new releases 2014/15 - ORF
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new releases 2014/15 - ORF
CONTENTS contents NEW RELEASES 2014/15 4K Ultra High Definition 4K FEATURE FILMS · COMEDY High Definition HD TV-MOVIES · CRIME · COMEDY · DRAMA English Voice-Over EV English Subtitles ES French Voice-Over FV French Subtitles FS ENTERTAINMENT · SCRIPTED FORMATS · SHOW 2-D Technology 2D MUSIC · FOLK MUSIC · POP MUSIC · CLASSICAL MUSIC 3-D Technology 3D DOCUMENTARIES · CULTURE & ART Italian Voice-Over IV Spanish Voice-Over SV Portuguese Voice-Over PV Surround Sound 5.1 German Subtitles (Untertitel) UT Awards Available for TV TV Available for Video on Demand VOD Available for DVD DVD Available for Travel Entertainment TE TV-SERIES · CRIME · COMEDY · DRAMA CHILDREN & YOUTH · EDUTAINMENT FOOTAGE FORMATS & ENTERTAINMENT FACTUAL PEOPLE & PLACES · HISTORY · SOCIAL ISSUES CURRENT AFFAIRS · ENVIRONMENT & GLOBALISATION · SCIENCE · NATURE & WILDLIFE INDEX 1 contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 2 ORF Headquarters Sales Representatives 3 ORF Headquarters ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG Content Sales International Wuerzburggasse 30 1136 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43 (1) 87878 – 13030 BEATRICE COX-RIESENFELDER MARION CAMUS-OBERDORFER Managing Director / CFO Head of Content Sales International ARMIN LUTTENBERGER JOHANNES STANEK Sales Director TV Sales Manager TV MONIKA KOSSITS HERBERT SCHMITT Sales Manager TV Digital Distribution Manager MAXIMILIAN WENZEL ALEXANDER LÖFFLER Sales Manager DVD/VOD Technical Coordinator AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DOMINIK NIKOLAUS KOWARSCH DAGMAR FLEISCHHACKER David Albareda, Sales Manager Footage Sales Executive Footage Fax: +43 (1) 87878 – 12757 E-Mail: contentsales@orf.at contentsales.ORF.at CANADA (English): ESH Intermedia Inc. 1524 West 6th Avenue Vancouver BC V6J 1R2 E-Mail: erna@eshintermedia.com www.eshintermedia.com CANADA (French): DPI Denise Prezeau International Chemin Jordan 537 Sutton QC J0E 2K0 E-Mail: deniseprezeau@hotmail.com LATIN AMERICA: Magnatel Ltda Rio de Janeiro Contact: Magnatel GmbH Grabenstrasse 25 76534 Baden-Baden, Germany E-Mail: office@magnatel.com FRANCE: SPAIN: ITALY: Rosnay International SA Indigenius Filmedia s.r.l. 6 rue Robert Estienne Via Laietana 11, 4-3 Via Ripamonti 89 75008 Paris, France 08002 Barcelona, Spain 20141 Milano, Italy E-Mail: jacqueline@rosnayintl.com E-Mail: kam@indigenius.es E-Mail: filippo.ubaldini@filmedia.com E-Mail: c.harel@rosnayintl.com www.indigenius.es www.filmedia.com SOUTH AFRICA: Indigenius 4 Queens Park Studios 24 Queens Park Road, Salt River Cape Town, South Africa MIDDLE EAST: E-Mail: hans@indigenius.es E-Mail: nidal@luchadistribution.com Lucha Distribution Karma Hamouch Bldg, 3rd Floor Beirut, Libanon ASIA: Pikfilm SDN BHD No. 30, Lorong Bukit Pantai 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-Mail: content@pikfilm.com.my www.pikfilm.com.my Diagonal 75, 2-15, 08019 Barcelona, Spain E-Mail: david.albareda@orf.at ONLINE CATALOG contentsales.ORF.at 4 TELEVISION RADIO ORF eins and ORF 2 – News, entertainment, ÖSTERREICH 1 – The most succulture, science, economy, education, sport, cessful radio station in Europe information, children’s programs as well as – with more than 700,000 daily films and series from and for Austria and in listeners. addition numerous international top movies and series. 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No matter if you are looking for Fiction, Music, Documentaries or would simply like to get an overview TVthek – ORF’s catch-up service featuring TV content available seven days after broadcast. TVTHEK ORF 2 EUROPE – The “free to air” ORF 2-channel for vacationers, business travelers, expats and interested Europeans across Europe. ONLINE CATALOG of our whole stock, you can choose your personal selection. Search, screen or order screening material online. ORF TELETEXT – Comprehensive news and services. Provision for people with disabilities: subtitling of 60 % of TV programmes, “ZiB” at 7.30pm interpreted into sign language, film soundtracks for the visually impaired etc. Subtitles for the hearing impaired in German language are available for re-sale: Content Sales International offers top-quality subtitles for the following categories: ORF III – ORF’s new channel for culture and information. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to be informed about the newest productions for (pre)sale. “Films & Series” “Documentaries” Contact: ut-sales@orf.at ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG Content Sales International Würzburggasse 30 1136 Vienna, Austria More than 3,000 hours with synopses, photos, trailers. 5 FEATURE FILMS COMEDY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 7 King Ping King Ping – Tippen Tappen Tödchen Former police detective Clemens “King” Frowein, now a local zoo’s penguin keeper, has got too much of everything: hair, fat, and freaky friends. Since being suspended from the police, he has been living in the back room of “Biggy Baby’s”. It’s the cool place to be in town and there’s always a party going on when hair dressing drag queen Biggi hits the stage. Actually, life could go on like this forever. Then, King bumps into his former police colleague and they get completely drunk. The next morning, King’s pal is found at the bottom of a steep stairway, with a broken neck. The police believe it’s an accident: but now the King is back! Knowing for certain that the “stair killer” will strike again and launching his own investigation, he joyfully tramples on his uncool successor’s toes, chief inspector Ellbroich. In order to have a very special task force at his side, King enlists gay brothel bouncer Woelfken, two dopey zookeepers, and a chain-smoking neighbor. Unfortunately, all the while King is persistently haunted by the ultimate journalistic pain-in-the-arse. It is no wonder that this adds fuel to the fire of the entire frenzy. For King, this is a minor distraction, as he unstoppably rolls his way through this comic crime story, accompanied by a killer soundtrack as hip as death. Duration: 96 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Dirk Michael Häger Directed by Claude Giffel Cast: Sierk Radzei, Bela B., Hans-Martin Stier, Godehard Giese, Jana Voosen, Christoph Maria Herbst Produced by REX FILM Production Available worldwide except for Germany HD ES 813593 Pictures: © REX Film Production GmbH H IG H LI G H T 6 FEATURE FILMS COMEDY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 9 Cuban Lies Lügen auf Kubanisch The talented but unemployed Cuban actress Ana decides to sign up as a protagonist in a documentary film about prostitution – first and foremost so that her family will be able to afford a new refrigerator. She plays her part with such great authenticity and believability, that she soon becomes the focus of the film. Inevitably, this brings total chaos to Ana’s real life. When, on top of everything, the director Helmut falls in love with her, the carefully constructed tissue of lies threatens to fall apart. The film shows the everyday life and survival strategy in an unadorned yet humorous way of a woman who has become trapped in her own web of lies. “Cuban Lies” is an eloquent, humorous and lively comedy. Duration: 90 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Eduardo Del Llano, Daniel Díaz Torres Directed by Daniel Díaz Torres Cast: Laura de la Uz, Michael Ostrowski, Yuliet Cruz, Tobias Langhoff A co-production by SK Film and ICAIC in association with ORF and Land Salzburg Available worldwide HD ES 813368 Pictures: © Filmladen Filmverleih 8 TV-MOVIES CRIME contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 11 Road to Paradise Paradies Actually, the two detectives Bibi Fellner and Moritz Eisner had just finished their last criminal case and wanted to return to their hometown. But their comeback is suddenly interrupted due to terrible news. Bibi’s father died. Adventitiously her father left Bibi an envelope. Much to her surprise the letter leads her to an unknown safe-deposit box: her father, who was totally penniless, leaves his daughter more than 30,000 euros! But where does the money come from? Mysteriously the financial heritage of another home resident, who died two weeks before, was also located in this safe-deposit box. During their further investigations they find out that the male residents of the nursing home went with a group of senior citizens to Hungary every Wednesday. And every Thursday they’ve brought money to the bank. First, it looks like medication smuggling to Bibi and Moritz, but then, after the series of deaths, the investigators find traces of crystal meth at the autopsy. Duration: 90 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Uli Brée Directed by Harald Sicheritz Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Peter Weck, Michael Ostrowski, Branko Samarovski, Peter Fröhlich, Gertrud Roll, Thomas Frank, Johannes Silberschneider Produced by epo film for ORF in association with Cinestyria Available worldwide except for Germany HD ES UT 813653 Pictures: © Manuela Meyer H IG H LI G H T 10 TV-MOVIES CRIME contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Deep End Abgründe A guest falls onto the roof of a taxi from the top floor of a hotel near Vienna‘s Opera House. He is dead. But is it suicide or murder? The dead man is Dr. Bansari, an Iranian diplomat and nuclear physicist. The Iranian Embassy and Austrian Foreign Ministry immediately weigh in. Both try to keep the case strictly under wraps, but the investigating team of Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner will not be deterred from pressing ahead with their enquiries. In the process they stumble across business dealings that a lobbyist is pursuing for a high-tech company. This company manufactures pumps and valves that could possibly be used in atomic reactors. A major deal has just been closed and the goods are thought to be making their way to Iran via third countries. This, at least, is the possible assumption of the Israeli secret services, who are suspected of having a hand in the death of Dr. Bansari and of sending an assassination squad. Five years after her abduction, a girl succeeds in escaping from her dungeon. Shortly afterwards her abductor commits suicide. When the criminal’s home is finally demolished, detectives Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner make another gruesome find on the site. The body of their missing colleague is found in the basement vault of the house. And she appears to have died of thirst. Convinced that the death of their colleague was cold-blooded murder, the detectives set out to find the truth and in the process stumble upon a network of criminal activity that leads them to the very highest echelons of the police and judiciary. Be hot on the trail with ORF’s ingenious investigators ! Pawn Sacrifice Zwischen den Fronten Duration: 90 min. HD Mispackaged Falsch Verpackt Duration: 87 min. HD UT Duration: 89 min. Written by Uli Brée Directed by Harald Sicheritz Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Michael Dangl, Hubert Kramar, Stefanie Dvorak, Tanja Raunig, Martina Spitzer, Thomas Mraz, Robert Meyer, Eva Billisich, Heinz Trixner Produced by Cult Movies for ORF in association with Land Niederösterreich Available worldwide 813370 HD ES UT ES UT Retribution Vergeltung Duration: 90 min. HD 813459 ES UT Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg Duration: 90 min. Wiped Out Ausgelöscht Duration: 90 min. Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg HD Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg UT ES Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg TV | VOD | DVD | TE HD ES UT No Way Out Kein Entkommen Written by Max Gruber Directed by Thomas Roth Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Tanja Raunig, Hubert Kramar, Eva Billisich, Stefan Puntigam, Udo Samel, Angela Gregovic, Adina Vetter, Wolfram Berger, Werner Prinz Produced by Cult Movies for ORF in association with Land Niederösterreich Available worldwide HD ES Picture: © ORF/Oliver Roth Duration: 90 min. 13 Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg Code Name “Kidon” Deckname „Kidon“ Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg 12 ES UT Operation Job Operation Hiob Duration: 90 min. HD ES UT TV-MOVIES CRIME Polt. Polt V – Polt. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Polt I – Polt Has to Cry Polt muss weinen Duration: 90 min. ES Written by Julian Pölsler based on a novel by Alfred Komarek Directed by Julian Pölsler Cast: Erwin Steinhauer, Fritz Karl, Tatjana Alexander, Simon Schwarz, Elisabeth Orth, Karin Kienzer, Michou Friesz, Cornelius Obonya, Hans-Michael Rehberg A co-production by epo film, ORF and ARTE in association with Austrian Television Fund and Land Niederösterreich Available worldwide except for Germany and France FV UT Polt II – Flowers for Polt Blumen für Polt Kristin doesn’t really feel like having a birthday party. Forty and single! What is there to celebrate? Then she is given a lost suitcase that her closest friend, Lenny, has bought for her from an airport auction. Of all things, it is this that signals the start of the adventure of her life. She finds love letters that are beautiful enough to make her cry, and so Kristin dives helter-skelter into a search for the lovers who have experienced such feelings. A romantic comedy with a lot of refreshing moments enriching everyday life. Duration: 94 min. ES 813361 UT FV Polt III – Heaven, Polt and Hell Himmel, Polt und Hölle Duration: 95 min. FV UT Polt IV - Death at the Wine Harvest Polterabend Duration: 99 min. FV UT Duration: 90 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Uli Brée Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger Cast: Ursula Strauss, Florian Teichtmeister, Mariele Millowitsch, Doris Schretzmayer, Hary Prinz, Steffen Groth, Fritz Karl A co-production by ORF, MDR and MR Film in association with Land Niederösterreich Available worldwide except for Germany HD ES UT 813499 Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg FV UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 90 min. ES 15 Lost & Found Liebe im Gepäck A lot has changed for Simon Polt, a country constable who has taken voluntary retirement. Professionally, he is following a new path, and the joint future with his longterm girlfriend, Karin Walter, has unexpectedly appeared in a completely new light. Polt scarcely still has contact with the police who now watches over the small villages in the Wiesbach valley. He is only friendly with Norbert Sailer, an officer of the peace who is exactly to his liking. But the corpse of a stranger shatters the equilibrium of Simon Polt’s peaceful new world. Nobody claims to have known the dead man, but some seem nevertheless to have known more about him than they are willing to admit to the police. HD TV-MOVIES COMEDY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Pictures: © Oliver Roth 14 TV-MOVIES DRAMA contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Live is Life – Late Bloomers Live is Life – Die Spätzünder Live is Life – No Time to Lose Live is Life – Der Himmel soll warten Rosaria Die Fremde und das Dorf – Rosaria Swim For Your Life Die Freischwimmerin Jail sentence or community service? 100 days pushing senior citizens around in their wheelchairs in a retirement home is a 100 times better than life behind bars. Wanted by the cops, kicked out of his own band, Rocco hits bottom. But his seniors haven’t forgotten him, and now they want him to form a band with them so that they can win the band contest’s 100,000 euro prize and buy their freedom from the hated home director. “Rocco and the Pacemakers” is born, and they’re out to rock’n’roll! An extraordinary comedy - so successful that a second part followed. Since their big hit, “Live is Life”, Rocco and the Pacemakers have made the most of their fame with countless gigs. But even though their music makes them feel youthful, they haven’t actually got any younger. After one of the band members has a dizzy spell, the group, with Degenhard and Sissy leading the way, decide to put an end to the tour. Rocco takes their wishes on board with a heavy heart. And so they return to the retirement home, where in the meantime Rocco’s flame, Marina, has become the warden. The gentle Marina may have put a stop to the harsh regime of her predecessor, Frau Glück, but now the pendulum is swinging too far in the other direction. Rosaria, an Italian teacher, loses her entire family in a major earthquake. To get over the trauma, she travels to the Austrian countryside with her pupils. There the beautiful Italian woman immediately arouses the interest of brothers Josef and Franz. When Rosaria and Josef fall in love with one another shortly afterwards, her decision not to return to her homeland, but instead to stay with Josef, meets with disapproval from his brother, Franz. Serious family conflicts and hostilities within the village community threaten to destroy the new beginning that Rosaria had hoped for and the love between her and Josef. Ilayda, a 17-year old Turkish schoolgirl, lives with her very well integrated family in a foreign country. Since the death of her father, she herself has focused heavily on her religion and is wearing a headscarf again. As a result she is becoming increasingly isolated from her class at school. She is a keen swimmer and secretly pursues her passion at night-time in the school’s swimming pool. When her sports teacher, Martha, becomes aware of this, she tries to bring Ilayda back into the class community through the school’s swimming team. The problem is that she would have to take off her headscarf and burka and swim in an ordinary swimming costume for the competition … Duration: 90 min. ES UT Duration: 90 min. Written by Uli Brée Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Jan Josef Liefers, Ursula Strauss, Dieter Hallervorden, Hans Michael Rehberg, Bibiana Zeller Produced by Dor Film for ORF and BR Available worldwide except for Germany Written by Uli Brée Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger Cast: Jan Josef Liefers, Ursula Strauss, Joachim Fuchsberger, Bibiana Zeller, Libgart Schwarz, Hans Michael Rehberg, Dieter Hallervorden Produced by Dor Film in association with ORF, SWR and Austrian Television Fund Available worldwide except for Germany and Italy HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE 813260 HD ES UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 90 min. 813259 HD ES UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Thomas Eifler, Susanne Beck Directed by Holger Barthel Cast: Emily Cox, Selen Savas, Aaron Karl, Ulli Maier, Bernhard Schir Produced by epo film for ORF and MDR Available worldwide except for Germany Written by Konstanze Breitebner based on an idea of August Schmölzer Directed by Peter Keglevic Cast: Henriette Confurious, Manuel Rubey, Max von Thun, August Schmölzer, Franziska Walser, Saskia Vester, Franziska Weisz, Stefan Matousch, Gudrun Gollob, Franz Solar, Klaus Ortner Produced by FILM27 for ORF and ZDF in association with Austrian Television Fund and Cinestyria Available worldwide except for Germany 813449 HD Pictures: © FILM27/Andrea Mayer-Rinner TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg Duration: 90 min. 17 ES UT 813369 Picture: © Epo Film/ Petro Domenigg TV-MOVIES COMEDY Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg 16 TV-SERIES CRIME contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 19 The Nosy Brothers Die Detektive Felix has been trying to cope with his life since his wife passed away as a result of a diving accident on their honeymoon. But then he is hit by another fateful blow. His father, Wilhelm, a private investigator by profession, dies of a heart attack during a surveillance operation. Reading his will, Felix discovers that there is another son, one who does not follow the rules of the family. Their father’s will make the two very different half-brothers joint owners of the detective agency. When they visit the premises, they are drawn into their first case – actually their father’s last. And somehow the two of them discover that they enjoy detective work – even though Felix would prefer to approach the case more analytically, rather than intuitively, like Ronnie. This new 10-part crime-series amazes with a huge portion of comedy and charm at the same time. Duration: 10 x 45 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Fritz Ludl, Thomas Weingartner and Stefan Hafner Directed by Michael Riebl Cast: Johannes Zirner, Serkan Kaya, Katharina Straßer, Lukas Resetarits, Wolfgang Böck, Wolf Bachofner Produced by MR Film for ORF in association with Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund and Land Burgenland Available worldwide HD ES 813355 Pictures: © MR Film/Petro Domenigg H IG H LI G H T 18 TV-SERIES CRIME contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 20 Four Women and a Funeral Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Even pathologists have their problems. Dr. Fuhrmann discovers this fact every time he leaves the catacombs of the hospital to take up his social life. Clever diagnoses won’t help him at all out there; life, particularly his own, is pretty tough going. Failed relationships, daring diagnoses and black humour – Dr. House, move over! Duration: 2 x 90 min. HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Jacob Groll and Sarah Wassermair Directed by Andreas Kopriva Cast: Alexander Pschill, Barbara Romaner, Franziska Weisz, Andreas Kiendl, Barbara Kaudelka, Moritz Uhl, Karl Fischer, Heinz Trixner, Christopher Schärf, Morteza Tavakoli Produced by MR Film for ORF Available worldwide New York Film Festival 2014: Silver World Medal ES 4x UT 813374 FV TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 44 x 45 min. Pictures: © ORF/Petro Domenigg Duration: 7 x 45 min. ES C Carve the Joint Aufschneider Julie, Maria, Sabine and Henriette – four remarkable women sharing an exceptional pastime - join forces in order to bring some excitement to the boring village life by suspecting murder in all those cases which initially seem to point to the opposite. Never failing to be present at any village funeral, they investigate the deaths by unnatural cause in a highly unconventional way. In the second season of the series, Henriette helps out Julie with a friendly turn, indispensable to Julie’s life and as a consequence has to go to jail for quite some time. Mona, a young community doctor with investigative skills and medical expertise, joins the team. Due to her work abroad her sister Lola quickly takes her place in the third season and it doesn’t take long until the next case gets them going. ES N EW D OO N SOG S I N EPOMI Dr. Leo Benedict is a forensic psychologist. His world is the minds of mentally deranged criminals. It doesn’t matter if it’s Cara Horvath calling on him as a police expert or someone else asking him for help in a private matter, Leo knows that every crime starts in the psyche - and consequently can only be solved there, too. When Leo looks into a series of mysterious suicides, he stumbles across the shadowy pharmaceutical company Janus and is stunned when he discovers what is actually behind the suicides. “Janus” is a criminal series that is half pharmaceutical thriller, half family drama that turns out to be an enthralling detective story. Written by Uli Brée and Rupert Henning based on an idea by Wolf Haas and Annemarie Mitterhofer Directed by Harald Sicheritz, Wolfgang Murnberger, Andreas Prochaska, Claudia Jüptner-Jonstorff and Walter Bannert Cast: Adele Neuhauser, Gaby Dohm, Brigitte Kren, Stephanie Japp, Martina Poel, Julia Stinshoff Produced by Dor Film for ORF Available worldwide HD 2x ES IV 30x UT 4x FV 18x 811971 Picture: © ORF Janus Janus HD 21 TV-SERIES CRIME contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Angelica Fast is in her mid-thirties, a divorced single mother – and a successful investigator at Vienna’s criminal investigation department. The good-looking young woman handles the balancing act between her job and parental duties with humour. Even if her teenage twins keep her on her toes, she goes all out for the pursuit of criminals. That professional and private life isn’t always separable, is not least due to her ex-husband, the chief of forensics: Some teasing is part of the daily routine, and it may well happen, that childrearing is discussed on the crime scene. Sentimentality has no room in all this – Angelica Fast knows what she wants and always keeps the facts in sight. C EP N O I E M S W IN O G D SO E S O N The splendid town of Kitzbuehel, at the foot of the Austrian Alps, set in unspoilt countryside and popular with the jet set, makes a fascinating setting for this thrilling detective series. “K-Files” features a dynamic young team of investigators, a gourmet chef full of bright ideas, a countess well acquainted with jet set life and a large portion of humour: the result is a witty and exciting detective series of a very special kind! The series is built around a young team of CID officers who constantly encounter extremely baffling murder cases. Episodes: 1-33 distributed by ZDF Enterprises 34-190 distributed by ORF Duration: 190 x 45 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 40 x 45 min. / 4 x 90 min. HD ES UT 811747 Picture: © ORF Written by various authors Directed by various directors Cast: Julia Cencig, Kristina Sprenger, Jakob Seeböck, Hans Sigl, Andreas Kiendl, Heinz Marecek, Andrea L’Arronge, Ferry Öllinger, Christine Klein Produced by ORF and ZDF Enterprises in association with ZDF, produced by beo-Film Available worldwide except for Germany TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Eva Spreitzhofer; Verena Kurth; Rainer Hackstock; Guntmar Lasnig; Katharina Hajos and Constanze Fischer; Fritz Ludl; Stefan Hafner and Thomas Weingartner Directed by Michi Riebl and Andreas Kopriva Cast: Ursula Strauss, Andreas Lust, Wolf Bachofner, Katharina Straßer, Morteza Tavakoli Produced by MR Film for ORF Available worldwide Oscar 2009 nomination for “Revanche” with leading actress Ursula Strauss and leading actor Andreas Lust HD ES 6x IV 40x UT ) ES CH EW D EA N SOTES I U EPMIN Fast Forward Schnell ermittelt 0 (9 K-Files Soko Kitzbühel 23 811435 Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg 22 TV-SERIES COMEDY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 24 Stone Age Affairs Die Steintaler Braunschlag Braunschlag Paul Kemp – No Big Deal Paul Kemp – Alles kein Problem The Stone Valley was claimed by two different clans. The problem was that neither clan could stand the other. And unfortunately the leaders of each were the two most stubborn members of their respective groups imaginable … Meso, the leader of the hunters and gatherers and Nea, head of the farmers. Both were, of course, firmly convinced that their way of doing things was the right way. Furthermore, Meso had a ravishingly beautiful daughter and Nea a good looking son. And since the Stone Valley was spacious but not that enormous, it was inevitable that one day the two young Stone Valley kids would run into one another. And so the whole mess came to a head. For now it was, so to speak, an affair of the heart. And when it came to affairs of the heart, regrettably even in those days, people weren’t prepared to stand for much nonsense. Braunschlag is a more or less idyllic place in Austria, whose inhabitants are a league of their own. Among others there’s a former beauty queen, a UFO landing site operator, a pair of weird doctors and the governor’s nephew. Gerhard Tschach, mayor of Braunschlag, has a problem: After several failed business ventures, his town is bankrupt. Therefore, with his best friend, disco-owner Richard Pfeisinger, he decides to fake a Marian apparition, to make tourists flood the ailing town and bring about the hoped-for financial recovery. Braunschlag starts to flourish, but the two hard-drinking men soon lose control. Somewhere between the delusions of the locals, pressure from the state capital, intractable marital problems and the Vatican, the situation escalates more and more – and the miracle of Braunschlag is becoming a nightmare fast. Paul Kemp is a mediator by profession. He is a trained psychologist and sociologist with a big heart and an understanding for all kind of people’s problems. The clients who come to his practice come from all sections of society and guide him into the field of human shortcomings, where he is needed – and able – to demonstrate his skills as a mediator and arbitrator which result often in highly original solutions. But whilst he deals imaginatively and nimbly with the conflicts of others, Paul Kemp has very little grip on his private life and family, where things are increasingly getting out of hand. He has to face his wife’s relationship with their neighbour, Christian, and has problems with his business partner, who has driven the company into debt and made a run for it. And Paul Kemp is also involved in a short-term relationship with Lisa that is developing into a longterm catastrophe. Duration: 8 x 45 min. Written by Uli Brée, Klaus Pieber Directed by Harald Sicheritz, Sabine Derflinger, Wolfgang Murnberger Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Michou Friesz, Katja Weitzenböck, Erika Mottl, Judith Rosmair, Nikolaus Paryla, Alexander Lutz, Michael Dangl, Johannes Zeiler A co-production by ORF and ARD, produced by Dor Film Available worldwide except for Germany 8x UT HD 813072 ES 1x UT 813192 Picture: © Ali Schafler 813076 Picture: © ORF/ Superfilm/ Ingo Pertramer UT Picture: © ORF/DOR Film/ Anjeza Cikopano ES ES TV | VOD | DVD | TE TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Uli Brée and Rupert Henning Directed by Rupert Henning and Michi Riebl Cast: Gregor Bloeb, Franziska Schlattner, Uli Maier, Cornelius Obonya, Michael Niavarani A co-production by ORF and Dor Film in association with Austrian Television Fund and Land Niederösterreich Available worldwide HD Duration: 13 x 48 min. Written and Directed by David Schalko Cast: Robert Palfrader, Maria Hofstätter, Nicholas Ofczarek, Sabrina Reiter, Nina Proll, Manuel Rubey, Raimund Wallisch Produced by Superfilm for ORF Available worldwide HD Duration: 12 x 25 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE 25 Whether sparks are flying with the neighbours, your best friend has been the victim of a crime or a drug dealer is making trouble – the police is there to take care of law and order. However, cops are only human, too. Parents who refuse to believe the news that their child has died, teachers who are afraid of their pupils and friendships that are put to severe tests are as much on the agenda as the kind of questions that cops also have to ask themselves over and over again, such as are compromises essential, or is it more important to stick to one’s own principles? What is stronger – one’s profession or family ties? The Wine Tycoon Der Winzerkönig Duration: 39 x 45 min. HD 13x ES 2x UT Orth Castle Hotel Schlosshotel Orth Duration: 142 x 46 min./2 x 90 min. EV 1x ES 1x FS 1x UT Picture: © Dor-Film / Georg Bodenstein Drama Classics Feel Real Love, Enjoy Great Passion! AV S N A EA E IL W A S B O LE N N O W CopStories CopStories 27 Picture: © Hubert Mican TV-SERIES DRAMA contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 26 UT White Beauty Das Glück dieser Erde Picture: © ORF, Petro Domenigg 1x Picture: © Hubert Mican ES Picture: © ORF, Petro Domenigg Duration: 65 x 48 min. Picture: © Hubert Mican Julia – An Exceptional Woman Julia – Eine außergewöhnliche Frau Duration: 13 x 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Mike Majzen, Guntmar Lasnig Directed by Paul Harather, Christopher Schier, Barbara Eder Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Serge Falck, Claudia Kottal, Martin Zauner Produced by Gebhardt Film for ORF Available worldwide HD ES 2x UT 813195 HD Picture: © ORF Duration: 20 x 45 min. ES 2x UT CHILDREN & YOUTH EDUTAINMENT contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 29 Cracker Snap Knall Genial! Funny, crazy