language: Length: 24 min Synopsis: On this territory of former Finland there is an unique system of lakes. And now these reserved places under the protection of Russian laws. The territory of inhabitation of fauna around the lakes is narrowed and “A Birds’ Paradise” in under the great threat of disappearance. Production Organisation(s): Studio “Rossia-Film-Tranzit” Producer: Konstantin Sirotinin Director: Konstantin Sirotinin Photographer: Konstantin Sirotinin Sound: Evgeny Sorokin, Aleksey Ananev Picture Editor: Oksana Lazareva Narrator: Sergey Polotovsky Script Writer: Tatiana Orlovskaya, Aleksey Gavrilenko Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Betacam SP Submitted by: Studio “Rossia-Film-Tranzit” Award category: Best Film Containing an Environmental Message Address: Phone: +7 812 1143334 Kruykov kanal 12, E-mail: [email protected] St. Petersburg 190068, Russia


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Dream No Small Dreams

Country: France Language: Length: 52 min Synopsis: The film relates the odyssey of thirty adventurous years in the life of an extraordinary research vessel. Considered nothing more than a utopian dream thirty years ago, today this strange sailing ship is one of the most reliable research vessels in the world, chartered by leading research centres to map the world’s coral reefs and explore the fauna of its Seabees. Designed in the United States by a visionary engineer and built by a bunch of “sea cowboys”, today this sailing ship, manned by a crew of top level scientists, is one of the greatest see bed research vessels of the 21st century. From archive images documenting the boat’s creation thirty years ago to current mission being undertaken by the vessel in the seas of Indonesia and Japan, the film recounta the adventure of the ship’s unique and various crews, revealing their passions, their courage and their magical talents. The Heraclitus is not only a floating marine laboratory but an incredible human laboratory too. Production Organisation(s): ADR Productions Producer: Jacques Debs Director: Marie Arnaud Photographer: - Sound: - Picture Editor: - Narrator: - Script Writer: Michele Decoust Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Video Submitted by: ADR Productions Award category: Best Film Overall Address: Phone: 01 4314 3434 2 Rue de la Roquette, E-mail: [email protected] 75011 Paris, France


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Terra Maritima

Country: Estonia Language: Length: 33 min Synopsis: The basis of the dynamic operation of the European Union is harmonisation of the legislation, which also relates to nature conservation. When talking about nature conservation, the term Natura 2000 is used more and more frequently. The film presents habitats and species significant for Natura 2000 characteristic to Western-Estonia. Here the pilot project on regional implementation of Estonia Natura 2000 was launched. Production Organisation(s): Profilm Producer: Ago Ruus Director: Ago Ruus Photographer: Ago Ruus Sound: Enn Säde, Koit Pärna Picture Editor: Sirje Haagel Narrator: - Script Writer: Rein Kuresoo Composer: Eve Rannu Scientific Adviser: Alex Lotman Original Format: Beta SP Submitted by: Profilm Award category: Best Film Containing an Environmental Message Address: Phone: +372 505 6691 Öismäe tee 11-23, E-mail: [email protected] 13514 Tallinn, Estonia


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Andalucia – Between Heaven and Hell

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 51:40 min Synopsis:

In the southernmost part of Europe there is a land of contrasts. A land where the desert and the “Garden Eden” are only a stone’s throw away from one another. A land, where the people express their love for life and deep religious faith in colourful fiestas. The torrid midsummer sun, that shines unremittingly, is like a furnace which allows only the strongest survive. A purgatory, that many cannot escape. When the winter rains fall over the land, a great deluge pours into the wide swamp regions, while nearby Europe’s driest landscape blooms in soft colours. This film compares two of the most antithetic areas in Spain: The wet and green National Park “Donana” in the estuary of the Guadalquivir river and the driest place in Andalucia and even Europe called “Tabernas”. How do the animals survive in these two different areas – how do they deal with water and draught?. Above that this show includes the people of Andalucia with their Spanish lifestyle, their religious fiestas and their strong relationship to nature. Let us visit the still untamined Nature of Andalucia – where heaven meets hell.

Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment Producer: Britta Kiesewetter Director: Jan Haft Photographer: Jan Haft, Christian Roth Sound: Thomas Casaretto, Frank Casaretto, Trevor Barber Picture Editor: Thomas Casaretto Narrator: Sean Pertwee Script Writer: Tamsin Constable Composer: Joe Dinkelbach Original Format: 16:9 Scientific Adviser: - Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm

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Award category: Best Festival Film Overall Address: Jenfelder Allee 80, Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 D-22039 Hamburg, Germany E-mail: [email protected]


Wild Rio Country: Germany Language: Length: 50 min. Synopsis: Rio de Janeiro is a city famous for its Carnival, samba, white sandy beaches and beautiful people. But few people know that this glamorous city, crowned by the spectacular Christ statue, is one of the greenest metropolises in the world, surrounded by rich rainforests full of an enormous number of equally flamboyant wild animals. It is said that even as the current Carnival comes to a close the people of Rio have begun to plan the next even bigger and more spectacular event. We follow the story of the Carnival and see how the diversity and penguins, inspires the eight million people of Rio. Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment Producer: Britta Kiesewetter / Phil Coles Director: Christian Baumeister Photographer: Christian Baumeister Sound: Paula da Silva, Rafael Beznos, Benedict Mirow,

Fabian Spörlein, Ralph Nienzeisler, Trevor Barber Picture Editor: Benedict Mirow Narrator: Lisa I’Anson Script Writer: Christian Baumeister Composer: Tobias Hofmann Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: 16:9 Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm Award category: Best Festival Film Overall Address: Jenfelder Allee 80, Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 D – 22039 Hamburg, Germany E-mail: [email protected]



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Blue Wonder – A Parrot in Peril

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 50:16 min Synopsis:

Everybody loves parrots, they amuse us with their antics and dazzle us with their plumage, and yet our desire to own them has cost many their freedom and threatened their future in the wild. We join a parrot enthusiast who has never had the chance to meet the largest parrot in the world, the blue macaw, in its natural environment. In a journey of a lifetime we explore the lush grasslands of Brazil to encounter the macaws living alongside 700 species of animals the birds including caiman, capybara and giant anteaters. We will learn about the natural lifestyle of the blue macaw, and realise the threats faced by this magnificent bird and how we can each play a role in safeguarding their future. Above all we will learn just what makes macaws so special; playful, loyal, intelligent and beautiful, the Blue Macaw, Blue Wonder.

Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment Producer: Beatrix Stoepel, Phil Coles Director: Michael Sutor Photographer: Michael Sutor Sound: Simon Boardman, Agustin Vargas Clerico Picture Editor: Simon Boardman Narrator: Veronica Hyks Script Writer: Michael Sutor Composer: Ivan McCormick Original Format: 4:3

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Scientific Adviser: - Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm Award category: The Best Film Containing an Environmental Message Address: Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 Jenfelder Allee 80, E-mail: [email protected] D-22039 Hamburg, Germany

WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

The Species Hunt Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43:29 min. Synopsis: You think the time for sensational discoveries in the animal kingdom is over? Well, you don’t know Marc van Roosmalen then! The Dutch biologist has found a terra incognita in the Amazonian rainforest where he discovers new species all the time and we are not talking about small insects here. He has found until now more than 20 new monkey species – that is about 10 % of all known primates. More than anybody else. We follow him on a new expedition to the Rio Aripuana. At the end we will witness a real zoological sensation – the team films a new species of peccary. The first discovery of a big land living animal during the last ten years. Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm Producer: Tom Synnatzschke Director: Lothar Frenz Photographer: Roland Gockel Sound: Frieder Salm, Katrin Dücker, Sven-Michael Bluhm Picture Editor: Katrin Dücker Narrator: Bernd Stephan, Achim Schülke. Mark Bremer Script Writer: Lothar Frenz Composer: Jörg Magnus Pfeil Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: 16:9 Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm Award category: The Best Film Containing an Environmental Message


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Address: Jenfelder Allee 80, Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 D – 22039 Hamburg, Germany E-mail: [email protected]

WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Porpoises – Life and Death in the Fast Lane

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 50 min. Synopsis: This is the first ever documentary about porpoises, the smallest members of the whale family. By following the struggles of two babies on opposite sides of the world, we see the dramatic lives of these little whales. Meet Nisa, a female porpoise in Norway, from the day of her birth, she has to face predatory killer whales and dolphins who beat them to death. Off the North American coast Fundy and his mother have problems of their own – humans – we watch the dramatic rescue efforts to free trapped porpoises from fisherman’s traps. Through their eyes we live in the fast lane. Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment Producer: Phil Coles Director: Florian Graner Photographer: Florian Graner Sound: Kate Essenhigh, Trevor Barber Picture Editor: Kate Essenhigh Narrator: Kieron Elliott Script Writer: Phil Coles Composer: Paul Stirling Taylor Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: 16:9 Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm Award category: The Best Film Containing an Environmental Message


