Wildlife Film News
Issue 51
September 2003
www.wildlife-film.com

News Contents:

1. News Update from Living Europe Festival
2. Entry Deadline for Living Europe Festival
3. Request for Hog Footage
4. Seeking Hawaiian Monk Seal Footage
5. Agressive animal behaviour Footage Required
6. Filming Opportunity
7. Birth of a giant
8. AquaSchool Update- Wildeye
9. Applications for the Roy W. Dean Grants
10. Wild at heart
11. Final Daily Agenda and Confirmed Speakers for Jackson Hole
12. Facilities Co-ordinator, Roxy Theatre IWFF
13. Rare South China Tiger Cubs head for South Afica
14. NaturVision Update

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1. News Update from Living Europe Festival

Time flies when you´re having fun! An expression we all can relate to at Living Europe. Summer has just flown by and we have received lots and lots of interesting films, but we want more! the deadline for entries to the festival is 15th of September so it’s high time to send in films!
As always, Living Europe has numerous sponsors, helping us to make our festival week a week to remember. A lot of social events are planned for our delegates. For instance;
Parthenon Entertainment sponsors a magic night at Kronborg Castle in Helsingor. The castle is world famous for its Skakespearean connection as the setting for his timeless play Hamlet. In his honour we will arrange a Shakespeare Evening with a buffet served in one of the castle vaults that is normally closed to the public. Parthenon Entertainment is also the sponsor of the Newcomer Award.
At the end of the week we are planning an Award Ceremony, awarding filmmakers for their productions. This evening will be sponsored by National Geographic Channel in UK. Hosting the ceremony is famous nature photographer Mattias Klum who also will hold an interesting seminar sponsored by National Geographic.
The festival week will also include a number of high quality seminars. Since quality is very important to us we have invited British experts, paid by another one of our generous sponsors, British Council who also sponsors the Living Europe Youth and Science Award.
Apart from seminars, screenings and world class lecturers, there will also be workshops. One of them will be by the famous Telecine colourist Vincent Narduzzo, using a Pandora grading system.
This is just a few of the things we have planned for the festival week. If you are interested in further information you are very welcome to visit our homepage at www.livingeurope.org where we will keep you updated with all the latest news.
We are still looking for newcomers to compete in the newcomer’s category and students to take part in our science and nature film school in which Jeffery Boswall will take part. We are also looking for people who would like to pitch ideas to a panel of commissioning editors.
If you are interested in any of the tasks above or if you have any questions, please contact us at the festival office for further information!
Sven Jansson
Festival Director
sven.jansson@svt.se

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2. Deadline nears submission of entries for the Living Europe Film and TV festival
Wildlife and life science documentary producers who want to enter films for this year’s Living Europe film and tv festival, taking place i nHelsingborg,Sweden, from 1st to 7th of December. The deadline for submitting films for the event’s bi-annual prize competition is midnight on 15 September; for details of the prizes, categories and rules see www.livingeurope.org, or contact the Living Europe office by phone: +46 60 190 250, or by fax: +46 60 190 206.
The website also provides online delegate registration forms, plus full details of the week’s programme of screenings, talks, training events and socials.
For further information & press registration details, please contact
Sven Janssen or Carina Mollerberg
Tel: +46 60 190 250 Fax on +46 60 190 206
or e-mail:carina.mollerberg@livingeurope.org

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3. Hog Footage Required

Recent requests for footage have been very successful. If you can help with the following please contact Gina Cali directly at image_quest@sympatico.ca
She is looking for footage of:
Javan Warty Hog (sus verrucosus) - found in Indonesia
Pygmy Hog - (sus salvanius) - found in Nepal i believe
Vietnamese Potbellied Pig - people have them as pets
Sulawesi Warty Pig - (sus celebensis) - found in Indonesia
Giant Forest Hog (hylochoerus meinertzhageni) - found in central Africa
Bush Pig (potamochoerus larvatus) - found in eastern Africa and Madagascar
Red River Hog (potamochoerus porcus) - found in West and central Africa

