Matsalu Nature Film Festival (Estonian : Matsalu loodusfilmide festival, abbreviated MAFF) is an Estonian film festival which is focused on nature films. [1]
MAFF predecessors were Nature Film Days, which took place 1983-1989 in Tallinn, and was led by Rein Maran. [1]
First MAFF took place in 2003. The first MAFF lasted 3 days and 23 films from 7 countries were shown. [1]
In 2019, over 1,000 films from 80 countries were shown. [1]
Lääne County is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-east, Rapla County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, and the island counties of Saare and Hiiu to the west. In January 2009 Lääne County had a population of 23,810 – constituting 2.0% of the total population in Estonia.
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease on farms across most of the British countryside. Over 6 million cows and sheep were slaughtered on farms in an eventually successful attempt to halt the disease. Cumbria was the worst affected area of the country, with 893 cases.
Matsalu National Park is a nature reserve and national park situated in the Lääne and Pärnu counties of Estonia. Matsalu National Park spans an area of 486.1 km2 (187.7 sq mi), comprising Matsalu Bay, the Kasari River delta, the village of Matsalu and surrounding areas.
Matsalu Bay is a bay in Lääne County, Estonia; the bay is part of Väinameri.
Protected areas of Estonia are regulated by the Nature Conservation Act, which was passed by the Estonian parliament on April 21, 2004 and entered into force May 10, 2004. Overall Estonia has 15403 protected areas covering 21% of the country land and 18% of it marine and coastal territory, including 6 national parks: Lahemaa National Park, Karula National Park, Soomaa National Park,Vilsandi National Park, Matsalu National Park, and Alutaguse National Park
Estonia is a small, heavily forested country situated on the Baltic Sea. It is a part of the Euro-Siberian region of terrestrial Palearctic realm, and the Temperate Northern Atlantic marine ecoregion.
Christian Baumeister is a German cinematographer and award-winning director focusing on nature and wildlife productions.
Duet is a 2006 Iranian short mockumentary film, shot in Damavand, Iran and written and directed by Kiarash Anvari.
Penijõe is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia; in the centre of Matsalu National Park.
Kumari is an Estonian island in Väinameri Sea, and has size of 17,5 ha. It is a part of Matsalu National Park.
Sipelgarahu is an Estonian island in Väinameri Sea, and has size of 3,52 ha. It forms Sipelgarahu Nature Reserve in Matsalu National Park.
Silma Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated in south-western Estonia, in Lääne County.
Çırak, is a film by Tayfun Belet made in 2014. The international name is "The Apprentice".
(Upper) Bucket Lake is an artificial lake and restored wetland in Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has a surface elevation of 14 m, and its surface area is 1.5 ha. The lake belongs to Eckernförde.
The Measure of Man is a documentary film about global ecological problems told via personal stories.
Õllesummer was a beer festival, which took place in Tallinn, Estonia. This festival was the biggest beer festival in Nordic countries. The last festival took place in 2018.
The Wind Sculpted Land is a 2018 Estonian documentary film directed by Joosep Matjus and narrated by actor Hannes Kaljujärv. The film is dedicated to the beauty of Estonian nature.
Ago Ruus is an Estonian film cinematographer and director.
Fathollah Amiri is an Iranian documentary filmmaker with a career focusing on the environment and wildlife of Iran. His film, The Ranger and the Leopard, received the Green Screen award in Germany in 2018, also known as the "Documentary Oscar". His film Vortex won the 33rd edition of the Sondrio Festival in Italy in 2019. He has also served as a judge at the Matsalu Nature Film Festival in Estonia in 2019 and the Sondrio Festival of Environmental Films in Italy in 2020.
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