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JHWFF 2005 FILM COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED

September 27, 2005, JACKSON, Wyo.    The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is pleased to announce the selection of this year's Film Competition Award winners. Films were selected from over 600 entries by a committee including Allison Argo, Thom Beers, Tim Cowling, Tom Perlmutter, and Alan Root. Winners of the Festival Film Competition are:

Grand Teton (Best of Festival)
Sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
The Katahdin Foundation

Best Achievement in Sound
Sponsored by Dolby Laboratories
Earthling
Wolfgang Bayer Productions, EarthNative Films
Sound Recordist: Dustin Vandenbroeke
Editing/Mixing: DBC Sound

Best Animal Behavior
Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund
Capuchins - The Monkey Puzzle
BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Worldwide, Animal Planet,Discovery Communications

Best CGI/Animation Award
British Isles, A Natural History: Ice Age
BBC Natural History Unit

Best Children's Program
Earthling
Wolfgang Bayer Productions, EarthNative Films

Best Cinematography Award
Sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company
Natural World: Mississippi - Tales of the Last River Rat
@GB Films Ltd., BBC, Discovery Channel
Cinematography: Neil Rettig

Best Earth Sciences Program
Sponsored by American Geological Institute
Hot Rocks - Geology of Civilization: Risky Rocks
The Open University, BBC4, The Science Channel

Best Editing
Sponsored by LaserPacific Media Corporation
Roar: Lions of the Kalahari
Tim Liversedge Productions, National Geographic
Editors: Lori Petersen Waite, Mark Fletcher

Best Environmental Program
Sponsored by Conservation International
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
The Katahdin Foundation

Best Limited Series
Europe - A Natural History
BBC, ORF, ZDF

Best Musical Score
March of the Penguins
Bonne Pioche, National Geographic Feature Films, Warner
Independent Pictures
Composer: Alex Wurman

Best Newcomer Award
Sponsored by American University's Center for Environmental Filmmaking
The Last Goosekeeper
Henrik Helsgaun

Best Nonbroadcast Program
Eagle Odyssey
RSPB Film Unit

Best People & Animals Program
Sponsored by National Geographic
Strange Days on Planet Earth: Predators
National Geographic Television and Film,
Vulcan Productions, Sea Studios Foundation

Best Short Program
Devil's Teeth
Roger Teich

Best Theatrical Program
Sponsored by Sony Electronics
March of the Penguins
Bonne Pioche, National Geographic Feature Films, WarnerIndependent Pictures

Best Web Presentation
NATURE: Deep Jungle
Nature/WNET, Granada Wild, National Geographic Channel International, France 5

Best Writing
Sponsored by Non-Fiction Exchange
March of the Penguins
Bonne Pioche, National Geographic Feature Films, Warner
Independent Pictures
Based on the Screenplay by Luc Jacquet & Michel Fessler Narration by Jordan Roberts

Special Jury Prizes
NATURE: The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly
Nature/WNET, Moore & Moore Productions
Ants - Nature's Secret Power
Adi Mayer Films, ORF, Docstar, WDR

The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is sponsored by 19 global organizations. They range from major broadcasting corporations and production companies to post-production houses and conservation organizations. The Festival's Board of Directors includes: American Geological Institute, Animal Planet, BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Dolby Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, Fujinon, Granada Wild, LaserPacific Media Corporation, Lobo Media Productions, National Geographic Television, Natural History New Zealand, Nature/WNET, NHK/Japanese Broadcasting, ORF/Austrian Television, Panasonic Broadcast and Television Systems, Sony Electronics, the Turner Foundation, and World Wildlife Fund.

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