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Islands In Time: A Wildlife Odyssey
1 x 90’ or 3 x 60’, 2017, 4K
The islands of Southeast Asia are some of the most spectacular and diverse places on Earth. They are home to the majestic, the beautiful and the downright bizarre. In the tropical forests that drape their rugged slopes, there are kangaroos that climb trees; pigs whose teeth grow through their heads; rhinos that have hair and birds that hatch out of the sand.
Terra Mater Factual Studios/ National Geographic Channel/ NDR Naturfilm/Doclights
Director: Paul Reddish
Kings Of Beer
1 x 83’, 2019, 4K
‘Kings of Beer’, is a never-before-seen look at the rigorous standards and intense competition that characterizes the brewing of the world’s most iconic American lager -- Budweiser. This film centers around a diverse group of elite Budweiser brew masters from 65 breweries and 23 countries as they battle it out in an intense competition to brew the best American lager, which, according to the film, is regarded as the most difficult beer to brew.
Kings of Beer Productions/ Gravitas Ventures
Director: Sean Mullin
Laughology
1 x 75’, 2009, SD
An exploration of the contagiousness of laughter, with Canadian filmmaker Albert Nerenberg. This film makes the case that laughter may have been the original peace signal and that the human ability to share and transmit laughter may have been key to the rise of human civilisation. The film also chronicles unusual laughter phenomenon such as laughter parties and the 1962 Tanzanian laughter epidemic. (Also available: Boredom and Stupidity.)
Elevator Films
Director: Albert Nerenberg
Killer IQ
1 x 90’ or 2 x 60’, 2014, HD
It’s not a battle of eternal enemies – but a war of wits. Central players in the arena: lions and hyenas, pitted against each other in a series of exciting, entertaining and ground-breaking puzzles and trials. Kevin Richardson and some of the world’s leading behavioural zoologists will reveal why each of these species is the ultimate specialist in their own, very unique way.
Terra Mater Factual Studios/ Kingdom Films/ Smithsonian Networks/ Animal Planet International
Director: Virgina Quinn
Last Days Of The Arctic
1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’, 2011, HD
Join Ragnar Axelsson on his journey as he visits friends made through his long career. His passion is for documenting the fast deteriorating lifestyles of the North. We visit his farmers in Iceland and the free spirited hunters of Greenland. Here, we meet people who are so intertwined with nature that they are more afraid of government officials than of a starving polar bear looking for prey!
Saga Film
Director: Magnús V. Sigurðsson Starring: Ragnar Axelsson
Lions On The Move
1 x 90’ or 2 x 60’, 2013, HD
Moving animals is a challenge on its own. And in this particular case we’re not talking about the small kind of cat. It is Kevin Richardson’s dream and plan to move 27 lions and 14 hyenas to a larger game reserve in Southern Africa. Denied permits and enclosures still under construction make it a precarious affair. Will everything work out in the end?
Terra Mater Factual Studios/ Kingdom Films/ARTE
Directors: Kevin Richardson & Virgina Quinn
Feature Docs