Brazil - A Natural History

Length: 5 x 50 min

Format: HD

Year: 2014

Series-Producer:

Christian Baumeister

Camera:

Christian Baumeister, Alexander Sommer, Cristian Dimitrius, Michael Riegler, Philipp Klein, Jack Hynes, Lawrence Wahba, Luis de Maia

Editors:

Mark Fletcher, Stefan Reiss

Production:

LIGHT & SHADOW

Clients:

Terra Mater Factual Studios, National Geographic Wild

Part 1: Fragile Forest

Part 2: Wild Heart

Part 3: Labyrinth of Lakes

Part 4: Paradise Coast

Part 5: Flooded Forest

Brazil is a land of gigantic proportions. This one country is similar in size to Europe and the USA. Brazil is energetic, flamboyant and fun, but also overwhelmingly beautiful. Within its mountains, seas, rainforests, deserts and millions of miles of rivers, are many of our planet’s last wild frontiers. Its diversity of life and landscape is second to none. Brazil is a rapidly developing and increasingly important country. In 2014 it will host the football World Cup and two years later South America’s first Olympic Games.

Yet, surprisingly, this will be the first series on wild Brazil; and most of its animals and places are still little known. This series explores five spectacular worlds. In each episode the viewer will be taken on a journey across fabulous landscapes and will meet a few carefully selected charismatic and little known animal species. The series will investigate their fight for survival and their amazing adaptations to their environment. It will show behaviour that will surprise even avid nature lovers.

The latest in HD technology including super slow-motion, night vision cameras, boroscopes and extreme macro photography will bring Brazil’s mysterious carnivores, secretive sea life, astounding insects, and much more to life. Gyro-stabilised aerials will reveal a Brazil that has never been seen before. The style will be extremely cinematographic, using the latest motion picture technologies to make this series an emotionally moving experience.

AWARDS

Brazil - A Natural History

Brazil - A Natural History - Part 1: Fragile Forest

Deauville Green Awards, France, 2016

* FINALIST'S PRIZE (CATEGORY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE)

International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) Montana, USA, 2016
* FINALIST (CATEGORY ENVIRONMENTAL)

New York Festivals, USA, 2015
* GOLD WORLD MEDAL (CATEGORY NATURE & WILDLIFE)

Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature, France, 2015
* DISTINCTION FOR BEST PICTURE AND IMMERSION IN NATURE

US International Film & Video Festival, USA, 2015
* CERTIFICATE FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE

Festival International du Film Animalier d'Albert, France, 2015
* FINALIST

Festival International du Flm Ornithologique de Ménigoute, France, 2015
* FINALIST

Namur Nature Festival, Belgium, 2015
* FINALIST

Brazil - A Natural History - Part 2: Wild Heart

NaturVision, Germany, 2015
* DEUTSCHER WILDLIFE FILMPREIS

New York Festivals, USA, 2015
* GOLD WORLD MEDAL (CATEGORY NATURE & WILDLIFE)

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