UNIVERSUM presents spectacular animal and nature films
The UNIVERSUM series starts the new programming season with two impressive nature films. "Water of Life - Wilderness, Whisky, Highlands" by Jackie Savery and Nigel Pope is a co-production by ORF and ORF-Enterprise in cooperation with ARTE. It portrays the spectacular landscape and wildlife around a traditional Scottish whisky distillery. In "Russia’s Revenant – The Return of the Siberian Tiger", a co-production by ORF, ARTE, National Geographic, BR, SVT, Channel One Russia and Interspot Film in association with ORF-Enterprise, viewers follow a giant Siberian tiger as it traverses the taiga forests to find a new territory. Due to its stealthy hunting style, the rare tiger is difficult to spot in the undergrowth. Thanks to his intensive study of tigers as part of his biology degree, award-winning director Franz Hafner ("Russia's Wild Sea") manages to track them down and get them in front of the camera. He works with the latest 4K camera traps to capture the animal's migration in breathtaking images and brings viewers up close to the majestic cat.
The documentary "Austria's Wild Heritage - One Country Six National Parks" by Heinz Leger is a co-production by ORF and Interspot Film and puts the national parks in the heart of Europe in the spotlight.
Migrating birds and Colombia’s wild: the next highlights are in production
“Colombia - Wild and Free” is currently in production. In this co-production by ORF, NDR, PBS, ARTE and Cosmos Factory in cooperation with ORF-Enterprise, Harald Pokieser portrays rebel groups that protect the untouched forests of the Colombian national parks. Since the declaration of peace, the country reveals its natural splendor and the dazzling as well as extraordinary diversity of wildlife.
The co-production “Life on the Wing - Miracle of Bird Migration” by ORF and PKM Film, in which directors Leander Khil and Mario Kreuzer take a completely new look at the largest bird migration on Earth, is awaited with anticipation. The UNIVERSUM animal film does not only show the commute between North and South but depicts countless varieties of the far-travelling migratory birds through spectacular protagonists, whose stories are told in a very personal way.
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