16 amateur short movies
During the International Film Festival of Nature in Namur, 16 exceptional amateur films were selected from nature lovers who share with us their observations and love for wildlife. There is something for everyone: comedy, drama, political film, animation, gangster movie, war, and even a vlogger!
Available online from May 21 (11:00 AM) to May 28 (11:55 PM), restricted to people residing in Belgium.
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When the water flows clear
Eline Botte - 2020 - Belgium - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT
Like the European otter, which is making its comeback, two other species tell us about the health of our waterways. Let's go and meet them and discover what they have to teach us...
Confidences de salamandre
François Guibert - 2020 - France - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT - Grand Prix
The spotted salamander has its secrets. To understand what drives it above all else, let yourself be led through the forest litter in a walk between light and shade. Pay attention and listen to what it wants to tell you!
In the intimacy of the foxcubs
Sylvie Mauricio & Etienne Fontinoy - 2020 - Luxembourg - 5'00– FRE OV - DUT SBT
After witnessing a mating in winter, two amateur film makers follow a group of fox cubs from the first days of spring. To penetrate their intimacy without disturbing them is the challenge of the two observers.
Already, there were the waves
Julien Deper - 2020 - Belgium - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT - Audience Award & Francis Staffe Award
I saw the horses go to the sea. The sky changed into blue dust, everything was cold and fragrant. The creatures came to life and gave us their memories, like a river in the trees. With the wind swelling the dreams.
Heritage
Yannick Van den Bossche - 2020 - Belgium - 3'40– FRE OV - DUT SBT
In the heart of the Norwegian mountains, the musk ox defies the harshness of the winter and the extreme conditions. Incredibly robust, this prehistoric-looking animal seems to us to be a legacy of the last Ice Age.
Water, mistress of the place
Guido Haesen - 2019 - Luxembourg - 4'50 – FRE OV - DUT SBT
From October to March, water floods the Pantanal, the largest wetland on earth in southwestern Brazil. From May onwards, the mistress of the place retreats and allows a very diverse flora and fauna to develop.
Marmotten on the rocks!!
Frederik Thoelen - 2020 - Belgium - 5'00 – DUT OV - FRE SBT
Marmots are without doubt the cutest inhabitants of the Alps. In the summer the young animals get used to the world around their shelter, a large space where they can play.
The cute wren
Michel Blanpain - 2020 - Belgium - 4'30 – FRE OV - DUT SBT
Amazed by the life that comes back to life in spring, the owner of this wild garden happily observes the flora and fauna of the area. He lingers at the nesting of the wren.
Loop
Hakan Ergin & Merve Cimen - 2020 - Turkey - 2'13 – ENG OV - FRE SBT - Special mention by the jury
Water and food are the fundamental right to life for every individual. However, part of the world's population wastes these resources, while another part has very difficult access to them.
The Mediterranean - Tell us about it
Isabelle Bruyère - 2020 - France - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT - Best Picture Award
From Port Cros to Estartit via Corsica, the Mediterranean Sea tells us about its treasures of life and amazes us with its rich biodiversity. It is time to protect them!
Food for the Soul
Pierre Coupel - 2020 - Canada - 4'15 – FRE OV - DUT SBT
Confronted with the beauty of the southern route in Chilean Patagonia, a reflection is gradually taking place. How can we anchor in ourselves all those images, sensations and emotions we experienced in the fjords of Tierra del Fuego, along a turbulent river?
Climate Paradox
Léo Piquet - 2020 - France - 2'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT
What does the threat of global warming mean when you are in your twenties, passionate about music and video games, like to go out and are used to consuming? An attempt to bear witness... at the risk of sinking into paradox.
Planet Covid
Fabian Demily - 2020 - Belgium - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT- Prize for Best Screenplay
"Confinement", the word of the year 2020! The whole planet Earth has suffered and I am locked up in my garden in Jemelle. And my father has found nothing better to keep me busy than to lock me up in his tent.
An autumn for the poet
Christophe Klein - 2020 - France - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT
A chance meeting between the novelist Jules Renard and Christophe Klein, who were born a century apart, gives rise to a contemplative walk in an autumnal nature full of charm and poetry.
Wind of Avalon
Florian Desmarchelier & Steeve Voccia - 2020 - France - 5'00 – FRE OV - DUT SBT - Prize for best sound editing
On the plain dominated by Glastonbury Tor, the gateway to the legendary kingdom of Avalon, terrible news is about to explode: the king has returned, and he's gone mad...
Save the Earth
Ruslan Bokach - 2013 - Ukraine - 3'45 – no narration - Film out of competition
Bodies bend and stretch to question our society. Let's take some time to think about the human activity that is changing the earth and its long-term consequences.
