Green Film Network

The Green Film Network^[1] is an international association of environmental film festivals and was founded to support the work of international documentary filmmakers and promote films that raise awareness of environmental topics. The network currently comprises 32 festivals in 23 countries.

Green Film Network Award

The annual GFN Awards honor the most inspiring and impactful environmental films of the past year, exploring critical issues such as climate, food, energy, wildlife, and oceans. Films are nominated by 30 international film festivals that focus on environmental issues, and the winners are selected by an international jury. The awards ceremony is hosted at one of the GFN member festivals, rotating each year.

In February 2014, the network presented the inaugural Green Film Network Award^[2] as a new international award for best environmental documentary of the year. The first GFN Award was presented to filmmaker Reuben Aaronson for the documentary Amazon Gold during the opening ceremony of Fife Île-de-France (International Environmental Film Festival) in Paris on February 4.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In 2018, an award for Best Green Short was introduced.

The 2020 Awards included a special presentation ceremony on April 28, 2021,^[6] which took place online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 43 films from 25 countries were nominated. A special one-time award was also presented for Best Film of the Decade 2010-2020.

Best Green Feature

2024 - Plastic Fantastic directed by Isa Willinger
2022 - Eating Our Way to Extinction directed by Ludo Brockway and Otto Brockway
2021 - no award due to festivals being on hiatus during COVID-19 pandemic
2020 - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch directed by Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier
2019 - Ghost Fleet directed by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron
2018 - Genesis 2.0 directed by Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev
2017 - 24 Snow directed by Mikhail Barynin (joint winner)
2017 - Plastic China directed by Jiu-liang Wang (joint winner)
2016 - Landfill Harmonic directed by Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley
2015 - La Mujer y el Agua directed by Nocem Collado
2014 - Amazon Gold directed by Reuben Aaronson

Best Green Short

2022 - Dans La Nature directed by Marcel Barelli
2021 - no award due to festivals being on hiatus during COVID-19 pandemic
2020 - All Inclusive directed by Corina Schwingruber Ilić (joint winner)
2020 - Kofi and Lartey directed by Sasha Rainbow (joint winner)
2019 - Lost World directed by Kalyanee Mam
2018 - Water Warriors directed by Michael Premo

Best Green Film of the Decade

2020 - Racing Extinction directed by Louie Psihoyos

GFN Award Host Festivals

2023 - Cinema Planeta, Cuernavaca, Mexico
2022 - Innsbruck Nature Film Festival, Innsbruck, Austria
2021 - no ceremony due to festivals being on hiatus during COVID-19 pandemic
2020 - Online edition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)^[7]
2019 - CineEco, Seia, Portugal^[8]
2018 - San Francisco Green Film Festival, San Francisco, USA^[9]
2017 - Planet in Focus, Toronto, Canada^[10]
2016 - Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic^[11]
2015 - EcoZine Film Festival, Zaragoza, Spain^[12]
2014 - Festival International du Film d’Environnement, Paris, France^[13]

References

^ Green Film Network official website
^ "Green Film Network Award". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
^ "Award announcement on Fife Île-de-France official website". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
^ Award announcement on Amazon Aid
^ "Interview with 2014 GFN Award winner Reuben Aaronson". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
^ https://www.greenfilmnet.org/7th-green-film-network-award-2020/ Archived 2022-08-13 at the Wayback Machine GFN Awards 2020 online edition
^ "7th Green Film Network Award 2020 – GFN". Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
^ "2019 GFN award | CineEco Seia".
^ "2018 Green Film Network Award: And the winners are…". 24 August 2018.
^ "Green Film Network Awards & Screenings". Archived from the original on 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
^ "El DREFF es este año el anfitrión del GFN Award, el Óscar del cine medioambiental – DREFF".
^ "Ecozine Film Festival | Festival Internacional de Cine y Medio Ambiente de Zaragoza". Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
^ "Amazon Gold Wins First Annual GFN Award". 5 February 2014.

Green Film Network official website

[1] Green Film Network official website

[2] "Green Film Network Award". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

[3] "Award announcement on Fife Île-de-France official website". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

[4] Award announcement on Amazon Aid

[5] "Interview with 2014 GFN Award winner Reuben Aaronson". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

[6] ttps://www.greenfilmnet.org/7th-green-film-network-award-2020/ Archived 2022-08-13 at the Wayback Machine GFN Awards 2020 online edition

[7] "7th Green Film Network Award 2020 – GFN". Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

[8] "2019 GFN award | CineEco Seia".

[9] "2018 Green Film Network Award: And the winners are…". 24 August 2018.

[10] "Green Film Network Awards & Screenings". Archived from the original on 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

[11] "El DREFF es este año el anfitrión del GFN Award, el Óscar del cine medioambiental – DREFF".

[12] "Ecozine Film Festival | Festival Internacional de Cine y Medio Ambiente de Zaragoza". Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

[13] "Amazon Gold Wins First Annual GFN Award". 5 February 2014.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]