Ludwigsburg/Vienna - ORF's acclaimed blue-chip strand "UNIVERSUM" has received an award for best camera work: Michael Schlamberger's documentary "The Return of the Aurochs" - a co-production by ScienceVision, ORF and ARTE funded by the Austrian Film Fund and VAM in cooperation with ORF-Enterprise - has won the "NaturVision Camera Award" at the renowned NaturVision Festival in Ludwigsburg on July 22, 2023.

The jury's statement: "They seem to be at rest within themselves, while bursting with power. Their appearance has always influenced our spirituality: The awe-inspiring cave paintings of our ancestors leave us in no doubt about this. The aurochs have a great effect on their habitat, they shape whole landscapes. All this can be wordlessly conveyed by the breathtaking camera work and image composition of this documentary. The gentle tranquility in the images, the conveyed power and a masterful play with light come from one cast. The images carry us from the big picture to the smallest detail and back again. The camerawork and image design shapes and carries the film with a congruent and diverse aesthetic. In doing so, it creates its own level of storytelling: the images have a profound effect and bring the viewer tangibly close to the aurochs - perhaps as close as they once were to our ancestors."

The NaturVision Festival launched in 2002 in Neuschönau in the Bavarian Forest, and is held in Ludwigsburg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg since 2012.

The documentary "The Return of the Aurochs" is distributed worldwide by ORF-Enterprise.

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