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4. Hawaiian Monk Seal Footage required

We're searching for footage (preferably video) of Hawaiian monk seal(s), either dead or alive, entangled in fishing gear, nets or ropes. We need to license 8 - 10 seconds. We're looking for footage that's easily recognizable i.e. the monk seals face is in the shot, and (s)he's not more than a few weeks decomposed if dead, and easily recognized that it's fishing nets or ropes that (s)he's entangled in. We have a budget of $820.00, total, for this shot. We're looking to license non-exclusive, worldwide broadcast in perpetuity (or at least 10 years), all media (except theatre) rights. Even if you don't have this type of footage, any suggestions for finding it would be gratefully appreciated!
Thank you very much,
Marie Le Boeuf
zeroimpact productions
851 S. Kihei Rd. #O115
Kihei, HI. 96753 USA
808 874 1985
http://www.zeroimpactproductions.com

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5.  Aggresive Behaviour Footage Required
A major international documentary company is looking for previously unscreened film and video footage showing aggressive animal behaviour. The material will be used in an important new natural history series about interspecies conflict.
We’re trying to locate footage that has never made it to air, perhaps because the crucial shot is too short for the blue-chip documentary market, or there is too much camera movement. We don’t need long sequences, just those few magic seconds – maybe even frames - of animal behaviour that are rarely witnessed and almost never filmed: the dramatic encounter where a lion loses its kill to another predator; a giraffe has to fight off an angry rhino; a python is attacked as it tries to swallow an impossibly large meal. You get the idea.
We’re especially interested in the deadly encounters that happen when one powerful animal challenges the supremacy of another.
We can handle just about any film or tape format – even stills and slides - so there’s never been a better excuse to check through those old cans of film and boxes of tapes. If you find something you think we can use, drop us a line describing what it shows, and where and when it was shot (if you can remember).
If it sounds like the sort of thing we’re searching for we’ll take a look. And if we like what we see we’ll pay the usual international licence fees to include it in our series.
Happy hunting!
Contact: Malcolm Hall mhall@nhnz.tv
Series Producer Natural History NewZealand

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6. Filming Opportunity

Is anyone looking for the opportunity to film the rehabilitation of a national game reserve and the many associated issues, problems and successes that are associated with such a large-scale project?
Ziwa Conservation is working with the local communities, council and Kenyan Wildlife Service to rehabilitate the Rimoi National Game Reserve in Kenya into a leading Eco Sustainable community reserve.
The reserve is located near Iten in the Kerio Valley with the magnificent wall of the Rift towering over it. It is one of the last wildernesses before reaching Lake Turkana and has been left unattended for many years. Due to herds of cattle and sheep grazing the area the habitat has suffered and the subsequent wildlife. The objective of the project is to reinstate the habitat and wildlife to the benefit of the local community. Using only ecologically and sustainable based methods and infrastructure.
There are currently 200 elephants resident in the reserve and prolific bird life plus other small game. The Kerio River that borders the reserve is home to many crocodiles; in the centre is a seasonal lake and wetland area.
From conservation and wildlife to the humanitarian issues there are many angles of our work that might be of interest. Please contact myself Sarah Chapman on chapman@multitechweb.com or Uk tel 07791517873 or in Kenya on 00254 5362488

