AWARDS
ARTIC LIGHT and Asgeir Helgestad have been finalists and won at several international film and photography festivals around the world. The beauty, intimacy, honesty and bravery of Asgeir’s work have been praised by audiences and professional juries.
Film: Frost without Snow and Ice
2024
Winner of Arctic Documentary Award at North Pitch – Below Zero
Film: Queen without Land
2021
Winner of Audience Award, Festival International des Pertuis et Îles du Monde (FIPIM)
Winner of Audience Award, Le Festival International du Documentaire Maritime prend ses quartiers aux Musée Mer Marine de Bordeaux (FIDOM)
2020
Winner Best Environmental Film, Fort Myers Film Festival
Winner Feature Film, Best in Category Adventure, Nature Track Film Festival
Winner Film on Nature/Environment/Wildlife, Druk International Film Festival
Winner of Feature Film Award, Wasatch Mountain Film Festival
Winner of Best Nature Documentary, Memorial Maria Luisa Photo and Video Contest
Winner of Golden Snowflake, International Festival of Winter Cinema
2019
Finalist in Global Voices Category for World Wildlife Day Film Showcase, organized by Jackson Wild, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Headquarters, New York
Winner of Special prize for sending a clear message to humanity, Special Jury of the Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Baikal International Film Festival
Winner of Golden Hedgehog Award, 33e Festival international du film nature & environment
Winner of Best Conservation Film, CMS Vatavaran Environmental & Wildlife International Film Festival & Forum
Winner of Audience Award, Sondrio International Film Festival on Parks
Winner of Stelvio National Park Award, Sondrio International Film Festival on Parks
Winner of Best Cinematography, XIV The World of Knowledge International Film Festival
Winner of Environmental Award, INKAFEST Mountain Film Festival
Winner Beauty of Nature, EKOFILM International Film Festival
Winner of Best Feature Film, Wolves Independent International Film Festival
Winner of Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso Award, Gran Paradiso Film Festival
Winner of Best Feature Film, Elements Film Festival
Winner of Prix Ushuaia TV, Les Écrans dela Mer
Winner of Special Award Cie des Réals, Deauville Green awards
Second place Documentaries-television productions and independent films, International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő
Honorable mention Best Photo, Nordic docs
2018
Winner of Best Film, Wildlife Film Festival, Rotterdam, WFFR
Winner of Grand Prix, Festival International du Film Ornithologique de Ménigoute
Winner of Best Nordic film, Wildlife Vaasa International Nature Film Festival.
Winner of Audience Award, Green Screen International Wildlife Film Festival
Winner of Best Cinematography (Man and Nature) Award, Matsalu Nature Film Festival
Winner of Best Environmental Film, 2018 IWFF
Nominated for Theatrical Award, Wildscreen Festival
Photography
2015
Winner of Nordic Nature Photo Contest, NNPC category bird photos
2014
Highly commended at Global Arctic Award for a polar bear shot
Film: Arctic Survivors
2011
Merit Awards for Animal Behaviour and Cinematography at International Wildlife Film Festival, IWFF, Montana USA
Film: The Boy who Adored the Wilderness
2007
Winner of Environmental Award at Japan Wildlife Film Festival
2006
Winner of Special jury award for creativity and ability to sensitize at Telenatura, Spain
Finalist at Festival International du Film Ornithologique de Ménigoute
2005
Winner of Jury’s special Award at Matsalu Nature Film Festival
Photography
2005
Winner of the category, Birds at a stills-competition arranged by International Federation of Wildlife Photography, IFWP
Film: Wild Reindeer
2004
Nominated nine times in Japan, USA, England, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Russia and Finland
2002
Winner of BBC Newcomer Award, at Wildscreen Festival, (shown by Norwegian public broadcasting company, NRK)
Other awards
2003
Winner of Culture Award from the province of Buskerud, Norway
2001
Winner of Government’s Debutant Award for children literature with the book Dyr i Skogen (Animals in the Forest) (Both text and pictures)
Film: Buzzard Summer
1994
Nomination at Wildscreen Festival (shown by Norwegian public broadcasting company, NRK)
Photography
1993
Winner of Eric Hosking Award at Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition (BBC Wildlife Magazine, Natural History Museum London)
1992
Runner up at Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition with portfolio of six pictures (BBC Wildlife Magazine, Natural History Museum London)