PRIZE AWARDING – ENVIROFILM 2009

The international jury of the film festival ENVIROFILM 2009 comprising the members:
Yosseph Weissler, chairman of Jury	Israel
Steve Lichtag  				Czech Republic
Kateřina Javorská				Slovakia
Teodoro Mercuri				Italia
Ferenc Varga					Hungary
František Palonder				Slovakia
William C. Parks				USA

was in session from 7 – 10 May 2009, and pursuant to the Festival guidelines it recommended awarding of the following prizes:

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE FESTIVAL

Film:		ECO-CRIMES: OZONE KILLERS	
ECO-CRIMES: FISHING PIRATES
ECO-CRIMES: THE TIBET-CONNECTION
Director:	Heinz Greuling, Thomas Weidenbach		
Country:	Germany	
Applicant:  	WDR Köln, ARTE	 

THE PRIZE IN THE A CATEGORY - JOURNALISTIC PROGRAMMES AND FILMS 

Film:		GENERATION 0, (ECO) LAWYER WITH RESPECT
Director:	Tomáš Kudrna		
Country:	Czech Republic		
Applicant: 	Czech Television		

THE PRIZE IN THE B CATEGORY - DOCUMENTARIES 

Film:		DAMNED OF THE SEA
Director:	Jaward Rhalib		
Country:	Belgium		
Applicant:  	Centre De L´Audiovisuel a Bruxelles a.s.b.l. 		

THE PRIZE IN THE C CATEGORY - EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIVE VIDEO PROGRAMMES AND FILMS 

Film:		 PANNONIAN DESERT			
Director:	 Szabolcs Mosonyi		
Country:	 Hungary		
Applicant:  	 Szabolcs Mosonyi	 	

THE PRIZE IN THE D CATEGORY - FREE PRODUCTION AND FILMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (ADVERTISEMENT SPOTS, ANIMATIONS, PUPPET FILMS, FEATURES, VIDEO CLIPS ETC.)

Film:		PACHAMAMA  	 		
Director:	Toshifumi Matsushita		
Country:	USA			
Applicant:  	Dolphin Productions		

THE PRIZE OF THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FOR THE BEST FILM BY A SLOVAK DIRECTOR 

Film:               THE HISTORY OF THE HIGH TATRAS      	    	
Director:	Milan Milo, Ivan Janovský		 
Country:	Slovakia			
Applicant:  	Štúdio J+J a STV	 

THE PRIZE FOR THE BEST AMATEUR FILM

Film:		THE SKILL TO SURVIVE		    	
Director:	Pavol Kráľ		 
Country:	Slovakia			
Applicant:	Pavol Kráľ

THE PRIZE OF THE MAYOR OF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA CITY

Film:		BHUTÁN – A SEARCH FOR HAPINESS	 	  	 	
Director:	Pavol Barabáš	
Country:	Slovakia		
Applicant:  	K2 studio, s. r. o.	 

THE PRIZE OF THE MAYOR OF BANSKÁ ŠTIAVNICA CITY

Film:	ŠPANIA DOLINA  
Director:	Miroslav Lubellan
Country:	Slovakia		
Applicant:  	LUBELLAN film	 	
  
THE PRIZE OF THE MAYOR OF ZVOLEN CITY

Film:		DARK SIDE OF LIGHT		  	
Director:	Anja Freyhoff, Thomas Uhlmann		
Country:	Germany		
Applicant:  	ZDF 	
	 
THE PRIZE OF THE MAYOR OF KREMNICA CITY

Film:		ON THE MAP			
Director:	Véronique Gauvin		
Country:	France			
Applicant:  	Son et Lumiére, France 5		

THE PRIZE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA SELF-GOVERNING REGION FOR THE BEST FILM PROMOTING TOURISM

Film:	         	THE GOLDEN WACHAU VALLEY – A DANUBE TREASURE	
Director:	Jürgen Eichinger	
Country:	Nemecko	
Applicant:  	Jürgen Eichinger	 

THE PRIZE OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY

Film:	YOU CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE!
Director:	Scyndia de Barros	
Country:	Belgium	
Applicant:  	European Comission – DG Environment
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THE PRIZE OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE SLOVAK TELEVISION

Film:	STONES IN THE CZECH LAND		
Director:	Ljuba Václavová	
Country:	Czech Republic	
Applicant:  	Allegro, Česká Televize

THE PRIZE OF THE CHILDREN´S JURY

Film:		  GIMME A HUG	
Director:	  Geert Droppers	
Country:	  Netherlands	
Applicant:  	  Geert Droppers		 

THE PRIZE OF THE RADIO REGINA FOR AN EXCELLENT PROCESSING OF SOUND IN THE FILM
 
Film:		  WATERLANDS			  	 	
Director:	  Mark Percival	
Country:	  United Kingdom	 
Applicant:  	  RSPB Film Unit	 

THE PRIZE OF THE UNION OF THE SLOVAK TELEVISION PROGRAMMES MAKERS AND THE LITERATURE FUND FOR THE LONG-TERM CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF SLOVAK AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL THEME.

Vladimír Haviar, cameraman