and absolutely “Cracker Snap”: the new knowledge format with a certain “a-ha” effect! Why did pirates wear eye patches? Can horses sleep standing up? And how do you bake a chequered cake? Every episode inspires with unusual and amusing ideas and sensational tricks from this multicoloured curiosity shop! Amazing discoveries, exciting expeditions and stunning phenomena bring history to life for young and old alike and invite viewers to take part in fun experiments, which can be repeated at home with playful ease. It’ll astound and enthral you as well as making you smile: “Cracker Snap” proves that science is fun in a playful and entertaining way! Duration: 16 x 15 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF Available worldwide HD ES 2x UT 813664 Picture: © ORF H IG H LI G H T 28 CHILDREN & YOUTH EDUTAINMENT contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 30 “Yummy” – Cooking With Kids „Schmatzo“ – Der Koch-Kids-Club FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS In each episode of “Yummy”, hip chef Alexander Kumptner and two children cook up delicious dishes for young and old. Altogether around ten girls and boys between nine and thirteen years hit the “Yummy” kitchen. The colourful menu includes homemade treats such as ice tea, fish fingers and potato salad, potato and carrot röstis with mango chutney, sweet cheese dumplings with raspberries and vanilla cream, and Mexican wraps. “Yummy” shows children and their parents great recipes that will make the kids’ eyes sparkle – modern cuisine with dishes that are quick and easy to prepare, look delicious and taste fantastic. Healthy food? Not tasty! School stuff ? Boring! Family-fun? Annoying! Sports? How exhausting! Really? No way! TV | VOD | DVD | TE Together with the eccentric Hopper family, the young viewers discover everything to do with fitness and nutrition, learn about unusual types of sports and find out how to train their brains. Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF and ZDF Available worldwide except for Germany 2x “Is everybody out there? Yesssss!” The famous tag-line used to start the show by Mr. Punch or “Kasperl”, as he is called in German-speaking countries, is well known by every child. The household name of the Austrian childrens television has entertained his fans for over five decades. To ensure the traditional children’s hero will be able to amuse children for another 50 years the ORF has revamped the show and redesigned its star. The core of the show is an imaginative adventure story, presented in a traditional puppet-show style, with Kasperl and his friends. Interactivity is an integral part of the show as Kasperl rhymes and sings with the kids. Kasperl’s adventures are about friendship, helping others and solving problems by using one’s wits. “Kasperl” represents entertainment for young and old – traditional puppet-show at its finest! The focus of every story in “Get the Knack!” is the question “how does it actually work?” The aim is to bring about the “Eureka effect” for every viewer as the penny finally drops at the end of each item. Every episode is a grab bag of “Eureka” surprises – nevertheless, there are recurrent themes to which the viewer can look forward. Subjects range from the high-tech to supposedly boring everyday objects. In exciting experiments viewers discover, for example, how to make clouds in a plastic bottle or how to make a piece of soap swim. Foolproof instructions and simple ingredients mean that the experiments can immediately be imitated at home. “Get the Knack!” is an entertaining science show with modern visual language and a high cutting rate. Duration: 21 x 25 min. 813375 EV 1x Duration: 56 x 25 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 12 x 25 min. Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF Available worldwide World Media Festival 2014: intermedia-globe Gold Award Written by Thomas C. Brezina, Barbara Illand-Olschewski, Harald Havas, Sam Madwar Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF in association with Tower10 Story Available worldwide HD ES TV | VOD | DVD | TE HD 2x 813261 ES 2x 813345 Picture: © ORF/Günther Pichlkostner ES Pictures: © ORF/Günther Pichlkostner HD Get the Knack! Genau so geht’s Picture: © ORF/ Hans Leitner Duration: 32 x 15 min. Totally Fit! Voll Stark Mr. Punch Servus Kasperl 31 CHILDREN & YOUTH EDUTAINMENT contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Trick Factory Trickfabrik 7 Wonders 7 Wunder Explorer Express Forscherexpress Nini’s Stories Nini erzählt Quiz Castle Rätselburg How does a magician get a rabbit into his top hat? What is a magic cup and how is it made? “Enchant and astound” – that is the tagline of this children’s show! The makers of Explorer Express whisk young viewers away to the astonishing world of artifice and magic. Children are given an insight into the world of artists and illusionists through exciting magic tricks and handicraft work, which they are encouraged to imitate. Some of the best kept magician’s secrets are also revealed: Cuddly toys miraculously disappear and heads are made to turn around! Big and small miracles, the obvious spectacular as well as hidden sensations – all this is shown in the popular science magazine for children “7 Wonders” created and hosted by Thomas C. Brezina. Together with his pilot “Nelson”, he is travelling the world in their flying Wonder Express “Crazy Lola” to present seven wonders each show - be it the Dead Sea, in which Thomas reads a newspaper whilst swimming, the language of dolphins, historical sensations that still astound us today and “do it yourself wonders” that show children how they too can create something amazing. There are things to marvel at everywhere, not only far away but right around the corner. Why does the koala bear have a speckled posterior? Can plants sweat or air be liquid? And how can you transfer news from one continent to another without any electricity? These and many more questions are answered in this extraordinary and successful series for young researchers from 8 to 12 years. Traveling through time, space, air and water, Thomas C. Brezina and Kati Bellowitsch take you on the special Explorer Express en route to “discover, experience, investigate and do it yourself”. During these exciting trips the two presenters reveal facts about nature, animals, technology, physics, chemistry and history. They also conduct experiments for viewers to do themselves at home. Each episode of the series features interesting stories, experiments and vivid explanations. Nini is a wild flower. Her world is colourful and full of little miracles. Nini has got a lot of friends and a lot of stories to tell. She is friends with Fred the frog, who wants to whistle. She meets Teethie the traveling toothbrush, she laughs together with the violet flowers Villi, Velli, Valli and Vulli. She finds Lucky the four leave-clover and she knows the funniest stories about Chikki and Rikki the crazy chicks. Nini’s cousin Daisy is sometimes sad and her other cousin Lilli gets bored easily. But when Nini starts telling her stories everybody cheers up! Let’s visit Nini’s world! The Quiz Castle, a combination of 3D animation and film elements, is a funny show in which the audience gets to guess along. It specifically caters to the needs of pre-school children. The two ghosts, Rattlehead and Pizza Poltergeist, invite viewers into their castle to take part in fun and entertaining games and quizzes. They have to answer tricky questions in each and every hall and in each and every chamber within the hallowed walls. And they get to learn amazing tricks and recognize optical illusions. “Quiz Castle” was developed in cooperation with the British Company “Absolutely Cuckoo”. ES 1x UT HD 812576 Picture: © ORF/Tower10 KidsTV/Ludwig Schedl HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 94 x 25 min. Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF in association with Tower10 Story Available worldwide World Media Festival Hamburg 2011, intermedia-globe Gold Award ES 1x FV UT EV FV UT 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Teethie Lilli Lucky Chikki and Rikki Small Fire in the Snow Sona, the Water Lily Junius and Julius TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Interspot Film for ORF in association with Tower10 Story Available worldwide Romy 2004: Special Prize of the Jury, Platinum Remi Award at Houston International Filmfestival 2005 812756 Storiette Rubirosa Schilli Little Grids Daisy Colorus Villi, Velli, Valli and Vulli Duration: 14 x 5 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 240 x 5 min. Written by Edith Bachkönig Produced by Bachkönig Film Available worldwide ES 810740 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF in association with Tower10 Story Available worldwide HD 813262 Picture: © Birgit Königshofer Duration: 13 x 23 – 25 min. Picture: © ORF/Hans Leitner TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Thomas C. Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF/ZDF in association with Tower10 Story Available worldwide except for Germany World Media Festival Hamburg 2010, intermedia-globe Silver award; Eyes & Ears Award 2009, Price for Audio Design & Composition Picture: © ORF/Kids TV Duration: 52 x 25 min. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 33 ES 1x UT 813005 Picture: © ORF 32 FORMATS & ENTERTAINMENT FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Format & Entertainment Highlights Where to, Mr. President? Wahlfahrt Explore our wide range of most entertaining and enjoyable Format and Entertainment Highlights! Wouldn’t you like to see your future President pushing his own campaign car out of the dirt? See him sing along with his favorite music? Discover what kind of person really lies under his political skin? “Where to, Mr. President?” shows you exactly that. Sharing a whole day in the intimacy of a classy car, politicians open up in a new way. Unburdened of the stress of a face-to-face political discussion, two individuals travel sideby-side in the front seat. Not as opponents, but as equals. And six Mini HD-cameras travel with them. This unique format focuses on the times when the politicians are out of the public eye. Do our representatives relax, look for feedback, or complain? Their vision as politicians but even more as human beings is put on this big stage. On top they will face several challenges which will test their NLP-trained shell and bring out their true character. For more information ask for our Formats & Entertainment Flyer! 35 Our Format “Where to, Mr. President?” delivers your audience the human being behind the political mask. It will definitely change the way you see your politicians and make you think, laugh and cry at the same time. Sensational Market Shares in Austria: 27% 12-49! 