Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
Film: Symphony of the Soil
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia
Country of Origin: USA
Jury’s statement: Soil is the foundation of life and a unique natural resource. The jury awards the prize for a complex artistic insight into the issues related to soil.
Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management
Film: Limited Liability Food
Director: Lukáš Kokeš – Česká televize
Country of Origin: Czech Republic
Jury’s statement: Awarded for its critical view of the reality of today’s food market.
Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
Film: Today in the Future
Director: Ivo Brachtl
Country of Origin: Slovakia
Jury’s statement: Technical sciences are the location of the realisation of most discoveries in practice. The prize is awarded for a lively and illustrative demonstration of this fact.
Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
Film: Dying Forest of the Tatras
Director: Pavol Kráľ
Country of Origin: Slovakia
Jury’s statement: Awarded for its expert evaluation of the bark beetle case in environmental as well as social and economic relations.
Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Film: Invasion of the Alien Species
Director: Yin Jihu
Country of Origin: China
Jury’s statement: Awarded for an attractive treatment of one of the greatest problems of today – the problem of the spread of invasive species.
Award of the Director of the Institute of Tropics and Subtropics
Film: Green Desert
Director: Michal Gálik
Country of Origin: Slovakia
Jury’s statement: For the illustration of current problems related to palm oil production with global impact.
Award of the Student Jury
Film: Hell on a Plate
Director: Martin Krušina
Country of Origin: Czech Republic
Jury’s statement: Awarded for awakening the society to a greater gastronomic perceptiveness.
Award of the Minister of Agriculture
Film: The Botany of Desire
Director: Michael Schwarz
Country of Origin: USA
Jury’s statement: Awarded for an original and exceptionally illustrative insight into the relationship of man and plants.
Award of the CULS Rector
Film: The Hidden Life of our Genes
Director: Hervé Nisic
Country of Origin: France
Jury’s statement: Awarded for an illustrative explanation of the latest discoveries in biology that already have and will have far-reaching impacts for natural science as a whole.