FESTIVAL 2008


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Matsalu International Nature Film Festival

Awards of the Matsalu Film Festival 2009

Festival jury consisting of:
Irjaleena Eriksson (Chairwoman)
Derek Peter Kilkenny-Blake
Rein Kuresoo
Alo Põldmäe
Peeter Simm
decided to present the festival awards as follows:

The Grand Prix


“Old Man and Moose”
director Joosep Matjus, Estonia

I prize


Category “Nature”
“Wild Russia. Kamchatka”
director Christian Baumeister, Germany

Category “Man and Nature”
“Those Waiting for the Birds”
director Eve Duchemin, Estonia

Special Prize of the Jury


“First Flight. A Mother Hummingbird’s Story”
directors Noriko Carroll, Don Carroll, USA

“Red-Throated Diver – the Cry from the Pond”
director Pekka Mandart, Finland

“Lynx Hunters”
director Lars Nilssen, Norway

Best Director


Category “Nature”
“Wild Russia. The Urals”
director Oliver Goetzl, Germany

Category “Man and Nature”
“Vultures have Wings”
directors Marcus Negrão, Andre Rangel, Brazil

Best Photography


Category “Nature”
“The Forest”
photographers Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, Germany

Category “Man and Nature”
“Old Man and Moose”
photographer Joosep Matjus, Estonia

Special Prizes


Haapsalu’sYouth Jury
"Homo Delphinus"
director Vincent Amouroux, France

Estonian Ministery of Environment
"The Soul Of Water"
director Kurt Skoog, Sweden

West- Estonian County
"Old Man and Moose"
director Joosep Matjus, Estonia

Haapsalu Town
"The Soul of Water"
director Kurt Skoog, Sweden

Matsalu National Park
"Otter Man"
director Zoltan Török, Hungary

Estonian Fund for Nature
"Red-Throated Diver. The Cry from the Pond"
directors Hannu Siitonen, Pekka Mandart, Finland

Tallinn Zoo
"Ivo – the Unauthorized Biography of a Zoo Gorilla"
director Annick van Wijk, The Netherlands