Dear reader, Wildlife films open up aspects generally hidden from us. They allow us to venture into

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KARIN HIMSTEDT JÖRG SIBBEL
SVENJA SCHULZE
Dear reader, Dear GREEN SCREEN guests,
Wildlife films open up aspects generally hidden from us. They allow us to venture into areas not This year’s festival focuses on biodiversity. Next to the diversity of species this also includes di-
accessible to the average traveller and introduce us to species that do not exist in our gardens and versity of habitats and the genetical spectrum within species. The multifacetedness of biodiversity
forests or that we do not have the patience to observe in our environment. is the basis for human existence.
Moving images can leave lasting impressions with the audience and thereby initiate actions, Wildlife Nature’s wealth is disappearing at an alarming rate.
films create emotions and at the same time show us what we need to protect. They help us to be more Eckernfoerde has many green areas. But is that sufficient? How much biodiversity do you have
conscientious in our interaction with nature. outside your front door? It is one of our fundamental duties to protect and preserve nature’s
I wish for as many people as possible to enjoy the films of this year’s GREEN SCREEN Wildlife Film wealth for future generations.
Festival, that they marvel at and are thrilled by them and take home their enjoyment and appreciation Eckernfoerde as one of the founding members of “Municipalities for Biological Diversity” is thus
of nature. very pleased that GREEN SCREEN has chosen biodiversity as this year’s central theme. Who but
May the organizers have a successful film festival and you, the audience, enjoyable encounters with Europe’s largest wildlife film festival can point out the causes of and dangers to our environment
nature. and at the same time show how varied nature is? May the GREEN SCREEN Festival convince many
more people that the protection of nature and species is a must!
Yours Svenja Schulze
Federal Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety Karin Himstedt Jörg Sibbel
Civil Director of the Municipality Mayor Eckernförde
DIRK STEFFENS
Wow,
309 films from 71 countries were submitted for this year’s festival – a new record!
Many thanks!
So, even in its twelfth year GREEN SCREEN continues to grow. Eckernfoerde is looking forward This year’s GREEN SCREEN poster subject also goes by the nickname “flying banana”
to wildlife professionals from all parts of the world – and to the many thousand guests that help in Namibia: the southern yellow-billed hornbill.
make GREEN SCREEN an unforgettable event. Because of its large yellow beak that obstructs its sight and because of its short tong,
This year’s central theme is BIODIVERSITY although to be honest it should sadly be named the shy bird needs to flick its prey up in the air before catching and swallowing it.
BIO-DWINDLING. We presently experience the largest extinction of species since the disap- To capture this spectacular moment photographer Willem Kruger had to sit tight for
pearance of the dinosaurs. All makers of wildlife films are well aware of the extent of species 45 minutes in 40 degrees heat at Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park in Southern
extinction. And yet society does not pay enough attention to the loss of biodiversity. Africa.
By screening films committed to the topic and through a number of special events GEEN SCREEN Even though the photograph shows an insect being killed by a natural process: the
wants to underline the urgency for the protection of species. extreme dwindling of bird and insect populations stands for just one example of the
And as always, we want to spend five wonderful, jolly, festive, exciting days with you, watch worldwide loss of biodiversity as is demonstrated by the evaluation of the latest red
films, debate and celebrate. Share ideas. Learn something new. list featuring endangered biotopes.
This is a personal matter for festival director Dirk Steffens who is also UN ambassa-
dor for biodiversity. Dirk points out that: “Biological diversity is the foundation of
our life, it provides humans with food, drinking water and even the air we breathe.”
Your festival director The bonobo (featured in Dirk’s photo) is another endangered animal of the red list.
Dirk Steffens
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FESTIVAL FOCUS – SPECIAL EVENTS
∙ ECKERNFÖRDER Talks: Tuesday, 11th September, 7:00 p.m.: A Panel discussion
about EXTINCTION OF SPECIES – Do we destroy the base of our existence? (Page 90)
∙ Winner films of the category BEST SCIENCEFILM (Page 16) on Wednesday, 12th September: Exhibition WILDNIS EICHE by Solvin Zankl
2 0 1 3 DSCHUNGEL UNTER WASSER – Die geheimnisvolle Welt im Baggersee
2 0 1 4 KARUSSELL DES LEBENS – Die Streuobstwiese
2 0 1 5 BIENEN – Eine Welt im Wandel
∙ RACING EXTINCTION – an award-winning film about the fight against the extinction of species
(Page 17) on Sunday, 16th September, 10:00 a.m. in the Stadthalle
∙ In MUSEUM ECKERNFÖRDE the exhibition WILDNIS EICHE show large-sized photographs
Filmscene of RACING EXTINCTION
by photographer Solvin Zankl from Kiel about biodiversity in the oak tree (Page 92).

∙ MICROCOSMOS IN THE LINDEN TREE by Prof. Dr. Urs Wyss is a live-presented Stereomicrosco-
pe-film about biodiversity in the linden tree (Page 17).
∙ The GREEN AREA on Sunday on the forecourt of the Stadthalle: Campaigns, Information-
Deks and exhibitions (Page 92).
Exhibition in the GREEN AREA about „Pesticides“
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Es wird eng: Wildbienen finden kaum noch geeignete Lebensräume. Nahrungsquellen und
Nistmöglichkeiten fehlen. Über 40 % der in Deutschland vorkommenden Wildbienen sind
gefährdet. Doch wir können nicht auf sie verzichten. Die Bestäuber sichern unsere Lebens-
mittelproduktion im Obst- und Gemüseanbau. Die Heinz Sielmann Stiftung hilft Biene Majas
wilden Schwestern mit verschiedenen Projekten.
