Wildlife Vaasa 2006

Wildlife Vaasa Festival is Finland's international Nature Film Festival, which focuses on Nordic and European natural history incorporating worldwide participation. Its main objective is to stimulate and encourage cooperation between filmmakers, producers and other professionals within this field and to promote their work worldwide.

Wildlife Vaasa festival is a biennial event and was held initially in Vaasa in November 2002 and again in November 2004. As a highly successful event the festival has attracted more than 200 nature films and more than 100 delegates from around the world including television broadcasters, producers and media educators. Today Wildlife Vaasa festival is curently one of the leading events of its kind in Scandinavia considering the number of entries and delegates. The festival is organised by the Terranova Nature Centre of the Ostrobothnian Museum in close co-operation with Vaasa city and Vaasa Regions Development Corporation (VASEK).

Wildlife Vaasa 2006 will be implemented again in co-operation with Living Europe and will take place in Vaasa, from 22 - 26 November 2006. The festival's Nature film competition consists of 9 different categories with 4 new categories, introducing also a new category with films made by environmental friendly companies from around the world. The festival includes also a nature film competition for children and youth self-made films. Moreover, music concerts, stunning presentations from wildlife filmmakers, panel discussions and an excursion to the pristine wilderness of Kvarken Archiperago will be included in the festival program. Meawhile, the forecoming year is very special for Vaasa beceause of the city's 400 years anniversary. Furthermore, the city's surrounding area of Kvarken has UNESCO nomination. The combination of such circumstances together with our festival will create a perfect atmosphere for joy and celebration with a rich program of cultural events including the UBC-Culture Comission's Meeting in Vaasa in November 2006.