We are happy to announce the nominated films for this years Innsbruck Nature Film Festival!

Congratulations to the following filmmakers:

Nature Documentaries:

• Kaktus Hotel; Yann Sochaczewski; Germany
• SOKO Gartenschläfer; Rosie Koch; Germany
• Heimat verloren – Wo ist der Heufalter geblieben? / A Butterfly’s Tale; Jan Haft; Germany
• Sanfte Berge, wilde Moore: das Voralpenland / Gentle Mountains: The Foothills of the Alps; Patrick Centurioni; Austria
• The Ocean’s Greatest Feast; Mea Trenor; South Africa
• Eine Oase im Sand / Once upon a time in Tsavo    Victoria Stone; Mark Deeble; UK/Austria
• Mitbestimmung im Tierreich / Animal Democracy – the Chief consults; Baus Emma; France
• Die Rückkehr der Auerochsen / The Return of the Aurochs; Michael Schlamberger; Austria
• Im Reich des Regenwurms / Soil Saviors – Protecting the Realm of the Earthworm; Anna Pflüger; Germany
• Secret of the Forest: The Caracal; Ece Soydam; Turkey
• Treasure of the Caribbean; Anna Salceda; Austria
• Light Needs; Jesse McLean; United States
• Die Eiche / Le Chêne; Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydouc; France
• Wolf; Cees van Kempen; Netherlands

Environmental Documentaries:

• Sleepless Birds; Dana Melaver, Tom Claudon; France; 
• The Dark Side of Bright Nights; Sander van Iersel, Tim Visser; Germany
• A World to Shape; Ton van Zantvoort; Netherlands
• Finance & Greenwashing; Romain Girard, Matteo Born; Switzerland
• Greenwashing – the Climate Killers; Claire Tesson; France
• Duty of Care – The Climate Trials;Nic Balthazar; Belgium
• The Illusion of Abundance; Erika Gonzalez Ramirez, Matthieu Lietaert; Belgium
• Bridging Troubled Waters; Ran Levy-Yamamori; Israel
• Die toten Vögel sind oben / Dead birds flying high; Sönje Storm; Germany
• The Invisible Extinction; Steven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck; United States           
• System Change; Klaus Sparwasser; Germany
• Die Stangenbohnenpartei / The Stringbeanparty; Paddy Schmitt; Germany
• The Last Transhumance; Dragos Lumpan; Romania
• Deep Rising; Matthieu Rytz; United States
• All That Breathes; Shaunak Sen; India
• The Last Tourist; Tyson Sadler; Canada
• Holy Shit, Rubén Abruña; Germany

Short Films:

• Agriculture is over!; Antoine de Bujadoux; France
• Bis zum letzten Tropfen; Harry Putz; Austria
• Circles Oliver Rienzner; Christoph Amort; Austria
• Drowning Fish; Amir El-Shenawy; Egypt
• Incipience; Yaroslav Bulavin; Serbia/Russia
• Journey to Ithaka; Michael Westreicher, Jenny Ioannou; Austria
• Joy; Aner Etxebarria Moral; Spain
• Können Robben vor Gericht ziehen? / Can Seals go to Court?; Antonia Lily Schanze; Germany
• L’arte dell’ attivismo; Giorgio Blanco; Italy
• Madre Mar; Arthur Neumeier; Portugal
• Náttúrubönd; Sven Peetoom, Gríma Irmudóttir, Jonathan Damborg; Iceland
• Older Than Trees; Pippa Ehrlich; South Africa
• Protecting the River Krupa; Ciril Jazbec; Slovenia
• Regenerate Ojai; Rebecca Tickell, Josh Tickell; United States
• The Birdcarver; Felipe Santos Rosa; Brazil
• Water / Bodies – Tigre Delta; Niño Betancourt; Croatia
• Where The Wild Trees Grow; Nina Kormann; Germany
• Wrought; Joel Penner, Anna Sigrithur; Canada

Animation Films:

• Code Rose; Taye CIMON, Pierre COËZ, Julie GROUX, Sandra LEYDIER, Manuarii MOREL, Romain SEISSON; France
• Decent Hoggery; Martin Helstab; Hungary
• Inbetweening Beings; Isaac King; Canada
• Living a different Life; Mehdi Hosseinzade; Iran
• PLSTC; Laen Sanches; France
• Sunflower; Natalia Chernysheva; France     
• Wolves – Born to rewild; Gareth Daniel Broadbent; Netherlands

Short Films for Kids:

• Biber in der Stadt; Yaz Ellis, Jack Mifflin; Austria
• Der Wald hinter den Bäumen; Gamander López-Caparrós Jungmann; Germany
• Fische mit Superkräften; Hendrik Sebastian Schmitt; Germany
• Packing the Wave; Edu Glez; Spain
• Die Gefahr von oben; Mariam Khayat; Saudi Arabia
• What’s Up with the Sky?; Irene Iborra; Spain
• Sunflower; Natalia Chernysheva; France