25% 12-29 Pictures: © James Thew - Fotolia Duration: 45 min. each TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Lilly Gollackner and Andre Turnheim Produced by ORF Available worldwide HD UT 813433 Pictures : © ORF 34 Mike is Looking for Happiness Herr Ostrowski sucht das Glück A World Through Glasses Reiseckers Reisen Michael Ostrowski is on the search for happiness. With roguish humour and a dash of (self) mockery in his luggage, he meets with people who tell him about their own personal strategies for happiness. Witty, entertaining and a little off the wall, his travels bring him into contact with a wide variety of people and their routes to happiness, for example the worlds of esotericism, sex, gaming and solitude. “Mike is Looking for Happiness” is an entertaining, informative report and one of the most unconventional voyages of discovery into the innermost desires and hopes of mankind. How good do you know your own country and its people? Who and what hides in remote regions or in the hustle and bustle of the metropolis. “A World through glasses”, an innovative and personal travel report in a series of episodes, takes you across various regions and cities in your own country. “Hello, I’m Michael and I am a documentary film producer. There is a little camera in my glasses and a microphone in my jacket.” This could be one possible greeting of the host, meeting his surprised opponent. “It is told in your village, that you have quite an interesting and extraordinary hobby. Is that true? Do you have time to show me, what it is all about?” Before the answer is even made we are already standing in the door of our respondent and the next moment our camera in the glasses makes us part of a new story, where everything is possible: sometimes sad, sometimes weird, sometimes funny or simply ordinary. Alongside Neo-farmer and professional butterfly catchers, street sweeper turn out to be professional ex-soccer players, former box-champions turn into world changers and house builders become globetrotters. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Thomas Fürhapter, Michael Ostrowski Directed by Chris Weisz Produced by fckw filmproduktion and saiko film for ORF Available worldwide HD ES 1x UT 813517 Pictures: © Milenko Badzic/ORF/Saiko Film Duration: 9 x 30 min. A classic travel report series with experimental and innovative camera material “A World through glasses” is a perfect mix of documentary and road movie and gives a great encouraging insight into a sometimes curious everyday life. Go ahead and explore your country and its people! Duration: 25 each. 18 xmin. 25 min. | VOD | DVD | TE | TE TV | VOD | DVDTV Written and Directed by Michael Reisecker Directed by Michael Reisecker A co-production by ORF and Nikolaus Geyrhalter A co-productioninby ORF and Nikolaus Filmproduktion association with the Geyrhalter Austrian Filmproduktion in association with the Austrian Television Television Fund, Film Fund Vienna and Land Fund, Film Fund Vienna and Land Oberösterreich Oberösterreich Available Available worldwide worldwide except for Germany and Switzerland except for Germany and Switzerland HD EV UT 813398 813398 37 Picture: © NGF, Nicolaus Geyhrhalter Filmproduktion FORMATS & ENTERTAINMENT FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 36 FORMATS & ENTERTAINMENT SCRIPTED FORMATS FORMATS & ENTERTAINMENT SHOW contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Cracking the Jackpot Die Lottosieger Kiddy Contest Kiddy Contest What a lucky day! As the Deschek-family, after decades of trying, really do hit the ultimate jackpot of 30 million Euros, all worries seem to be washed away. But alas, instead of starting to fulfil the family’s dreams the Lottery Association’s financial consultant confronts the euphoric winners with a basic principle tough to swallow: “Be rich – but never show it!” Otherwise they would soon find themselves surrounded by the jealous and by false friends. And so Rudi, Claudia, son Romeo and granny Kriemhild, are being put to the test, trying to hide their sudden wealth and going on to live a quiet life discreetly in their council house – at least for the foreseeable future. However, not before long the boundless temptation of wealth is preying on the Descheks minds and soon they have to face countless problems and turbulences as curious neighbours begin to suspect that something odd is going on here. A funny and enthralling story about an average family cracking the jackpot! This series consistently delivered good results for ORF’s late night slot with up to 23 % market share (adults 12+). Launched in Germany with big success and in production for Belgium. It’s different. It’s unique. It’s an outstanding success on TV and on record since years. KIDDY CONTEST. On this show kids change the big chart hits to funny versions in their native language. Duration: various Did you know that crabs can do karate, pigs glow in the dark and cockroaches have sex with their heads detached? The Science Busters explain the physics behind oddities of the animal world, such as how sea snails learn for their high school diploma, when waterbears reproduce like Boris Becker and why jewel beetles always lose when they play spin the bottle. Top science and top class humour need not be enemies! This is demonstrated by a cabaret artist and his two scientists in new episodes of their mega-successful stage show with their own experiments and punchlines. The popular science cabaret returns. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 33 x 27 min. HD UT UT 1x UT 813150 813398 812966 Picture: © ORF/Hans Leitner 2x Picture: © Flo Wieser ES EV ES | VOD | DVD | TE | TE TV | VOD | DVDTV Written and Directed by Michael Reisecker Written by Franzby Schindlecker (headwriter), Rainer Hackstock, A co-production ORF and Nikolaus Geyrhalter Leo Bauer, FranzinRuthner, Robert Filmproduktion association withMohor the Austrian Directed Leo Film BauerFund Vienna and Land Televisionby Fund, Cast: Reinhard Nowak, Theresia Haiger, David Heissig, Brigitte Oberösterreich Neumeister, Alexander Pschill Available worldwide Produced E&A in and association with film27 for ORF except for by Germany Switzerland Available worldwide HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Written by Martin Puntigam Directed by Leopold Lummerstorfer Produced by Gebhardt Productions for ORF Available worldwide Written by Erwin Kiennast and Norman Weichselbaum Produced by OPERATOR Available worldwide 811150 Duration: 30 25min. min. 18 xx25 39 Science Busters – Don’t Know Anything? Believe Everything! Science Busters – Wer nichts weiß, muss alles glauben “Call Me Maybe” becomes a party song for water rats and “Hot’n’Cold” is served as “Grammatical Tangle”. This is a multi-platinum music show for kids and the whole family. In 2009, KIDDY CONTEST won the prize for “best integrated event design & promotion” at the “Eyes & Ears of Europe” Awards. Pictures: © ORF, Günther Pichlkostner 38 FOOTAGE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at and travel clips, culture & tradition, folklore, aerial shots, sports, lifestyle, and anything else one can think of looking for. We offer personalized research service, providing quick and easy access to this inexhaustible resource. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS The humorous clips of “Comic Oops Tonic” show a perfect assortment of funny short stories, gags and a mix of physical comedy as well as comedy of situation. The sketches from 30 seconds to a few minutes bring a lot of positive emotions and laughter. It shows a series of hilarious and entertaining non-verbal sketches which are a guaranteed anti-depressant. It’s fun for the whole family! We license all media rights (TV, online, mobile, audiovisual, non-theatrical, TV commercials, etc.). Bloopers Mishaps in TV studios, at recordings and various events. 500 clips Home Video Funnies Funny clips sent in by our audience. 474 clips Real Dope Funny clips of scripted comedic situations filmed by hidden camera. 80 Clips Bruno This combination of 3D-animation and film elements is perfect for short breaks and as a funny filler. 125 clips TV | VOD | DVD | TE The clips are suitable for an international audience as language is a minor factor. Pictures: © INFOSCREEN Austria Duration: 10 x 22 min. Pictures: © ORF You are a TV station or producer looking for professional archive material? ORF as a long established public broadcaster boasts an extensive, well-assorted archive which dates back to the 50s, ready for professional marketing. The ORF archive contains material on a huge variety of subjects such as high-quality nature and animal scenes, entertainment (shows, humorous shorts, etc.), news & current affairs, historical footage, science 41 Comic Oops Tonic ORF Footage Pictures: © ORF 40 FOOTAGE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 42 Life Ball Life Ball Vienna Opera Ball Der Wiener Opernball Celebrating the beauty of life and the diversity of world cultures, the Life Ball reinvents the great Viennese Ball tradition with glamorous, outlandish performances and inspirational speeches. Since 1993, world famous personalities and artists have lent their voices and support to Europe’s largest and most spectacular annual charity event dedicated to raising support for the worldwide fight against HIV and AIDS. With their personal impulses and involvement, the likes of Bill Clinton, Sharon Stone, Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Taylor, Kylie Minogue, Catherine Deneuve, Liza Minnelli, Kim Cattrall, Heidi Klum, Dennis Rodman, Naomi Campbell, Cyndi Lauper, Dolly Buster and Hilary Swank have inspired courage and promoted the joyful aspects of life, giving a clear sign against discrimination and ignorance. The traditional Vienna Opera Ball is the highlight of the Viennese ball season, taking place in the building of the Vienna State Opera, which, almost overnight, is being transformed into a glittering, extravagant ball room. The Vienna Opera Ball sticks to the strict traditional dress code of white tie and tails for men and floor-length ballgowns for women. Among the guests are national and international politicians, businessmen, artists and stars like Sophia Loren, Geri Halliwell, Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Nicolette Sheridan, Roger Moore, Brigitte Nielsen and Kim Kardashian. The opening ceremony begins with the famous polonaise danced by young men and women all dressed in black and white. Arias by opera singers and dances by the Vienna State Opera and children’s ballets complete the picture. Experience this sparkling event with breathtaking dance performances, famous music acts such as Simply Red, Grace Jones, Katy Perry or the Queen of Austria, Conchita among others and the glittering spectacle of the famous fashion show in the finale. Both top models and dazzling celebrities can be seen on the catwalk presenting creations from famous designers all over the world. So far Donatella Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood or Agent Provocateur to name just a few, have contributed their imagination to this statement of humanity, tolerance and understanding. 