After closing the contracts we are now officially working on our first movie theatre release. In coproduction with Studio Hamburg DocLights and with polyband as our distributor we are producing a film about “The Forest”. Based on our two part miniseries “The Forest”, that still holds the record market share on “Erlebnis Erde” with its premiere in 2009, we have shot many exciting new sequences within the last 12 months. The new music sound track is being composed by Jörg Magnus Pfeil. Coming to theaters in 2012. (12.10.2011)
At "Darßer Naturefilmfestival 2011” our film “Wild Scandinavia- Norway” was once again chosen for “Best of Festival”. This is the second time in a row that the prestigious “German Naturefilmprize” along with the statue of the “Golden Crane” went to nautilusfilm. Extract of the jury decision: “The film portrays the nature of a whole country in a poetic way….Fascinating observations of rarely shown animals alternate with opulent pictures of their habitats – virtuously edited, excellently commented and a sensitive musical accompaniment - an extraordinary film.” nautilusfilm wishes to thank the jury and the commissioning editors of DocLights/ Studio Hamburg, NDR, ARTE, WDR and ORF. (12.10.2011)
New project: “The
Bavarian Aquarius“
A very special wildlife filmmaker is the focus of our latest film for
BR, Germany, that will be completed until the end of this year. Geologist,
Technical Diver and Wildlife Filmmaker Walter Sigl is “The Bavarian
Aquarius”. Instead of filming the coral reefs of the world, Walter
Sigl was right from the start in 1958 drawn into the freshwaters of his
Bavarian home country and later of the whole world. He was the first man
to film in freshwater and his work was rewarded many times. We now have
the honor to portray the life work of Walter Sigl and to give insights
into half a century of diving adventures.
(12.10.2011)
Jan and Melanie Haft will be in Pamplona at the end of October, holding a course about the “nautilusway” of wildlife filmmaking at the University of Navarra.
The course is related to “Telenatura” Spains largest international wildlife film festival. We have attended the festival in previous years and we found a large and enthusiastic documentary film makers community there. (12.10.2011)
“Best of Festival“
at Green Screen
At this year´s Green Screen Festival, Germany´s largest and
most famous international wildlife film festival, nautilusfilm celebrated
another success. The “Best of Festival” Award went to “Wild
Scandinavia- Norway” (Script, Director, Camera & Editing: Jan
Haft). The jury´s comment: “Perfect camerawork, sensitive
editing, marvelous sound design and exciting action make this film a piece
of art with a poetic touch.” The series “Wild Scandinavia”
was produced by NDR Naturfilm and had a large TV audience at Germany´s
ARD this summer. The seven part series is available on DVD and BlueRay.
(14.09.2011)
The six part ARD joint venture series “Wild Germany” goes on air this fall. Always on Mondays and always at prime time. Our film “The Alps of Berchtesgaden” is part of the series and will be broadcasted 17th October 2011, at 8.15pm on ARD. The film was commissioned by Udo A. Zimmermann of BR and coproduced by ARTE, NDR and WDR. “The Alps of Berchtesgaden” received the “Filmpreis Bayern” donated by FFF Bayern at this year´s Naturvision Film Festival. (14.09.2011)
Journalist Award
The German Hunting Association awarded their biannual Journalist Award
for the 7th time. Jan Haft and nautilusfilm were rewarded for the two
part series “The Forest” that was broadcasted for the first
time in 2009. The jury was especially thrilled by the unusual storytelling
and the surprising stories of the supposedly well known habitat.
(18.06.2011)
Festival season
starts
At the „Rockies“ in Banff, Canada our film “Poppy´s
Promise” has been selected as finalist in the nature & wildlife
category. At Shanghai’s Magnolia Awards “Wild Scandinavia-
Norway” is among the festival’s finalist films and at the
Green Screen Festival in Germany three of our films have been selected
for the final round. The festivals will announce their winners in summer
2011.
(14.05.2011)
IWFF 2011 Judge
The invitation of the world’s longest running wildlife film festival
in Missoula, Montana is a great honour and a great challenge. As one of
the six members of the final jury, Jan Haft gets to watch almost 80h of
wildlife films. Together with his fellow judges he will be making the
supposedly most accomplished decisions of the festival year 2011 on the
“best wildlife films of the world” produced within the last
12 months.
(23.03.2011)
“Viking
Wilderness“
We have been shooting in Denmark and Norway for three years and tried
to capture the typical landscapes and their inhabitants on film. During
the last months we were busy post producing these films. They are both
part of the ARD series “Viking wilderness” commissioned by
Studio Hamburg DocLights. The premiere will be on ARTE 14th February 2011
(Denmark) and 15th February 2011 (Norway) each at 7:30pm.
(09.01.2011)
Prospects
2011…
2012… 2013...
The New Year starts for us with shootings for our two part film about
the river Rhine and our film “Forest Life”. We have closed
contracts for several new films; among our new films are “Kings
of the Heavens” (WDR, ARTE, BR) and “The Garden” (Studio
Hamburg DocLights, ARTE) both of them are also designed to be international
co productions with several partners. This winter we have started to work
on a film about the “The Bog” which will appear similar in
style and storytelling to “The Meadow”, “The Forest”
and “Poppy’s Promise”.
(09.01.2011)
