Winners 2019

Best of Festival
Laukinės bitės-Saulės vaikai - Children of the Sun-Wild bees,
rež/dir Jan Haft. Vokietija/Germany

Petras Abukevičius Award
Lapė -The Fox,
rež/dir Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh. Iranas/Iran

Best Feature Film
Karalienė be žemės - Queen without Land (Theatrical),
rež/dir Asgeir Helgestad. Norvegija/Norway

The Best Short narrative/vaidybinis
Šliuprsėjimas - Slurp,
rež/dir Florent Hill. Prancūzija/France

The Best Short documentary/ dokumentinis
Artėjimo keliu - On the Approach Path,
rež/dir Inesa Kurklietytė, Lietuva/Lithuania

Finalist's

Koug, Director Sadegh sohrabi. Iran (trumpas vaidybinis),
Director Andrius Zukas. United Kingdom
Lost Kings Of Bioko, Director Oliver Goetzl. Germany
Birth of a Pride, Director Dereck Joubert. South Africa
The Wild Andes, Director Christian Baumeister. Germany
Spider wheel dance, Director Valdas Mikolaitis. Lithuania
The Wind Sculpted Land, Director Joosep Matjus. Estonia
Starvation, Director Zahra Rostampour. Iran
Chain and Worship, Director Gopal Shivakoti. Nepal
An Eaglet's First Flight, Director Cherin Spencer-Bower. United States
Histories of Wolves, Director Agnes Meng. Portugal
Ainhoa, Director Ivan Sainz-Pardo. Spain

Semi-Finalist's:

Wild Honey, Director Farhad Akhmetov, Ava Porter. United States,
El Último Tlatoani, Director Pablo Jato. Mexico
No News, Director Miguel Berzal de Miguel. Spain
The Tale of my lush green field, Director Parviz Amini. Iran
Six Home, Director Ebad Adibpour. Iran
Elena's Wae Dance, Director Jennifer Treur. Australia
Grizzly Encounters with Chris Morgan - Part 1: The Hunger Challenge, Director Annette Scheurich. Germany
Grizzly Encounters with Chris Morgan - Part 2: The Private Life of Bears, Director Annette Scheurich. Germany
Once upon a time - An old canal, Director Robert Henno. Belgium
Big Lies, Director Igor Runov. United States
Wings of Kyrgyzstan, Director Janna Häcker. Germany
The Seer and the Unseen, Director Sara Dosa. United States
Cranes up in the sky, Director Tóth Zsolt Marcell. Hungary
Avarya, Director Gökalp Gönen. Turkey
#Powerplant, Director Robert van Tellingen. Netherlands
Where Have All The Big Trees Gone, Director geoffrey boulangé. Canada
Root Republic, Director Oliver Kyr. Canada
Norway ́s Magical Fjords, Director Jan Haft. Germany
Mission Wolf: Experiment in Living, Director Gayle Nosal. United States
Seasonal Guests, Director Elisabeth Rapp. Germany
The Creation of The World, Director Antonio Coello. Mexico
Messages from the end of the world, Director Matteo Born. Switzerland
Sustainable Nation, Director Micah Smith. Israel
Wild Balaton, Director Szabolcs Mosonyi. Hungary
The Sea that disappeared, Director Ari Häkkinen. Finland
Aralar, The Land Where The World Has a Place, Director Iban Toledo Ibañez. Spain
Speed of Sound, Director Benjamin Dib. United States
Frozen In Time, Director Simona Viackute. Lithuania
Swans: Mystery of the Missing, Director amber cherry eames. United Kingdom
Bahía, Director santiago ramirez. Colombia
Objectif Sauvage, Director Cedrik Strahm. Switzerland
The Lure of the Deep, Director Larissa Corriveau. Canada
Terrarium, Brian Ng. United States
Lucas' World, Director Thomas Hirgorom. France
Mouras, Director Olga Osorio. Spain
The Angel's Secrets, Director Elodie Turpin. Canada
A story of looks, Director Clément Couturier. France

Winners 2018

Best of Festival
„Sengirė“ - “The Ancient woods”
Director Mindaugas Survila, Lithuania

Petras Abukevičius Award
“White Wolves – Ghost Of The Arctic” - „Baltieji vilkai – Arkties vaiduokliai“
Director Oliver Goetzl, Germany

Best Feature Film
“Jara” - „Džara“
Director Nika Tsiklauri, Sakartvelo

The Best Short
“Last Respect” - „Paskutinė pagarba“
Director Reut Dagbar Adami, Izrael

The Best of Youth in workshop “Nature Days”