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7. Birth of a Giant

My name is Gil Arbel & Im a wildlife cameraman. 2 years ago I visited the kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. Tonga is an untouched paradise & one of the best places in the world to film & swim with Humpback Whales.The whales arrive in July to breed & return to Antarctica in November.I spent 4 months filming & swimming with them,what an amazing experience!
Many people have filmed Humpbacks but no one has ever filmed a Humpback whale giving birth! After 2 years of research & 5 months with the whales (including 1 month in Tahiti with the BBC), I believe its possible. If successful it would be a ground breaking event in wildlife film making history!
Im planning to go back to Tonga next year (2004) but I cant do it alone.Im looking for 5 passionate people to join me for 1 month & make a film about "The Quest for the Birth". We'll have our own boat, stay on a beautiful tropical island & for 1 month film & swim with Humpback whales in warm clear blue waters.
Its an expensive trip & each one of us will have to pay (invest) 6000-7000 US$ on top of our air fare (everything's included).
If you wish to make history in wildlife film making & you can afford it please send me your CV to: gilarbel@hotmail.com
& I will send you more information, a promo video & an outline of the film. Once the 5 people are selected we'll meet, get to know each other & discus the project. The team should include a cameraman & a dive master.
Please visit my web page on: www.visual.granadamedia.com/cybersword/visual/cinematographers.asp
& watch the whales on "clip of the week"-3/2/03.
Gil.

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8. Aqua School update

An update on the course for underwater wildlife film-making in Malaysia this October:
We have been able to make a price reduction plus have negotiated a great deal on flights from the UK
Date: 5-16th October 2003
Cost: UKP 1,790 / US$ 2,685 plus international flight to Kota Kinabalu
Return flight from the UK now available at just UKP 559 which includes the 2 nights either side of the trip in Kota Kinabalu
The Wildlife Filmmakers Aqua School in Pulau Mabul, Sipadan, Malaysia (voted the top diving resort of the world). This 12 day training trip is the perfect way to learn underwater wildlife filming techniques. Using the latest equipment supplied for your individual use - Sony's 3 chip DV camera - TRV950 in Amphibico housings - you will be taught one-to-one by local specialists and professional film-makers (SCUBAZOO). Expect over 20 dives in this one trip with guaranteed sightings of turtles, sharks and much more marine life. Plus a visit to the Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre with a jungle and night trek.
Further details are at www.wildeye.co.uk/aquaschool.html - please let me know if you would like to book a place asap at info@wildeye.co.uk.

Piers Warren

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9. Final Call for applications for the Roy W.Dean Grants

• September 15, 2003 deadline for the Roy W. Dean Writing/Research Grant. This grant is open to writers of screenplays, plays, short films, and documentary films.
• September 30, 2003 Deadline, for the Roy W. Dean Filmmaker Editing Grant. www.fromtheheartproductions.com
Criteria:“the films must be unique and make a contribution to society ”Next deadline for the Writer/Research grant is April 1, 2004.
Both of these grants take you to New Zealand to stay in the Wye cottage outside of Blenheim. This cottage has been refurbished as a respite for filmmakers and writers. You will have a car, an allowance and a return ticket to NZ to write your screenplay, film or story and for the editing grant you can do your off-line editing with a great Kiwi filmmaker. Please see
Please visit www.fromtheheartproductions.com for more information about these and other grant opportunities for writers and filmmakers.
Poster for school bulletin board www.fromtheheartproductions.com/poster.html

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10. WILD AT HEART

A Manchester-based television company and one of the world’s leading natural history filmmakers have formed a joint venture company.
Multi Media Arts and Nick Gordon have created Wild at Heart to produce natural history and adventure programming for domestic and international audiences.
Secrets of the Amazon is a seven-part series of one-hour programmes drawing on Nick Gordon’s comprehensive knowledge of the greatest forest on earth.
The first programme in the series, The House of Them, has just been completed. As host and guide, Nick takes the audience on a perilous journey to the breeding ground of the man-eating black caiman alligator. This remote place is known locally as casa d’elle – The House of Them.
This and other projects are co-executive produced by Nick Gordon and Mark Gorton, who founded Multi Media Arts with Mike Spencer in 1997.
Mark Gorton says: “Nick is one of the best in his field and this is a great opportunity for MMA to get involved in the natural history and adventure genres. Over the years Nick’s work has always rated brilliantly in the U.K. and sold overseas to more than a hundred countries.”
Nick Gordon says: “Wild at Heart has allowed me to work in front of the camera as well as behind it, a role I am enjoying. It’s great to be able to bring some humour to the genre. The new company will allow me to create, make and sell all types of natural history programmes that are entertaining, informative and visually stunning.”
For more details contact:
Multi Media Arts
Mauldeth House
Nell Lane
Manchester M21 7RL
0161 374 5566
info@mmarts.com

