WE MAKE HIGH-END DOCUMENTARIES, DOCU-FICTION AND DRAMA - FOCUSING ON NATURAL-HISTORY, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, HISTORY OR JUST: ON LIFE. OUR FILMS MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE.
OUR CURRENT PRODUCTION:
RUSSIA FROM ABOVE
Russia the largest country on earth, as never seen before. For the first time Russia From Above shows the whole giant empire in breath-taking and spectacular aerials, from Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea to Vladivostok at the Pacific Ocean, from icebreakers in the Arctic Sea to the Saigas of Kalmykia. Arte premieres a 90-minute feature film length version. In autumn and winter more versions to come, in 3 and 5 episodes on Arte and Terra X on ZDF.
Soul-Singer THEO recorded a new album in Los Angeles, with all new self-written songs, featuring a bunch of fantastic session musicians. The band members played in studios and on stage with the likes of James Brown or Aretha Franklin. We produced the videos of the album title-song Heart of Soul and also for Songs of Marvin Gaye. Plus the making-of from THEO’s recording sessions in L.A.
Apart from this Migrating Birds awarded the Silver Hugo in the category 'Non-Fiction' at the 53rd Chicago International Television Festival. The Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards honors the finest television productions and commercials from around the world. And here as well, our Scouts of Distant Worlds was one of them this year!
OUR PRODUCTION MIGRATING BIRDS WAS HONOURED WITH FURTHER IMPORTANT AWARDS:
THE HEINZ SIELMANN FILMPREIS, BEST SCIENTIFIV FILM AT GREEN SCREEN FESTIVAL, GERMAN NATUREFILM PRIZE 2017, AND THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION MIGRATING BIRDS WAS HONOURED AT THE JAPAN WILDLIFE FESTIVAL 2017 IN TOKIO WITH THE BEST EDUCATION AWARD
We‘re happy to announce that Orange Smarty is now taking care of the international distribution of a selection of our films. For licensing requests for Beautiful Minds, The Virus Empire, Germany From Above, Automatic Brain and more, please get in touch with Karen Young and her crew at Orange Smarty in Brighton, England. Please contact them on their website at www.orangesmarty.com. For footage rights, dvd and streaming rights, just get in touch with us.
OUR MAGIC FORESTS
THE SPEECH OF TREES
A new 3-part mini series currently in the making on the German myth of the woods, its secret, hidden communication systems, the sense of family among trees and the treasures of the the most favourite whereabouts of the peculiar tribe of the Germans. With breathtaking aerials and magical animations from our friends at 422 in England.
FIRST AIRING 28th May, 4th and 11 June 2017, 7:30 pm, on ZDF
Our movie version of Germany From Above is frequently shown in film concerts in philharmonic halls, with Boris Salchow’s music score live performed by symphonic orchestras, live narrated by Leon Boden. In collaboration with our new Munich-based event partner Kulturgipfel we are constantly working on new concerts.