Unterstützen Sie den Schutz der Wildbienen mit Ihrer Spende!
Mehr Informationen unter www.sielmann-stiftung.de/wildbienen
WWW.SIELMANN-STIFTUNG.DE
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FESTIVAL PROGRAM
08 Opening Ceremony 78 Schedule 2018
10 Nominated Films 2018 84 Map and Venues
12 Juries 86 Tickets
14 Award Ceremony 88 Sielmann! Exhibition & Film
16 Best Of Science Films 90 Ecktown Talks
17 Special Event MYSTERIOUS MICROCOSM IN THE LINDEN TREE 91 Local Culinary Market
17 Special Event RACING EXTINCTION 92 Green Area
18 Film Programme 2018 92 Exhibition in the Museum Eckernförde
71 Double Features 96 Open Air Summer Events
76 Short Film Programme 124 Alphabetical Filmlist
KIDS
101 Wildlife Filmcamps 104 Youth Awards
102 Short Films for Kids 106 Little Green Cinema
PROFESSIONAL
111 Presentation GREEN SCREEN Tour 112 Seminar 2: Pitching Session
111 Seminar 1: One Wildlife Film – Many Backers 112 Seminar 3: Editing in Wildlife Films
113 Seminar 4: Sustainable Film Production
CREDITS
116 Behind the Festival 118 Volunteers, Promotion Society
117 Sponsors and Partners 120 Acknowledgements
WINZIGE WUNDER – GOTTES LIEBLINGE
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
EÖ OPENING CEREMONY
Wednesday, 12th September 2018 Stadthalle Eckernförde
GREEN SCREEN is not least a celebration of the makers of the festival’s film productions.
Filmmakers face extreme conditions and adventures in order to bring us fascinating stories
and images as is evident in this year’s opening film POLARWÖLFE - Das Abenteuer.
In the far north of Canada lies one of the most inhospitable regions of the world. Few
animals have survived here year-round: Ellesmere Island. Filmmakers Oliver Goetzl, Ivo
ENTRANCE: 19:30 Uhr BEGINNING: 20:00 p.m.
Nörenberg and Alain Lusignan go on several trips to capture unique footage of these rare
ENTRY FEE: 20 € (incl. Snacks and beverage)
animals and their family lives on the island near the North Pole.
This event will be simultanously translated into English. Headsets are available at the entrance. The resulted film is part of this years Official Selection (see p. 61)
Guest speaker: Schleswig-Holstein´s Minister-President Daniel Günther
GREEN SCREEN festival director Dirk Steffens will host the evening.
Following the opening film, guests are invited to a cold buffet with regional food and drinks
in the adjacent Stadthallenrestaurant Luzifer.
Germany 2016 52 min German
POLARWÖLFE – Das Abenteuer
Directors: Oliver Goetzl, Ivo Nörenberg
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NOMINATED FILMS 2018
BEST FILM // BEST FILM HEINZ SIELMANN AWARD // HEINZ SIELM ANN AWAR
DONATOR: Stadt Eckernförde ENDOWMENT: 5.000 € DONATOR: Heinz Sielmann Stiftung ENDOWMENT: 7.500 €
G‘SCHICHTEN AUS DEM WIENER PRATER (Page 42)
ALL NOMINATED LONG FILMS
ÜBERRASCHUNGSEIER – Neues von Kuckuck und Co (Page 58)
WILDES DEUTSCHLAND – Das Erzgebirge (Page 65)
NORDIC NATURE FILM AWARD // NORDIC NATURE FILM AWARD BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUKTION / INDEP EN D NT
DONATOR: Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirt- ENDOWMENT: 2.500 € DONATOR: Stiftung Natur im Norden ENDOWMENT: 2.500 €
schaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung
MOHITBAN VA PALANG (Page 50)
DIE LAUENBURGISCHEN SEEN – Wildnis zwischen Lübeck und Elbe (Page 32)
SECRETS AT SUNRISE (Page 53)
MATKA MERELLE (Page 48)
SONS OF ENKAI (Page 54)
WALE VOR UNSERER KÜSTE (Page 60)
NEWCOMER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY // BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DONATOR: Stiftung Natur im Norden ENDOWMENT: 2.500 € DONATOR: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag ENDOWMENT: 1.000 €
KAMCHATKA BEARS – Life Begins (Page 45) WHITE WOLVES – Ghosts of the Arctic (Page 61)
MODIFIED (Page 50) DER BLAUE PLANET – Unbekannte Ozeane (Page 28)
THE PATTERNS OF THE OCEAN – Protecting Indonesia`s Manta Ray s (Page 57) MAGIE DER FJORDE (Page 47)
BEST MARINE FILM // BEST MARINE FILM BEST STORY // BEST STORY
DONATOR: Waldemar Behn GmbH ENDOWMENT: 1.000 € DONATOR: Kieler Nachrichten ENDOWMENT: 1.000 €
JANE (Page 44)
GALAPAGOS – Im Bann der Meeresströmungen (Page 39) THE HOLLOW HEART (Page 56)
DER BLAUE PLANET – Unbekannte Ozeane (Page 28) FISH OWL WANTED (Page 38)
MAGIE DER FJORDE (Page 47) DAS GESETZ DER LÖWEN – Feindesland (Page 26)
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