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11.-Final Daily Agenda and Confirmed Speakers For Jackson Hole

FESTIVAL PANEL LINEUP and DAILY AGENDA
This final daily agenda details, including special screening details, are now available online at the Festival website (www.jhfestival.org/festival2003/events.php). The Confirmed Speakers page has also been updated. Speakers focusing on conservation topics to be featured at this year’s event include some of the planet’s most ardent and noteworthy scientists and activists: Dr. Jane Goodall (Jane Goodall Institute), Dr. George Schaller (Wildlife Conservation Society), Dr. Michael Fay (Wildlife Conservation Society), Dr. Richard Carroll (World Wildlife Fund), and Dr. Eric Dinerstein (World Wildlife Fund).

This is going to be a remarkable Festival year! The early part of the week is focused on technology and market trends, with the latter part of the week moving to some of the more fundamental issues related to the heart and soul of natural history filmmaking: making a difference in our fragile world. The week will culminate in a celebration of the Congo Basin and the critical conservation work that is going on in that region, with special Conservation Action Awards presented to honor President Omar El Hadj Bongo of Gabon for his remarkable and visionary protection of 10,000 square miles of land into National Parks and other members of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership.
MICHAEL BRINKMAN EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARDS—ENTRY DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
The Michael Brinkman Emerging Filmmaker Awards will recognize emerging filmmakers with compelling natural history project ideas by providing access to a package of leading technology for digital acquisition, monitoring and non-linear field editing in order to allow them to realize their creative vision. Filmmakers will be provided a complete camera package for four months of exclusive use on the project of their choice. In addition they will be provided with a laptop editing system for an equivalent duration, and online finishing and postproduction assistance. Award winners will also be provided the creative input of a number of consultants/mentors who believe, as Michael Brinkman did, in the importance of contributing to creative and professional development by helping emerging filmmakers fully realize their capabilities. The awards will be presented at the Festival Gala Awards Ceremony on Thursday, September 25. Complete award package details and a downloadable application can be found at: http://www.jhfestival.org/pdf/emerging.pdf
This remarkable opportunity is available because of the generous support of a number of Michael Brinkman’s friends and business associates, including: Abel Cine Tech, Anton/Bauer, Apple, Crawford Communications, Discovery, Dolby, Eastman Kodak, Evertz, Fujinon, Granada Wild, LaserPacific Media, Pace Technology, Panasonic, and Sony

CONGO BASIN DELEGATIONS CONFIRMED
President Omar El Hadj Bongo, and a delegation of approximately 50 dignitaries from Gabon will visit Jackson Hole this year, participating in Festival events on Friday and Saturday. They hope to meet with potential partners and forge alliances with individuals and organizations that can help them succeed in creating a better life for the people of Gabon through conservation and stewardship of the country’s immense natural resources.
In addition, a multi-country delegation of Park Superintendents and Resource Ministers from Gabon, Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, and Cameroon will spend a week-long intensive in Jackson Hole, meeting with Park, National Forest and Fish & Wildlife representatives in sessions designed to provide hands-on park and resource management training. This multi-agency study tour is being coordinated by the Festival in association with the National Forest Service.
REGISTER BY SEPT. 15th TO BE INCLUDED IN DELEGATE DIRECTORY
Long after the event is over, the Festival Delegate Directory is an invaluable tool for contact information. We’ve postponed the print deadline as far as we can this year, to ensure the most complete information is included. You can check out (and edit) your own information online, now. Go to http://www.jhfestival.org/delegates/editaccount.php.
OPENINGS IN KODAK PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
A few spots are still available for those interested in participating in the free pre-Festival seminar sponsored by Kodak and industry partners. On Sunday September 21, twelve "videographers" and their producers will be invited to participate in a day-long film production workshop culminating with the production of a short film about the history of the Snake River Valley. The participants will be divided into four crews advised by experienced filmmakers. Participants must be available to share their experiences and observations during a roundtable discussion over lunch on Thursday September 25 when the films will be shown for the first time at the festival. For details e-mail Randy Sparrazza at:randy.sparrazza@kodak.com
COME EARLY, STAY LATE: Jackson Hole Events
If you plan to arrive the weekend prior to the Festival, you’ll be surprised at how much is going on in the community. Beyond the astonishing natural rituals that accompany autumn in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, there is a full lineup of interesting events in town. The Fall Arts Festival, a two-week event, ends the 21st, with a variety of arts related events slated daily. The Wellness Festival, featuring Deepak Chopra and Don Miguel Ruiz will run the 20th and 21st at Teton Village. For more information on these events, visit http://www.jacksonholegalleries.com/festival.html and http://www.tetonwellness.org

