The Bird and Nature Festival will be on the hunt again soon for the best amateur and professional films dealing with birds, wildlife and the environment.
Selected films will be screened during the Festival, April 20th to 28th, 2024 in several venues of the Bay of Somme.
Screenings will be announced on this website by the beginning of February 2024.
PROFESSIONALS
Films about birds in their natural environment, wildlife, environment or natural history.
Films from 26 to 100 minutes
AMATEURS
Competition is also open to amateur wildlife filmmakers who do sound recording, shooting or editing as a hobby.
Films from 3 to 13 minutes.
THE 2023 EDITION
Preview Jury watched:
a total of 200 hours from 294 professional films
a total of 11 hours of 85 amateur films
Final Jury and our public enjoyed:
17 long professional films
9 shorter professional films
11 amateur films
6 out-of-competition films were also screened.
Thierry RAGOBERT, who won the 2022 Festival Grand Prix, chaired the Jury along with Christian COOLS, Coraline MOLINIE, Pierre-Louis FISZMAN, Gilles HENRY, Satine SIAMA and Mathias DIMPRE.
They awarded the 2023 Grand Prix to Guilaine BERGERET & Rémi RAPPE for “Le petit peuple du potager”.