Awards 2019
Grand Prix
Norway’s magical fjords

Duration: 52 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Jan Haft 
Produced by: Melanie Haft
Among the most spectacular landscapes in Europe, here is the intimate portrait of Norwegian fjords immersed in the dark and icy winter during the long polar nights. The herring that darkens the waters are the delight of killer whales and humpback whales, and salmon come up the waterfalls. In the depths, strange feathers flash and slugs shine.
Amateur Award
Bécasseaux, Tournepierres : Gangster des plages !

Duration: 5 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Florian Desmarchelier 
Produced by: Florian Desmarchelier
In the Gulf of Morbihan, two gangs squat the beach, at low tide: the Turnstones and Sandpipers.
Award of knowledge and discovery of the animal world
Parfois, un papillon bleu

Duration: 6 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Pascal Gaubert 
Produced by: Valérie-Anne Lafont
Sometimes you can see butterflies. Some are blue, and have a life cycle a little different from others.
Award of knowledge of the relationship between man and animal
Jardin sauvage

Duration: 50 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Sylvain Lefebvre 
Produced by: Sylvain Lefebvre
Finding the pleasures of the garden and those related to the observation of its biodiversity, such is the leitmotiv of this wildlife documentary behind closed doors. From bees to hedgehogs, from snails to butterflies, let yourself be surprised by a naturalist adventure of proximity to a zero carbon footprint: a 100% local safari, day and night!
Special Jury Award
Sur le territoire du Lynx

Duration: 31 min.
Year completed: 2017
A film by: Carmen Munoz Pastor & Vincent Primault 
Produced by: Association Carduelis
Endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, the Lynx pardelle is a mythical animal of the Mediterranean fauna. With less than 500 individuals in the wild, he is the most endangered cat in the world. This film invites you to discover it in its natural environment in Andalusia, the Sierra Morena, where it is surrounded by an extremely varied fauna.
Award for protection of animal species
La fabuleuse histoire du Gypaète

Duration: 52 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Anne et Erik Lapied 
Produced by: Anne et Erik Lapied
With its diabolical eye and giant wingspan, the bearded vulture, this bone-cracking vulture, exterminated in the Alps in the early twentieth century, flies over our mountains again. His return is not random. Two biologists, one French, the other Swiss, tell us the manners and the fabulous story of this extraordinary bird of prey illustrated with breathtaking images.
Special Award for best picture
Ecosse, la quête du sauvage

Duration: 52 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Laurent Cocherel 
Produced by: Laurent Cocherel & Lochan Alba
Enthralled by the country for 25 years, the wildlife photographer Laurent Cocherel takes you to his secret places to witness, through the seasons, the fabulous spectacle of nature: on the lookout for otters and black grouse; in the heart of seabird colonies, diving with seals, sharks and dolphins; approaching deer, eagles and ospreys, and many other encounters!
Special Award for Best Screenplay
White Wolves, ghosts of the Arctic

Duration: 55 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Olivier Goetzl 
Produced by: GULO FILM PRODUCTIONS for Doclights & NDR Naturfilm
At the very northern edge of Canada is Ellesmere Island, where the unforgiving Arctic windstear through the tundra, dipping temperatures to 40 below zero. Running through this shifting sea of snow and ice is one ofthe most hardened predators on the planet, the Arctic Wolf. But as the spring melt approaches, these roaming hunters must adapt tobeing tethered parents as new additions to the pack have just been born. With never-before-seen footage of wolf family life, Ghosts of the Arctic is a dramatic and touching story of loyalty, companionship and devotion. It’s an epic true tale that reveals the struggles andtriumphs of a family working to survive in one of the last great wildernesses on Earth.
Special Award for Best Sound
Norway’s magical fjords

Duration: 52 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Jan Haft 
Produced by: Melanie Haft
Among the most spectacular landscapes in Europe, here is the intimate portrait of Norwegian fjords immersed in the dark and icy winter during the long polar nights. The herring that darkens the waters are the delight of killer whales and humpback whales, and salmon come up the waterfalls. In the depths, strange feathers flash and slugs shine.
Special Award for Best Editing
Ecosse, la quête du sauvage

Duration: 52 min.
Year completed: 2018
A film by: Laurent Cocherel 
Produced by: Laurent Cocherel & Lochan Alba
Enthralled by the country for 25 years, the wildlife photographer Laurent Cocherel takes you to his secret places to witness, through the seasons, the fabulous spectacle of nature: on the lookout for otters and black grouse; in the heart of seabird colonies, diving with seals, sharks and dolphins; approaching deer, eagles and ospreys, and many other encounters!