Another big prize for the team of Altayfilm: The Mountainfilm Festival Graz awarded their latest production the festival's Grand Prix.
The last week brought awards for 'Magical Iceland' and 'The Meadow'.
'The Invisible River - Under Water Between the Black Forest and the Vosges' wins the Silver Palm at the Cimasub - Ciclo Internacional de Cine Submarino de Donostia - San Sebastián.
'On Thin Ice' is the big winner of the 2020 Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam, winning awards in the categories Best Film and Awareness.
Another award for Altayfilm!
Another weekend of film festivals has passed and we are once again proud to announce awards for films from our catalogue. Click here to find out more.
ON THIN ICE won the German Nature Film Award (Human & Nature), as well as the Audience Award at the Darss Nature Film Festival.
Last weekend brought two more awards for films from our catalogue. Find our more here.
Our newest addition, the marvelous 'Portugal – Europe's Wild West' won not one, but SIX awards at the Finisterra Arrabida Film Festival in Portugal.
We are proud to announce that 'On Thin Ice' (52' 4K) won the 2020 Jackson Wild Media Award in the category Best Changing Planet Film – Long Form.
Still winning hearts around the world: 'QUEEN WITHOUT LAND' receives award in Utah.
At the 2020 edition of the prestigious Matsalu Nature Film Festival, GOING NUTS and THE MEADOW won awards. Find out more here.
Hungary loves the squirrels!
'On Thin Ice' from producer Altayfilm won the award for best science film at the prestigious Greenscreen International Film Festival.
'Going Nuts - Tales from the Squirrel World' received a well-deserved award for its outstanding camerawork.
'Magical Iceland' wins two Gold Awards in the categories Nature & Wildlife and Cinematography each.
Realscreen selected 'Gorillas under Stress' (52' 4K) as one of their 19 Spring Picks and calls it "programming worth investigating".
We are proud to present Jan Haft’s newest documentary film ‘The Meadow – Paradise Lost?’ (44’ or 90’ 4K) for international distribution.
The Albatross team wishes all our partners, buyers, filmmakers and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here’s to a year of blessings and beyond.
Frost is unstoppable! The magnificent polar bear mother in the beautiful documentary 'Queen without Land' keeps touching people's hearts all over the world.
The documentary 'Magical Iceland' keeps mesmerizing audiences around the world. On Sunday the producers from nautilusfilm received the Grand Prix of the Mountainfilm Festival Graz.
Fossils of a recently-discovered ancient ape Danuvius guggenmosi, or “Udo”, could give clues to how and when walking on two legs evolved.
From Russia with love: 'Queen without Land' receives award at the XIV The World of Knowledge International Film Festival.
For the second time in a row, a film from our catalogue won the festival's main prize!
We are proud to announce that 'Queen without Land' won the award in the category 'Beauty of Nature' at the 45th EKOFILM Festival in Prague.
What a weekend! Yesterday the German Nature Film Prize was awarded to the most outstanding wildlife films at Darßer NaturfilmFestival. Four of the prizes in the six categories went to films from our catalogue.
This year once again a film from our catalogue won an award at the esteemed Matsalu Nature Film Festival. Read the full story here.
'Going Nuts - Tales from the Squirrel World' won the audience award at the GREEN SCREEN Internationales Naturfilmfestival Eckernförde. You just gotta love these cute squirrels.
On Sunday, 14th July 2019, 'The Invisible River - Under Water between the Black Forest and the Vosges' was awarded not only one, but two prizes from the NaturVision film festival in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
We feel honoured to announce that 'Queen without Land' received the Special Award Cie des Réals : Originality of achieving at the 8th edition of the Deauville Green Awards.
We are definitely ready and looking forward to meeting you in La Rochelle between June 24th and 26th!
Another award for 'Queen without Land' - this time from the wonderful Les Écrans de la mer - Festival international du film de mer in France.
We are delighted to announce a new award for 'Queen without Land': The jury of the Elements Film Festival in Vancouver found the film to be the best feature film of the festival's 2019 edition.
The new program from our catalogue called 'Dogs & Us - The Secret of a Friendship' was the 6th most screened program at this year's MIPDoc market.
'The Invisible River - Under Water between the Black Forest and the Vosges' wins the Galathea d'or at the Festival International du Monde Marin in Hyères/France. Congratulations!
For the 12th time the International Science Film Festival took place in Athens. This year, 'Stories of the Mediterranean Forest' was awarded the Science Communication Award. Congratulations!
We are proud like a lion about two special lions: Two of the Hessian Lion Awards of the Nature & Tourism Festival in Wiesbaden, Germany, were given to 'Magical Oman' and 'Megeti - Africa's Lost Wolf'.
Another week, another award: Once again 'Queen without Land' captured jury and audience in Ménigoute, France.
A flamingo gem for the Queen: On 27th October the Flamingo Award for Best Film was given to the marvelous 'Queen without Land' by the Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam.
