Years running: 22 (since 2003)
Matsalu International Nature Film Festival
International Nature Film Festival in Estonia.
About
The Festival is a meeting place for filmmakers, whose films deal with the biological diversity and its protection, preserving nature as a habitat. The Festival provides an opportunity to introduce Estonian film culture and create contacts between filmmakers from Estonia and other countries. The Festival will host also nature photography exhibitions, meetings of nature photographers and other cultural events.
The Festival program consists of:
- Competitive program,
- Non-competitive program
- Retrospectives,
- Nature photography exhibitions,
- Seminars and workshops,
- Leisure time events.
Awards
- Festival Grand Prix: €3,000
- First prizes (one in each category): €1,000
- Best Director (one in each category)
- Best Cinematography (one in each category)
- Special Prizes of the Jury
- Highly commended Diplomas
All entries shall receive a participation certificate.
Rules
- Films submitted to the Festival must have been completed after January 1, 2022.
- Films may be documentaries or animated films (7+ min). The Festival does not accept fiction.
- Films may have been previously entered in other, similar festivals.
- The number of entries by one author is not limited.
- Subtitles language: English
- submissions are to be made via Filmfreeway.
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
Heli Tetlov (Program manager).
Documents
Place
Estonia
Lihula
Official Website
Contacts
Address:
Matsalu Nature Film Festival
Tallinna mnt 25
Lihula, Läänemaa 90303
Estonia
Phone: +372 4775 141
Email:
matsalufilm@gmail.com
Contact Emails
Social Networks
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- Opening DateJanuary 01, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineFebruary 01, 2024
- Regular DeadlineMarch 01, 2024
- Late DeadlineApril 01, 2024
- Extended DeadlineMay 01, 2024
- NotificationsAugust 01, 2024
- Event Dates25 September — 6 October 2024
Incorporates films that depict the harmonious coexistence of human activities and nature, man’s relationship to nature, nature conservation, traditions.
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Earlybird Deadline — free
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Regular Deadline — free
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Late Deadline — free
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Extended Deadline — $22
Incorporates films that depict nature in its diversity.
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Earlybird Deadline — free
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Regular Deadline — free
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Late Deadline — free
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Extended Deadline — $22
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