43 Vienna Opera Ball: February 27th, 2014 Upcoming Vienna Opera Ball: February 12th, 2015 Life Ball: May 31st, 2014 Upcoming Life Ball: May 30th, 2015 HD Duration: various TV | VOD | DVD | TE Produced by ORF Available worldwide HD Pictures: © ORF Produced by ORF Available worldwide TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Thomas Jantzen Duration: various MUSIC FOLK MUSIC When the Music Plays – Winter Special 2014 Wenn die Musi spielt – Winter Special 2014 Duration: 90 min. HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE When the Music Plays – Summer Open Air 2013 Wenn die Musi spielt – Summer Open Air 2013 Directed by Fabienne Pinter A co-production by ORF and MDR Available worldwide except for Germany UT UT 813666 Duration: 152 min. HD UT When the Music Plays – Winter Open Air 2013 Wenn die Musi spielt – Winter Open Air 2013 Duration: 106 min. HD UT With over 500.000 visitors per day, the Vienna Donauinsel Festival has become the largest open air festival in Europe. Since 1984 great lineups of international stars rock the Danube Island and entertain approximately three million party-goers each year. The most outstanding acts of the past few years including the top live acts 2014 are available now: 2014: Conchita Wurst, Rita Ora, Macy Gray, Milow, Rea Garvey, Milk & Sugar, Count Basic, Kosheen, Thomas David, The Commodores, Cro, Revolverheld, Julian Le Play 2013: Amy Macdonald, Julian Le Play, Sportfreunde Stiller, Rea Garvey, Wolfgang Ambros, Zucchero, Philipp Poisel, Rainhard Fendrich, DJ Antoine, Wax, Hurts 2012: Marlon Roudette, Hubert von Goisern, James Morrison, Unheilig, Reinholt Bilgeri, Hot Pants Road Club, Tim Bendzko, The Bosshoss, Sunrise Avenue, Silbermond Further recordings from 2005 up to and including 2011 are available. Duration: various TV | VOD | DVD | TE Produced by HEY-U Entertainment Group and ORF Available worldwide HD 812479 Picture: © Hubert Dimko FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Once again, “When the Music Plays – Summer Open Air 2014” will see a summit meeting of folk and pop music stars! Arnulf Prasch and Stefanie Hertel will be our guides through a top-class programme filled with genuine pop highlights. Musically, Marc Pircher, Oliver Haidt, the “Grubertaler” and Lara Bianca Fuchs will be opening up the show. The “Amigos” and “Die jungen Zillertaler” and the big-band sounds of the “Fegerländer” will provide excitement, and the public can also look forward to hearing the “Mayrhofner” and “Saso Avsenik und seine Oberkrainer”. Perfect pop melodies are promised for the grand finale by the “Paldauer” together with Geraldine Olivier, Claudia Jung, the Nockalm Quintett, Semino Rossi, “Die Seer”, Nik P. and many more top pop stars. HD 45 Donauinsel Special – Europe’s Biggest Open Air Festival Donauinsel Special When the Music Plays – Summer Open Air 2014 Wenn die Musi spielt – Sommer Open Air 2014 Duration: 135 min. MUSIC POP MUSIC contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Picture: © ORF 44 MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Selva Morale e Spirituale – Vienna Bach Consort at St. Stephen’s Cathedral Selva Morale e Spirituale – Festkonzert im Stephansdom Salute to Vienna Salute to Vienna Claudio Monteverdi’s sacral concert “Selva Morale e Spirituale”, written in 1641, merges the rythms of folk music with psalms from the Old Testament. The overwhelming acoustics of Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the usage of historic instruments such as the theorbe or the zink create an authentic and unique sound experience. Led and conducted by maestro Rubén Dubrovsky, the Vienna Bach Consort, one of the most important Baroque ensembles in Austria, will not fail to impress. The orchestra focuses on the intensive dialog with baroque music and accounts for the rediscovery of many important Baroque works, such as those by Johann Josef Fux or Francesco Bartolomeo Conti. The powerful vocal support by the very talented soloists Soetkin Elbers and Theresa Dlouhy (soprano), Jakob Huppmann and Markus Forster (counter-tenor), Jan Petryka and Markus Miesenberger (tenor) as well as Gerd Kenda and Joel Frederiksen (basso) makes this concert a remarkable pleasure. Since 1995, “Salute to Vienna” welcomes the spring with the enchanting music of Johann Strauss and other fantastic musicians. In 2013, the great operetta-gala took place in the famous Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna for the second time. “Salute to Vienna 2013” is presented by US-starmezzosoprano Frederica von Stade and Academy Award Winner Maximilian Schell. The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by the renowned Strauss-specialist maestro Peter Guth and the young Venezuelan conductor Manuel López-Gómez, electrifi es with an enchanting medley of Viennese operetta: arias of “The Bat”, “The Merry Widow”, “The Land of Smiles” and “The Riviera Girl”, as well as a fi rework of Strauss-waltzes will not fail to entertain the audiences. The British star-tenor Russell Watson appears as a special guest. Celebrated Austrian soprano Daniela Fally and multi-award-winning Russian tenor Dmitry Korchak will not fail to impress. The adorable sopranos Iva Mihanovic and Alexandra Reinprecht and Austrian baritone Daniel Serafi n round up the fulminant setting. Enchanting musical and visual impressions are guaranteed by Austrian Vienna Boy’s Choir and the State Opera Ballet of Vienna. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Concert by Claudio Monteverdi Orchestra: Vienna Bach Consort Soloists: Soetkin Elbers, Theresa Dlouhy (soprano), Jakob Huppmann, Markus Forster (counter-tenor), Jan Petryka, Markus Miesenberger (tenor), Joel Frederiksen, Gerd Kenda (basso) Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky Produced by Caldara & Conti Arts Projects GmbH and ORF in association with Stephansdom Wien, Bezirk Wien Innere Stadt, Radio Stephansdom Available worldwide HD 813596 Duration: 90 min. Picture: © Werner Kmetitsch/ Bach Concort Wien Duration: 60 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Orchestra: Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Choir: Vienna Boy’s Choir Soloists: Special guest Russell Watson (tenor), Daniela Fally (soprano), Alexandra Reinprecht (soprano), Mónika Fischl (soprano), Iva Mihanovic (soprano), Dmitry Korchak (tenor), Boncsér Gergely (tenor), Tilmann Unger (tenor), Daniel Serafi n (baritone), Károly Peller (tenor) Ballet: State Opera Ballet of Vienna Conducted by Peter Guth and Manuel López-Gómez Produced by Interspot Film for ORF Available worldwide HD 47 813595 Picture: © viennaflash 46 MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 48 Springtime in Vienna 2014 Frühling in Wien 2014 Christmas in Vienna 2014 Christmas in Vienna 2014 FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS The Easter Concert from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra will receive powerful vocal support this year in the form of tenor Johan Botha singing Wagner and Lehar. In addition, Springtime in Vienna will see a further première, as Simone Young becomes the first woman to take the conductor’s stand at this traditional event. The television broadcast of this spirited programme from Musikverein in Vienna is in the reliable hands of director Agnes Mèth. In 2014 the orchestra travels with Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner and of course Ludwig van Beethoven. Springtime in Vienna 2013 Frühling in Wien 2013 In 2013 the fabulous conductor Fabio Luisi presented a program with personal favorites from his homeland Italy, like Puccini, Verdi and Rossini and with the Italian tenor Roberto De Biasio as a special highlight. Franz Schubert: “The Friends from Salamanca”, D 326 (Overture) Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for violin and orchestra, No. 2 F major, Op. 50 Carl Maria von Weber: “Euryanthe”, Op. 81 (Overture) Otto Nicolai: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (Overture) Richard Wagner: “The Master-Singers of Nuremberg” WWV 96 (Prologue and song of praise by Walther v. Stolzing) Johann Strauß (the Son): “The Gypsy Baron” (Overture and Barinkay’s song) Franz von Suppé: “Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien” (Overture) Franz Lehár: “Guiditta” : “Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert!” Richard Heuberger: “The Opera Ball” (Overture) Springtime in Vienna 2012 Frühling in Wien 2012 This time conducted by Bertrand de Billy, the orchestra travels with Bizet, Offenbach, de Falla and of course Johann Strauß. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Also available: Christmas in Vienna 2009 – 2013 Christmas in Vienna 2004 – 2007 Springtime in Vienna 2010 Frühling in Wien 2010 Orchestra: Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Soloists: Johan Botha (Tenor), Florian Zwiauer (Violin) Conducted by Simone Young Directed by Agnes Méth Produced by ORF Available worldwide Conducted by Fabio Luisi, the program includes Paul Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, Händels’ “Water Music” and Smetana’s “Moldau” (Vltava). 