Green screen
Green Screen is an international nature film festival that has been taking place in Eckernförde every year since 2007 .
Film festival
In the Baltic Sea resort of Eckernförde and neighboring towns in Schleswig-Holstein , around 100 current nature documentaries will be shown for five days in September . With around 30,000 visitors, it is the largest nature film festival in Europe . The festival primarily presents aesthetic nature films as well as ecological-critical contributions. Besides NaturVision, Green Screen is one of the largest international nature and animal film festivals in Germany.
Film competition
Each year, more than two hundred films are submitted to the jury and compete for prizes in numerous categories. One of the prizes coveted by experts has been the Heinz Sielmann Film Prize, endowed with 7,500 euros (previously 5,000 euros) and donated by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation , since 2008 .
Industry get-together
Green Screen is a meeting point for filmmakers and program managers from television stations from all over the world. In addition to the industry get-together, the festival also offers specialist seminars for filmmakers and film producers .
Nature film education
Green Screen emphasizes nature education work with children and young people, of which around 8,000 are reached every year. You will discuss the films shown with filmmakers and scientists or produce nature documentaries yourself under supervision. The festival aims to sensitize young people in particular to the protection of nature. The Green Screen School Cinema Weeks have existed since 2013: screenings of nature documentaries are organized for schoolchildren in cooperation with schools.
history
Green Screen has existed since 2007 and has grown continuously since its inception. Of the last 30,000 visitors, around 15,000 come to the festival days and a further 15,000 to film screenings during the year in northern Germany.
organization
Behind the festival is the "Förderverein GREEN SCREEN Eckernförde eV" founded in 2006. The aim of the association is the establishment and permanent support of an international nature film festival in Eckernförde. The association, recognized as a non-profit organization since 2007, has around 240 members.
From the beginning until 2016 , the festival director was Gerald Grote , who handed over the office to Dirk Steffens . Markus Behrens is the full-time managing director in the organization office. Since the festival was founded, over 100 volunteers have been involved in Eckernförde every year. The festival is financed by numerous regional sponsors. The broad voluntary commitment and the regional sponsors have for years demonstrated the great acceptance and high reputation of the festival, as well as its strong roots in the region.
Award winners (selection)
A complete list can be found in the list of green screen winners .
2007
- Best film: “Die Wiese”, Jan Haft, Germany 2005
- Best camera: “Wild is the vest”, camera: Stephan Mussil ; Direction: M. Christ, Harald Pokieser. Austria 2005
List of all 2007 award winners
2008
- Best film: "Turkey", director: Jan Haft. Germany 2007
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: “Prince of the Alps”, directors: Klaus Feichtenberger, Otmar Penker. Austria 2007
- Best marine film: “The Secret of the Humpback Whales”, director: Daniel Opitz. Germany 2007
- Best camera: “Parting Lands”, director: Zoltan Török. Hungary 2006
List of all 2008 award winners
2009
- Best film: "Wild Russia", film series NDR Naturfilm, directors: Tom Synnatzschke, Oliver Goetzl , Uwe Anders, Tobias Mennle, Henry M. Mix, Christian Baumeister . Germany 2008
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: “Polar bears cannot cry”, director: Thomas Behrend . Germany 2008
- Best marine film: "The Kraken vom Stromboli", director and camera: Sigurd Tesche , Germany, 2007
- Best camera: “Mythos Wald”, camera: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne, director: Jan Haft. Germany 2008 + “Das Havelland”, camera and director: Christoph Hauschild. Germany 2008
List of all 2009 award winners
2010
- Best film: "Mount St. Helens - The volcano is alive", director: Jörg Daniel Hissen, Heinz Leger. Austria 2010
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: “Wild Pyrenees - Mountains of Light”, director: Jürgen Eichinger. Germany 2009/2010
- Best marine film: "Andrea: Queen of Mantas", director: Mark Woodward. UK 2009
- Best image design: "The cornfield - jungle for a summer", director: Jan Haft. Camera: Kay Ziesenhenne, Jan Haft, Felix Pustal. Germany 2010
List of all 2010 award winners
2011
- Best film: "Wild Scandinavia - Norway", director: Jan Haft. Germany 2010
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: The Heinz Sielmann Film Prize went to the Greenscreen eV association this year
- Best marine film: "Terra Y: Universe of the Oceans (Teul 1)", director: Stefan Schneider. Germany 2010
- Best design: “Sambesi Part 1 + 2” Direction: Michael Schlamberger, Rolando Menardi. Austria 2010
2012
- Best Film: "Sahara: Life on the Edge", Directed by Richard Kirby, Bill Markham. Australia 2011
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: "Bats - Wait until it gets dark" Director: Dietmar Nill. Germany 2011
- Best marine film: “Jaws Comes Home”, directed by Nick Stringer, Nick Caloyianis. UK 2011
- Best design: "Puma - Invisible Hunter of the Andes" Director: Uwe Müller . Germany 2011
List of all 2012 award winners
2013
- Best Film "Wild Africa - Kalahari" Directed by Mike Gunton, James Honeyborne. UK, 2011
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: The nature film pioneer Sir David Attenborough received the prize for his life's work.
