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Films Selected to COMPETE

  Fall 2023

ANIMATION



Amplifying Feedback Loop
Director Vanessa Sweet
in Animation
United States

Músika
Director alberto rubio herrera
in Animation
United States


BIOGRAPHY


Maa-yiem, the extraordinary story of Jordi Sabater Pi
Director Alfonso Par
in Biography
Spain


ENTOMOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
The Bee
Director Kim Lowe
in Environmental, Entomology Documentaries, Content/Message Delivery (subcat)
United States
The Mimic
Director W. W. Webb
in Entomology Documentaries
United States


ENVIRONMENTAL
Broken Worlds: The Island
Director Robyn Flanery
in Environmental, Editing (subcat)
United States
Cutting the Line
Director William Bendix
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
Namibia
DOWNWIND
Directors Mark Samuel Shapiro, Douglas Brian Miller
in Environmental
United States
Dust
Director Chris Fischer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
United States
Earth Beneath a Dark Lid
Director Amir Muratović
in Environmental
Slovenia
Eroding History
Director Andre Chung
in Environmental
United States
Exxtinction Emergency
Directors Sigurjón (Joni) Sighvatsson, Scott Hardie (co-director)
in Environmental, Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat)
Iceland
Fields of Devotion
Directors Dena Katzen Seidel, Micah Seidel
in Environmental
United States
For Tomorrow
Director An Tran
in Environmental
Canada
Harvest to Home (Solving the World’s Food Deserts)
Directors Jonathan Broughton, Andrew Lococo
in Environmental
United States
India's Leopard Attacks
Directors Vikram Singh, Girish Juneja
in Environmental
United Kingdom
Inner Compass Signals
Director Kathleen E Houston
in Environmental
Canada
Island Lobsterman
Director Andrew Lyman-Clarke
in Environmental
United States
Keeper of the Bay
Director Ashley LoFaso
in Environmental
United States
Life of Mohéli
Directors Martin Kováč, Richard Krebs
in Environmental
Slovakia


Mekong Apocalypse
Director Michael Buckley
in Environmental
Canada
Mojave Roads
Director Katie Scott
in Environmental
MONGOLIA, VALLEY OF THE BEARS (Rough Cut version)
Director Hamid Sardar
in Environmental
France
Organic Soil – Organic Soul
Director Tom Alesch
in Environmental
Luxembourg
Paddling the Margins
Director Jack River Hampton
in Environmental
United Kingdom
Planet Soil
Director Mark Verkerk
in Environmental
Netherlands

RELENTLESS
Director Thomas Lindsey Haskin
in Environmental
United States
Resurrecting Eden: The Coralfighters of Curacao
Director Florian Guthknecht
in Environmental, Ocean Life Documentaries
Germany


Right Over the Edge: The Search for the North Pacific Right Whale
Directors Kevin Campion, Shawnecee Schneider, Lindsay Trex Walker
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Ocean Life Documentaries, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Talking Hands - Leitmotiv of Gold
Director Camilo Gomez-Duran
in Environmental
Colombia
The Bee
Director Kim Lowe
in Environmental, Entomology Documentaries, Content/Message Delivery (subcat)
United States
The Erie Situation
Director David J Ruck
in Environmental
United States
The Forest Growing From the Sea
Director Senyang Liu
in Environmental
China
THE LIQUID GOLD 1: THE OLIVE GROWING HERITAGE
Directors Marco Calabria, Franciso Dias
in Environmental
Portugal

The Planet Earth Kit
Director Mathew Raymund Norton
in Environmental
Australia

THE URGENCY OF NOW
Director KC Schulberg
in Environmental
United States
Through The Looking Glass
Director Michael Patrick Davidson
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Music Video, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
United States
Twin Oaks
Director Sean O'Connor
in Environmental
United States
We're All Going To Die
Director Benjamin Knight
in Environmental
Germany

You Just Can't See Them From The Road
Directors Keely Brazil Covello, Michaela Brazil Gillies
in Environmental





FLORA DOCUMENTARY
Cactus Safari
Director Kathleen Elizabeth Houston
in Flora Documentary
Canada

GEOLOGICAL


Living with Landslides
Director Laure Quinlivan
in Geological Documentaries
United States
Other Kohinoors, the Rocks of Hyderabad
Director Uma Magal
in Geological Documentaries, Original Song (subcat)
India
Salted Earth
Director Ben Hemmings
in Geological Documentaries, Cinematography (subcat)
United States
The Red Creek Sessions
Director Justin Harris
in Geological Documentaries
United States

HERPETOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES










METEOROLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
32 TRILLION GALLONS: California's Deadly Month-Long Storm
Submitter MyRadar Weather Radar
in Meteorology Documentaries
United States




Hurricane Ian - Ground Zero
Submitter MyRadar Weather Radar
in Meteorology Documentaries
United States



MUSIC VIDEO

Biopixels
Submitter Kristina Dutton
in Music Video, Original Concept (subcat)
United States
CREMANTIQUE
Director Remy Powell Lamont
in Music Video, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat), Original Concept (subcat)
United Kingdom

Save Me
Directors Heidi Zimmerman, Michael Peterson
in Music Video
United States

Through The Looking Glass
Director Michael Patrick Davidson
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Music Video, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
United States
Water
Director Walter Holland
in Music Video
United States



NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment

Dust
Director Chris Fischer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
United States
End of Trip - Sahara
Director Antonio Rodríguez Cabal
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Spain
Right Over the Edge: The Search for the North Pacific Right Whale
Directors Kevin Campion, Shawnecee Schneider, Lindsay Trex Walker
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Ocean Life Documentaries, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Shaakuntalam
Director Gunasekhar Karri
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
India
Sparrow Street
Director Billy Jack
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Original Score (subcat), Actress: Supporting (subcat)
United States
THE TRAP
Director Nadejda Atanasova Koseva
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Bulgaria

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment

Almost Ancestors
Director Brišind
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Back To Earth
Director Kevin Michael Jones
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Grading Animals w/ JKAPS
Director Jonathan M Kaplan
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Original Concept (subcat)
United States

Invader and Defender
Director YIWEN CAO
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Hong Kong

KANGAL: A LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN
Directors Tomas Krsiak, Ivan Krsiak
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Slovakia
Legendary skies
Director Ariel Neo
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
France
Making Space for Nature
Director Ian George Sciacaluga
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United Kingdom
Snap Away: The Search for the Opalescent Arctail
Director Cole Goco
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Stay Wild
Director Corey Woods
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Canada
The Disconnection
Director Frank Metivier
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Canada
The Garden of Absolute truths
Director valerie hird
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Through The Looking Glass
Director Michael Patrick Davidson
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Music Video, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
United States



Wild Territory
Director Samuel Steiner Riley
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia

WOLVES - BORN TO REWILD - Director's cut
Director Gareth Daniel Broadbent
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Netherlands


OCEAN LIFE DOCUMENTARIES

Aliquam 3 - New Zealand
Directors Anthony Gordon, Nathan Roderick
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Australia



Creatures of the Kaleidoscope
Director Hannah Jodie Alexander
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United Kingdom


Fish With A Story
Directors Karen Logan, Melissa Raemakers
in Ocean Life Documentaries
South Africa


Resurrecting Eden: The Coralfighters of Curacao
Director Florian Guthknecht
in Environmental, Ocean Life Documentaries
Germany
Right Over the Edge: The Search for the North Pacific Right Whale
Directors Kevin Campion, Shawnecee Schneider, Lindsay Trex Walker
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Ocean Life Documentaries, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Shifting Gears: Coral Reef Restoration
Submitter MyRadar Weather Radar
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States

The Whaler
Director Philippe Blanc
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Switzerland

OCEANOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES

Voyage of Discovery - The Blue Belt Expedition
Director Lawrence Eagling
in Oceanography Documentaries
United Kingdom

ORNITHOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES



Learning to Condor
Director Michael Love
in Ornithology Documentaries
United States




PHOTOGRAPHY


Pure Red September
Submitter Zhes Photo
in Photography
Israel
The World Around Us
Submitter Christie Goldstein
in Photography
United States



SCREENPLAY

ANIMAL MESSENGER - A True Story
Writer Bonnie Norton
in Screenplay
United States
Animaland
Writer Charline Odiot
in Screenplay
United States
For Everyone, Everything
Writer Patrick Ross
in Screenplay
United States

NATURE CALLS, CAT ANSWERS
Writer Christopher Boyce
in Screenplay
United States
Revenge of the Servants of the Gods
Writer Judy Elizabeth Brulo
in Screenplay
United Kingdom
Sandstorm
Writer Terry Luke Podnar
in Screenplay
United States
The Falconer - Alsaqarin
Writer John Matthew Tyson
in Screenplay
United States
Triumph of the Wolves
Writer D.B. Lloyd
in Screenplay
United States
Watchlist
Writer Alex Vickery-Howe
in Screenplay
Australia


TV SHOW
Cacaoistas
Submitter Giada Del Drago
in TV Show or pilot, Original Concept (subcat)
United Kingdom



WILDLIFE/NATURE DOCUMENTARIES

Cactus, Love, Mountains: A Psychedelic Journey with Huachuma
Director kai (kaitz) ilya brebner
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Israel
Cutting the Line
Director William Bendix
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
Namibia
Druid
Director Emer OShea
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Ireland
Dust
Director Chris Fischer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
United States
Fanel and Chablais de Cudrefin - When nature takes back its right
Director Hassan Lakhdar
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Switzerland
Flyways: the untold journey of migratory shorebirds
Director Randall Wood
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Australia
HERE FOR NOW
Director Luka Raubenheimer
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Australia

Heroines of the savannah
Director Eduardo Barrachina
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Spain
Horseshoe Crab Moon
Director Mitchell Smith
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
JAWAI
Director Katya Ignatiev
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United Kingdom


Mussel Grubbing: A Citizen Science Treasure Hunt
Director Jason Lindsey
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States



One Million Fish: Reviving China Lake Outlet Stream
Director Jerry Monkman
in Wildlife/Nature Documentari


Rewilding the Riverbank
Director Natasha Phillips
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United Kingdom
Right Over the Edge: The Search for the North Pacific Right Whale
Directors Kevin Campion, Shawnecee Schneider, Lindsay Trex Walker
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Ocean Life Documentaries, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States


Saving Gentle Giants
Director Mariclare Carey-Jones
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United Kingdom
The Bat Couple
Director Simpa Samson
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Nigeria
The winter walk of a filmmaker of our time
Director Luis García Ferreras
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Spain
Through The Looking Glass
Director Michael Patrick Davidson
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Music Video, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
United States




Visions in the Dark
Director Flavia Moraes
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Song (subcat), Editing (subcat)
United States

Wekweètì and Ekwǫ̀ (Wekweètì and Caribou)
Director Nadine Neema
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Canada



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