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and Best of Festival winner will be invited to have their film showcased at our
Multi-Festival events.
We also might choose a few Best Of Show and Outstanding Excellence  winners
to be showcased, depending on local demographics for the film.

Films NOMINATED to COMPETE

Summer 2021

ANIMATION


Eternal Igloo
Director Mostafa Keshvari
in Animation
Canada
FRUITVILLE
Directors Lallan Samaroo, Larry Horrell
in Animation, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Original Concept (subcat)
Trinidad and Tobago
Illuminated
Director Meirav Heiman
in Animation
Israel
I'm a Child
Directors Kaitlin McQueeney, Eliézer Ojeda, Barbara McQueeney
in Animation
United States

Walden
Director Kate Mercer
in Animation
United Kingdom


BIOGRAPHY




















ENTOMOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES

Milkweed
Director Nathan J. Stumpff
in Entomology Documentaries, Original Score (subcat)
United States

Power for Pollinators
Director Mathew Schmid
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Flora Documentary, Entomology Documentaries, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Cinematography (subcat)
United States

The Hunt for the Asian Giant Hornet
Director Jay Windland
in Entomology Documentaries
United States



ENVIRONMENTAL
ACID MINE NATION Ep 4 - The Navajo Effect
Director Tom Schillaci
in Environmental
United States
A River Speaks
Director Stephen Hamm
in Environmental
United States
Beavers without Borders
Director Nina Constable
in Environmental
United Kingdom
Bee Aware
Directors Maria Trimarco Luskay, Lou Guarneri, Christopher Sinise, Alek Zawadski, Brian McDermott
in Environmental
United States
Cleaning the planet Earth
Director Anna Girbau
in Environmental
Spain
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
Director Susan Gray
in Environmental
United States
Erased
Director Anna Friedland
in Environmental
Flames
Submitter peggy keilman
in Environmental
United States
For Western Port
Director Terry Melvin
in Environmental
Australia
Hydroponics at Sindyanna of Galilee
Director Steven Hoffen
in Environmental, Youth Produced
United States
Inferno Without Borders
Submitter Sandrine Charruyer
in Environmental
Australia
Little Fish
Director Edward Columbia
in Environmental
United States
MOM's: More Than An Organic Market
Director Dorlisa Hommel
in Environmental
United States
Nissequogue River - A Beautiful Ecosystem
Director Lex Szymczyk
in Environmental
Paths
Director Xabier Unanua
in Entomology Documentaries
Spain
"Reggie's Forest"
Directors Simona Calin, Dave Messick
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
United States
Searching for Pura Vida
Director Marten Leurdijk
in Environmental
Netherlands
Setting out for Sustainability
Directors Michelle Whiting, Alexa Ott
in Environmental
United States
Sounding the Alarm ~ America's Climate Crisis
Director Peter Goetz
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
United States
TARKINE TOGETHER - 60 mins
Director Rhys Shepherd
in Environmental
Australia
THE DARK SIDE OF GREEN ENERGIES
Directors Jean-Louis Pérez, Guillaume Pitron
in Environmental
French Southern Territories
The Great Atchafalaya Basin
Director Mark Knight
in Environmental
United States
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva
Directors Camilla Becket, James Becket
in Environmental
Australia
The Time We Have Left
Directors Blake McWilliam, Niobe Thompson
in Environmental
Canada
The Jewels of the Salton Sea - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - MICHAEL MADSEN/GRACE VITALI/STEVEN VITALI
Director Steven Vitali
in Environmental, Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Original Score (subcat)
United States
The Voice of a River
Director Carlos Gonzalez
in Environmental
They Keep Quiet So We Make Noise
Director Marlena Skrobe
in Environmental
United States

Tropic of Chaos
Director angelo loy
in Environmental
Italy
Where Buffalo Roam
Directors Larry Laverty, Isaac Pingree
in Environmental
United States
Wild farms
Director Thierry Robert
in Environmental
France