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Address: Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 Jenfelder Allee 80, E-mail: [email protected] D – 22039 Hamburg, Germany

WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Wild Giants of Denali

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 50 min Synopsis: Denali – six million acres of pristine Alaskan wilderness at it’s most extreme – tense conflict contrasts with the stunning beauty of a magnificent world heritage site. A story of two young women living and working under very hard conditions as park rangers. We will join them as they face the challenges of life in the wild. In winter their lives depend on their huskies, the bond between them and their dogs is a unique one. We shall follow their adventures as they spend a year in the park and train the dogs from puppies to help them through the winter months. Rare and fascinating behavioural sequences of North America’s biggest predators. Unique images show wolves attacking a bear, and bringing down a bull moose. And a grizzly gets a surprise when it attacks moose calf and its mother steps in to help. The intimate behavioural studies will reveal startling facts about all of the parks impressive inhabitants. Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm / Parthenon Entertainment Producer: Beatrix Stoepel, Phil Coles Director: Günter Goldman Photographer: Günter Goldman Sound: Jelto Papendiek Picture Editor: Katrin Dücker Narrator: John Hedges Script Writer: Thomas Plaichinger, Phil Coles Composer: Clemens Winterhalter Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: 16:9 Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm


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Award category: The Best Film Overall Address: Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 Jenfelder Allee 80, E-mail: [email protected] D – 22039 Hamburg, Germany

WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

The Forests of Poland

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 43:14 min Synopsis: The former Eats Prussia – a land of lakes and historical monuments. But its deep woods provide so much more: numerous animals live here, many of them rarely found elsewhere in Europe. One of the best German wildlife producer spent more than one year deep in the woods of Poland to watch bison, foxes, boars and an impressing number of birds. East Prussia has a touch of melancholy. Many people had to leave it during World War II, others found a new home. But in many regions only a few fishermen and farmers remained, and nature could develop undisturbed. Green meadows, pervaded by little brooks alternate with impenetrable woods and crystal clear lakes. A fascinating landscape in the East of Poland. Production Organisation(s): NDR Naturfilm Producer: Tom Synnatzschke Director: Thomas Willers Photographer: Thomas Willers Sound: Thomas Willers, Heidi Engelhardt, Thomas Weichler Picture Editor: Thomas Willers Narrator: Hans-Peter Bögel, Bernd Stephan, Sabine Falkenberg Script Writer: Thomas Willers Composer: Alpha Ton, Gerd Gerdes Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: 16:9 Submitted by: NDR Naturfilm


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Award category: The Best Film Overall Address: Phone: +49 40 6688 5141 Jenfelder Allee 80, E-mail: [email protected] D – 22039 Hamburg, Germany

WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Santa Claus Animals

Country: Germany Language: English Length: 25 min. Synopsis: The well known reporter on the animal world, Felix Heidinger, is travelling around in the Far North of Europe. Though not in his usual safari outfit this time, but in a heavy parka to protect himself from the icy cold. In the snow-covered Scandinavian wilderness Felix would like to track down Santa Claus’ companions: wild elk and reindeer. These animals – with their mighty antlers – are still there in the region of the Sami, a nomadic people native to Lapland. Obviously, Felix pays Santa Claus a visit who supposedly resides in the Finnish town of Rovaniemi. Santa Claus invites Felix to go on a sleigh ride through the winter wonderland, drawn by reindeer, of course. Production Organisation(s): Bayerischer Rundfunk Producer: FWU Director: Andreas M. Reinhard Photographer: Rupert Heilgemeir Sound: Rolf Lorentschk Picture Editor: Beate Uhlig Narrator: - Script Writer: Michael Bickl Composer: Harald Reitinger, Ulrich Fischer Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: Bayerischer Rundfunk Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film


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Address: Phone: 0049 89 3806 5702 Floriansmühlstrasse 60, E-mail: [email protected] D – 80807 Munich, Germany


