The Italian Environmental Film Festival (in Italian: ''Festival CinemAmbiente'' or ''Festival internazionale di cinema e cultura ambientale'') is an important Italian film festival founded in 1998 and taking place every year in

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, Italy. It is a member of the Environmental Film Festival Network, which is an association of international festivals in environmental issues.

Award winners

*2001: '' Children, Kossoco 2000'' by Ferenc Moldovànyi (Hungary, 2001, 30') *2002: '' God's Children'' by Hiroshi Shinomiya (Japan, 2001, 105') *2003: '' Dans Grozny dans'' by

Jos de Putter Jos de Putter (Terneuzen, 1959) is a Dutch film director, film critic and screenwriter who primarily makes Dutch documentary films. He studied political science and literature at the University of Leiden, and was a member of the editorial staff ...

(Netherlands, 2002, 75') *2004: ''Carpatia'' by Andrzej Klamt and Ulrich Rydzewsky, (Germany, Austria, 2004, 127') *2005: '' Shape of the Moon'' by

Leonard Retel Helmrich Leonard Retel Helmrich (16 August 1959 – 15 July 2023) was a Dutch cinematographer and film director. Born in Tilburg, he moved to Amsterdam in 1982. He was a two-time International Documentary winner at the International Documentary Film Festi ...

, (Netherlands, 2004, 92') *2006: ''

The Real Dirt on Farmer John ''The Real Dirt on Farmer John'' is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics. It tells the history of the eccentric farmer's family farm in rural Caledonia, ...

'' by

Taggart Siegel Taggart Siegel is an American documentary filmmaker. For 30 years, he has produced and directed Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentaries and dramas that reflect cultural diversity. He is co-founder of Collective Eye Films, a nonprofit media p ...

(USA, 2005, 83') *2007: '' The Planet'' by Michael Stenberg, Linus Torell and

Johan Söderberg Johan Olof Anders Söderberg (born 14 November 1962 in Bollnäs) is a Swedish film director and editor. He was considered part of the now terminated Swedish multimedia collective Lucky People Center. Söderberg is recognized for the work he has d ...

, (Sweden, Norway, 2006, 84') *2008: '' The Nuclear Come Back'' by

Justin Pemberton Justin Pemberton is a documentary filmmaker based in New Zealand. Life and career Pemberton's adaptation of economist Thomas Piketty’s NY Times bestseller ''Capital in the Twenty-First Century'' premièred at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival and e ...

, (New Zealand, 2007, 75') *2009: '' Old partner'' by Lee Chung-ryoul, (South Korea, 2008, 75') *2010: '' Life for sale'' by

Yorgos Avgeropoulos Yorgos Avgeropoulos (; born 1971) is a Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the creator of the Greek awarded documentary series ''"Exandas"''. He was born in Athens in 1971. He has worked for Greek television stations covering news s ...

(Greece, 2010, 61'), 2010) *2011: '' There once was an island'' by Briar March (New Zealand, USA, 2010, 80') *2012: '' The Big Fix'' by

Josh Tickell Josh Tickell (born August 7, 1975) is an American film director who specializes in movies with a social message. His first feature movie, ''Fuel'' won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in the United Sta ...

and Rebecca Tickell (USA, France, 2011, 88’) * 2013: ''

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'' by Markus C. M. Schmidt, (Germany, 2012, 85’) * 2014: '' Virunga'' by

Orlando von Einsiedel Orlando von EinsiedelPeople of Today 2017 / Lucy Hume (born in August 19, 1980) is a British film director, producer and co-founder of film production company Grain Media. He directs mostly documentary films that investigate global social issues, ...

, (Great Britain, 2014, 97) * 2015: ''Bikes vs Cars'' by

Fredrik Gertten Fredrik Gertten (born 3 April 1956 in Malmö) is a Swedish filmmaker, producer and journalist, best known for documentaries investigating global patterns of kleptocracy, lobbyism, financialization and extractivism. His production company WG Film ...

, (Sweden, 2015, 91’) * 2016: ''When Two Worlds Collide'' by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel, (Peru, 2016, 100') * 2017: ''Plastic China'' by Jiuliang Wang (China, 2016, 82’) * 2018: '' Genesis 2.0'' by

Christian Frei Christian Frei (born 1959 in Schönenwerd, Solothurn) is a Swiss filmmaker and film producer. He is mostly known for his films '' War Photographer'' (2001), '' The Giant Buddhas'' (2005) and '' Space Tourists'' (2009). Frei has been an associate ...

, Maxim Arbugaev (Swiss, 2018, 103’) * 2019: ''The Burning Field'' by Justin Weinrich, (USA, 2019, 72’) * 2020: special online edition without prizewinners due to the COVID-19 pandemic * 2021: ''Marcher sur l'eau'' by Aissa Maiga, (France, Belgium, 2021, 89')

References

External links

* {{Turin landmarks Culture in Turin 1998 establishments in Italy Film festivals established in 1998 Environmental film festivals in Italy Events in Turin