Green Screen film festival

This article is about the film festival. For other uses, see Green screen (disambiguation).

The Green Screen international wildlife film festival is held annually in Eckernförde, Germany. The festival shows full-length and short nature documentaries about animals in their natural habitat. It is the only festival of its kind in Germany. The awarded trophy is made of sand.[1]

The festival also shows classics nature documentaries like "Serengeti Shall Not Die".

Since 2007 films are shown in cinemas of Eckernförde and on mobile screens in the city and in sourrounding locations.

In 2008 Inge Sielmann, the widow of Heinz Sielmann, donated a special prize for filmmakers that is endowed with 5,000 Euros.[2]

In 2009 the production Cork – Forest in a Bottle of Mike Salisbury won the prize for the Best Ecological Film.[3]

Mike Gunton (BBC), taking the award for Mike Salisburys Cork - Forest in a Bottle

In 2010 the festival is under the patronage of the Federal Minister for Environment of Germany Norbert Röttgen.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.kn-online.de/lokales/rendsburg_eckernfoerde/110488-Trophaeen-aus-Sand-sind-preisverdaechtig.html
  2. ↑ International wildlife film festival GREEN SCREEN - press release (PDF)
  3. ↑ Cork - Forest in a Bottle
  4. ↑ Programme guide 2010 with message of greeting
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