FLORA DOCUMENTARY
Memories of the Future
Director Ben Fiscella Meissner
in Flora Documentary
Mexico
The Meadow - Paradise Lost
Director Jan Haft
in Flora Documentary, Original Score (subcat)
Germany


Power for Pollinators
Director Mathew Schmid
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Flora Documentary, Entomology Documentaries, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Cinematography (subcat)
United States

To Be Blunt
Director Brian Ronalds
in Flora Documentary
United States
Wild Orchid Man - Search for the Queen of Sheba
Submitter Darryl Saffer
in Flora Documentary
United States



GEOLOGICAL



















HERPETOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
A fragile glass
Director Martina Selva
in Herpetology Documentaries
Italy

From the Mountains to the Ocean: Turtles of Alabama
Director Josef Fairbanks
in Herpetology Documentaries
United States







METEOROLOGY DOCUMENTARIES




















NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment
BULA
Director Boris Baum
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Belgium

Deep Yoga
Director Sophie Hawkins
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Canada
FRUITVILLE
Directors Lallan Samaroo, Larry Horrell
in Animation, Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Original Concept (subcat)
Trinidad and Tobago

Jack and the Treehouse
Director Jim Schneider
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
The Hunt for the Asian Giant Hornet
Director Jay Windland
in Entomology Documentaries
United States

We've only got this world
Director Peter Walker
in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Vanuatu


NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment
Amy and the Tortoise - How Animals Saved the Planet
Director John Leben
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
(crude) Oil
Director Jonathan Hetler
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States


Gaia
Director Hector Quijano
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
It's Only Natural
Director Ro Privett
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia
Keystone
Director Maggie O'Dea
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
LAGUNA BEACH – Ten Challenges to its Legacy and Character
Directors Ron Chilcote, Charles Michael Murray
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Lifelines
Director brooke smiley
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Life of the Sengi
Director Tiffany Deater
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Lifted
Director Sam Troz
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Other Plans
Director Roy Davidson
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Malta
PARALLELES
Director Ambroise CARMINATI
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
France
Permafrost
Director Aeryn Lee
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Original Concept (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Actor: Supporting (subcat), Actress: Supporting (subcat), Actor: Lead (subcat), Actress: Lead (subcat)
United States
Power for Pollinators
Director Mathew Schmid
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Flora Documentary, Entomology Documentaries, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Cinematography (subcat)
United States
Quintessence I & II: Moving Softly in the Dark & Moving Gently in the Light
Directors Ariana Pirela Sánchez, Janette K Hopper
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States

Rafiki
Director Carl Davis
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
Red bean
Director Yu CHEN
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
China
Red Maasai Heritage
Director Fiona Tande
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Kenya
PARALLELES
Director Ambroise CARMINATI
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
France
Sky Islands: a time travel in the Andes Mountains
Director Catalina Giraldo
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Netherlands
Smoldering Ice
Director Aaron T Lewis
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
SOL
Director Christian Taylor
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
South Africa
terra incognita
Director Aviv Brender
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
United States
The Need for Connectivity
Directors William Freund, Max Freund
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Content/Message Delivery (subcat)
United States
The Picturesque Beast
Director Theodor Nymark
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Denmark

The Tales of the Lost and Found
Director Ksenia Ratushnaya
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Russian Federation


Walk With Me
Director Yantra de Vilder
in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment
Australia

OCEAN LIFE DOCUMENTARIES
50 shades of sharks
Directors ALEXIS BARBIER-BOUVET , DIDIER NOIROT
in Ocean Life Documentaries
France
A Whale's Worth
Directors Juan Antonio Rodríguez Llano, Felipe Pinzón Barbosa
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Spain
Galapagos: Secrets of the Ocean Giants
Director Jeffrey Garriock
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Canada
INTO THE BLUE: The Wonders of The Coral Triangle
Director Robert Fonollosa
in Ocean Life Documentaries, Cinematography (subcat)
Spain
Observations at 65° South
Director Lilian Hess
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Germany
On The Trail Of The Humpback Whale
Director Tony Whelan
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Ireland
The Long Coast
Director Ian Cheney
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States









OCEANOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES




Coding for Crayfish
Directors Serge Raemaekers, Karen Logan
in Oceanography Documentaries
South Africa
Fins Attached
Submitter Kristin Arnold Ruyle
in Oceanography Documentaries
United States











ORNITHOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES

Bird LA Day 2015
Director Erik Friedl
in Ornithology Documentaries
United States
Draw me a swallow
Director Hassan Lakhdar
in Ornithology Documentaries
Switzerland

Full Circle
Director Anne Via McCollough
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Ornithology Documentaries
United States
LAND of the SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER, two parts (English)
Director Iuliia Darkova
in Ornithology Documentaries
Russian Federation
May they Fly
Director Manon Cole
in Ornithology Documentaries
Belgium
Mysteries of the Goose
Director Samuel Guiton
in Ornithology Documentaries
France
The White-Throated Sparrow Project
Director Tiffany Deater
in Ornithology Documentaries
United States
Tits & More
Director Michael Slowe
in Ornithology Documentaries
United Kingdom


SCREENPLAY



Exquisite Wasteland - Script
Writer David Vassar
in Screenplay
United States

Quest for the Golden Orb
Submitter Robert Drusetta
in Screenplay
Australia


Sky Squadron
Submitter Robert Drusetta
in Screenplay
Australia

South By Southeast
Writer John Hancock
in Screenplay


WILDLIFE/NATURE DOCUMENTARIES

Arctic Encounters (English version)
Director Cristiana Bontemps
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Monaco
Australia Burns...silence of the land
Director Shane McLachlan
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Australia
Blue Brazil
Director Cristian Dimitrius
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Song (subcat)
Brazil
Foxxy & Coco
Director Chris Kerin
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Full Circle
Director Anne Via McCollough
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Ornithology Documentaries
United States
I am a guardian
Directors Bianca Butti, Claire Paparazzo
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
LOST KINGS OF BIOKO
Director Oliver Goetzl
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
Germany
MENORCA, BIOSPHERE RESERVE
Director Toni Escandell y Jordi Escandell
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Spain
MicroKansas - Tribulation
Director Bobby Obermite
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States



LEOPARD LEGACY
Directors Will Steenkamp, Lianne Steenkamp
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat), SoundEditing (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Editing (subcat)
South Africa
Mark of the Jaguar
Directors Dave Taylor, April Kelly
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
Monkey (R)Evolution – Thailand’s Diving Macaques
Directors Dominque Hennequin, Cyril Ruoso
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
France
Power for Pollinators
Director Mathew Schmid
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental, Flora Documentary, Entomology Documentaries, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Cinematography (subcat)
United States
"Reggie's Forest"
Directors Simona Calin, Dave Messick
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
United States
Sounding the Alarm ~ America's Climate Crisis
Director Peter Goetz
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Environmental
United States
The Circle of Moose
Director Josefin Kuschela
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Germany
The Epic Adventure of a Hedgehog
Director Guillaume Poyet
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
France
The forest within us
Director Végh Attila
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Hungary


The Hubble Reef
Director Ethan Soule
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
United States
The Rabbit, Designed for Survival
Director Hervé Glabeck
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
France
Very Clever Goats
Director Hervé Glabeck
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
France

WHITE WOLVES – GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Director Oliver Goetzl
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Original Score (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
Germany
'Wild Horses - A Micro/Mini-documentary'
Director William E. Simpson II
in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Cinematography (subcat)
United States


YOUTH PRODUCED
Hydroponics at Sindyanna of Galilee
Director Steven Hoffen
in Environmental, Youth Produced
United States
Now I am an Axolotl
Director Alejandra Medellín
in Youth Produced
Mexico