The Last Goosekeeper

Country: Denmark Language: English Length: 50 min Synopsis: Throughout a year we follow a group of men who have dedicated a major part of their lives to gees. Gees whom they have inherited from their fathers and grand fathers for many generations. Some might find this a slightly amusing heritage. However, the gees were part of the upbringing of these men and therefore not easily let go. The men have to keep gees. Whom is the master of whom is obvious. It may be that the goose farmer stands with an axe in his hand once a year. But the 364 other days of the year the geese control the goose farmers. However times change, and the heirs of the goose farmers do not exactly stand in line to take over the life stile of their fathers. So the goose farmers are afraid that the goose village will die out with them. We follow the first mating dance, the happy moment when the chicks are hatched and we learn about the problems with the fox. We experience everyday life with happiness and sorrow, and the goose farmers striving to breed a really superb goose right up until the last swing of the axe. This programme shows the loving, respectful and humorous relationship between men and their animals. Production Organisation(s): Metronome productions A/S – Henrik Helsgaun Producer: Niels Severin Director: Henrik Helsgaun Photographer: Henrik Helsgaun Sound: Jan Olsen Picture Editor: Boaz Heller Narrator: Brian Patterson Script Writer: Henrik Helsgaun Composer: Martin Heurlin Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: DVCAM


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Submitted by: Metronome Productions A/S Award category: The Best Low Budget – Big Impact Film Address: Phone: +45 3264 6565 Jenagade 22 E-mail: [email protected]


Bingley and the Paperbag

Country: Sweden Language: English Length: 3:39 min Synopsis: This is Bingley. He’s always curious. Rooks are like that. Bingley likes paperbags and goes wild when he sees one. Maybe there is a big worm inside or one thousand cookies. Production Organisation(s): Triq Production Producer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Director: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Photographer: Karl Melander Sound: - Picture Editor: Staffan Erlandsson Narrator: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Script Writer: - Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: DV Submitted by: Triq Production Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: +46 49 849 1301 / 070-625 8148 Halvands garda 62013 E-mail: [email protected] Stånga Sweden



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Bingley is the Boss

Country: Sweden Language: English Length: 2:50 min Synopsis: This is Bingley. He’s not only a rook, he’s boss too. He’s boss over the kitchen, the cats and the food. It’s hard work to be the boss. You get tired and instead off bossing you take a break and check your feathers. Production Organisation(s): Triq Production Producer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Director: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Photographer: Karl Melander Sound: - Picture Editor: Staffan Erlandsson Narrator: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Script Writer: - Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: DV Submitted by: Triq Production Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: +46 49 849 1301 / 070-625 8148 Halvands garda 62013 E-mail: [email protected] Stånga Sweden


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This is Bingley the Rook

Country: Sweden Language: English Length: 3:33 min Synopsis: This is Bingley. He’s a rook. He’s always busy, rooks are like that. Bingley likes cookies and to hide them. Shoes are good hidingplaces. This is Parker. He’s a dog. He’s Bingleys best friend and he likes cookies too. Production Organisation(s): Triq Production Producer: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Director: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Photographer: Karl Melander Sound: - Picture Editor: Staffan Erlandsson Narrator: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Script Writer: - Composer: - Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: DV Submitted by: Triq Production Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: +46 49 849 1301 / 070-625 8148 Halvands garda 62013 E-mail: [email protected] Stånga Sweden


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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

Laakajärvi – Erämainen erämaajärvi “Laakajärvi – a Lake in the Wilderness”

Country: Finland Language: English Length: 25 min. Synopsis: The film shows the wilderness and wilderness values of the lake Laakajärvi. We see bird- and landscape pictures, church boat rowing and follow a discussion about the values of wilderness and its future where cottages are becoming a serious threat. Filmi kuvaa luontoretkenkeinoin Laakajärven erämaalaisuutta ja erämaa-arvoja. Elementteinä mm. lintu- ja maisemakuvat, kirkkovenesoutu järvellä ja sen ohessa keskustelu nuotiolla alueen arvoista ja erämaaluonnon tulevaisuudesta, jossa mökkirakentaminen on uhkatekijänä. Production Organisation(s): IS-Center, Oulun yliopisto Producer: Veli-Matti Karppinen Director: Jukka Eskelinen Photographer: Jukka Eskelinen Sound: Jukka Eskelinen Picture Editor: Jukka Eskelinen Narrator: Jukka Eskelinen Script Writer: Jukka Eskelinen Composer: - Scientific Adviser: Kajaanin Seudun Luonto ry Original Format: Mini dv Submitted by: Award category: The Best Low Budget – Big Impact Film Address: Phone: 050-5336280

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Koulukuja 5 A 2, 87100 Kajaani E-mail: [email protected]


