Directed by: Ciril Jazbec
Country of Origin: Slovenia
Runtime: 3:59
Category: Short Film
With Western Europe’s waterways clogged by thousands of dams, Balkan countries are rallying to protect the continent’s last free-flowing rivers—before it’s too late. In Croatia’s popular tourist region of Dalmatia, The Nature Conservancy and its partners helped protect the Krupa River in perpetuity, one of the first conservation wins of its kind in the region.
Director Biography – Ciril Jazbec
Ciril Jazbec is a Slovenian freelance photographer and film director. His work focuses on communities that are confronted by the effects of globalisation and the climate crisis. In his long-term projects, he aims to raise awareness about the deterioration of our planet and the increasing impact of the climate crisis.
He has seen the rising sea levels in Kiribati, the erosion and melting of permafrost in Alaska, and has spent over seven months in Greenland documenting climate effects on the Inuits.
Jazbec studied Management at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana before moving to London to study photography. He gained an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication in 2011.
His awards include the World Press Photo Award in 2021, Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award in 2013, Photo Folio Review Les Rencontres d’Arles winner in 2013, Magnum 30 under 30 in 2015, PDN’30 New and emerging photographers to watch in 2016, and Pictures of the Year International World Understanding Award
in 2018.
Jazbec has been working as a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine since 2014. He is also a National Geographic Explorer.
Jazbec’s works have been exhibited and presented in various venues including Les Rencontres d’Arles, Visa pour l’Image, The Photoville, PhEST, Format Festival, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Newseum, East Wing Gallery, The Royal Geographical Society, and elsewhere.