8th Green Film Network Awards 2022

The Green Film Network has announced the winners of the 8th Green Film Network Awards, 25 films from 16 countries competed for Best Green Feature Documentary & Best Green Short.

The awards honor the most inspiring and impactful environmental films shown at Green Film Network member festivals in the past year, exploring critical issues such as climate, migration, food, energy, wildlife, and oceans. Films are nominated by 16 leading international film festivals that focus on environmental issues, and the winners are selected by a global jury. 

The 2022 Awards included a special presentation and screening on October 18th, which this year took place online and during the Innsbruck Nature Film festival (INFF).

WINNERS

BEST FEATURE GREEN FILM

2022 feature film winner

GFN JURY STATEMENT:

Thanks to extraordinary skills of processing and visualizing immense amounts of information and argumentations, this documentary delivers comprehensive insight into the complex issues of climate change and food security.
Not least it’s overwhelming pictures and impressive production quality contribute to our conviction that EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION is the merited winner of the Green Film Network Award for Best Green Feature Film 2022.

eatingourwaytoextinction poster

EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION

GB, 2021, 1h 22m, eng.OV,dt.UT
Directed by: Ludo Brockway and Otto Brockway
Starring: Kate Winslet, Anthony Robbins, Richard Branson and many more

TRAILER

SYNOPSIS:

Meet the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about.
On the heels of the recent U.N. IPCC Climate Report’s “now or never” call to action, this documentary, narrated and executive produced by Academy Award® winning actress Kate Winslet, is not only a hard-hitting but also visually stunning cinematic experience.
It features research and comments of some of the world’s best-known personalities and leading scientists, shocking undercover footage and poignant first-hand accounts from indigenous people, with searing insight that shines light in dark corners.
Be warned! This one-of-a-kind documentary will permanently change your perception of food and its connection to the future of our planet.

 

QUOTES:

This is the film future generations will be wishing everyone watched today.
Leonardo DiCaprio

BEST SHORT GREEN FILM

2022 short winner

GFN JURY STATEMENT:

Tackling grueling taboos with the innocence and curiosity of a child –
what a clever, uncovering and loving tribute to a free way of life and unrestricted society!
We are honored to give the Green Film Network Award for Best Green Short Film 2022 to the Animation DANS LA NATURE and thank Marcel Barelli for taking us with him on that truly joyful excursion into nature.

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DANS LA NATURE

Animation, CH, 2021, 5min, eng.OV, dt.UT
Directed by: Marcel Barelli

TRAILER

SYNOPSIS:

In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always!
A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. You may not know it, but homosexuality isn’t just a human story.
Entertaining as ever, Marcel Barellis’ animation explores that topic with humor and that open mind of a child.test

Ludo Brockway – Acceptance Speech

Marcel Barelli – Acceptance Speech

Nominating festival director Till Dietsche of CINEMARE (Germany) on EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION

Nominating festival director Valeria Burke of FILMAMBIENTE (Brasil) on DANS LA NATURE

NOMINEES

NOMINATED FILMS FOR BEST FEATURE GREEN FILM

2022 Best Green Feature

The nominated film for the Best Feature Green Film were:

ČESKÝ ŽURNÁL: SLEPICE, VIRUS A MY

by Filip Remunda, nominated by Ekofilm from Czech Republic

DER WILDE WALD

by Lisa Eder, nominated by Innsbruck Nature Film Festival from Austria

DREAM OF WATER

by Mohammad Vaezi, nominated by International Earth Film Festival from Iran

EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION

by Otto Brockway, Ludo Brockway, nominated by Cinemare from Germany

EXPOSURE

by Holly Morris, nominated by DCEFF from United States Of America

INCENDIOS

by Martin Trabalík nominated by One World from Czech Republic

INFERNO WITHOUT BORDERS

by Sandrine Charruyer & Sophie Lepowic, nominated by Filmambiente from Brazil

LA FABRIQUE DES PANDÉMIES

by Marie-Monique Robin, nominated by FINCA from Argentina

LA SENDA DEL PASTOR

by Silvia Pradas, nominated by Ecozine Film Festival, from Spain

LAST OF THE RIGHT WHALES

by Nadine Pequeneza, nominated by Planet in Focus in Canada

LEGACY, NOTRE HÉRITAGE

by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, nominated by CineEco from Portugal

LOS ÁRBOLES MUEREN DE PIE

by Ronan Kerneur & Fany Fulchiron, nominated by BIFED from Turkey

LYNX

by Laurent Geslin, nominated by Festival du Film Vert from Switzerland

POBO TZU

by Ania Ximena, Yollotl Gómez Alvarado, nominated by Cinema Planeta from México

SALVAJES, EL CUENTO DEL LOBO

by Alex Galán, nominated by FICMEC from Spain

USHINAWARETAHARU -SHIITAKENOOSHIE

by Masami Tajima, nominated by Green Image Film Festival, from Japan

JURORS

The jurors for the Best Feature Green Film were:

  • Alessandra Cannito (Canada)
  • Bri’anna Moore (United States of America)
  • Chita Izuno (Japan)
  • Jitka Kotrlová (Czech Republic)
  • Jorge Vaz Gomes (Portugal)
  • Magali Rocha (Mexico)
  • Marcelo Paes de Carvalho (Brazil)
  • Mazdak Mirramezani (Iran)
  • Nicolas Guignard (Switzerland)
  • Petra Holzer (Turkey)
  • Renata Camarotti (Argentina)
  • Robert Andrés Gómez (Spain-Venezuela)
  • Till Dietsche (Germany)

NOMINATED FILMS FOR BEST SHORT GREEN FILM

2022 Best Green Short

The nominated film for the Best Green Short Film were:

DANS LA NATURE

by Marcel Barelli nominated by Filmambiente from Brazil

ETERNO RETORNO

by Magalí Suescun & Jorge Benjardino, nominated by FINCA from Argentina

JOE BUFFALO

by Amar Chebib nominated by Planet in Focus from Canada

LLUEVE

by Carolina Corral Magalli Rocha, nominated by Cinema Planeta from México

O SON DE LA BALEA

by Daniel Suárez Rubini, nominated by CineEco from portugal

PLANKTONIUM

by Jan van IJken, nominated by Cinemare from Germany

SEMILLAS, EL LEGADO DE LA TIERRA

by Fernando Valencia, nominated by Rural Film Fest from Spain

SLOW AND SLUGGISH

by Delavar Doustanian, nominated by International Earth Film Festival from Iran

SWANSCOMBE CYCLONE

by George Cloke, nominated by Green Image Film Festival from Japan

JURORS

The jurors for the Best Green Short Film were:

  • Alessandra Cannito (Canada)
  • Arnold Ricalde (Mexico)
  • Asako Tsurusaki (Japan)
  • Elsa Cerqueira (Portugal)
  • Farzad Tohidi (Iran)
  • Heinz Hermann (Germany)
  • Jaume Quiles (Spain)
  • Alberto Gutierrez (Spain)
  • Marcelo Paes de Carvalho (Brazil)
  • Till Dietsche (Germany)
  • Valentina Scanziani (Argentina)