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