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Festival 2003



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Matsalu International Nature Film Festival

1st Matsalu International Nature Film Festival


1st Matsalu Nature Film Festival has now become history.
During three days 23 competing films from 7 different countries were shown to the public.


RESULTS


Festival jury consisting of:
Rein Maran (Chair)
Matti Helminen
Kaja Lotmant
Peep Puks
Tiit Pääsuke
decided to present the festival awards as follows:

The Grand Prix:
"Siberian Survivos"
director Tom Arnbom, New Sealand

I Prize:
"Brigade"
director Liivo Niglas, Estonia

II Prize:
"The Flying Squirrel"
director Harri Paavola, Finland

II Prize:
"Land of Bighorn"
director Vassili Sarana, Russia

Special Prize of the Jury:
"We live in Estonia’s Forest"
director Rein Hanson, Estonia

"The Sanctuary"
director Ago Ruus, Estonia

"On the Border of Land and Water"
director Roman Debski, Poland

"Protected Insects"
director Roman Debski, Poland

"The Black Spawn"
director Edmunds Jansons, Latvia

"Laponia – Land of Midnight Sun"
director Tom Arnbom, Sweden

Special Prize Matsalu National Park:
"The Road to the Lake Taymenye"
director Aleksandr Birjuk, Russia

Special Prize Estonian Ministry of Environment:
"Terra Maritima"
director Ago Ruus, Estonia



LIST OF FILMS


- competition program

Beauty of Living
Mare Albri
Estonia
Protected Insects
Roman Debski
Poland
Laponia – Land of Midnight Sun
Tom Arnbom
Sweden
Far-away Yaktali
Vassili Sarana
Russia
Bats
Jerzy Bezkowski
Poland
The Flying Squirrel
Harri Paavola
Finland
We live in Estonia’s Forest
Rein Hanson
Estonia
Brigade
Liivo Niglas
Estonia
Next to Europe
Veiko Taluste
Estonia
The Friendship on The Separated Land
Aleksander Birjuk
Russia
The Road to the Lake Taymenye
Aleksander Birjuk
Russia
Land of Bighorn
Vassili Sarana
Russia
Siberian Survivos
Tom Arnbom
New Sealand
Väinameri. Coastal Nature
Aivo Spitsonok
Estonia
Homo Sapiens
Elen Lotman
Estonia
Lake Lubans – squaring the Circle
Dainis Klava
Latvia
Terra Maritima
Ago Ruus
Estonia
On the Border of Land and Water
Roman Debski
Poland
The Black Spawn
Edmunds Jansons
Latvia
Salmon Life Circle
Aivo Spitsonok
Estonia
The Return of the Salmon
Ryszard Wyrzykowski
Poland
The Sanctuary
Ago Ruus
Estonia
Hunting Estonan Style
Rein Hanson
Estonia
Ozone
ETV
Estonia
Equilibrum
Vesilind OÜ
Estonia
Out-Going
VFS
Latvia
Julek and the Animals
WFOiPE
Poland
The Trap
WFOiPE
Poland
Noah’s Arc
YLE
Finland
Five Seasons of Soomaa
Peeter Brambat
Estonia
Living Witnesses to the Iceage
Zbigniew Bacynski
Poland
A Billion Years B.C.
Aleksander Birjuk
Russia
Latvia - North-Vidzeme
Latvia
Friend or Enemy
Rein Hanson
Estonia
A Dog’s Life
Toivo Kaskpeit
Estonia
Home of the Sun
Urmas E. Liiv
Estonia
Yuri Vella’s World
Liivo Niglas
Estonia
Roof on the Moonway
Maris Maskalans,
Andris Miziðs
Latvia
Mosku – the Last of His Kind
Tapio Suominen
Finland
Umur
Kai Lehtinen
Finland