The Awarding Ceremony was traditionally held at the Castle in Zvolen

The prizes for the winners are stand-by

The Minister of Environment of the Slovak Republic – Jaroslav Izák welcomed all the participants, guests and film makers

The Grand Prize of Envirofilm 2008 was awarded to the Swiss film Greina and The Prize of the Mayor of Banská Bystrica was given to Santi´s Magic Flute. These prizes for Swiss directors were given  to The Chairman of European Club in Banská Bystrica - Andrej Kvasna by  The Minister of Environment of Slovak Republic – Jaroslav Izák and also by The Chairman of International Film Jury – Jan Gogola.

The French director Pierre Mann was the winner in Category B ( documentary films ) – the category with the largest field of competitors. His artwork Stories of People from the Bush captivated the film jury with  an exceptional testimony about  natural  people in the African bush.

The movie  Silence by Slovak authors  Jana Sadloňová and Róbert Rajchl won in the category  D ( free production and films for children and the youth)

The Prize for the best  amateur film was given  to the film Wings of  Miro Saniga directed by Pavol Baláž and Vladimír Bobáľ

The film Unknown Antarctica, directed by Pavol Barabáš , was awarded by the Prize of the Festival Director for the best film of a  Slovak film maker. You can see  Pavol Barabáš and The Festival Director – Jaroslav Jaduš on the photo...

The Prize of the Mayor of Kremnica awarded to the film Peace with the Seals was passed to the Chairman of International Film Jury – Jan Gogola by the Mayor of Kremnica Zuzana Balážová.

The Prize of the Chairman of Banská Bystrica Self – Governing Office was given to the film A Ribbon of Sand, directed by John Grabowska – for the best movie promoting tourism. The prize was taken over by Bill Parks from the U.S.A.

The Director of the Festival – Jaroslav Jaduš also awarded the Special Prize to the film Captives of the White God for  bearing the most critical message. The prize was taken over  by the film director Steve Lichtag and cameraman Tomáš Ryška

This year at the festival, The Union of Slovak Television  Programme Makers and Literary Fond awarded the artwork of Jaroslav Mikuš. He was awarded the Prize by the Chairwoman of the Union of Slovak Television Programme Makers and the member of  the film festival jury Katerina Javorská.

The Festival  Director  – Jaroslav Jaduš thanks to The Festival Manager – Dagmar Rajčanová and  everybody who helps to prepare Envirofilm Festival

The courtyard of Zvolen Castle was a place for  friendly meetings and conversations. Pavol Barabáš and Steve Lichtag are having a chat...

Tomáš Hulík ( on the right ) contributed Envirofilm 2008 with his Photographs Exposition – The High Tatras – A Wilderness  Frozen in Time. He was also a cameraman in this artwork. This film was very popular with children .

The Israeli director Yossi Weissler was a member of International Film Jury for the first time. His artwork  Wall of Death  could not be in the competition, but The Children´s  Film  Jury awarded his film. He said that this is his first children´s appreciation. He is enjoying it...

The French director Pierre Mann has travelled all over the world, Africa and Asia too, but he was also fascinated  by Slovakia, Banská Bystrica, people and film festival.