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 Environmental Film Festival Network, 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 Hiroshi Shinomiya (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'' by Leonard Retel Helmrich, (Netherlands, 2004, 92') *2006: ''

The Real Dirt on Farmer John ''The Real Dirt on Farmer John'' is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics. It tells the history of the eccentric farmer's family farm in rural Caledonia, ...

'' 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, (Sweden, Norway, 2006, 84') *2008: '' The Nuclear Come Back'' by Justin Pemberton, (New Zealand, 2007, 75') *2009: '' Old partner'' by Lee Chung-ryoul, (South Korea, 2008, 75') *2010: '' Life for sale'' by Yorgos Avgeropoulos (Greece, 2010, 61'), 2010) *2011: '' There once was an island'' 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 S ...

and Rebecca Tickell (USA, France, 2011, 88’) * 2013: '' Der Letze Fang'' by Markus C. M. Schmidt, (Germany, 2012, 85’) * 2014: '' Virunga'' by Orlando von Einsiedel, (Great Britain, 2014, 97) * 2015: ''Bikes vs Cars'' by Fredrik Gertten, (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'' by Christian Frei, 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')

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