The Italian Environmental Film Festival (in Italian: ''Festival CinemAmbiente'' or ''Festival internazionale di cinema e cultura ambientale'') is an important Italian film festival founded in 1998 and taking place every year in

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, Italy. It is a member of the

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, which is an association of international festivals in environmental issues.

Award winners

*2001: '' Children, Kossoco 2000'' by Ferenc Moldovànyi (Hungary, 2001, 30') *2002: '' God's Children'' by

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(Japan, 2001, 105') *2003: '' Dans Grozny dans'' by

Jos de Putter Jos de Putter ( Terneuzen, 1959) is a Dutch film director, film critic and screenwriter who primarily makes Dutch documentary films. He studied political science and literature at the University of Leiden, and was a member of the editorial staff ...

(Netherlands, 2002, 75') *2004: ''Carpatia'' by Andrzej Klamt and Ulrich Rydzewsky, (Germany, Austria, 2004, 127') *2005: ''

Shape of the Moon ''Shape of the Moon'' ( nl, Stand van de maan) is a 2004 Dutch/Indonesian documentary film directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich. The documentary was released on 24 November 2004 as the opening film of IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amster ...

'' by

Leonard Retel Helmrich Leonard Retel Helmrich (16 August 1959 – 15 July 2023) was a Dutch cinematographer and film director. Born in Tilburg, he lived in Amsterdam since 1982. He received highest honours for international documentaries at the ''Sundance Festival'' a ...

, (Netherlands, 2004, 92') *2006: '' The Real Dirt on Farmer John'' by

Taggart Siegel Taggart Siegel is an American documentary filmmaker. For 30 years, he has produced and directed Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentaries and dramas that reflect cultural diversity. He is co-founder of Collective Eye Films, a nonprofit media ...

(USA, 2005, 83') *2007: '' The Planet'' by Michael Stenberg, Linus Torell and

Johan Söderberg Johan Olof Anders Söderberg (born 14 November 1962 in Bollnäs) is a Swedish film director and editor. He was considered part of the now terminated Swedish multimedia collective Lucky People Center. Söderberg is recognized for the work he has ...

, (Sweden, Norway, 2006, 84') *2008: ''

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'' by

Justin Pemberton Justin Pemberton is a documentary filmmaker based in New Zealand. Life and career Pemberton's adaptation of economist Thomas Piketty’s NY Times bestseller ''Capital in the Twenty-First Century'' premièred at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival and e ...

, (New Zealand, 2007, 75') *2009: ''

Old partner ''Old Partner'' (; lit. "Cowbell Sound") is a 2008 South Korean documentary film directed by Lee Chung-ryoul. Set in the small rural town of Hanul-ri in Sangun-myeon, Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang Province, the film focuses on the relationship b ...

'' by Lee Chung-ryoul, (South Korea, 2008, 75') *2010: ''

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'' by

Yorgos Avgeropoulos Yorgos Avgeropoulos (; born 1971) is a Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the creator of the Greek awarded documentary series ''"Exandas"''. He was born in Athens in 1971. He has worked for Greek television stations covering news ...

(Greece, 2010, 61'), 2010) *2011: ''

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'' by Briar March (New Zealand, USA, 2010, 80') *2012: '' The Big Fix'' by

Josh Tickell Josh Tickell (born August 7, 1975) is an American film director who specializes in movies with a social message. His first feature movie, ''Fuel'' won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in the United St ...

and

Rebecca Tickell Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

(USA, France, 2011, 88’) * 2013: ''

Der Letze Fang Der or DER may refer to: Places * Darkənd, Azerbaijan * Dearborn (Amtrak station) (station code), in Michigan, US * Der (Sumer), an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq * d'Entrecasteaux Ridge, an oceanic ridge in the south-west Pacific Ocean ...

'' by Markus C. M. Schmidt, (Germany, 2012, 85’) * 2014: '' Virunga'' by

Orlando von Einsiedel Orlando von EinsiedelPeople of Today 2017 / Lucy Hume (born in August 1980) is a British film director. He directs mostly documentary films that investigate global social issues, and has filmed in various places around the world, including Africa ...

, (Great Britain, 2014, 97) * 2015: ''Bikes vs Cars'' by

Fredrik Gertten Carl Fredrik (von) Gertten (born 3 April 1956 in Malmö) is a Swedish filmmaker, producer and journalist. In 2017, he was appointed as an honorary doctor at Malmö University. He is a brother to the documentary filmmaker Magnus Gertten. In 1994, ...

, (Sweden, 2015, 91’) * 2016: ''When Two Worlds Collide'' by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel, (Peru, 2016, 100') * 2017: ''Plastic China'' by Jiuliang Wang (China, 2016, 82’) * 2018: ''

Genesis 2.0 ''Genesis 2.0'' is a documentary film made by Swiss director and producer Christian Frei and Russian filmmaker Maxim Abugaev. The feature-length film was released in January 2018 in the World Cinema Documentary section at the Sundance Film Festiv ...

'' by

Christian Frei Christian Frei (born 1959 in Schönenwerd, Solothurn) is a Swiss filmmaker and film producer. He is mostly known for his films ''War Photographer'' (2001), '' The Giant Buddhas'' (2005) and ''Space Tourists'' (2009). Frei has been an associate lec ...

, Maxim Arbugaev (Swiss, 2018, 103’) * 2019: ''The Burning Field'' by Justin Weinrich, (USA, 2019, 72’) * 2020: special online edition without prizewinners due to the COVID 19 pandemic * 2021: ''Marcher sur l'eau'' by Aissa Maiga, (France, Belgium, 2021, 89')

References

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