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Films Selected to COMPETE

  Fall 2024

ANIMATION





DMZ: Animal Rangers
Director In-pyo Hong
in Animation
Korea, Republic of





BIOGRAPHY

Peace Wilderness Man (35 minute documentary)
Director Tim Millard
in Biography
Australia
   
The Man in the Middle
Director Bedelia Basson
in Biography
South Africa
The Rewilding of Habu
Director Bedelia Basson
in Biography
South Africa


ENTOMOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES

All the Little Things
Director Daniel A Shaykevich
in Entomology Documentaries
United States



ENVIRONMENTAL

A Visit From Will Dilg
Director Steven L Marking
in Environmental
United States

Bird Island Suite
Director Iris Trio
in Environmental
Canada








Good Fire, Bad Fire: Inside the Race to Restore America's Forests
Director Eric Ian
in Environmental
United States



























Ocean Cities exploring our connection to the Sea
Director chuck davis MD, MFA Timothy Beatley PHd
in Environmental
United States


On Sanibel: The Hurricane Diaries
Director Laura Jane DeBruce
in Environmental, Original Score (subcat), Original Song (subcat), Editing (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
United States

ONE NEEDS A TOWN. Zavattini, Luzzara and the Po River
Directors FRANCESCO GRIGNAFFINI CONVERSANO, NENE GRIGNAFFINI
in Environmental
Italy


PRESERVE, PROTECT, PASS ON - Klingnauer Stausee
Director Hassan Lakhdar
in Environmental
Switzerland

SHIRINGA: Fashion regenerating Amazonia
Director Emma Hakansson
in Environmental
Australia
Song of A Lost Tribe, in a Cosmic Rhapsody
Directors Susan Mey Lee Lim, Matthieu Eymard, Christina Teenz Tan
in Environmental, Music Video, Original Song (subcat)
Singapore
Super moss
Director Bruno Victor-Pujebet
in Environmental
France

The Bare Heart
Directors Stephan Witthöft, Mirko Hempel
in Environmental
Germany
The Green Legacy
Director de Mars jerry
in Environmental
Ethiopia
The Last Game
Director Jon Alpert
in Environmental
United States
The Power of One
Directors Alex Valdez, Pablo De la Fuente
in Environmental
United States
The Rhythms Never End
Director Leonard I Eckhaus
in Environmental
United States


Voices for Madidi
Director Jonathan Derksen
in Environmental
Canada

White Rock
Director Stefan Andrews
in Environmental
Australia
Wild Hope: Mission Impossible
Director David Murdock
in Environmental
Wildnis 2.0
Director Patrick Centurioni
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Cinematography (subcat)
Austria



EXPERIMENTAL
ABRACADABRA ...the illusion of change
Director Angela Eames
in Experimental
United Kingdom
AUDIOQUATROSCOPY Warmer Summers since Vivaldi
Director Hans Thierstein
in Experimental
Switzerland
Elemental
Director Marie Gayeski
in Experimental
United States
home
Directors Sue Schroeder, Adam Larsen
in Experimental
United States






FLORA DOCUMENTARY
Amazing Beeches
Director Sam Hay Kauffmann
in Flora Documentary
United States
Devouring Beauties: The Remarkable Pitcherplants
Director Laura Albritton
in Flora Documentary
United States
Seeds of Sovereignty
Director Stuart J Tanner
in Flora Documentary
United States
Wild Hope: Gardner to Guardian
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Flora Documentary
Wild Hope: Rebuilding a Forest
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Flora Documentary
United States
Wild Hope: Vertical Meadows
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Flora Documentary
United States

GEOLOGICAL







HERPETOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES

A Tortoise Called Pumpkin Spice
Director Laura Albritton
in Herpetology Documentaries
United States



Not Just Another Pretty Face
Director Kim Best
in Herpetology Documentaries
United States

Wild Hope: Protecting Paradise
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries, Herpetology Documentaries
United States
Wild Hope: The Frog Ark
Director N/A
in Herpetology Documentaries
United States
Wild Hope: The Serpent's Lair
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Herpetology Documentaries
United States

METEOROLOGY DOCUMENTARIES



Homeland
Director Fardad Azimi
in Meteorology Documentaries
Iran, Islamic Republic of





MUSIC VIDEO


Earth
Director Yura Katynsky
in Music Video
Ukraine
Lost in Harmony
Directors Sanjeev Venkataramanan, Ananthanarayanan SV
in Music Video, Original Concept (subcat), Original Score (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
India

Nightwish-Perfume Of The Timeless
Director Ville Lipiainen
in Music Video
Finland

Pearl
Director Robert Sullivan
in Music Video
United States
Song of A Lost Tribe, in a Cosmic Rhapsody
Directors Susan Mey Lee Lim, Matthieu Eymard, Christina Teenz Tan
in Environmental, Music Video, Original Song (subcat)
Singapore
   
There Is A Moose
Director Robert Hicks
in Music Video, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Original Song (subcat)
United States





NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment





Hunting Unicorns
Director Jimmy Bernasconi
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia





NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment

A Cure for Burnout
Director Nisha Modi
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Bat Boy
Director Aaron Lemle
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Biodiversity in the Heart of the Sky Islands
Director Michelle Gisser
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Chill Ravine
Director Ran Ao
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
China

Glaciers - a poem cycle
Director Sophia Priolo
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United Kingdom

Heart of the Sea
Director Shireen Rahimi
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Bermuda

Mirror Of Heaven
Director Steve Radovan
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Peepal
Director Ganesh Hanmantrao Chowgule
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
India
Ravenala, the lynx
Director Miguel Anton
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Spain



R.E.S.C.U.E.
Director Keenan Ferguson & Assistant Director Biography - Martha McGuinness
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Kenya


Robert Finkle and the Cat
Director Andrew R. Kletjian
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Tail of the twilight cat
Director H Mahesh Haris
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia
The Three Beasts & The Unicorns ~ Prologue
Director Sally E K Warner
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United Kingdom
Wild Hope: America's BFF
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
NWB1974
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Wild Hope: Return of the Manatees
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
WOVEN
Directors Vilsoni Tausie Hereniko, Alex Cantatore
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States




NOVEL





Tuki the Tiger - Middle Grade Novel
Writers Alexis Krasilovsky, Shameem Akhtar
in Novel
United States






OCEAN LIFE DOCUMENTARIES




Cosmogony (English version)
Director Lionel Pawlowski
in Ocean Life Documentaries
France




Magic Meadows – the Power of Seagrass
Director Florian Guthknecht
in Ocean Life Documentaries, Oceanography Documentaries
Germany

Mysterious kelp forest
Director Lynn Klockow
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Germany

NORTH ATLANTIC The Dark Ocean
Director Ken O'Sullivan
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Ireland
Salmon Run
Director Pieter J Kruit
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States
The Charming Leopard Sharks
Director Dr. Alongkot Chukaew
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Thailand


Waves of Tomorrow
Director Marco del Boca
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Spain
Wild Hope: Coral Comeback
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States
Wild Hope: Protecting Paradise
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries, Herpetology Documentaries
United States
Wild Hope: Return of the Manatees
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Wild Hope: The Great Ocean Cleanup
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States
Wild Hope: Turtle Trackers
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ocean Life Documentaries

OCEANOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES



ORNITHOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES


DR Woody : Forest E.R.
Directors Ariane Lamarsaude, Samuel Toutain
in Ornithology Documentaries

LIFE WITH VULTURES
Director COSTAS DRAKOS
in Ornithology Documentaries
Cyprus
Wild Hope: Unleaded
Submitter Kelly Sweet
in Ornithology Documentaries
Wingspan
Director Matthew Fabiano
in Ornithology Documentaries
United States



SCREENPLAY

A brand new day
Writer Lissette Denise Mehl
in Screenplay
Germany

Miles Out
Writer lindsay eleanor smith
in Screenplay
United States
Plume_
Writer Teague Caden Kennedy
in Screenplay
United States

REZ
Writer Listening Raven
in Screenplay
United States
The Vengeance of Nature
Writer Julie Navarrette
in Screenplay
United States
those .p.ersnickity .P.runsNF'AS
Writer Jason Thome
in Screenplay
Turtle On A Fence Post
Writer James Patrick Costello
in Screenplay
United States

Undertow
Writer Dennis J Manning
in Screenplay
United States


TV SHOW
Friends Not Food
Director Peter Stray
in TV Show or pilot
United States



WILDLIFE/NATURE DOCUMENTARIES


Bamboo. Are you happy？
Director Mingyi Jing
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
China

Bold North
Director Benji Inniger
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat)
United States
Burrow Buddies - A European ground squirrel story
Director Angelika Sigl
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Germany
















Grasping at the Roots
Directors Keenan Lacy-Rhodes, Leah Derae
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Jaguar - Jungle Icon of Guyana
Director Marion Poellmann
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Germany









Lions of the Skeleton Coast
Director Will and Lianne Steenkamp
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Editing (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
Austria
Look Down Not Up
Director Alok Tuladhar
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat)
Nepal
Monsters
Director Skyler Thomas
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Paradox
Director Kendra Carano
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Pennsylvania: A Keystone for Wildlife
Submitter Tracy Graziano
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Content/Message Delivery (subcat)
United States
Seizure
Director Matt Durrant
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Australia
Southern Ontario Almanac
Director David Lightheart
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Canada
The Bulls of the Cold. Homecoming.
Director Marina Kalinina
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Russian Federation
The Last Dolphin of the Sacred River
Director Kevin Sempé
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
France
The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay
Director Kim Smith
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States

The Ramba Effect
Director Claire Sandberg
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States

Welcome Home
Director Alan Lacy
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Wildnis 2.0
Director Patrick Centurioni
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Cinematography (subcat)
Austria
Wild Orchid Man On The Rocks
Director Darryl R Saffer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Win-win for bats and road-Bat Cave Ecology on Taiwan’s Provincial Highway No. 2 Coastal Highway
Director Den Wen-bin
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Taiwan

YOUTH PRODUCED

Brookesia and I
Director Franchisco Hamm
in Youth Produced
Korea, Republic of

Roar and Resilience
Director Viren Bhaika
in Youth Produced
India