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Winter 2023
ANIMATION
BIOGRAPHY
ENTOMOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
ENVIRONMENTAL
FLORA DOCUMENTARY
GEOLOGICAL
HERPETOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
METEOROLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
MUSIC VIDEO
NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment
NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment
OCEAN LIFE DOCUMENTARIES
OCEANOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES
ORNITHOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
SCREENPLAY
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Winter 2023
ANIMATION
| Requiem (Kalyakoorl) Director Kirsten Hudson in Animation Australia |
| Safari Directors Vu Nguyen Cat, Nghi Nguyen Hoang in Animation Viet Nam |
| The End of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch | The Ocean Cleanup Director Oliver Kentner in Animation Germany |
BIOGRAPHY
ENTOMOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
| Hive to Honey Director Joel Delgado in Entomology Documentaries United States |
ENVIRONMENTAL
| A Message From The Kogi Tribe of the Don Diego River Basin Director Boris Thompson-Roylance in Environmental United Kingdom |
| A Rally for Rangers Director Eric Daft in Environmental United States |
| Before You Eat Director Kasan Kurdi in Ocean Life Documentaries, Environmental, Original Song (subcat) Indonesia |
| Changing Seas: "Saving Florida's Starving Manatees" Submitter Alexa Elliott in Environmental United States |
| Climate Change Across America, Inglorious Events Director Bruce Melton in Environmental United States |
| Down River Jordan Director Addie Navarro in Environmental United States |
| Echoes of the Earth Submitter Myrah Rafiah rene Beverly in Environmental |
| Eco Arts in Action Director Terry Melvin in Environmental |
| Fair Seas - The Kingdom of Kerry Director Natasha Phillips in Environmental United Kingdom |
| Farmers dealing with poaching crime scenes Directors Max Lévine, Flo Lemonnier in Environmental, Original Concept (subcat) France |
| First River: How Arkansas Saved a National Treasure Director Michelle West in Environmental United States |
| Into the Paleolithic. Nomads of the Rhone valley, France Director Rob Hope in Environmental |
| LOOSING GROUND Directors Angelo Loy, Martino Mazzonis in Environmental Italy |
| Making Pandemics Director Marie-Monique Robin in Environmental France |
| Messages from the Marsh - parts 1-3, mixed with A Rumble Inside Director Amy Kaczur in Environmental United States |
| Nuclear Mist Chaos Director vasilika vanya marinkovic in Environmental United States |
| Pteredroma - in search of the Kermadec petrel Director Stuart Cohen in Environmental Australia |
| SB2508: A Death Threat to Everglades Restoration Director Noah Alexander Miller in Environmental United States |
| STOPPING THE NEXT PANDEMICS Director Xavier Deleu in Environmental France |
| The Birdcarver Director Felipe Santos Rosa in Environmental Brazil |
| The Game of Horns Director Coyote Peterson in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Environmental United States |
| The Green Man Director SUBHASH V K in Environmental India |
| Value crisis - Conversations with Dr. Gyulai Iván - Conversation 1. Director Katalin Laár-Sramkó in Environmental Hungary |
| We Speak for the Forests Director zephyr elise in Environmental United States |
| When the Ocean Turns BLACK Director Ran Levy-Yamamori in Environmental Peru |
| Who Are the Marcuses? Director Matthew Mishory in Environmental Israel |
FLORA DOCUMENTARY
| LOVING GRASSLANDS Director Brendan Joseph Guerin in Flora Documentary Australia |
GEOLOGICAL
| Hypnotic Director Carlos Virgili in Geological Documentaries Spain |
| Lava Bombs Director Alexander John Whittle in Geological Documentaries United Kingdom |
| Teide, a world born of fire Directors Domingo Damián Ojeda, Javier Gil in Geological Documentaries Spain |
HERPETOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
| Introducing the Indigo Director Laura Albritton in Herpetology Documentaries United States |
METEOROLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
| Foil The Strait Director Mark Tantrum in Meteorology Documentaries New Zealand |
MUSIC VIDEO
| Allergic - Original Music Video by Lil Idli Director Sanjana Sekhar in Music Video United States |
| Senior Moment Director Karen E Sims in Music Video United States |
| The Night the Lights Went Out Director Karen L H Robinson in Music Video Canada |
NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment
| The All Is One Director Tobias Schönenberg in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Germany |
| The Powerful Owl Director David Luff in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Australia |
NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Centered on Animal, nature or
environment
| A Device To Save The World Directors Walter David Jones, Kevin Michael Jones in Screenplay, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
| Borderless Blue Director Ben Fiscella Meissner in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
| Brave Mission: ReWild The Planet Directors Mark Vins, Eric Leemon in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
| Call of the Ranger Director William C Benker in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
| Emergence Directors Malcolm Randles, Ant Hoard in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment South Africa |
| Finn through the Lens Director Emer OShea in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Ireland |
| He is the forest Director Bruno Macher Nesta in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Peru |
| Home Birds A Labour of Love Director Emer OShea in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Ireland |
