Closing ceremony of “Arevordi”, the only environmental festival in South Caucasus, was held on October 29 in Moscow Cinema, Yerevan.
Chair of main program jury Ronald Tobias announced the names of winners. Edgar Bartenev’s “Niarma” (Germany) received award in Best Wildlife Film nomination, while Herbert Oswald’s “Spirit of the Forest-Elephant Shrew” (Germany) was awarded an honorable mention prize.
Franny Armstrong’s “The Age of Stupid” (Great Britain) won award in the Best Research of Environmental Issues nomination. The jury granted special awards to Inge Altemeier’s Eco Here-Death There (Germany/Indonesia) and Tigran Paskevish’s Teghut: Bread of the Children (Armenia).
Chair of Children’s Film jury Maikki Kantola awarded the “Ecocity: and The Rubbish Monster” (Italy) in the Best Environmental Film nomination, whereas “Sunset of Astragalus” and “Ego” were granted Jury’s Special Award. John Webster’s Recipes for Disaster (Finland) was recognized as the Best Environmental Educational Film for Children. And
Lucie Stamfestova’s The Fridge (Czech Republic) received the jury’s Special Prize.
“Wall of Death” by Jossi Weissler won audience award.
Festival is aimed at promoting an open forum via seminars, public discussions and trainings.
Main sponsor is VivaCell-MTS.
