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NATURE
JAGUARLAND
Deep in the heart of Brazil, lies a wetland so vast that you can see it from space: The Pantanal.
For over 2 million years, it’s Pantanal itself who shaped a mysterious creature out of sun, water and dirt. A giant, capable of ruling over its lushy land and ensuring its balance…This creature, almost twice as large here as anywhere else in its distribution range, is the jaguar of the Pantanal.
Just like the Pantanal that gave birth to it, it is as dazzling as it is unforgiving. Its beauty is without equal, but its jaw is the most powerful in the animal kingdom.
With the heat, humidity and the enchanting colors reflected in thousands of rivers, the Pantanal seems to cast a spell on any living creature that crosses it: A bewitching fever that transforms you. No one can emerge unscathed from a life in the Pantanal.
This fever is the daily life of Abigail Martin, a young American biologist. 10 years ago, she was shocked by her 1st encounter with a jaguar, struck by the animal’s power of attraction and its aura. Since then, her life has taken a turn, and she now focuses all her energy on trying to unravel the mysteries surrounding America’s largest predator.
CONCEPT
SCIENCE
UNFU**ING THE WORLD
Unf**king the World is a multi-season 6*20″ documentary series proposing a much needed new way of looking at the planetary environmental crises we are in.
CONCEPT
“Whether or not we are brave enough to accept it, we have it somewhere in mind: for the last 60 years, the human race has been fucking the world on a biblical scale and at breakneck speed, starting – among other great achievements – the 6th extinction of all life and a new geological era of plastic-based rocks. To get out of this mess, we are going to have to look at the reality of the threats directly in the eye, stop fooling ourselves, and start giving the steering-wheel of the world to people who actually know what they are talking about. Oh, and it might be better to do it sooner rather than later. “
Unf**king the World proposes a much needed new way of looking at the planetary environmental crises we are in. Most people today are tired of the way we talk about those subjects, or they have been so buried under contradictory information, that they even have doubts about their existence of the crises. Combining a totally quirky and satirical tone – very much like this pitch – with state-of-the-art, strict and unquestionable science, we will surprise with unknown numbers & facts, re-establish the truth and give the mike to people that for some reason are mostly absent from the screen : experts and scientists that have nothing to sell. Doing so, we will demonstrate that – contrary to common belief – humans CAN unf**k the world step by step, starting today.
NATURE
Mission Tiger: Bhutan
A 6 x 3 minutes mini series following filmmaker Emmanuel Rondeau in his mission to photograph wild tigers in Bhutan
PARTNER:
WWF, Discovery, Auvergne-Rhône Alpes Region
DIRECTOR:
Emmanuel Rondeau
STATUS:
Produced
DURATION:
6 x 3 minutes
French
Emmanuel Rondeau, réalisateur et photographe de la flore et la faune sauvage, est en mission pour le WWF afin d’aller à la recherche d’un des félins les plus difficiles à trouver au monde : le tigre du Bengale, une des espèces les plus menacées au monde.
Accompagnez Emmanuel dans son voyage au coeur du mystérieux Royaume du Bhoutan, dans sa quête de photographier cette majestueuse espèce qu’est le tigre du Bengale.
Avec seulement une centaine de tigres dans tout le Bhoutan, la mission d’Emmanuel ne sera pas évidente. Devant faire face à des pluies torrentielles, à la haute altitude et à des conditions de terrain extrêmes, Emmanuel sera repoussé dans ses retranchements.
Tout au long de cette mission, nous nous plongerons dans la culture et les traditions du Bhoutan, où les tigres sont vénérés comme des dieux, et nous irons à la rencontre des personnes qui ont dédié leur vie à protéger ces grands félins emblématiques.
Emmanuel arrivera-t-il à compléter sa mission et photographier un tigre ? Quoiqu’il arrive, cette aventure s’annonce incroyable. Bienvenue dans Mission Tiger Bhutan !
English
Emmanuel Rondeau, wildlife filmmaker and photographer, is on a mission to track down one of the most elusive big cats in the world: the endangered Bengal
Join Emmanuel as he journeys to the heart of the mysterious Kingdom of Bhutan in an attempt to capture this majestic species on camera.
With only around 100 tigers in the whole of Bhutan, Emmanuel’s mission will not be an easy one. Faced with torrential downpours, high altitudes and extreme terrain, he will be pushed to the limit on his quest.
Along the way, we’ll delve deeper into the culture and customs of Bhutan, where the tiger is revered as a god, and meet the people dedicating their lives to protecting this iconic big cat.
Will Emmanuel capture a tiger on camera? Whatever happens, this is going to be one incredible adventure.
Welcome to Mission Tiger.
The series
Media outreach
NATURE
Zapovednik
Zapovednik is both a 17 minutes web documentary as well as a magazine reportage on the situation of tigers in Far East Russia
PARTNER:
Ussurisk Zapovednik, BBC Widlife, Rhône-Alpes Cinema
DIRECTOR:
Emmanuel Rondeau
STATUS:
COMPLETED
DURATION:
17 minutes
Français
The Siberian tiger is the biggest species of big cat. Averaging 400 lbs and 10 feet long, with a head the size of a human rib cage, it is the most perfect land predator on the planet. Almost extinct in the 30s, the species made an extraordinary come back during the Soviet Union, when closed boundaries dramatically reduced the trade of tiger parts between Russia and China.
Andre Kirilovitch is the director of the ‘Ussurisk Zapovednik’ (Reserve of Ussurisk). From the 500 animals present in the Far East at the end of the Perestroika, only 350 descendants survive today, but the truth is, nobody really knows what is happening in the taiga.
Andre and his rangers, however, are determined to investigate.
English
The Siberian tiger is the biggest species of big cat. Averaging 400 lbs and 10 feet long, with a head the size of a human rib cage, it is the most perfect land predator on the planet. Almost extinct in the 30s, the species made an extraordinary come back during the Soviet Union, when closed boundaries dramatically reduced the trade of tiger parts between Russia and China.
Andre Kirilovitch is the director of the ‘Ussurisk Zapovednik’ (Reserve of Ussurisk). From the 500 animals present in the Far East at the end of the Perestroika, only 350 descendants survive today, but the truth is, nobody really knows what is happening in the taiga.
Andre and his rangers, however, are determined to investigate.
Trailer of the documentary
Images of the photo story