The Laboratory Rat – A Natural History

Country: United Kingdom Language: English Length: 27 min Synopsis: Shot as a wildlife documentary over several months, this 27 minute film follows the lives of domestic rats (R. norvegicus) after being released outdoors where they have to compete, like their cousins, for food, shelter and mates. We witness the emergence of a complex and structured society which soon thrives in this wild environment, and such is the range of the rats’ talent that guide of what is important to a rat becomes a guided tour of the central issues in animal behaviour, and to a certain extent our own (see www.ratlife.org). Production Organisation(s): Manuel Berdoy Producer: Manuel Berdoy Director: Manuel Berdoy & Paul Stewart Photographer: Paul Stewart Sound: Paul Stewart, Ramon Burrows Picture Editor: Ramon Burrows Narrator: Simon King Script Writer: Manuel Berdoy Composer: Dario Marianelli Scientific Adviser: - Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: Manuel Berdoy Award category: The Best Low Budget – Big Impact Address: Phone: +44 0 1865 272545 Oxford University Veterinary E-mail: [email protected] Services, Parks Road



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WILDLIFE VAASA 2004

A Shot Rang Out

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24:20 min Synopsis: Some times we kill so easily. Some times we almost worship animals as sacred. The real hunter may do both at the same time. But with no big words, no grand gesticulation. The Nordic hunter does it in his own down-to-earth, unpretentious way. For the non-hunter it may be hard to comprehend the simultaneous absence of both compassion and evil. Just pure concentration. A state of total presence. Could 24 minutes of running videotape capture any of this? With no cuts, no editing, no effects, no fancy? Just a moose hunter with his dog, and the TV-presenter Trond Berg trying to interpret what is happening. Would that get us any closer to the evasive “spirit of hunting”? Production Organisation(s): NRK Production leader: Harald Reitan Director: Photographer: Jorn Nordli Sound: Picture Editor: Narrator: Script Writer: Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: NRK Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: 0047 2304 9360 Bjornstjerne Bjornsons plass 1, E-mail: [email protected] 0340 Oslo, Norway


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Wild Becomes Tame

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24:04 min Synopsis: Humans are not very nice animals. This seems to be the common view among wild animals and birds. But there are some exceptions. What happens when a wild animal becomes tame of its own accord? It’s an incomparable feeling when a wild animal demonstrates trust. Interacting with a free fellow creature, who voluntarily lets you approach, is an adventure. A feather-light touch from a trustful titmouse or an enormous moose happily munching away at your offering, is deeply and instinctively moving. The fact that we enter into such relationships with different motives can’t be helped: we want proximity, they want food. In any case, trust from a wild animal adds an extra dimension to the natural experience. Production Organisation(s): NRK Production leader: Harald Reitan Director: Photographer: Jorn Nordli, Trond Berg, Elin Saetertera Sound: Arvo Pärt: Litany, The Hillard Ensemble Picture Editor: Trond Berg Narrator: Script Writer: Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: NRK Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: 0047 2304 9360 Bjornstjerne Bjornsons plass 1, E-mail: [email protected] 0340 Oslo, Norway


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A Flowering Meadow in the Ocean

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24:16 min Synopsis: It is summer far west of the Norwegian coast. Thick colourful carpets of flowers cover the solid rock islands. You can hardly find a more beautiful flowerbed in the world. How is this possible? It has to do with birds and salt, and the big climate system. Wind, rain and sea currents. The flowers, which grow here, are gardened by the mighty North Sea. Every autumn the flowers prepare for rough weather, and they don’t have to wait long before the storms are raging. Under these conditions the islands are sprinkled with salt water in an amount, which would kill most other living plants. “A Flowering Meadow in the Ocean” is a film about survival. It is a story of how some few flowers are able to manage what seem to be the most horrible conditions. The film explanes the difficult adaptation problems some of these plants have to solve. How they choose different strategies, how they depend on other species and how the ecological balance in kept up in this barren and windswept landscape. Production Organisation(s): NRK Producer: Magnhild teige, Herald Stigler Director: Photographer: Ole Jakob Vorraa Sound: Grata Husebo Picture Editor: Stig Hoff, Thomas Hellum Narrator: Script Writer: Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: NRK Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: 0047 2304 9360 Bjornstjerne Bjornsons plass 1, E-mail: [email protected] 0340 Oslo, Norway


