GRAND PRIX OF THE ENVIROFILM FESTIVAL

for philosophic and poetic, but above all effective understanding of the flood issue

Film: THE WATER THINKING                  

Director: Tomáš Škrdlant        

Country:  Czech Republic                                

Applicant: The Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic

MAIN PRIZE IN “A” CATEGORY JOURNALISTIC PROGRAMMES AND FILMS

for creating an interesting and highly attractive television magazine

Film: ADVENTURE IN SCIENCE : THE SECRET JUNGLE QUEST

Director: Robert Schotter                                

Country: Germany

Applicant: ZDF – German Television

MAIN PRIZE IN “B” CATEGORY DOCUMENTARIES

For poetic use of film language in talking about unusual natural phenomenon

Film: WHEN TISA IS IN FLOWER                                           

Director: Szabolcs Mosonyi    

Country: Hungary        

Applicant: Szabolcs Mosonyi

MAIN PRIZE IN “C” CATEGORY EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIVE VIDEO PROGRAMMES AND FILMS

For a proper and witty characterization of the natural processes that lead to flooding

Film: FLOOD                     

Director: Armin Maiwald                    

Country: Germany                                          

Applicant: WDR - Germany

MAIN PRIZE IN “D” CATEGORY FREE PRODUCTION AND FILMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (advertisement, animation, puppet films, features, video clips, etc.)

For an artistic rendering of a fairy tale hidden within the children’s pictures of the Green World competition

Film: AQUA VIVA 

Director: Jarmila Rusinková                          

Country: Slovakia                                

Applicant: The Slovak Environmental Agency

MAIN PRIZE IN “E” CATEGORY FILMS AND VIDEO PROGRAMMES FOCUSED ON NEW ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH EU STANDARDS

For effective mass media promotion of new technologies used in energy production

Film: THE GREENISH BOOM

Director: Jorg Moll                              

Country: Germany                               

Applicant: ZDF – German Television

PRIZE OF THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATERS OF THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC

For contributing to the worldwide campaign to protect whales

Film: DANCE OF THE BLUE ANGELS

Director: Steve Lichtag

Country: Czech republic                                  

Applicant: Comfact, s.r.o.

PRIZEOF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR FOR THE BEST SLOVAK FILM

For instructive insight into the life of the imperial eagle and especially for efforts to explore the processes of nature through film

Film: A PAIR OF EAGLES – FIVE INSTINCTS                      

Director: Leoš  Prešinský                   

Country: Slovakia

Applicant: Leoš  Prešinský

PRIZE OF THE LORD MAYOR OF BANSKÁ  BYSTRICA

For an original transformation of an adventure story to the context of thought about the roots of our life

Film: OMO – A JOURNEY TO THE PRIMAEVAL AGE       

Director: Pavol Barabáš                                             

Country: Slovakia                                           

Applicant: K 2 Studio

PRIZE OF THE LORD MAYOR OF ZVOLEN

For amazing insight into the life of giant predators seen from close proximity

Film: GIANT GRIZZLY               

Director: Andreas Kieling                               

Country: Germany                               

Applicant: ZDF – German Television

PRIZE OF THE LORD MAYOR OF BANSKÁ  ŠTIAVNICA

For an interesting and detailed description of the problems associated with the protection of a critically endangered feline

Film: THE TIGER WAR                                                             

Director: Fernando Gonzales I.                                              

Country: Spain                                                 

Applicant: Gondwana Films

PRIZE OF THE RECTOR OF THE ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS IN BANSKÁ  BYSTRICA

For an effective combination of imagery and music in a symbolic film message about the threats to our planet

Film: DALIRIUM                                                                                         

Director: Leandro Blanco                               

Country: Spain                                     

Applicant: Leandro Blanco

PRIZE OF THE RECTOR OF THE MATEJ  BEL UNIVERSITY IN BANSKÁ  BYSTRICA

For a compelling look into the life of whales for which sonar can be both trap and rescuer

Film: SONAR : DEADLY TRAP AND LIFE RESCUER OF WHALES

Director: Ulf  Marguardt                                 

Country: Germany                                          

Applicant: Elke Jungst

PRIZE OF THE RECTOR OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN

For an optimistic report that shows the transformation of a former military base into a flowering oasis

Film: CZARNOBOR – THE GREEN PLANET

Director: Andrzej Kisiel                                  

Country: Poland                                   

Applicant: Telewizja Polska S.A.

PRIZE OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY

For a necessary expose of the problems inherent in the sorting of waste

Film: THE STATE WE ARE IN                          

Director: Ken Price, Stephen Rone                            

Country: Ireland                                  

Applicant: EHP – Duncan Stewart

PRIZE OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE  SLOVAK TELEVISION

For a wonderful example of an attractive documentary

Film: VULTURES – THE FLYING DUSTBINS

Director: Paul Reddish                        

Country: Austria                      

Applicant: Waler Kohler, ORF - Austria

PRIZE OF THE CHILDREN’S AUDIENCE

Film: DANCE OF THE BLUE ANGELS

Director: Steve Lichtag

Country: Czech republic                                  

Applicant: Comfact, s.r.o.