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12. Facilities Coordinator for the Roxy Theatre, International WildlifeFilmFestival & MediaCentre

The International Wildlife Film Festival & Media Centerseeks a Facilities Coordinatorfor the Roxy Theater.
This is a part-time position. The Facilities Coordinator manages the VideoLibrary/ EarthVision Archive, maintains (3) theaters, video equipment, concession, marquee and handles all projection duties and/or supervises projectionists. During annual film festival, Facilities Coordinator is the primary technical director for the event. 15-20 hours per week which may include some evening/weekend projection duties.
Hourly wage doe plus some benefits
Resumes & References via USPS or email to:
Executive Director
IWFF/MC-Roxy Theater
718 S Higgins
Missoula,Montana59801
Email: jr1@wildlifefilms.org or iwff@wildlifefilms.org

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13.RARE SOUTH CHINA TIGER CUBS HEAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA

The Adventurous Journey of the Two Chinese Tiger Cubs-“Cathay” and “Hope” from China to South Africa. September 1st and 2nd, 2003 Reported by Li Quan, founder of Save China’s Tigers
Cathay, the girl South China tiger born on January 21st and Hope, the boy born on Feburary 17th, were selected by the Wildlife Research and Development Center of the Forestry Academy to be the first Chinese Tiger cubs to participate in the Chinese Tiger Rewilding Project in South Africa, in preparation for the Chinese Tigers’ reintroduction into the Chinese Wild.
September 1st 2003, Today is certainly the most memorable day for two rare cuddly tiger cubs fromChina. Tigers may not have originated in Africa, but today these two cubs of the world’s most ancient subspecies of tiger-the Chinese Tiger (also named the South China Tiger), commenced their historical journey from Beijing, China to South Africa for the first ever attempt at RewildingTraining (learning to hunt). The cubs were born in captivity in the Shanghai Zoo and currently do not posses the ability to survive in the wild. The foundation SaveChina’s Tigers’team and high level Chinese officials and trainees are accompanying the cubs during the journey. The cubs will be handed over to the care of Save China’s Tigers’ rewildingteam in the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa inPretoriaupon arrival.
The first rewildedChinese tigers(that will successfully regain hunting skills and are able to survive independently in the wild) are expected to be reintroduced into the wild in China in 2008, whenBeijinghosts the Olympic games. The Save China’s Tigers Organisation would also like to encourage to the public to vote for the Chinese tiger as the mascot of the 2008 Olympic games.
Manager forSouthern Africasaid, “We are proud to be associated and to contribute to this historical effort of reinstating the Chinese tigers back into the wild inChina. It is a logical extension of our own annual “International Wilderness Experience” programme that educates young people on the importance of conservation”.
SaveChina’s Tigers also wishes to use this occasion to thank all its supporters who have been generously helping the organization with their time, effort and resources in the past three years, making the Chinese Tigers’ future brighter.