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Out Into Nature

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24 min Synopsis: At prime time every Tuesday, NRK sends nature programs produced in Norway, once a month in the form of a special. In this program, hostess Kari Toft, is abducted by a speleologist, and together they disappear into the Gronnli caves. We also get to visit one of the most inhospitable forests in Norway, meet an exceptionally trusting bird who stands firm throughout the year and get better acquainted with the hermit crab. In addition, we’ll see the audience’s own wildlife videos. Production Organisation(s): NRK Production leader: Stein Hage Director: Photographer: Sound: Picture Editor: Torgeir Becklande Narrator: Script Writer: Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: Award category: Address: Phone: 0047 2304 9360 Bjornstjerne Bjornsons plass 1, E-mail: [email protected] 0340 Oslo, Norway


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Ants in Your Pants - The Secrets of Ants

Country: Sweden Language: Swedish Length: 28 minutes Synopsis: Jonas (the host) sits in the wood eating a bun. He drops a crumb and an ant is carrying it away. Jonas decides to follow the ant with the crumb to see where she is going. He studies the ants on the ant track and discover a lot of amazing things. His friend Fanny The Facts tells about what the ants are doing inside the ant hill. Besides this we will also see Guess the poo, Tudors True of False, Doctor Eva and nurse Bark and a lot more. Production Organization(s): SVT Producer: Anna Sommansson Director: Anna Sommansson Photographer: Jon Bergström The show also contains inserts from various photographers and producers: Elisabeth Watsson, ZDF, Hans Berggren, Ulf Jonasson, Håkan Nunstedt, Tina-Marie Qwiberg Sound: Jon Bergström Picture Editor: Fredrik Werner Narrator: Tina-Marie Qwiberg Script Writer: Jonas Leksell, Frida Normark Composer: Oscar Söderberg Original Format: Digital beta Submitted by: SVT-Anna Sommansson Address: Phone: +4687844512 105 10 Stockholm Sweden E-mail: [email protected]


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The Big Cat Flap

Country: England Language: English Length: 9 min. Synopsis: The Beast of Bodmin, The Surrey Puma and the Fen Tiger....these and others have fired the public imagination over the years. None have been corroborated, and all have been dismissed as fantasy by scientists and government officials alike. However the public, and the government, are in for a shock! Alien Big Cats DO exist in the UK, and what is more they are widespread and thriving. This film will document the history of the ABC debate, and will deliver the final conclusive proof.......top-quality footage of Alien Big Cats in the wild, results from DNA-sampled droppings and fur, and, if possible, captured specimens. BIG CATS IN BRITAIN will cause banner headlines, and will spark a radical readjustment of people's attitudes to life in the countryside. The public will have to come to terms with the uncomfortable fact that pumas, lynx, and maybe leopards, are living and breeding in Britain's green and pleasant land. Production Organisation(s): Future Planet Producer: Daniel M. Bamping Director: Daniel M. Bamping Photographer: Daniel M. Bamping, Paul Burke Sound: Daniel M. Bamping, Paul Burke, Tez Rowlands Picture Editor: Tez Rowlands Narrator: Daniel M. Bamping Script Writer: Daniel M. Bamping Composer: Various Scientific Adviser: The British Big Cats Society Original Format: Sony IMX & DV CAM Submitted by: Future Planet Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Phone: 00 44 (0)1752 664544 5, Hillside Ave, Mutley, E-mail: [email protected] Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6PR


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Solving Stonehenge

Country: England Language: English Length: 10 min. Synopsis: Stonehenge - older than the Great Pyramids - has often been called the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World. It has been a mystery for centuries, puzzling, challenging, intriguing, and stirring the minds of people. A British engineer (and puzzle inventor) Bruce Bedlam believes he has made one of the most important archaeological, architectural and astronomical discoveries of modern time - that Stonehenge was actually a magnificent building - a temple of the highest magnitude. Bruce’s passionate pursuit of the greatest 3-D puzzle has done what conventional archaeology has failed to do - provide an explanation and models that explain the mystery of Stonehenge. He has built a 1/25 scale model of “his” building, and has also built working models of the megalithic machinery that the Bronze-Age Britons could have used to build such a structure. His work paints an exciting picture of what Stonehenge might have looked like, how it was built and how it might have been used. As a maverick expert, Bruce Bedlam forces us to recognise just how little we actually know about Stonehenge – who were our ancestors who built it, how did they dragged huge stones over such distances, how did they raised them – and why did they do it? Production Organisation(s): Future Planet Producer: Daniel M. Bamping Director: Daniel M. Bamping Photographer: Daniel M. Bamping Sound: Daniel M. Bamping, Paul Burke, Tez Rowlands Picture Editor: Tez Rowlands Narrator: Bruce Bedlam Script Writer: Daniel M. Bamping, Bruce Bedlam Composer: Various Scientific Adviser: Bruce Bedlam Original Format: Sony IMX & DV CAM Submitted by: Future Planet Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Phone: 00 44 (0)1752 664544 5, Hillside Ave, Mutley, E-mail: [email protected] Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6PR