„Nuo aušros iki sutemų“ - „From dawn to dusk“
Dir. Matas Pačkauskas, Lithuania

Special Mention:

“Intraterrestrial. A Fleeting Contact” - „Intraterrestrial. Trumpalaikis kontaktas“
Dir. Alexander and Nicole Gratovsky, Spain

“Amma Meri” (Mother) - „Motina“
Dir. Tarun Jain, India

“One More Experiment” - “Dar vienas eksperimentas”
Dir. Sergey Vlasov, Izrael

„Šviesa = Laimė“ - "Light = Happiness"
Dir. Rapolas Gorodeckis, Lithuania

Winners 2017

Best of Festival
Alone with Wolves
Director Vasiliji Sarana, Russia

Petras Abukevičius Award
Wolf
Director Ece Soydan, Turkey

Best Feature Film
Yosemite
Director Oliver Goetzl, Germany

The Best Short
Gorgeous Sisters
Inesa Kurklietytė, Lithuania

OFFICIAL SELECTED

Migrating Birds (Scouts Of Distant Worlds) – director Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus, Germany.
Hristo – director Grigor Lefterov, Bulgaria.
Adventures of the American Pika – director Jere Folgert, USA.
Land of Winds – director Ernestas Samsonas, Lithuania.
The Realm of the Little Owl - director Robert Henno, Belgium.
The Devil and the Holy Water director Diego Maria Malara, Finland.
Sand Men – director Tal Amiran, United Kingdom.
Nobody Dies Here – director Simon Panay, France.
Isabella Morra – director Isabel Pagliai, France.
Shuklaphanta, the other wild Nepal – director Fabien Lemaire, France.
Through the supermarket in five easy pieces – director Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri, Finland.
The Last Film – director M. M. Vartanov, USA.
Iroquois Creation Story – director Cat Ashworth, USA.
The Courtesy of Angels – director Valérie Theodore, France.
The guy came on horseback – director Hossein Rabiei Dastjerdi, Iran.
A Safe Place to Rest (Solo in the Wild) – director Ray Jacobs, United Kingdom.
Jack London's To Build a Fire – director Robert Spindler, Austria.
Megeti – Africa's Lost Wolf – director Yann Sochaczewski, Germany.
Marketed Collecting – director Daukantė Subačiūtė, Lithuania.
Riff Suburby – director Damir Cekic, Montenegro.
Sheep and Wolves – director Maksim Volkov, Rusia.

Winners 2016

The Best of Festival
Yellowstone
Director Oliver Goetzl. Documentary. Germany

The Best Feature
Day Six
Director Juan Pablo Arroyo Abraham. Narrative. Mexico

The Best Short
Si minor
Director Itai Shlemberg. Narrative. Israel

Petras Abukevičius Award
Life is One
Director Patrick Rouxel. Documentary. France

The Best of Youth in workshop “Nature Days”:
Narrative. – The Universe Circle. Director Kamilija Teklė Čižaitė.
Documentary - Chisel do not need words. Director Nojus Drąsutis

Special Mention
The Return of Capercaillies
Directors Rimas Pakeris, Tomas Selickas. Documentary. Lithuania

Winners 2015

The Best of Festival
Film SPEECHLESS: THE POLAR REALM, Director Richard Sidey (New Zealand)

The Best Feature
Film BAOBABS BETWEEN LAND AND SEA, Director Cyrille Cornu (France)

The Best Short
Film CIRCUS NOWHERE, Director Lisa Svelmoe (Denmark)

Petras Abukevičius Award
Film THE BEAR, Director Avtandil Chachibaia (USA)

The Best of Youth in workshop “Nature Days”:

Film DEPTH, Director Kotryna Usevičiūtė
Film PROELIUM, Director Arnas Pigulevičius (documentary)


Special Mention:

The Wolf Museum and Utena District Special Mention to Film TREE OF LIFE, Director Garrett Hunter (United Kingdom)

Nature Protection Asociation “Baltijos vilkas” (Baltic Wolf) Special Mention to Film “WHAT ARE THE WOLVES HOWLING ABOUT”, Director Inesa Kurklietytė (Lithuania)

Saldutiškis Neighbourhood Special Mention to – Film THE MEANING OF LIFE, Director Erdvilas Petras Abukevičius (Workshop “Nature Days”)

WIIFF Juri:
Film director Inesa Kurklietytė
Cinematographer Algimantas Mikutėnas
Film director Ričardas Matačius
Sound designer Ramūnas Jasutis
Conservationist Andrejus Gaidamavičius

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