For more information on the Chinese Tiger Project, see www.savechinastigers.org
SaveChina’s Tigers
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7702 9382
Fax: +44 20 7481 4396
Cell: +44 7767 367 016
Email:kate.reynolds@mailbox.co.uk
Sarita Cronjé
DEPUTY DIRECTOR National Zoological Gardens ofSouth Africa

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14. NaturVision Update

NaturVision
International Nature and Wildlife Film Festival
Freyung & Neuschönau . Bavarian Forest
11 - 14 September 2003
Fascination with Nature
Documentary films about animals and their habitats, wild landscapes and exotic regions – four days devoted to films about nature and wildlife in the midst of the largest extended forest area in Europe, the "Green Roof of Europe".
Have the pleasure of watching films in the Bavarian Forest- a vacation paradise!
NaturVision, the international film festival celebrating nature and wildlife will be held in Freyung and Neuschönau annually. Whether you are a film producer, a cinema enthusiast or just someone who loves nature and animals - a comprehensive, entertaining discussion awaitsanyone interested inthe topics of nature and wildlife in films.
Even the places where the films will be shown are an experience with and in nature. Guests will be able to view the "great" films in the open-air cinema at the lake in Neuschönau -the screen is installed in the lake itself.
Program
Competition
The focus of the festival is the documentary film competition without standing national and international productions. A unique opportunity to watch the latest films from all over the world.
A renowned jury of experts will give awards to the best films.
The grand finale: awarding of the prizes during the Saturday night gala event.
Special topics
Each year the film festival devotes itself to one specific topic. For 2003 we have chosen the subject "Wolf Traces".
Professional Panels 2003
In its second year running NaturVision has guests from as far a field as Washington, New Zealand and Canada. This year’s theme is the Wolf. Last year three young wolves escaped from the National Park’s wolf habitat enclosure. Tragically, two were killed. This opens the discussions for the status of wolf conservation in the world.
The festival kicks off on the eve of the full moon when participants will gather in the Bavarian Forest National Park to listen to the call of the wolf.
NaturVision Professional Programme
This year, NaturVision is a meeting place for experts from around the world. Our international guests will travel from as far a field as Dunedin, (the last city at the southern end of New Zealand!) Washington, SouthAfrica and Toronto.
They include…
• Peter Hayden,Head of New Projectsat NHNZ (Natural HistoryNew Zealand)Dunedin, works withproducers from aroundthe world to develop and deliver programmes to Animal Planet, National Geographic International and Discovery.
• Carl Hall,Managing Director of Parthenon Entertainment,London, always has an impressive slate ofproductions. Once head of HIT Wildlife, Carl now heads up his own distribution/productioncompany delivering programmes to broadcasters aroundthe world.
• Randy Rylander,Head of Research Standards, National Geographic Channel.WashingtonDC, wrotethe research guidelines book for National Geographic Channel and has extensive experience (from researcher to executive producer) across all National Geographic departments.
• Brian Cotter,Vice-President of Sales and Development at Summerhill Films develops and sells television and multiple media series including award-winning one-off natural history and science documentaries.
• Adrian Caddy(UK) and Michael Rosenberg (SouthAfrica) are both veterans of wildlife film production and distribution. Rosenberg was the founder of the international award winning Partridge Films and Caddy a distributor, consultant and producer with many renowned companies including Indigo Factual in London. They will be joining us as judge and moderator respectively.
• Experienced German producers and Commissioning Editors from NDR, ZDF, ARTE, BR, Discovery Germany and ORF will also be present to talk about the domestic market and its place in the global scene.
NaturVision offers you a unique opportunity to meet these people in a relaxed and beautiful environment far from the madness of the big international markets.
