Producer: werwiewas
Produced: 2016
Format: HD
Languages: German, English, French
Who owns the oceans? They are human heritage. But this could change soon. Countries with coastlines already claim huge portions of the sea. So far around 10%, absolutely legally. But this is just the beginning. Geologists are hired by those countries to prove their ownership. A scientific race has started. 'Ocean's Monopoly' is a crime-thriller starring a small group of geologists who help us to uncover the backgrounds in a global fight for territories. The results of their research decide who...
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Ode to Nature
2 x 43' or 1 x 90'
Producer: nautilusfilm GmbH – Natural History Germany
Produced: 2021
Format: HD + 4K
Languages: English, German, French
Today, humans try to change our planet as much as possible, but no matter where we make our home, it is always shaped by nature. ‘Ode to Nature’ is a visually stunning journey through the sea- and landscapes of central Europe, from the peaks of the Alps to the coasts and the depths of the North and Baltic Seas. In between lies a cinematic foray through steaming forests, shimmering moors and more. In extraordinary images, the film shows nature from its most beautiful side, examining the state of...
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One in a Thousand
1 x 52'
Producer: nautilusfilm GmbH – Natural History Germany
Produced: 2019
Format: HD
Languages: English, German, French
Intact ecosystems provide the best defense against climate change! The ecosystem of a small creek is complex and diverse – the shocking reality is that in Central Europe only one in a thousand is still intact, today.
What happened to our streams and brooks? What does the future hold?
The film ‘One in a Thousand’ portrays the diverse wildlife inside and alongside a stream, explains the importance of this habitat and identifies the sources of its destruction. A blue-chip wildlife film that...
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Producer: Bildersturm
Produced: 2012
Format: HD
Languages: German, English
They're charming, they lie without the slightest scruples and they are capable of manipulating their environment. Psychopaths murder and rape without regrets and can still come across as the nicest people in the world. But what is going on in their minds? That question that has been pondering neuroscientists and forensic psychiatrists to this day, is the topic of this film.
Evil fascinates us, as we can see from many examples in film, art and literature. It seems to be devoid of morals and...
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On Thin Ice
1 x 52'
Producer: Altayfilm
Produced: 2020
Format: HD + 4K
Languages: English, German, French
Large areas of Arctic Russia and Siberia used to be no-go zones for decades. For the first time, our team was able to enter some of these zones to discover dramatic degradations in Siberia’s waters, soil and air. The film is highly topical, alarming and provides gripping imagery from a little known and rarely seen frontline of climate change. It features the sheer dimension of the transformations and sheds a light on serious consequences for Siberia’s native human population and wildlife....
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Producer: Bilderfest
Produced: 2019
Format: HD + 4K
Languages: English, German, French
Does the history of human evolution have to be rewritten?
For the last hundred years, the development of modern mankind was primarily explained through the so-called Out of Africa theory, claiming that the development of humans and apes happened primarily in Africa. But in recent years bone finds, much older than the earliest finds from Africa, have challenged that belief. 7.2-million-year-old remains of a prehistoric human, Graecopithecus freybergi, and 6-million-year-old human-like...
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Over the Islands of Africa
5 x 52'
Producer: Filmquadrat.dok
Produced: 2011
Format: HD
Languages: English, German, French
The sounds of their names alone conjure up thoughts of pristine beaches, breathtaking mountain cliffs, rocky landscapes and deep forests with diverse wildlife. The five-part documentary series “Over the Islands of Africa” follows five internationally renowned photographers as they explore the islands around Africa – Zanzibar, Mauritius, Madagascar, São Tomé & Príncipe and Cape Verde. The photographers stop at nothing in pursuit of spectacular perspectives for their aerial photographs, stories...
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