Competition
The core of the festival is the international film competition for the GREEN SCREEN Nature Film Awards. Industry experts from film, conservation and science serve on various juries to evaluate all films submitted for the competition. The winners take home generously endowed awards and gain attention in the nature film industry and beyond and are awarded with.
226 films from 57 countries are competing for the 2021 Green Screen Film Awards. The nominated films will be announced at the end of May. The Green Screen Film Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 11th 2021 at the Stadthalle Eckernförde and will also be available to watch online.
More info on film competition and film submission can be found here.
Award winners & nominations of past festivals can be found in review.
Awardees & Nominations
Heinz Sielmann Award
Endowment: 10.000,- Euro
WILD HORSES - A Tale From The Puszta
Lost - Birds of the Countryside
Der kleine Held vom Hamsterfeld
Pantanal
Nordic Nature Film Award
Endowment: 2.500,- Euro
Stormborn
GEO Report Emergency Call North Sea Coast - The Seal Rescuers
Die Ostfriesischen Inseln
sh:z Audience Award
Endowment: 2.500,- Euro
Best Independent Production
Endowment: 2.500,- Euro
GOLDEN FISH, AFRICAN FISH
There Is A Place On Earth
Wurzeln des Überlebens
GREEN REPORT
Endowment: 2500,- Euro
GOLDEN FISH, AFRICAN FISH
The Wittness is a Whale
planet .: Radio Women From the Rainforest
Newcomer
Endowment: 2.500,- Euro
Best Cinematography
Endowment: 2.500,- Euro
WILD HORSES - A Tale From The Puszta
A Bee's Diary
Die Alpen - Sommerfreuden
Leopard Legacy
Wild Cuba
Best Story
Endowment: 1.000,- Euro
Snow Leopards and Friends
Im Reich der Auen - Die Oker
Lost - Birds of the Countryside
A Bee's Diary
Best Score
Endowment: 1.000,- Euro
WILD HORSES - A Tale From The Puszta
Wild Cuba
Der kleine Held vom Hamsterfeld
Best Postproduction
Endowment: 1.000,- Euro
Im Reich der Auen - Die Oker
A Bee's Diary
Leopard Legacy
Wild Cuba
Best Science Film
Endowment: 1.000,- Euro
ZDFzeit Deutschland und der Klimawandel
To the heart of the social network : Neighbourhood quarrels of the Columbian ground squirrel
Ocean Super Predators
Best Marine Film
Endowment: 1.000,- Euro
Ocean Super Predators
The Sharks of Hawaii
Perfect Planet: Oceans
Award of the Juvenile Jury
Endowment: 1.000,- Euro
Lost - Birds of the Countryside
Tierische Wohngemeinschaften
Kinder der Klimakrise
Audience Award Best Short Film
Endowment: 500,- Euro
Emblems of the West
Worlds Collide
SHABA
Sandy Illusions
Mindelsee
Seabird
Das Geheimnis der Miesmuschelbank
Warum ist der Apollofalter selten?
Audience Award Best Short Film for Kids
Endowment: 500,- Euro
Fische mit Superkräften - Der Hai und der Clownfisch
GreenScreen Region: Eckernförder Bucht
Wie lebt ein Gartenschläfer?
Wo die Natur aufhört
Das Geheimnis der Miesmuschelbank
Warum ist der Apollofalter selten?