PRIZE AWARDING PROTOCOL
of
The 17th International Environmental Film Festival
ENVIROFILM 2011
16 – 21 May 2011
Banská Bystrica, Zvolen, Banská Štiavnica, Kremnica, Krupina
The international jury of the film festival ENVIROFILM 2011 comprising the members:
Miroslav Kačor, Jury chairman Czech Republic
František Palonder Slovakia
Kateřina Javorská Slovakia
Ferenc Varga Hungaria
Andrzej Fidyk Poland
was in session from 14 – 17 April 2011, and pursuant to the Festival guidelines it recommended awarding of the following prizes:
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE FESTIVAL
Film: PENGUIN ISLAND
Director: Simon Target
Country: Australia
Applicant: 360 Degree Films
This outstanding film is a great mixture of information, adventure and humour that is presenting an amazing life story of the Little Penguins.
THE PRIZE IN THE A CATEGORY - JOURNALISTIC PROGRAMMES AND FILMS
Film: FRESH WIND FROM THE NORTH – WEST
BOOM OF THE WIND ENERGY
Director: Volker Angres
Country: Germany
Applicant: ZDF Mainz
Awarded for creating a colourful mosaic of extensive information about wind energy which the authors outlined in a funny way exclusively by a television broadcast.
THE PRIZE IN THE B CATEGORY - DOCUMENTARIES
Film: THE ICE SCULPTOR
Director: Alberto Meroni
Country: Switzerland
Applicant: Imago Film SA
Awarded for a beautiful images in the documentary with a strong message- perfectly depicted story of a photographer who is for years mapping the decline of the glacier.
THE PRIZE IN THE C CATEGORY - EDUCATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIVE VIDEO PROGRAMMES AND FILMS
Film: HUNTING CLOUDS
Director: Wolfgang Lemme
Country: Germany
Applicant: WDR Köln
The science magazine of German WRD channel Quark´s&CO uses creatively the adventurous story of a German paraglider and uncovers the secrets of the clouds and their importance for people.
THE PRIZE IN THE D CATEGORY - FREE PRODUCTION AND FILMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (advertisement spots, animations, puppet films, features, video clips, etc)
Film: THE TRIP
Director: Bartosz Kruhlik
Country: Poland
Applicant: The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School
The jury appreciated this delicate story about one ordinary trip undertaken by grandfather and granddaughter in which the young author gently tells the story about intergenerational communication.
THE PRIZE OF THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FOR THE BEST FILM BY A SLOVAK DIRECTOR
Film: HUNTERS OF THE FOREST’S SILENCE
Director: Zdeno Vlach
Country: Slovakia
Applicant: STV Bratislava
Awarded for extraordinary patience and author’s camera mastery who again managed to outline the mystic dwellers of our forests in an arresting way.
THE PRIZE FOR THE BEST AMATEUR FILM, awarded by the mayor of the city OF KRUPINA
Film: I AM AGAINST
Director: SunChild Eco-Club of Yerevan students
Country: Armenia
Applicant: FPWC/SunChild Production
The young amateur filmmakers from Yerevan managed to shoot a cruel investigative reportage that gripped the jury because of its clear intention and courage.
THE PRIZE FOR THE BEST CAMERA WORK, awarded by the mayor of the city of Banská Bystrica
Film: FJORD
Director: Skule Eriksen
Country: Norway
Applicant: Norwegian Film Institute
The jury was captivated by this poem made of pictures not only because of the brilliant camera work, but also because of its special ability to tell a story without words.
THE PRIZE FOR A FUNNY USE OF ANNIMATIONS, awarded by the mayor of the city of Banská Štiavnica
Film: WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
Director: Toon Loenders
Country: Belgium
Applicant: European Commission
Awarded for a great example of filmmaker's shortcut that presents a stirring idea within a short time.
THE PRIZE FOR THE POLITE COMMENTARY, awarded by the mayor of the city of Zvolen
Film: SKY ISLAND
Director: John Grabowska
Country: USA
Applicant: PBS
A polite documentary about the beautiful nature full of poetic shots that became identical with the commentary spoken by Meryl Streep.
THE PRIZE FOR THE BEST SCREENPLAY, awarded by the mayor of the city of Kremnica
Film: COAL IN THE SOUL
Director: Ondřej Povrazník, Martin Dušek
Country: Czech Republic
Applicant: Česká televízia Praha
With the filmmaker’s courage the authors confronted the stories of two women. In this dramatic fresco they presented the absurdity of the coal mining in the setting of the liquidation of town Horní Jiřetín.
THE PRIZE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA SELF-GOVERNING REGION
Film: KEEPER OF THE WILDERNESS
Director: Robert Rajchl
Country: Slovakia
Applicant: Arolla Film, s. r. o.
This film was created thank to the familiarity with the life of our largest beasts and the respect to the diversity of our nature. It is special because of its attitude and respect.
THE PRIZE OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF RTVS
Film: THE RIVER IN A PERIOD OF TIME
Director: Jiří Václav
Country: Czech Republic
Applicant: Česká televízia Praha
The documentary discovers the history, presence and also the beauties of the river Ohřa through the optic of tree people- an artist, ecologists and geologist. The film gripped the jury with the philosophical overtone together with the simple but effective means of expression.
THE PRIZE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Film: PELICAN´S WATCH
Director: Lea Binzer
Country: Greece
Applicant: studioCrocus & Nico Manessis
The authors managed to depict the alarming problems of insolvable situations of contemporary life through a funny story of two winemakers from one of the oldest vineyards on Greece.
THE PRIZE OF THE FESTIVAL GENERAL PARTNER – FOUNDATION ZSNP and SLOVALCO
Film: MONGOLIA – IN THE SHADOW OF GENGHIS KHAN
Director: Pavol Barabáš
Country: Slovakia
Applicant: K2 Studio
Awarded for a successful attempt of creating a multilayered narrative about the history and presence of Mongolians which was shot with respect and admiration.
THE PRIZE OF THE FESTIVAL GENERAL PARTNER – SITA Slovensko a.s.
Film: PLASTICS. EPISODE FROM A CARTOON SERIES MAŤ TAK
O KOLIESKO VIAC!
Director: Dávid Popovič, Ivan Popovič
Country: Slovakia
Applicant: STV, MY STUDIO
The jury has appreciated the funny and imaginative way of the animations of the story and its didactic content with respect to the children’s perceptive and fantasy.
THE PRIZE OF THE CHILDREN´S JURY
Film: THE RETURN OF THE LYNXES
Director: Tomáš Hulík
Country: Slovakia
Applicant: STV, ARTpoint 2010
By means of this film the authors would like to show the return to values, respecting of the nature and also natural relations we should be more and more aware of.
THE PRIZE OF THE VIEWERS
Film: MONGOLIA – IN THE SHADOW OF GENGHIS KHAN
Director: Pavol Barabáš
Country: Slovakia
Applicant: K2 Studio
THE PRIZE OF THE UNION OF THE SLOVAK TELEVISION PROGRAMME MAKERS AND THE LITERATURE FUND FOR A YOUNG FILMMAKER
For innovative processing of an environmental issue in a student film or a film created by a young professional filmmaker up to 35 years of age, which reflects urgent problems of environmental protection and human existence in today’s world prize is given to
Ivan Kršiak
The graduate of the Academy of Arts, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, the Department of Documentaries in Banská Bystrica. Since 2005 he has been cooperating with the director and cameraman Ľubomír Viluda. They focus mainly on documenting the fate of ordinary people living in Slovakia.
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