ImagiNATION short film competition winner announced

Project Update

Publish date: August 11, 2024

An Amazon Night’s Dream, by Diego Sarmiento and Milenka Rojas Ramírez!
An Amazon Night’s Dream, by Diego Sarmiento and Milenka Rojas Ramírez! / Author: Diego Sarmiento

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ImagiNATION Short Film Competition

ImagiNATION Short Film Competition

ImagiNATION short film competition winner announced

Project Update

Part of the project

ImagiNATION Short Film Competition

ImagiNATION Short Film Competition

Publish date: August 11, 2024

We are thrilled to announce the winning film of this year’s ImagiNATION competition: An Amazon Night’s Dream, by Diego Sarmiento and Milenka Rojas Ramírez!

The short film tells of the past, present and possible future of the Amazon, of its beauty, its endangerment and its boundless potential - reflected by a young Indigenous girl in a dialog with her grandmother. It was selected as the best film of the year alongside "The Guardian of Gaia" by Lady Vinces Cruz and Rosakebia Liliana Estela Mendoza, and "Melich Builds a House" by Lydia Matata and Melich Gichia. The three short films received an Award of Recognition and were screened at the Teatro Paravento in Locarno, Switzerland, on August 11, 2024.

The newly launched ImagiNATION short film competition, a collaboration between the Changemakers program of the Wyss Academy for Nature, the EthnoKino Doc Impact Lab and Fondation2291 in Switzerland, aims to visually translate the ideas of young visionaries and social entrepreneurs in a creative way. The ten films submitted this year explore various topics such as climate change, nature conservation and land restoration.

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