{"id":3540,"date":"2022-04-14T09:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/?page_id=3540"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:33:53","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Auszeichnungen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Auszeichnungen \/ Ver\u00f6ffentlichungen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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2026
<\/strong>– Jumping spider shot featured in the Spring Edition of BBC Wildlife Magazine
– CUPOTY “Death and Decay”: Two images in the top 100<\/i><\/p>


Films:<\/em><\/p>

Risky Routes:<\/p>

– “Best Short Film” at European Wildlife Film Awards 2026
– “Best Super Short Film” at REEL WILD Film Festival New York 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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2025
<\/strong>– BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition: People’s Choice Finalist –\u00a0 Featured in Forbes<\/a>
– Memorial Maria Luisa Photo Contest: Best Short Film (SANDCASTLE) & Special Mention in the Macro Category
– SIENA Awards: Best Short Documentary for SANDCASTLE
– Featured in a Biographic Magazine Article<\/a>
– “Bees & Friends” Commercial for Swiss Tourism: EDI Award for Corporate Communication
– CUPOTY 7: 2 images shortlisted
– Nature TTL 2025 Photo Competition: 2 Category Winners & Runner Up<\/a><\/p>


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Risky Routes:<\/p>

– “Winner” of Bloomberg Green Docs Competition 2025<\/a><\/p>

The Leap Beneath:<\/p>

– “Best Short Film” at NaturVision Filmfestival 2025
– “Best International Short” at British Columbia Environmental Film Festival 2025<\/p>

Sandcastle:
– “Best Director” at L\u2019Animal qui Court 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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2024<\/strong>
– Nature In Focus: Special Mention in Animal Portraits with a subsequent feature in a BBC article<\/a>
– SIENA Awards<\/a>: Second Place in Short Documentary for KALU \u2013 Growing Up Wild<\/em>
– China Wildlife Image and Video Competition:\u00a0Nomination for Best Short Wildlife Documentary for HEART OF THE OSA & Excellence Award for two images in the Other Animals category<\/span>
– BioPhoto Festival: Highly Commended
– WildSoJourns Nature Awards: Highly Commended
– World Nature Photography Awards: Winner
– CUPOTY 6: One image in the top 100<\/p>


SANDCASTLE – The Secret Life Of Potter Wasps:<\/em><\/p>

– \u201cRunner Up” Best Nature Short at Natourale 2024
– \u201cBest Sound Design” at Indie Short Fest February Awards 2024
– “Award Winner” at Better Earth International Film Festival 2024
– “Best Short Documentary” at Swedish International Film Festival 2024<\/p>

– “Best Short Film” at Folkestone Film Festival 2024
– “Best Short Documentary” at Ramsgate International Film Festival 2024<\/p>

– “Highly Honoured” at Nature’s Best Photography International Awards 2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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2023<\/strong>
– My image was published in a National Geographic Article<\/a>
– CUPOTY 5: 4 images shortlisted in 2 categories
– Canopy Awards: “Characters” Category Winner<\/p>

– Glanzlichter: “Diversity Of All Other Animals”: Highly commended<\/span><\/p>

– CUPOTY – Minimal: Shortlisted<\/p>

– BioSur Foundation Documentary: Awarded at Sorrento Film & Food Festival<\/p>

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KALU – Growing Up Wild: <\/em><\/p>

– “Best Short Documentary” & Nomination for “Best Production” at China Wildlife Image and Video Competition
– \u201cBest Short Film\u201d at FIIN Festival in Portugal
– \u201cBest Wildlife Documentary\u201d & \u201cBest Cinematography\u201d at Discover.Film Awards
– \u201cPrix De La R\u00e9alisation\u201d at Festival L\u2019Animal Qui Court
– \u201cBest Short Film\u201d at Pridelands Wildlife Film Festival<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2022<\/strong>\n <\/br>– Wildlife Photographer Of The Year #58: Highly commended<\/a>\n<\/br>– CUPOTY: 6 images shortlisted in 3 categories\n<\/br>– Wildart POTY: Behaviour category: Highly commended & commended\n<\/br>– Golden Turtle Photo Competition: Finalist\n<\/br>– 5th Laowa Photo Competition: 3rd place in the macro category\n<\/br>– CUPOTY – Two Of A Kind: Finalist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020<\/strong>\n<\/br>– Wildlife Photographer Of The Year #56: Highly commended<\/a>\n<\/br>– ND-Awards: 1st Place in Nature: Macro\n<\/br>– REDISCOVER Nature Competition: Finalist\n<\/br>– Colorado Environmental Film Festival: Screening of my documentary\n<\/br>– Luminar Bug Photography Competition: Shortlisted\n<\/br>– CUPOTY: 6 pictures shortlisted in 2 categories\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2019<\/strong>\n<\/br>– Golden Turtle Photo Competition: Finalist\n<\/br>– 2nd Laowa Photo Competition: Gold Price\n<\/br>– BBC Wildlife magazine Dec Issue: Published picture\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020 und 2022 ging ein Traum in Erf\u00fcllung, als meine Bilder <\/a>\u00a0in der Wildlife Photographer Of The Year #56 & #58 Competition als \"highly commended\" ausgezeichnet wurden\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Awarded \/ Published 2026– Jumping spider shot featured in the Spring Edition of BBC Wildlife Magazine– CUPOTY “Death and Decay”: Two images in the top 100 Films: Risky Routes: – “Best Short Film” at European Wildlife Film Awards 2026– “Best Super Short Film” at REEL WILD Film Festival New York 2026 2025– BigPicture Natural World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_popup_image":0,"_vp_format_audio_url":"","_vp_custom_thumbnail":0,"_vp_custom_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"_vp_hover_thumbnail":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":230,"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8754,"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/revisions\/8754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romanwilli.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}