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:
Directed by Natalie Zimmermann
On a sinking Pacific atoll, a mother and son fight rising seas and colonization to preserve culture.
Directed by Franco García Becerra
An 8-year-old herder’s hopes and hardships unfold in the Andes as mining threatens his village.
Directed by Sousan Salamat, Behzad Alavi
A taxidermist’s delivery job unravels into a surreal chase where hunter becomes hunted.
Directed by Martina Trepczyk
A poetic portrait of Hamna, a hijab-wearing diver whose bond with tiger sharks challenges fear and stigma.
Directed by Radford Nicholls
Five artists explore soil’s hidden life, revealing its vital role in ecosystems, climate, and our shared future.
Directed by Hendrik S. Schmitt
Sea otters return to California’s coast, helping restore kelp forests and balance to the ocean.
Directed by Serena Davies
From Antarctica to deserts, Bertie Gregory captures penguin lives and behaviors never seen before.
Directed by Lorenzo Hagerman
A nine-year journey with Caribbean flamingos, capturing rituals, surprises, and the struggle to raise a family.
Directed by Kathleen Harris
Ornithologist Seán Ronayne sets out to record every Irish bird song in this moving portrait of loss and hope.
Directed by Lars Pfeiffer
In Greenland’s melting Arctic, wildlife and Inuit communities face upheaval from today’s climate crisis.
Directed by Kasimir Burgess
In Mongolia’s coldest winter, two herders fight storms and wolves to protect 2,000 horses.
Directed by Nicole Gormley, Debra Aroko
Armed with a camera, 13-year-old Simon confronts grief, conflict, and climate change in Kenya.
Directed by Harry Putz
Filmed at 14 Alpine sites, this documentary reflects on vanishing glaciers, tourism, and saying goodbye to ice.
Directed by Kim Yip Tong
A hand-drawn animated tribute to the people of Mauritius during the 2020 Wakashio oil spill.