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Worlds Largest Shark

Country: England Language: English Length: 6 min. Synopsis: Suzy Quasnichka' Bristol based marine researcher and film-maker is joining the Shark Research Institute (SRI) survey 'Operation Whaleshark'. A team of SRI scientists and film makers is travelling to the remote region of Gudjarat in North West India. It was here, in 1999, that film maker Mike Pandey recorded the shocking images of local fishermen hunting and killing whale sharks. The film The Shores of Silence played an integral part in whale sharks being granted limited protection on the Appendix II CITES listing. Operation Whale Shark is going to Gudjarat to explore the feasibility of whale shark eco-tourism in the area. If the fishermen can generate a sustainable income from tourism they will not have to rely on hunting whale sharks. Production Organisation(s): Future Planet Producer: Suzy Quasnichka Director: Suzy Quasnichka Photographer: Suzy Quasnichka Sound: Suzy Quasnichka Picture Editor: Tez Rowlands, Suzy Quasnichka Narrator: Various Script Writer: Daniel M. Bamping, Suzy Quasnichka Composer: Various Scientific Adviser: Mike Pandy, Stan Waterman & The shark research institute Original Format: Sony DV CAM Submitted by: Future Planet Award category: The Best Short Film Address: Phone: 00 44 (0)1752 664544 5, Hillside Ave, Mutley, E-mail: [email protected] Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6PR


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Voices in the Night

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24 min. Synopsis: (For more information please contact NRK ) Production Organisation(s): NRK Production leader: Harald Reitan Director: Photographer: Stein Hage Sound: Picture Editor: Narrator: Script Writer: Composer: Scientific Adviser: Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: NRK Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: 0047 2304 9360 Bjornstjerne Bjornsons Plass 1, E-mail: [email protected] 0340 Oslo


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The Secret of the Volcano

Country: Norway Language: English Length: 24 min. Synopsis: 580 million years ago a volcano died in Norway. That volcano carried a secret that was first discovered in 1916 by a Norwegian geologist Brogger. He discovered that the lava from this volcano included carbonate and this discovery made the international geologist laugh at him. In 1964 it was made official that Brogger was right. At the same year a volcano in Tanzania – Oldoinyio Lengai – erupted and it happened exactly the same way that Brogger had described the eruption in Norway. A film team from NRK climbed on top of the Oldoinyo Lengai in 2002 and filmed an eruption that no one had filmed before. Production Organisation(s): NRK Production leader: Director: Photographer: Sound: Odd Brommeland, Kai Stokkeland Picture Editor: Per Ole Lindhjem Narrator: Script Writer: Bjorn Haavind, Harald Reitan Composer: Scientific Adviser: Sven Dahlgren Original Format: Digibeta Submitted by: NRK Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Phone: 0047 2304 9360 Bjornstjerne Bjornsons Plass 1, E-mail: [email protected] 0340 Oslo


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Thirsty Times (episode 3)

Country: Finland Language: English Length: 13 min. Synopsis: Children series. A European scale co-production funded also by MEDIA program. ( For more information please contact EPIDEM ZOT ) Production Organisation(s): EPIDEM ZOT Producers: Roch Lener, Sunita Stuck, Johnathan Peel Executive-producer: Marie-Caroline Villand Director: Udo Beissel Graphics: Alban Guillemois Music: Francois Tourneur Script Writer: Christian Meluh Based on the Idea : Mikael Wahlforss Original Format: DVD Submitted by: Mikael Wahlforss-EPIDEM ZOT Award category: The Best Children and Youth Film Address: Perämiehenkatu 11 C –FIN 00150

Helsinki -Finland Phone: +358 9 6846612 E-mail: [email protected]


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Oily Feathers (episode 6)




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Sixth Sense (episode 8)




Documents

Wildlife Vaasa 2004-Book of Entries