WHO WE ARE
Jane Goodall, Honour of Ekotopfilm 2016
Ekotopfilm is a unique educational Czech-Slovak platform dedicated to the topic of sustainable development. It arose from the oldest environmental festival in the world, which was already founded in 1973.
- More than 1 million viewers visited us.
- We have created more than 5,000 partnerships in 58 countries of the world, including cooperation with the UN, UNESCO, UNEP, IAEA organizations. Over the course of the year
- Ekotopfilm will be visited by more than 80,000 people from all over the Czech Republic in 50 cities.
- We implement practical environmental education through engaging films, colorful presentations and creative workshops
- We emphasize the education of the younger generation. In a few years, the world will be in their hands, which is why we are organizing a special Junior festival for them.
- We were able to connect the public, private and tertiary sectors (government, cities, NGOs) on one platform.
Thanks to an exceptional networking platform and program, we have built a unique position in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and abroad. - We invite recognized experts and well-known personalities from all over the world to participate in the activity with the aim of supporting environmental protection
- We have brought famous personalities to the Czech Republic such as Jane Goodall, Tomáš Sedláček, Sea Shepherd, Polly Higgins and many others. Dr. Jane Goodall participated in the first year of Ekotopfilm in Prague in 2017.
Tomáš Sedláček, Honour of Ekotopfilm 2017 a Peter Lím, festival director
POSOLSTVO
MESSAGE
Message
His Excellency
Prince of Monaco
Albert II
festival honoree „Honour of Ekotopfilm“ 2006
“I consider the goals and philosophy of Ekotopfilm to be crucial: to share information, to educate and find solutions, as well as to persuade and appeal. The tasks of the festival are very important. Facing the challenges of protecting our environment and the need to warn our contemporaries. One of the greatest merits of Ekotopfilm is that it brings such films and creates a new audience. I would also like to mention the ability of the organizers to bring together the public and private sectors as well as NGOs. Ekotopfilm creates important bridges between players who must learn to work together better to solve common challenges.”
HONOUR OF EKOTOPFILM
HONOUR OF EKOTOPFILM
Laureates of honor (1998 – 2023)
(2023) Lucia Baranová – founder of the Blue Religion organization
(2022) Nigel Marven – British wildlife filmmaker, screenwriter, presenter and adventurer, renowned for his distinctive style, innovative programs and enthusiasm. He worked alongside Sir David Attenborough for twelve years. He made more than 150 documentaries, visited all continents and conveyed to the audience the stories of amazing wild animals. He became known mainly thanks to the blockbuster “Prehistoric Park”. For the last 10 years, he has been making science, adventure and nature documentaries with his own production company. He has already won several awards for his work.
(2021) Milan Jeglík – created a private Czech-Slovak Indonesian Green Life reserve in the north of Sumatra, which has already purchased almost 200 hectares of primeval forest. He created an anti-poaching patrol, on Bankaru Island they watch over turtles during hatching, train people to protect animals. In Slovakia, it cooperates with the State Nature Conservancy for wildlife protection.
(2019) Selina Juul – founder of the Stop Spild Af Mad movement, which managed to put Denmark on the map of countries that in the area of so-called food waste actively contribute to improving the situation and spreading awareness
(2018) Sea Shepherd – an international non-profit organization whose goal is to end the destruction of ocean fauna and flora and to preserve them for future generations.
(2017) Polly Higgins – lawyer dealing with international law, award-winning author, founder of the Earth Law Alliance and The Earth Community Trust, author of the draft Act on Ecocide, which defines the destruction of ecosystems, the so-called the fifth crime against peace.
(2016) Jane Goodall – world renowned primatologist, founder of the global youth initiative Roots&Shoots (Roots and Shoots), holder of the Order of the Legion of Honor in France, the prestigious Japanese Kyoto Prize. She is a UN Messenger of Peace and was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2003 (2015).
(2015) Janina Ochojska – founder and chairwoman of the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) foundation. Initiator and coordinator of humanitarian missions for Bosnia, Sarajevo, Kosovo, Chechnya, Iraq and many foreign countries in need.
(2013) Felix Finkbeiner – German 15-year-old student, activist, founder of THE-PLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET foundation.
(2012) Pavol Barabáš – Slovak director, cameraman and traveler.
(2011) Allison Argo – American environmental filmmaker.
(2010) Ingvar Kamprad – founder of the IKEA furniture chain.
(2009) Yann Arthus-Bertrand – founder of GoodPlanet and UN Goodwill Ambassador.
(2008) Eva Siracká – president of the League against Cancer SR.
(2007) Martin Strel – Slovenian endurance swimmer.
(2006) J. N. V. knieža Albert II. – a leading personality of a foundation devoted to the environment, organizer and participant of an expedition to the North Pole.
(2005) Nicol a Serge Roetheli, (2004) Juraj Hraško, (2003) Václav Havel, (2002) Günter Verheugen, (2001) Al Gore, (2000) Svend Auken, (1999) Ivan Bella , (1998) Jacques Yves Cousteau.
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