No hair, small eyes, but huge teeth? Meet the newest addition to our catalogue: 'Naked Mole-Rat - Nature's Weirdest Superhero', which won the NHK Science Award at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol last week.
Our suitcases are packed with new programs for MIPCOM.
Meet us at our booth P-1.K19 German Pavilion. See you in Cannes!
What a summer it was: Many titles from our catalogue won prizes and we can't help but feel proud of the wonderful people, and their films, we get to work with.
The main prize of the Gran Paradiso Film Festival in Italy, the Stambecco d'Oro Trophy, was awarded by the audience to 'Lemming - The Little Giant of the North'. Congratulations!
What an honour - 'Queen without Land' is nominated for the prestigious Panda Awards at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol, UK, in the category "Theatrical Award". Paws crossed.
The majestic storks did not only win over our hearts, but also the people at the Japan Wildlife Film Festival. The film received the 2018 'Nature and People Encouragement Award'.Congratulations!
A very special Queen is now wearing a new crown jewel: an award from the Missoula Wildlife Festival. Congratulations!
Fingers crossed for 'Dark Business - Child Trafficking in the Heart of Europe' — a nominee for a prestigious European media award!
MIPDoc and MIPTV are approaching! Meet us at our booth P-1.J24 German pavilion.
We had a lovely time at Asian Side of the Doc — read on for a throwback to Bangkok!
We will be in Bangkok from 30th of January to 2nd of February!
We've got the pleasure to announce one last time in 2017 two more awards! Click here to find out more about the winners.
Give a warm welcome to our latest winners! Read on for the details on the festivals and of course the lucky winners and their trophies.
New Winners! Two more awards can be added to the collection, the season of winners is not over yet!
Busy bees are humming in our office to prepare this year's Mipcom in Cannes! Meet us at our booth P-1.J24 German Pavilion. See you in Cannes!
What a great start into the week! We're happy to announce that two titles of our catalog received awards this weekend at EkoFilm Festival in the Czech Republic and the Darß Nature Film Festival in Germany!
'Megeti - Africa's Lost Wolf' continues to bring awards - this time at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival - and has been honored as Best Africa Film!
Four winners from our catalog at Matsalu Film Festival! 1st Prize (Nature), Best Director (Nature), Special Prize of the Jury (Nature) & a Highly Commended Diploma!
'New Pirates of the Caribbean' – aka 'Lionfish' – successfully "conquered" a trophy!
We are back from a very successful Green Screen Festival: two awards for 'Megeti - Africa's Lost Wolf'! We saw a bunch of amazing films and got the chance to catch up with inspiring people sharing the same passion for documentaries and nature!
Four nominees for the German Nature Award in our catalogue: 'The Dassie - A South African Survival Specialist', 'Megeti - Africa's Lost Wolf', 'China's Wild West' and 'Lemming - The Little Giant of the North' - read on to learn more!
Great news from NaturVision Film Festival! 'Megeti' received the German Wildlife Film Award and 'The Black Tears of the Seas' was awarded the Special Prize "The City and the Sea".
We are proud to announce that the documentary 'Lemming - The Little Giant of the North' from our catalog wins several awards, amongst others in the categories Best Nature Film and Best Film !
Our congratulations to the crew of 'Iron Jungle': the film received awards at the T-film IFF in Ostrava (Czech Republic) and at the Ekotopfilm Festival (Slovakia) and is nominated for the Best Documentary Award at the Shanghai TV Festival in China!
We will be in La Rochelle/ France at the international documentary market this summer!
World Content Market (WCM) 2017 is coming up and we have fresh exciting titles in our catalogue!
'Polar Bear Summer' received the First Prize ('Town of Sondrio' Award) as well as the Students' Jury Award at the Sondrio International Documentary Film Festival this year!
Two events are coming up in December: come and meet us at WCSFP in Stockholm or ATF in Singapore!
We are thrilled to share the results of the PRIX EUROPA awards where '#MyEscape' won the prize for the Best European TV Documentary! Read on to learn about the other awards the film has collected this year.
Good news from the Darss Nature Film Festival! 'Ocean's Monopoly' received the Best Film award in the category 'Human & Nature'. 'Keas - New Zealand's Witty Daredevils' was awarded the Best Script prize. Our congratulations to both teams!
Our congratulations to the team involved in the production of 'Ocean's Monopoly', which was named the Best Marine Film at this year's Green Screen Festival!
As always in mid-August, we are beginning to get ready for MIPCOM. Come visit us at our new booth! You will find us at P-1.J24/K23 (German pavilion).
Two wildlife titles from our catalog - 'A Winter's Tale - The Journey of the Snowy Owls' and 'Mystery in Yellowstone' - have received awards at this year's NaturVision Film Festival!
Sunny Side of the Doc is approaching and Albatross World Sales will be there with new programs and projects! Meet us in La Rochelle.
