The Green Screen international wildlife film festival is held annually in and around

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. The festival shows full-length and short nature documentaries about animals in their natural habitat. Around 30,000 visitors make it the largest nature film festival in Europe. The awarded trophy is made of sand. Since 2007 films are shown in cinemas of Eckernförde and on mobile screens in the city and in surrounding locations. In 2008 Inge Sielmann, the widow of

Heinz Sielmann Heinz Sielmann (2 June 1917 – 6 October 2006) was a German wildlife photographer, biologist, zoologist and documentary filmmaker. Early life Heinz's father was physician Paul Sielmann. His first film, in 1938, was a silent movie on bird life ...

, donated a special prize for filmmakers that is endowed with 5,000 Euros.

Selected awardees

2014

* Special Jury Award: ''More Than Honey'' of

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* Audience Award Best Short Film for Kids:

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- ''The Source of the Runnel'' of Sabine Ennulath and

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* Wild Laugh: ''Bottle'' of

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2013

* Heinz Sielmann Award for his lifetime achievement:

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2012

* sh:z Audience Award: ''Europe's Last Wild Horses'' of Christian Baumeister

2009

* Prize for the Best Ecological Film: ''Cork – Forest in a Bottle'' of

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External links

Official homepage ''(English)''

Video showing the production of the festival trophy

References

Documentary film festivals in Germany {{Germany-festival-stub