NaturVision offers you time to listen to their ‘pearls of wisdom’ and join in discussions that affect your future in the natural history film industry.
NaturVision offers you a festival close to Nature.Friday 12thSeptember
9:30 – 11:00
Panel Discussion
Check The Facts
The importance of research for natural history films
Research is the bottom line in natural history films. But just how rigorous does it have to be? What happens when the facts are wrong? Are their differences in standards across cultures? In this panel the director of Research Standards from National Geographic Channel tells us how important fact checking is for his network. Producers reflect on projects that challenged their research skills and give tips on efficiency and technique. Perhaps an historical perspective would also be beneficial. What effect has the internet had? How helpful or detrimental can it be for research?
Panel Moderator
RuthBerry
Panellists
Brian Cotter: Vice President Sales and Development, Summerhill Entertainment, Toronto(producer)
PetraEhresmann: Biologist
Peter Hayden: Head of New Projects, NHNZ,Dunedin(executive producer)
Randy Rylander: Director of Research Standards National GeographicChannelDC
Michael Rosenberg: Peartree Films
11.30 – 13:00
The Output Deal and Other Liaisons.
Broadcasters have less money for programme acquisitions than they used to leaving distributors and producers to come up with alternative financing strategies for documentaries. One is the output deal. But how does it work and what does it mean to independent producers? Is the output deal the ideal scenario? A session on the business behind the business.
PanelModerator
Adrian Caddy
Panellists
Peter Hayden: Head of New Projects, NHNZ, Dunedin
Carl Hall: Managing Director Parthenon Entertainment, London
Jörn Röver: Head of Department, Studio Hamburg Fernseh Allianz
Andrew Buchanan: Head of Wildlife, Granada Wild
Walter Köhler, Head of Department, Universum ORF
14:30-16:00
Hot Deutsch Trends
Andrew Buchanan will ask commissioning Editors to revealthe latest trends in natural history broadcasting for ‘German speaking’ networks. How dotheir various slots, preferred styles, budget ranges and target audiences impact on Natural Historyproductionin German speaking territories?
PanelModerator
Andrew Buchanan
Panellists
Ralph Blasius: Producer/Commissioning Editor, Nature ZDF
Walter Köhler: Head of Department, Universum ORF
Jörn Röver: Head of Department, Studio Hamburg Fernseh Allianz
Wolfgang Beck: Discovery Germany
16:30-18:00
Catchy Titles Catch the Sale!
A catchy title can be a hook when pitching to a broadcaster. It can sell a project. International commissioning editors and distributors talk about what makes a good title, how important the title is to the viewer and which titles sold projects to them. They also reflect on language and cultural differences that deliver original titles into a completely different realm!
Panel Moderator
RuthBerry
Panellists
Randy Rylander: National Geographic Channel
Carl Hall: Parthenon Entertainment
Caterine Le Goff: ARTE
Udo Zimmerman: BR
Wolfgang Beck: Discovery Germany
Saturday 13thSeptember
10:00–11:00
Roads Less Travelled
Presentation by Adrian Caddy withtips on how to raise money for your next production outside the usual financing avenues.Update - Competition Results
At the NaturVision Film Festival that takes place September, 11th- 14th 2003 the finalists for the competition and the Bavarian competition have been voted and we’d like to inform you about the results.
NaturVision movie programme
Competition finalists
No., Title, Author / Director, Production
1 A wild dog's story, Mike Holding, Afriscreen Films
2 Der den Wolf versteht , Angela Schmid, Bayerischer Rundfunk
3. Im Schwäbischen Donaumoos, Günther Bludszuweit, ORC Naturfilmproduktion-Hoffnung für das Moor
4. Natur im Garten - Die nackte Wahrheit, Johann Steeg, ORF
5. Die Insel, Manfred Corinne, ORF
6. Der Raubtiermann, Ute Casper, WDR Köln. WDR / ARTE
7. Villrein - Wild Reindeer, Asgeir Helgestad, Norwegian Film Institute
8. Schnecken - Langsam aber erfolgreich, Andreas Heidl, Naturdokumentationen
9. Las Montanas del Lobo, Joaquin Gutierrez Acha, Bitis Documentales S.L.