Another award in our catalog: the science & technology documentary 'The Equalizer' wins a Platinum Remi Award in the category Sports at the Worldfest Houston!
Albatross is getting ready for MipTV and MipDoc and excited to launch new programs and projects in Cannes! Visit us at the Creative Europe / MEDIA stand P4.B1, mini-stand #501.
We are happy to announce that 'Polar Bear Summer' won the Best Cinematography Award at the Matsalu Nature Film Festival!
Three documentaries from our catalog received awards at Green Screen 2015: the Youth Jury Award for 'Beary Tales', the Audience Award for 'Storks - A Village Rooftop Saga', and the Best Postproduction Award for 'Wild Slovakia'!
Busy times are coming! Meet Albatross at MIPCOM in Cannes or at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
A new program in our catalogue - 'Wild Slovakia' - won the Special Jury Award at this year's NaturVision International Film Festival!
'Carousel of Life' has earned the Award for Knowledge of Man-Animal Relationship at the 25th International Wildlife Film Festival in Albert!
Next month Albatross will be attending the Sheffield Doc/Fest and the Sunny Side of the Doc. If you also will be there in Sheffield or La Rochelle, don't hesitate to contact us to schedule a meeting!
'Beak & Brain' has been awarded the Silver World Medal in the category Nature & Wildlife at the New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films!
The spring is approaching, and with it MIPTV and MIPDoc. We are excited to launch our new programs in Cannes. Visit us in the Palais des Festivals at the Creative Europe MEDIA P4.B1, mini-stand 501.
Another award for Albatross' content at the Sichuan TV Festival: 'Beak & Brain' has won the Gold Panda for Best Documentary!
'Carousel of Life' won the Gold Panda Award for Best Director at the 2014 International Gold Panda Documentary Festival!
'The New Wilderness' was named the Best Dutch Movie of the Year at the Rembrandt Awards and received the Gouden Kalf Audience Award!
Our fingers crossed for 'The Wagner Files', which is nominated for an International Emmy Award in Arts Programming!
New in the catalog - and already a winner! 'Hamilton's Journey' has received the Best Film Story Award at the 'Water, Sea & the Oceans' International Film Festival 2014.
We are happy to announce that two of our titles received awards at the Green Screen Festival 2014. 'Carousel of Life' was named the Best Ecological Film and 'Beak & Brain' received the award for the Best Script.
MIPCOM (13-16 October) is approaching and we will be heading to Cannes with our new titles in just a few weeks. If you are attending as well, don't hesitate to drop us a line to schedule a meeting!
...And more good news from Ludwigsburg: 'Beak & Brain - Genius Birds from Down Under' received the Audience Prize at the NaturVision Film Festival 2014.
We are delighted to announce that 'Carousel of Life - The Traditional Orchard' was awarded the Cinematography Prize at this year's NaturVision International Film Festival in Ludwigsburg.
Another nomination for 'Killer in the Caves'! The wildlife/science-thriller is nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary and Long Form.
We are thrilled to announce that 'Killer in the Caves' is one of the finalists for the 2014 Wildscreen Panda Awards in the Science category.
Sunny Side of the Doc is approaching and Albatross World Sales will be there with new programs and projects. Pass by the AG DOK stand # C19 to hear about the latest titles in our documentary catalog.
We are proud to announce that 'Beak & Brain - Genius Birds from Down Under' earned two awards, including the Grand Prix of the Festival, at Envirofilm 2014.
Doclights' 'Secrets of the North Sea' wins two awards, for Cinematography and Soundtrack, at the New York Festivals 2014!
MIPTV & MIPDoc are just round the corner! Albatross is excited to be bringing a line-up of new programs in various genres. Pass by our mini-stand 501 at media stand P4.B1 from April 7th to 10th - we'll be happy to see you there!
Asian Side of the Doc, MIPDoc and MIPTV are approaching - and we will be there with freshly finished titles in the genres of travel & adventure, nature & wildlife as well as history and current affairs.
We are proud to announce that taglicht media’s Killer in the Caves was named the winner of the 2013 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Competition in the category In-Depth Reporting. The program...
Following the great success of 'The Wagner Files' at the World Film Festival in Montreal, the film now celebrates its official cinema release in Canada: starting this Friday, December 13th.
Albatross World Sales is celebrating the Oktoberfest at MIPCOM. Visit H4.35 on Tuesday, 8th October and have a German beer, pretzels and a good time with us. From 5pm - 6pm.
'The Wagner Files' received the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Montreal World Film Festival 2013 and the 'Wagner App' is nominated for Best Online Production at Prix-Europe 2013.
...if you are interested in learning more, schedule a meeting with Anne or Claudia and be prepared for some great new entertainment!
From Tue. 25th to Fri. 28th June Anne is in La Rochelle and will be presenting our new exciting documentaries in the genres nature & wildlife, science & history, culture & travel, adventure as well as...