| Manifesting the Hidden Director Jessica Gomula-Kruzic in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
| The Game of Horns Director Coyote Peterson in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Environmental United States |
| The Prairie Dog That Met the President Director Shandra McDonald in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
OCEAN LIFE DOCUMENTARIES
| Before You Eat Director Kasan Kurdi in Ocean Life Documentaries, Environmental, Original Song (subcat) Indonesia |
| Changing Seas: "Humpback Health" Submitter Alexa Elliott in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
| Changing Seas: "Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea" Submitter Alexa Elliott in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
| Changing Seas: "Vanishing Whales" Submitter Alexa Elliott in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
| Mapping the Reef : Cloudbreak Director Cliff Kapono in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
| Ocean Guardians Director Selket A Kaufman in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
| SAVE the Reef -ACT NOW- “Japanese Edition” Director YOSHUYA SHIMASAKI in Ocean Life Documentaries Australia |
| The Gift of Bathsheba Director Zach Hellmuth in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
OCEANOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES
ORNITHOLOGY DOCUMENTARIES
| Life On The Wing - The Miracle Of Bird Migration Director Mario Kreuzer in Ornithology Documentaries Austria |
| The Sacred Loves of Birds Director Susan M Perz in Ornithology Documentaries, Cinematography (subcat) United States |
SCREENPLAY
| A Device To Save The World Directors Walter David Jones, Kevin Michael Jones in Screenplay, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
| A Hard Nut to Crack Directors Barend van der Watt, Henk Ekermans in Screenplay South Africa |
| High Winds Writer Chris A Crowley in Screenplay United States |
| Kairn: Mates of the Alliance Writers Fionne Foxxe Farraday, Oliver Tuthill, Tara Walker in Screenplay United States |
| Maddie and Frannie Submitter Virginia Austin in Screenplay United States |
| Off Butterfly Wings Writer Sidney Flack in Screenplay United States |
| SHY GUY: Bobcat born to be wild Submitter Pamela van Amstel in Screenplay Australia |
| Weatherman Submitter Brad Catherman in Screenplay United States |
| ANIMA Director Jennifer Jessum in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| AnimalZone - The Lemur Conservation Foundation Director William G. Conlin in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| AZURESCENS: Through A Blue Lens Director Hamilton Pevec in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Gentle Mountain - The Foothills Of The Alps Director Patrick Centurioni in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Austria |
| Imara Director Hal Hollingworth in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries South Africa |
| Karst in Perry County Submitter Denise H Vaughn in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Killing Our Saline Lakes Director Kevin Clark in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Land of the Free: OUT OF THE SHADOWS Director James Ganiere in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Australia |
| Life with Bats Director David Luff in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Australia |
| Little Stream Big Magic Director Ian Shive in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Mysterious forest Director Attila Végh in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Hungary |
| Nature's Big Year Director Christine Nielsen in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Canada |
| Perseverance Director Mertens Dominique in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Belgium |
| PLANET CALIFORNIA Director Rick Rosenthal in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Purple Haze: A Conservation Film Director Zach Steinhauser in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Return of the Vultures Director Emmanuel Rondeau in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries France |
| Sammy | a pine marten story Director Tony Whelan in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Ireland |
| Saving Grace Animal Society: Driven By Compassion Director Tyler Jon Duffy in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Canada |
| Slovenia - Where Nature Comes First Directors Christine Sonvilla, Marc Graf in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Austria |
| SOLD! An American Stockyards Story Director Drew Ames in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Stone and oil Director Alex Dioscorides Gomis Fernandez in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Spain |
| Tangled in the Tides Directors Henk Ekermans, Barend van der Watt in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries South Africa |
| The Awakening of the Vietnamese Elephant Director Teresa Carante in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Viet Nam |
| The Land of the Bear Director Constantinos Christou in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Italy |
| THE TOOL Director ALVARO MENDOZA in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Spain |
| Tide To Table: The Remarkable Journey of Oysters Directors Maria Luskay, Lou Guarneri in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Tracking Notes: The Secret World of Mountain Lions Director Colin Ruggiero in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
| Zuri's Pride Director Mark Hadley in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
YOUTH PRODUCED
| RISE, FALL, HOPE Directors Alexandra Delgra, Tiana Distefano, Nina Fiala, Kevin Lu, Alice Phelan, Merlin Puhr, Angelo Schiroky in Youth Produced Austria |
| The Purpose of Pandemic Gardening Director Samantha Pickett in Youth Produced |