- The Mountains ofthe Wolf
10. Secret Killers of Monterey Bay,Keenan Smart, National Geographic Television & Film Natural History Unit
11. Hornetsfrom hell, producer: Jeff Morales, National Geographic Television & Film Natural History Unit
12. Horizontal Everest, Brian Cotter, Summerhill Entertainment Inc.
13. Fossekallen - Tuxedo Ice Bather, Gunnar Nilsen, NRK
14. Beluga Speaking Across time,Patricia Sims, Canaz
15. The case ofthe baby-faced assassin, Rod Morris, NHNZ
16. Tropic Gothic,RuthBerry, NHNZ
Bavarian Competition
No., Title, Author / Director, Production
1. Göttervögel - Galgenvögel; Rabenvögel, Jan Haft, Nautilus Film GmbH
2. Nr. 21 - ein Wolf wie kein anderer, Udo A. Zimmermann, Bayerischer Rundfunk
3. Der den Wolf versteht, Angela Schmid, Bayerischer Rundfunk
4. Im Schwäbischen Donaumoos, Günther Bludszuweit,ORCA Naturfilmproduktion - Hoffnung für das Moor
5. Im leichten Flug, Hubertus Meckel, Bayerischer Rundfunk
6. Schnecken - Langsam aber erfolgreich, Andreas Heidl, Naturdokumentationen
Update - Special topics
In the context of our special-topic “wolf traces” we show also big cinema-movies in the open-air-cinema at the lake in Neuschoenau beside our wolf-program.
Not only that the “animal of the year 2003” finds new attention in film worldwide recently -the outbreak of three young wolves from the national park last year gave another reason to dedicate a symposium to the wolf.
Panel I Sunday, September, 14th 2003 11 a.m.
How wild is the wolf? The outbreak of three young wolves from the national park Bavarian Woods last year aroused an intense public discussion.
While a group of people is approving the reintegration of the wolf to the European woods, the other ones demand immediate shooting. A third mediating pragmatic position pleads for a solution suitable for conservation: one shall capture the wolves and only shoot if necessary.
A forestry commissioner tells us about his unusual experiences during the search for the stray wolves whose behaviour is totally different from the wild wolves in Romania about which the wolf researcher S. Negus will report.
Between animal conservationists and hunting associations the pro and contra will be discussed controversially with the help of new research results and picture material.
Moderation: Mr. Rücker, PNP newspaper, Bavaria
Introduction: First hand experiences by Michael Grossmann (national park)
Participants: Serban Negus (romanian wolf scientist)
Karl-Friedrich Sinner (head of national park)
Udo Zimmermann(movie maker and editor Bavarian television)
Markus Zeugin (movie maker)
Dr. Peter Blanché, (Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Wölfe/ Wolf Protection Association)
Norbert Schrüfer (spokesman of the hunting association)
Panel II Sunday, September, 14th 2003 13.30 p.m.
Myth of the wolf, Which wolf legend is it fascinating people so lastingly?
An ethnologist tells about the long, culture historical tradition of wolf pictures, while a film scientist is illustrating how these are converted into film. A psychoanalyst tells us, which longings are behind these fantasies and a wolf researcher reports whether and how much this has actually to do with her experiences of daily dealings with the animals.
Moderation: Gerd Pfitzenmeier (Natur & Kosmos magazine)
Introduction: Prof.Daniel Drascek (Ethnologist)
Participants: Dr. Marion Ebel (Biologist and wolf scientist)
Angela Schmid (movie maker)
Dr. Wolfgang Schmidbauer (Psychoanalyst)
Georg Seeßlen (Movie scientist)
Dr. Gertud Scherf (Writer)
In the context of the prize-celebration on Saturday, September 13th nature vision deem sthe life's work worthy of the famous wolf researcher Eric Zimen who is deceased only recently, with a prize. The eulogy is held by Hark Bohm. The film “Wolf traces” byErik Zimen will be shown.
Further information at: www.natur-vision.de
NaturVision
Festival Office
0049-8558-9739-0
or E-mail info@natur-vision.de
We do not have an English website yet. To find the application form for professional visitors, please click “FACHBESUCHER” in the top menu. Then in the left menu select “Akkreditierung” and then “Anmeldung”. You should now see the registration form. (This is last year's form – sorry - but this doesn't matter.)
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