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Dear friends and colleagues,

We would like to thank all participants and contributors for the great cooperation in the past year and wish you a Merry Christmas and a good start into a healthy, peaceful year 2025.

Your Marco Polos

We are delighted about two new nominations. ‘Wilde Eltern - Im Einsatz für die Kinder’ (‘Parents in the Wild – Mission Offspring’, Part 2, WDR/Arte, 2023) by Annette Scheurich and Moritz Mayerle and ‘Skandinavien - Rückkehr des Lichts’ (‘Scandinavia – Into the Light’, Part 1, ZDF/Arte, 2023) by Mi-Yong Brehm and Verena Feige are in the programme and have now also been nominated for the Ökofilmtour 2025 competition.

Congratulations to the filmmakers on their nomination. Our fingers are crossed!

https://oekofilmtour.de/

The 20th Ökofilmtour will open on 10 January 2025 in Potsdam and end with an awards ceremony on 9 May 2025. From January to April, the festival will tour throughout Brandenburg and show films from the programme in around 60 locations in around 70 venues.

It has been clear for some time that the German version of our “Dormouse Detectives” ("SOKO Gartenschläfer” BR/Arte, 2022) will be screened at the European Wildlife Film Awards 2025 . Now we have received the good news that the documentary by Rosie Koch and Roland Gockel has also been nominated for the award competition. Congratulations to Rosie and Roland and the whole team.

Fingers crossed for the award ceremony on February 15, 2025 in Hamburg!

https://www.europeanwildlifefilmawards.eu/

We are delighted that our film ‘Wilde Eltern - mit Leidenschaft zum Nachwuchs’ by Annette Scheurich and Moritz Mayerle will be broadcast in prime time at 8.15 pm on ARD.

In spectacular shots, the documentary gives a very intimate insight into the ‘love life’ of wild parents around the globe.

Save the date! We hope you enjoy watching.

We are very pleased that our film ‘Wilde Eltern - Mit Leidenschaft zum Nachwuchs’ (WDR/ SWR/ Arte, 2023) by Annette Scheurich and Moritz Mayerle will be shown on Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 7 pm at the Naturfilmkino in Hamburg.

The screening will be followed by a filmmaker talk with director Annette Scheurich and cinematographer Klaus Scheurich.

If you are in Hamburg at the time and would like to see how wild animals cope with parenthood, you will find the right evening programme at the Naturfilmkino.

Further information can be found here:

https://www.botschaftderwildtiere.de/movies/wilde-eltern

We are delighted to have won two awards at the Vaasa Wildlife Festival: “The Dark Side of Bright Nights” (Licht aus - Wie Kunstlicht die Natur verändert, 3sat) directed by Sander van Iersel and Tim Visser won the prize in the ‘Best Natural Science’ category.

“Scandinavia - Into the Darkness” (Skandinavien – Rückkehr der Dunkelheit, ZDF/ Arte) directed by Mi-Yong Brehm and Verena Feige was awarded ‘Best Nordic Nature’.

And “Dormouse Detectives” (SOKO Gartenschläfer, BR/ Arte/ MDR) directed by Rosie Koch and Roland Gockel took third place in the ‘Best Environment & Conservation’ category.

Congratulations to everyone!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5FBEOjeywesrk6sdamdeaRzZhBE-ArZ/view

We are delighted that “Scandinavia - Into the Light” (ZDF/ Arte) has been nominated at this year's Scandinavian International Film Festival (SCIFF). Congratulations on the pre-selection to the two filmmakers Mi-Yong Brehm and Verena Feige.

The festival will take place from November 29 to December 2.

We keep our fingers crossed.

https://www.sciff.fi/docs

Three of our films are in competition at the Mountainfilm International Film Festival Graz: „Beaches of Europe – The Curonian Spit“ (Strände Europas – Kuhrische Nehrung, ZDF/ Arte), „Parents in the Wild – Mating Games and Birth Days“ (Wilde Eltern – Mit Leidenschaft zum Nachwuchs, WDR/ SWR/ Arte) and „Scandinavia – Into the Light“ (Skandinavien – Rückkehr des Lichts, ZDF/ Arte) can hope to win the coveted “Grand Prix Graz”. Congratulations to all involved.

The festival takes place from November 12 to 16.

Fingers crossed.

https://mountainfilm.com/

Summer, sunshine and the sound of the sea – for most people, beaches are the epitome of the perfect holiday paradise. But they’re much more than that: they are natural habitats, and no two of them are exactly alike. The ‘Beaches of Europe’ series visits six different beaches and shows how they were formed by geological, meteorological and biological forces, and how they shape nature, above and below the water. And it introduces the people who dedicate themselves to their beach habitat in very different ways.

We are delighted to have the authors Herbert Ostwald, Rosie Koch & Roland Gockel, Annette Scheurich, Mi-Yong Brehm and Boas Schwarz take you on a journey to the ‘Beaches of Europe’ one after the other. The films are narrated by Hans Henrik Wöhler.

From Monday, 26 August 2024 at 18:35, the 6-part series will start with the first film:

‘Beaches of Europe - Spiekeroog’  by Herbert Ostwald.

This is followed daily at 18:35 resp. 18:30:

‘Beaches of Europe – The Curonian Spit’ by Rosie Koch & Roland Gockel - Tue, 27 August 2024, 18:30

‘Beaches of Europe – Santorini’ by Annette Scheurich - Wed, 28 August 2024, 18:35

‘Beaches of Europe – Sardinia’ by Mi-Yong Brehm - Thu, 29 August 2024, 18:35

And on Friday with 2 films the finale - starting at 17:50:

‘Beaches of Europe – Pozzuoli’ by Boas Schwarz - Fri, 30 August 2024, 17:50

‘Beaches of Europe – The Dune of Pilat’ by Herbert Ostwald - Fri, 30 August 2024, 18:35

We hope you enjoy watching them!

 

The films will also be available in the arte media library after their first broadcast:

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111032-001-A/straende-europas/

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111032-002-A/straende-europas/

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111032-003-A/straende-europas/

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111032-004-A/straende-europas/

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111032-005-A/straende-europas/

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111032-006-A/straende-europas/

More good news follows - ‘Parents in the Wild - Mating Games and Birth Days’ (Wilde Eltern - Mit Leidenschaft zum Nachwuchs (Teil 1) WDR/Arte, 2023) by Annette Scheurich and Moritz Mayerle has been selected for the international competition at the Matsalu Nature Film Festival 2024.

Congratulations to all involved. We keep our fingers crossed.

The festival runs from 25 September - 06 October 2024 in Estonia.

https://www.maff.ee/en