The 24th Innsbruck Nature Film Festival has announced its winners!

For the 24th time, the Innsbruck Festival, held at the Metropol Cinema, celebrated nature, the environment, and the careful stewardship of the planet. The event was complemented by excursions into Tyrol’s unique natural landscapes.

Please find all winners here:

WILD WOMEN AWARD

Directed by Natalie Zimmermann

On a sinking Pacific atoll, a mother and son fight rising seas and colonization to preserve culture.

Best GREEN FICTION FILM

Directed by Franco García Becerra

An 8-year-old herder’s hopes and hardships unfold in the Andes as mining threatens his village.

Best Short Green Fiction

Directed by Sousan Salamat, Behzad Alavi

A taxidermist’s delivery job unravels into a surreal chase where hunter becomes hunted.

Best SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Martina Trepczyk

A poetic portrait of Hamna, a hijab-wearing diver whose bond with tiger sharks challenges fear and stigma.

Best Film on the Topic of SOIL

Directed by Radford Nicholls

Five artists explore soil’s hidden life, revealing its vital role in ecosystems, climate, and our shared future.

Best SHORTFILM FOR KIDS

Directed by Hendrik S. Schmitt

Sea otters return to California’s coast, helping restore kelp forests and balance to the ocean.

Best Film on the Topic of BIODIVERSITY

Directed by Serena Davies

From Antarctica to deserts, Bertie Gregory captures penguin lives and behaviors never seen before.

Special Nature Jury Award

Directed by Lorenzo Hagerman

A nine-year journey with Caribbean flamingos, capturing rituals, surprises, and the struggle to raise a family.

Best NATURE DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Kathleen Harris

Ornithologist Seán Ronayne sets out to record every Irish bird song in this moving portrait of loss and hope.

Best Glacier Film

Directed by Lars Pfeiffer

In Greenland’s melting Arctic, wildlife and Inuit communities face upheaval from today’s climate crisis.

CHRISTIAN BERGER CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD

Directed by Kasimir Burgess

In Mongolia’s coldest winter, two herders fight storms and wolves to protect 2,000 horses.

Best ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Nicole Gormley, Debra Aroko

Armed with a camera, 13-year-old Simon confronts grief, conflict, and climate change in Kenya.

Best Film on the Topic of QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE ALPS

Directed by Harry Putz

Filmed at 14 Alpine sites, this documentary reflects on vanishing glaciers, tourism, and saying goodbye to ice.

Best ANIMATION SHORT FILM

Directed by Kim Yip Tong

A hand-drawn animated tribute to the people of Mauritius during the 2020 Wakashio oil spill.