- Best marine film: "Tuna Hunters of the Seas" Director: Rick Rosenthal . USA, 2012
- Best Cinematography: The Unlikely Leopard "" Directed by Dereck and Beverly Joubert. South Africa, 2012
List of all 2013 award winners
2014
- Best film: "Penguins-Spy in the Huddle (penguins up close)" Director: John Downer . England, 2013
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: “The return of the predators - wolf, lynx and bear on the march” Director: Holger Vogt. Germany, 2013
- Best marine film: "Legends of the Deep: Deep-Sea Sharks" Director: Yoshio Yuki, Leslie Schwerin. Japan / USA 2013
- Best camera: "Australia - In the realm of the giant kangaroos" Director: Thoralf Grospitz & Jens Westphalen . Germany 2014
List of all 2014 award winners
2015
- Best Film: “America's Natural Wonders - Saguaro” Direction: Henry M. Mix, Yann Sochaczewski. Germany 2015
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: “Why are the bees dying?” Director: Christoph Würzburger. Germany 2014
- Best marine film: "Shark Girl" Director: Gisela Kaufmann. Australia, 2013
- Best camera: "Life Force 2 - The Arid Namib" Director: Makoto Kita. Japan / New Zealand, 2014
List of all 2015 award winners
2016
- Best film: "Back to the primeval forest - Kalkalpen National Park" Director: Rita Schlamberger
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: "Wild Germany - The Chiemsee" Director: Jan Haft
- Best marine film: “The conquest of the world's oceans and the power of science” Written and directed by Max Mönch and Alexander Lahl
- Best camera: " Desert Kings - The Lions of the Namib ", written and directed by Will and Lianne Steenkamp
List of all 2016 award winners
2017
- Best film: The Ivory Game , directed by Kief Davidson , Richard Ladkani
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: Migratory Birds , Director: Petra Höfer , Freddie Röckenhaus
- Best camera: Wild New Zealand - In the realm of extremes , directors: Robert Morgenstern , Mark Flowers , camera: Robert Morgenstern, Pim Niesten , James Reardon , Moritz Katz , Christina Karliczek-Skoglund , Alexander Haßkerl
- Best science film: Migratory birds , directed by Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus
- Best Marine Film: Life and Death - The Sea , directed by Hugh Pearson
2018
- Best film: White Wolves , director: Oliver Goetzl
- Heinz Sielmann Film Prize: Surprise Eggs , directed by Volker Arzt , Dietmar Nill
- Best camera: Magic of the Fjords , director: Jan Haft , camera: Jan Haft, Kay Ziesenhenne , Tobias Friedrich , Florian Graner , Max Kölbl
- Best science film: Nacktmulle , director: Herbert Ostwald
- Best marine film: Galapagos - Under the spell of ocean currents , director: Thomas Behrend
List of all award winners 2018
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friends' Association. greenscreen-festival.de, accessed on January 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Gernot Kühl: New management at Green Screen: Geralt Grote hands over to ZDF presenter Dirk Steffens. In: Eckernförder Zeitung. shz.de, November 4, 2016, accessed January 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Review 2007. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2008. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2009. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2010. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2011. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2012. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2013. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2014. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Review 2015. Accessed October 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Gernot Kühl: Green Screen 2016: These are the winners. In: Eckernförder Zeitung. shz.de, September 18, 2016, accessed on January 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Cornelia Müller: "Back to the Jungle" is the best film. (No longer available online.) Kn-online.de, September 17, 2016, archived from the original on September 19, 2016 ; accessed on January 27, 2017 (readable only with subscription). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Review 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Review 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
