1st edition - 1987 (European)
THE GRIFFON VULTURE (Le vautour fauve) by Jean Cedet and Christian Ringeval, produced by Pyrenees National Park, France
2nd edition - 1988
THE LIVING MOUNTAINS OF THE ANDES (El altiplano, las alturas vivas de los Andes) by Francisco Gedda Ortiz, produced by Universidad Catolica de Chile Corporacion de Television, Chile, 1985
3rd edition - 1989
KORUP: AN AFRICAN RAINFOREST by Phil Agland, produced by Phil Agland and Michael Rosemberg, United Kingdom, 1988
4th edition - 1990
WILD RIVER NO MORE by Dieter Plage, Produced by Survival Anglia, United Kingdom, 1989
5th edition - 1991
GORILLAS IN THE MIDST OF MAN by Adrian Warren, Produced by BBC, United Kingdom, 1989
6th edition - 1992
CRATER OF THE RAIN GOD by Richard Matthews, United Kingdom, 1992
7th edition - 1993
IBERÀ – LAND OF SHINIG WATERS by John Waters, United Kingdom, 1993
8th edition - 1994
POLAND’S WILD EAST (Polens wilder Osten) by Ernst Sasse and Thomas Willers, produced by ZDF, Germany, 1993
9th edition - 1995
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Nick Upton, produced by Nick Upton - Green Umbrella Ltd, United Kingdom, 1995
10th edition - 1996
“Decennial Award”
WILD RIVER NO MORE by Dieter Plage, Produced by Survival Anglia, United Kingdom, 1989
11th edition - 1997
DENALI: ALASKA’S GREAT WILDERNESS produced by Bruce Reitherman - ABC/Kane Productions, United States, 1997
12th edition.- 1998
SOCA – THE EMERALD RIVER by Michael Schlamberger, produced by K. Feichtemberger and R. Schlamberger, Science Vision Filmproduktion for ORF Natural History Unit, co-produzione with BBC and RTV Slovenija, Austria, 1997
13th edition - 1999
CANDAMO – JOURNEY BEYOND HELL by Daniel Winitzky, produced by D. Winitzky, Scandinature Films, Sweden, 1998
14th edition – 2000
AUSTRALIA - EYE OF THE STORM – SOUTHERN EXPOSURE by Jeni Clevers, produced by Jeni Clevers, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, 1999
15th edition – 2001
MZIMA: HAUNT OF THE RIVER HORSE by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone, produced by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone, United Kingdom, 2001
16th edition – 2002
WONDERWORLD LAKE (Wunderwelt See) by Dietmar Keil, produced by Dietmar Keil, Germany
17th edition – 2003
PUSZTA – LAND OF SALT AND SAND by Waltraud Paschinger and Istvan Nadaskay, produced by Waltraud Paschinger and Istvan Nadaskay/ORF Natural History Unit, Austria, 2002
18th edition – 2004
THE ELEPHANT, THE EMPEROR AND THE BUTTERFLY TREE by Alastair MacEwen and Sean Morris, produced by Neil Curry, Sean Morris and Alastair MacEwen, OSF Productions, United Kingdom, 2003
19th edition – 2005
TAIWAN – TYPHOON ISLAND by Nick Upton, produced by ScienceVision - ORF Natural History Unit, Austria, 2004
20th edition – 2006
THE QUEEN OF TREES by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone, co-production NHK, WNET, Granada International, United Kingdom, 2005
21st edition – 2007
WALL OF DEATH by Yossi Weissler, produced by Yossi Weissler, Afikim Productions, Israel 2006
22nd edition – 2008
HIGH TATRAS by Pavol Barabas, Produced by Cosmos Factory and ARTpoint Production for ORF, in co-production with WDR e NDR, in association with Slowak Ministry of Culture, Austria 2007
23rd edition – 2009
ON THE TRAIL OF THE FOX by Jérôme Bouvier, Produced by Bonne Pioche Productions, France 2007
24th edition – 2010
IN ANOTHER WORLD by Joseph Peaquin, Produced by Docfilm for Gran Paradiso Nationl Park and Fondation Gran Paradis, Italy 2009
25th edition – 2011
OUT OF THE ASHES by Dione Gilmour, Produced by Tony Wright, December Films, Australia 2010
26th edition – 2012
A TIGER DYNASTY by Subbiah Nallamuthu, Produced by Grey Films India for BBC Natural World, India 2011
27th edition – 2013
THE MOOR by Jan Haft, Produced by Nautilusfilm, Germany 2012
28th edition – 2014
SECRETS OF BUMBLEBEES by Kurt Mündl – Produced by Power of Earth Productons for ORF, Austria 2013
29th edition – 2015
BAOBABS BETWEEN LAND AND SEA by Cyrille Comu, produced by Cyrille Cornu, France 2015
30th edition – 2016
POLAR BEAR SUMMER by Klaus Scheurich, proced by Marco Polo Film AG, Germany 2015
31st edition – 2017
ISLANDS IN TIME - A WILDLIFE ODYSSEY - BORN OF FIRE by Matt Hamilton – Production: Terra Mater Factual Studios in association with DocLights/Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel – Austria 2017
32nd edition – 2018
THE LIONS RULE - DEATH IN THE GLADE by Owen Pruemm - Produced by: Terra Mater Factual Studios in coproduction with Doclights/NDR Naturfilm and National Geographic Channel – Austria 2017
33rd edition – 2019
GERDAB by Fathollah Amiri - Production: Wildlife Pictures Institute – Iran 2019
34th edition - 2020
DIE WÄLDER DES NORDENS by Kevin McMahon - Production: Primitive Entertainment - Canada 2019
35th edition - 2021
POLARNACHT – SKANDINAVIENS WILDNIS IM WINTER by Steffen Sailer, Alexandra Sailer - Production: Verena Feige, Marco Polo AG - Germany 2019