AMAZON ALIVE
3x50'
Format: HD
Year: 2010
Director/Producer:
Christian Baumeister
Camera:
Christian Baumeister
Luis de Maia
Rolando Menardi
Alexander Sommer
Yann Sochaczewski
Editors:
Stefan Canham
Stefan Reiss
Music:
Oliver Heuss
EP 1: Jungle of the Mind
The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. An abundance of sunlight and water have created a place of superlatives: Thundering waterfalls, extremes of heat and humidity, giant trees, impenetrable undergrowth and more freshwater lakes and rivers than anywhere else. Its biological diversity is unrivaled, yet it has taken centuries to find out why. The trees jealously guard their nutrients, lacing their leaves with an array of toxins to repel would-be browsers. It is a world of specialists who have seized any opportunity, however extreme, to find a living in this struggle for existence. No wonder we have struggled to make sense of it.
EP 2: Hidden Secrets
The Amazon has long been hailed as a biological treasure trove, but today we are finding out that this is only part of it's remarkable story. Part two of 'Amazon Alive' interweaves the lives of the Kayapo with extraordinary and revelatory rainforest wildlife sequences to show how what once seemed straight-forward and primitive, is in fact complex and inter-dependent. A better understanding of this forest and the people who live within it, might provide the foundation of awe and respect.
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EP 3: Future Forest
It is hard not to feel despair at the overwhelming images of rainforest destruction. But while documenting the region's remarkable wildlife, film-maker Christian Baumeister has also witnessed a changing mood: a growing belief that it is more valuable as a living forest than being stripped for it's wood and minerals. Christian discovers that an increasing respect for the Amazon's natural wonders can translate into hope for the future.
AWARDS
United Nations - International Forest Film Festival, USA, 2011
in Collaborated with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
* SPECIAL JURY AWARD
* FINALIST IN CATEGORY 360 DEGREES ON ALL THINGS FOREST
Banff World Media Festival, Canada, 2011
* FINALIST
World Media Festival Hamburg, Germany, 2011
* INTERMEDIA-GLOBE GOLD
FIFA / Albert, France, 2012
* SCIENTIFIC AWARD
* SPECIAL AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
United Nations - International Forest Film Festival, USA, 2011
in Collaborated with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
* FINALIST IN CATEGORY ISSUES & SOLUTIONS
* FINALIST IN CATEGORY THIS IS MY FOREST
The World of Knowledge Filmfestival, Russia, 2012
* JURY DIPLOMA FOR COURAGE AND MASTERSHIP OF THE CAMERAMEN
Darsser Naturfilmfestival, Germany, 2011
* BEST FILM CATEGORY TIERE & LEBENSRÄUME (ANIMALS & ECOSYSTEMS)
Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Estonia, 2011
* SPECIAL PRICE OF THE STATE FOREST MANAGEMENT CENTER
Greenscreen, Germany, 2011
* FINALIST (CATEGORY BEST ECOLOGICAL FILM)
NaturVision, Germany, 2011
* FINALIST (CATEGORY ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY)
