FINAL PROGRAM

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30.08, Wednesday
10:00 – 13:00 Schubz Garden, guided tours in Rasnov and surroundings
14:30 – 16:30 Amza Pellea Cinema, workshop Wild Club’s experience (presentations and screenings of the club’s productions)
17:00 – 19:30 Amza Pellea Cinema, workshop How to use camera traps for making films about nature run by Dan Dinu (Romania)
20:30 Schubz Garden, film screening Wild Romania, Romania 2022, 123 min.

31.08, Thursday
10:00 – 13:00 Schubz Garden, workshop Creating a Short Film with Your Smartphone run by Sarah Ziegler and Simon Straetker (Germany)
11:00 – 13:00 Schubz Garden, Sharing Nature activities run by Luminita Tanasie and Florentina Florescu (Romania)
14:30 Amza Pellea Cinema, Wild life and eco-tourism in Montenegro (screenings and discussions)
15:30 Amza Pellea Cinema, Wanderer sheep 2.0 project presentation and exhibition
16:30 Amza Pellea Cinema, screenings of the short films competition (category 14 – 19 years)
21:00 Schubz Garden, special event Correspondence - musical journey around the world

1.09, Friday
10:00 – 13:00 Schubz Garden, workshop Creating a Short Film with Your Smartphone run by Sarah Ziegler and Simon Straetker (Germany)
11:00 – 13:00 Schubz Garden, Sharing Nature activities run by Luminita Tanasie and Florentina Florescu (Romania)
14:30 Amza Pellea Cinema, film screening Mureș Riverside, director Dan Dinu, Romania 2022, 28 min.
15:00 Amza Pellea Cinema
Special screening Between coal and climate, director Johanna Jaurich, 2019, 30 min.
Special screening Wild Europe series, 2019 – 2023, 30 min.
Q&A with Johanna Jaurich and Wild Europe Team
17:00 Amza Pellea Cinema, screening of the short films competition (category 20 – 25 years)
20:00 Schubz Garden, Award’s ceremony

2.09, Saturday
18:00 Amza Pellea Cinema, film screening Into the wild, director Sean Penn, USA 2007, 148 min.

Access is free to all activities subject to availability.
All activities are conducted in English.
Amza Pellea Cinema – 2 Mihai Viteazu str., Râșnov
Schubz Garden – 7 Caragiale str., Râșnov

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FINAL SELECTION SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

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Category 14-19 years
1. Dlingo, Indonesia 2023
2. Zoo Animals, India 2022
3. Coral Reef Restoration, USA 2023
4. A Hall of Mirrors, Romania 2023
5. ACORN, Mexico 2022
6. La dolce via, Romania 2023
7. Mother Nature, Romania 2023
8. The impact of bees on our lives, Germany 2023
9. Noise pollution, Romania 2023
10. Bird' paradise, Montenegro 2023
11. In balance with nature, Montenegro 2023
12. Lempeș: The Hidden Story, Romania 2023
13. Taking you to a hidden place, Montenegro 2023
14. An endangered treasure of Montenegrin karst, Montenegro 2023
15. Nature in danger, Romania 2023
16. Evening moments by Agatha Bacovia, Romania 2023
17. Adventure Gronne, Germany 2023
18. The return of the beaver, Germany 2022
19. SDG 12 - Sustainable cultivation - fair consumption!, Germany 2022
20. Our shrimp story, Germany 2022
21. If I wasn't there wouldn't be a story, Romania 2023

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Category 20-25 years
1. Vivarta, India 2023
2. The Grand Mother, Poland 2023
3. Twisting Tunnels, Australia 2023
4. Cetaceans of the Shelf, Australia 2023
5. Wild Ammiq, Lebanon 2023
6. Moses Gate, India 2023
7. The Fledgeling, Pakistan 2023
8. A Finite Treasure: The Borrowed Water of Maria, Philippines 2023
9. The Edge of The Sea, Indonesia 2022
10. BAMBÙ, Italy 2023
11. Native of the Caribbean, Panama 2023
12. A Piece of Freedom, Bosnia 2022
13. A Concert in the Forest, Romania 2022
14. Quandary, Turkey 2022
15. Journey of the Saras, Peru 2023
16. Called Defeat - Short Film, Germany 2023
17. Connected in the Black Forest, Germany 2023
18. The Vulture, Germany 2023
19. Eye in eye - a wildlife comedy, Germany 2023
20. Forest Light, Germany 2023

 

The Festival has a competitive section and awards are offered in the following categories: ‘Professional Jury Prize’, ‘Audience Prize’, ‘Young Jury Prize’ and other prizes and honor acknowledgements.

 

Nature Stories Festival is a celebration of NATURE and an opportunity to reflect on the way people interact with it. The Festival will take place in a beautiful region of the Carpathian Mountains, in Rasnov, a medieval town in southern Transylvania, between August 30th and September 2nd, 2023. It is addressed both to professionals and to the general public passionate

about nature and healthy living, exploring these topics through films (shorts, documentaries and feature films), debates, workshops, music, exhibitions, theater and other types of artistic approaches.

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