More than 600 entries from 26 countries took part in the annual Jackson Wild Media competition, celebrating excellence and innovation in science and nature storytelling.

The award is the latest distinction for Ostenfeld’s stunning and daring journey into Greenland’s ice sheet which opened the last CPH:DOX Festival, where it was the most viewed documentary.

Speaking to nordicfilmandtvnews.com, Ostenfeld said: “It really means a lot to win the nature equivalent to the Oscars®. As a boy I watched the BBC's immensely beautiful nature series with Sir David Attenborough. As an older person, I have often thought they are still beautiful, but don't involve me. And all the really good climate films I've seen have always been about conveying facts and convincing us that something was wrong.

With Into the Ice, I have tried to make a film that gives emotions, rather than cold facts. We have to feel it [climate change happening], not just talk about it. That’s why this award means so much. Not just for me. But for us all.”

So far, the film has travelled to over 25 international festivals. It is currently competing at the Reykjavik Film Festival in the section ‘A Different Tomorrow’ and due to bow at the London Film Festival’s ‘Dare’ sidebar.

The film produced by Denmark’s Malene Flindt Pedersen (Hansen & Pedersen) with backing from Nordisk Film & TV Fond, also opened recently in Germany and Austria in over 95 cinemas, via Rise & Shine which also co-produced it and handles sales.

Read our interview with Lars Ostenfeld: CLICK HERE.

At the prestigious Jackson Wild Media Awards handed out September 29, Alex Pritz’s The Territory produced by Denmark’s Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær of Real Lava (with Darren Aronofsky, Will N.Miller, Lizzie Gillett, Gabriel Uchida) claimed the major Grand Teton and Conservation awards, while the Swedish film I am Greta by Nathan Grossman won the Best Impact Can You Hear Us? campaign.​