813518 Springtime in Vienna 2009 Frühling in Wien 2009 Picture: © ORF/Milenko Badzic HD For many years “Christmas in Vienna” has been a fixed star in the round of Viennese Advent concerts, and this year again combines a balance of the well-known and the less well-known, classical and popular, expansive music with intimate settings and religious and secular music. The highly coveted soloists are Natalia Ushakova, Vesselina Kasarova, Juan Diego Flórez and Artur Rucinski and together form this year’s highlights. The program arrangement runs the gamut from “Festive Christmas” to “International Christmas” to “Popular Christmas”. This atmospheric concert is broadcast from Vienna‘s Konzerthaus. The orchestra travels with the “Flying Dutchman” (Overture Richard Wagner) in a “Dialogue Between Wind and Waves” (Claude Debussy) and “Without Stopping” (Eduard Strauss) in a “Barque on the Ocean” (Maurice Ravel) over “Swells and Waves” (Johann Strauss), conducted by Fabio Luisi. Duration: 100 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Choir: Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Sängerknaben Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Soloists: Natalia Ushakova, Vesselina Kasarova, Juan Diego Flórez, Artur Rucinski Conducted by Sascha Goetzel Directed by Agnes Méth A co-production by ORF and Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt Available worldwide HD 813657 Picture: © ORF/ Milenko Badzic Duration: 90 min. 49 MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 50 Orlando Orlando The Fairy Queen The Fairy Queen The hero, Orlando, loses his mind thanks to his unrequited love for Angelica, the Queen of Cathay. Angelica is in love with Medoro, who has left the shepherdess, Dorinda, because of her. However, the master of events is a friend of Orlando, the magician, Zoroastro. Freed from his love delusion with his help, disappointed, Orlando turns away from love and back to combat and glory. By dropping the spoken scenes of the whole semi-opera and highlighting the ear-candy songs, fabulous dance scenes, clever effects and on stage-silliness of Purcell’s work Harnoncourt father and son let the audience sit back and enjoy the memorable “masques” en suite. Taken on its own, the colourful series of scenes turns out to be a Baroque version of the “Everyman” play, where in a magical night a young couple encounters the heralds of nature. They remind the young persons of who they are, where they come from and where they are headed. And as you can see: The imagination knows no bounds in the realm of the Fairy Queen. “Orlando” represents the end of an era, but at the same time constitutes an interesting new beginning in Handel’s oeuvre, since the composer moved away dramatically and musically from established artistic traditions, by for example, reducing the da capo arias or breaking up their strict form. 51 A recording from the Theater an der Wien in the Vienna Chamber Opera. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 135 min. Opera by George Frideric Handel Cast: Rupert Enticknap, Cigdem Soyarslan, Gaia Petrone, Anna Maria Sarra and Igor Bakan Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky Directed by Stefanie Panighini Executive Producer: Samantha Faber Available worldwide IV Original 813378 Opera by Henry Purcell Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien Soloists: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Martina Janková (soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzosoprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass) Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Choir Picture: © Armin Bardel HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE (study: Erwin Ortner & Michal Kucharko) Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt Produced by Steirische Kulturveranstaltungen Available worldwide HD EV Original 813665 Picture: © ORF/ Milenko Badzic Duration: 160 min. MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 52 La Straniera La Straniera Lucia di Lammermoor – The Greatest Opera Stars of Today: Live from Munich! Lucia di Lammermoor – Die größten Opernstars von heute: Live aus München! It was on February 18th, 1968 when she made her debut as Rosina at the National Theater in Bratislava. Exactly 45 years later we are more than happy to present the great Edita Gruberova singing Bellini’s rarely performed “La Straniera” at Vienna Musikverein! The performance with the same cast earned standing ovations at Philharmonie im Gasteig in 2012. La straniera (The Stranger Woman) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, from a libretto by Felice Romani, based on L‘étrangère (1825) by Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d‘Arlincourt. It was composed in the autumn of 1828 and premiered in February 1829 at La Scala in Milan. The cycle of concertante opera performances in the Philharmonie in Gasteig reaches another peak with Gaetano Donizetti’s masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. In what is probably his most famous opera, the composer masters the clashing of high-grade pulsating passions confidently and with musical refinement. Italian opera had never been this venturous, never this attractive! Interpreting the mad scene in Lucia di Lammermoor has been a career highlight for every great soprano. Now, the exceptional singer Diana Damrau once again takes on the challenge of connecting vocal peak performance with dramatic vehemence. Her musical partner Joseph Calleja will ensure that there is plenty of vocal brilliance and an unforgettable bel canto experience. A recording from the Vienna Musikverein. 53 A dream cast for a legendary opera! HD IV Original 813301 Duration: 150 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Opera by Gaetano Donizetti Orchestra: Münchner Opernorchester Choir: Philharmonischer Chor Conducted by Jesús López-Cobos Soloists: Diana Damrau, Joseph Calleja, Ludovic Tézier, David Lee, Nicholas Testé, Marie Mc Laughlin, Andrew Lepri Meyer Executive Producer: Samantha Farber Available worldwide HD IV Original 813377 Picture: © ORF/Petro Domenigg TV | VOD | DVD | TE Opera by Vincenzo Bellini Conducted by Pietro Rizzo Orchestra: Münchener Opernorchester Soloists: Edita Gruberova, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros, Paolo Gavanelli, Randall Bills, Sung-Heon Ha, Leonard Bernad Executive Producer: Samantha Farber Available worldwide Picture: © Julia Wesely Duration: 140 min. DOCUMENTARIES CULTURE & ART contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Oskar Nedbal – Ups And Downs Oskar Nedbal – Höhen und Tiefen Nali Gruber – Not just Frankenstein Nali Gruber – Nicht nur Frankenstein The Revelries of the Painter Alfons Walde Alfons Walde – Der Mann, der Kitzbühel erfand The Velázquez Project Das Velázquez Projekt Scarcely any other Czech musician lived his life filled on the one hand by such exhilarating successes and on the other by such mean-spirited attacks, animosity and hate as Oskar Nedbal (1874 – 1930). His artistic and personal fate starts with a dramatic, steep upward trajectory, yet after the turning point this was followed by a free fall ending in suicide. The moving documentary “Oskar Nedbal – Ups And Downs” follows the real life and works of the musician against the backdrop of historic events in Europe. Heinz Karl Gruber – known as Nali – achieved his international breakthrough with a single composition. In 1978, British conductor, Simon Rattle, conducted the première of his “pandemonium”, Frankenstein!!, to huge acclaim, and opened up the doors of the international music world to the Austrian composer. For a long time, nobody was prepared to concede that this clown, who appeared with children’s instruments and tonal compositions, was serious. Yet today not only is he one of the most successful living composers, but also much in demand as a chansonnier and conductor. “Nali Gruber – Not Just Frankenstein” conveys an intense, personal insight into the fascinating world of this musical master. Alfons Walde (1891 – 1958) was a notable painter and architect. Initially influenced by Secessionism, he created still lives, landscapes and scenes from rural life. He lived in Kitzbühel in Tyrol, a region which he made internationally famous as a tourist area through his posters of winter landscapes and winter sports motifs. Alfons Walde always dreamed of achieving recognition on the international art market, but was unable to do so. Until now, much less was known about his exciting private life. This is the story of a man, who, despite his industriousness, wished to enjoy his life to the full and ultimately came to grief as a result. “Truth, not art” is what Diego Velázquez sought to create, and he sugarcoated neither kings nor paupers in his works. The fascinating film, “The Velázquez Project” shows that he himself was driven, a lateral thinker and maverick, who was considered a “craftsman” and did not belong to the nobility at the Spanish court, but who ultimately wished to be considered one of their own. The painters Herbert Brandl and Chen Danquin and the major exhibition, “Velázquez”, which was held at the Museum of Art History in the Austrian capital Vienna, follow in the footsteps of the “painter’s painter” to the present day. Duration: 30 min. UT HD 813708 Picture: © : ORF/Ceska Televize/Réma Pavla EV Duration: 45 min. Directed by Herbert Eisenschenk A co-production by ORF and Vermeer Film Produktionen Available worldwide Directed by Pavel Kačírek A co-production by ORF and Ceska Televize Available for German and French speaking territories HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE EV UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 30 min. HD 813709 EV TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Ines Mitterer A co-production by ORF and wrfilm Available worldwide Directed by Sandro Decleva A co-production by ORF and epo film in association with BMBF Available worldwide HD 813687 Picture: © epo Film TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Vermeer-Film/Herbert Eisenschenk Duration: 1 x 52 min. / 1 x 30 min. 55 EV UT 813686 Picture: © wrfilm 54 DOCUMENTARIES CULTURE & ART contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 56 Places of Childhood Orte der Kindheit The Carsony Brothers Die Carsony Brüder This new series presents artists, their homelands and the places of their childhoods. What became of their childhood friends and what has changed in the place where they were born? Films and photos of the artists’ families are as much a part of this series as the many memories with friends and witnesses to their childhoods. This film tells the delightful and very moving story of three exceptional brothers. Back in the 1950s everyone knew the Carsony Brothers! Born into a poor Viennese family, they discovered their talent for acrobatics and set out to conquer Las Vegas and the rest of the world with their amazing feats. Their legendary acrobatic act – the one-armed handstand on a cane – was a marvel to watch, and they counted among the best equilibristic artists of their time. Their story has never been told and was long forgotten – until now! This film draws on the treasure trove of photographs and film footage from the Carsony’s private archive which will be shown exclusively for the first time. Episodes available: new Boje Skovhus new Pia Douwes Piotr Beczala Angelika Kirchschlager Ildiko Raimondi Duration: 52 min. HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE EV Duration: 45 min. HD 813688 EV Picture: © Werner Kiefer 813399 Picture: © Beczala EV The documentary tells the story of an Uzbek group of tightrope dancers. Every summer, they roam from village to village, performing their art on bazaars, marriages and fairs. Dorboz, as the wirewalkers of Uzbekistan call themselves, look back on a juggling-tradition, which has been unique in the whole world for more than 1000 years. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Ute Gebhardt A co-production by ORF and pre tv in association with Cineart and Land Salzburg Available worldwide HD Dorboz – Tightrope Dancers from Uzbekistan Die Dorboz – Volkskünstler aus Usbekistan Picture: © Filmwerkstatt Wien Duration: 5 x 30 min. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck Produced by ORF and Filmwerkstatt Wien in association with the Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide Coming soon: Martin Grubinger Michael Schade 57 DOCUMENTARIES CULTURE & ART contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at The Invisible Man Der unsichtbare Mann Umeå – 2014 Capital of Culture Schlaflos in Umeå When the Mask Falls Wenn der Vorhang fällt In Asmahan’s Presence Asmahan – Rauschende Nächte in Wien Christmas 1960. After five years’ imprisonment a man escapes from the most secure prison in Belfast using a file and bed sheets. After him: a 12,000-strong army of policemen and soldiers. But he is not caught. The escapee is Irishman, Danny Donnelly. At 16 he joined Sinn Féin, the political wing of the IRA. At 17 he was detained whilst handing out flyers and sentenced to ten years imprisonment by reason of his membership of a terrorist organisation. 50 years after his escape, together with his daughter, Danny retraces his footsteps during his escape through present-day Northern Ireland and meets his helpers and adversaries from back then. A film on the conflict in Northern Ireland from a completely new perspective about belief, guilt and forgiveness. Umeå is the least well known European capital of culture of all time, but it is certainly not the least interesting. After all, it has astonishing phenomena such as eight seasons and feminist punk rockers as well as being the home city of Stieg Larsson, creator of the “Millennium” trilogy. The documentary, “Umeå – 2014 Capital of Culture” discovered a few alternatives to the rest of Europe in the “city of a thousand birch trees”. Life here is unpretentious and uncomplicated, anti-hierarchical and anti-snobbish. People get involved in politics and take responsibility. Minorities such as the original inhabitants, the Sami, have a fixed place in society. A highly personal documentary film as a declaration of love to Vienna’s night life. From the current understanding of social acceptability, morality and entertainment, the viewer travels back to the heyday of Variety and Cabaret and draws an arc to the present day. “When the Mask Falls” tells of the glitz and glamour that once shaped the stages of night-time Vienna, the capital of Austria, and documents how over the decades new, sadly all-too-vulgar trends became accepted. The documentary also tells the life story of Chris and Ernestine Kirdall. As the “Kirdall Duo” they were key figures in the Austrian Variety world and experienced the changes over time in this form of entertainment. Asmahan – Syrian Druze princess, film diva, music icon and femme fatale of the Arab world in the 1940s. When Vienna was heavily bombed by the Allies during World War II, she sang „Euphoric Nights in Vienna“ and created a myth of Vienna that has affected desires and hopes of travellers and immigrants from the Middle East until today. Just a few weeks after her performance she died under mysterious circumstances. “In Asmahan’s Presence” traces the promises the promises of the song, visits important sights of Asmahan’s life, interwoven with the experiences and visions of her present-day follower Sherifa and meets two Arab men protagonists searching for identity between East and West, between dreams and reality and seeking to adapt in the city of Arab dreams: Vienna. Duration: 30 min. UT HD 813645 Picture: © ORF EV Duration: 75 min. Directed by Barbara Pichler-Hausegger and Walter Reichl Produced by wrfilm for ORF Available worldwide Directed by Georg Misch A co-production by ORF and Mieschief Films in association with BMBF Available worldwide HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE EV UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 70 min. Directed by Karoline T. Heflin A co-production by ORF and Soleil Film Available worldwide 813691 HD EV UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Azza El-Hassan A co-production by ORF, Mischief Films and Al Jazeera in association with SRF, Austrian Television Fund, Filmfonds Wien, MEDIA Programm der Europäischen Union, Land Niederösterreich, Stadt Wien/ PID Available worldwide except for Switzerland, Israel, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Arabic speaking territories and Turkish speaking territories HD 813689 Picture: © ORF / Soleil Film TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Walter Reichl Film/Arnulf Auerböck Duration: 52 min. 59 EV UT 813690 Picture: © Mischief Films 58 DOCUMENTARIES PEOPLE & PLACES contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 61 Conchita – Queen of Austria Conchita – Queen of Austria The documentary “Conchita – Queen of Austria” gives insight into the fascinating world of the polarizing artist Tom Neuwirth and accompanies you through the hard preparation time including energy-sapping studio sessions and personal contact with hard critics in the weeks before the Eurovision Song Contest. Behind the scenes, Conchita is not only a disciplined worker but also a sensitive person with tactfulness in respect of her family and dearest friends. Despite some negative reviews from the public, Conchita vigorously pursues her way to Copenhagen and takes a journey to her Styrian hometown Bad Mitterndorf, Tom Neuwirth’s place of childhood, where, for the first time, she meets her parents and the inhabitants as Conchita. She also visits the place where Tom already lived out his feminine side as a child. Back in Vienna, a short Danish-language course held by three young Danish men completes the preparation for the Eurovision host country. In Copenhagen, Conchita’s dream comes true: She impresses the whole world with her song “Rise Like A Phoenix” and wins the 59th Eurovision Song Contest to crown herself as the Queen of Austria! Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Kurt Mrkwicka Produced by Talk TV for ORF Available worldwide HD EV 813634 Picture: © ORF/ Milenko Badzic H IG H LI G H T 60 DOCUMENTARIES PEOPLE & PLACES contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Time Out Time Out Flavours of Europe Der Geschmack Europas This outstanding documentary takes the viewer from exciting dog-sled riding and skiing in the Canadian Rocks, to snorkeling at Croatia’s coast, over Portugal and Finland right up to the Norwegian fjords. A group of travelers hits the road and travels to stunning destinations. During their independent journey they meet people as well as animals and get to know their individual, extraordinary stories. Close to the action the group runs across young wolves and white bisons, explores the nature of South of France travelling by house boat on the Canal Midi and enjoys the local culinary delicacies. “Time out” – a great escape from everyday life. This tasty series explores cuisine and cultures throughout Europe. On these culinary as well as literary expeditions through kitchens, vineyards, farms and landscapes viewers will discover strange and familiar flavours and find out more about the cultural history of Europe and its regions. new new new HD EV TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 29 x 45 min. EV HD 813539 UT 813397 Decanted – Wine Trails of Austria Eingeschenkt TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Peter Stromberger Produced by Peter Stromberger in co-operation with aeternitas film-wien Available worldwide HD “Dished Up” perceptively and authentically portrays the relationships between culture, tradition, innovation, agriculture and culinary customs – in short, a region’s way of life. Picture: © istockfoto Duration: 15 x 25 min. Dished Up – A Culinary Journey Aufgetischt – Unterwegs zum kulinarischen Lebensgefühl Directed by Martin Traxl and Florian Gebauer Produced by ORF Available worldwide Pictures: © Peter Stromberger Episodes available: Croatia (4 episodes) Greece (2 episodes) Black Forest (1 episode) Portugal (2 episodes) Finland (1 episode) France (2 episodes) Canada (2 episodes) Norway (1 episode) FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Episodes available: The Slovenian Karst Central Switzerland Transylvania Maremma Lusatia Spanish Galicia Istria Duration: 38 min. (episode 1) / 30 min. (episodes 2-7) 63 “Decanted” illuminates the role of marketing to the wine competitions, as well as looking at the fascinating way in which wine is so closely interlinked with tourism and local culinary art. Duration: 13 x 25 min. HD EV UT Picture: © ORF 62 DOCUMENTARIES PEOPLE & PLACES contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 65 Saar, Neckar and Main – Romantic Rivers at the Heart of Europe Saar, Neckar, Main – Romantische Flüsse im Herzen Europas FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS This film series takes a new look at three rivers that for centuries have shaped the people and landscapes at the heart of Europe and yet which outside of their local regions are often little known. On their banks are unique technological marvels and grand cultural monuments. Three times this cinematic journey goes from source to mouth, showing in the process how each river has its own unique character. This documentary series combines stunning landscape scenes shot on the water, on land and in the air, with river tales told in a lively fashion – historic and modern, amazing and surprising. Flowing through the green heart of Europe, the Moselle grows fast and winds its way through some of the most beautiful and historically significant sceneries of all Central Europe. The documentary series combines stunning aerial photography with lively told stories of the people living alongside the river banks and it discovers the river running through the European heartlands in a completely fresh and new way. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Thomas Radler A co-production by ZDF/ARTE and ThoRa Film Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD EV FV 813705 Duration: 3 x 45 min. HD EV FV Pictures: © ThoRa Film/ Thomas Radler Duration: 3 x 45 min. The Moselle – A Journey From the Mouth to the Bout Die Mosel – Von der Quelle bis zur Mündung Picture: © Thomas Radler H IG H LI G H T 64 DOCUMENTARIES HISTORY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 66 On the Rails of the Double Headed Eagle – Galizia Mythos Galizien - die Suche nach der ukrainis- A Journey Through the Austrian-Hungarian Empire chen Identität Auf den Schienen des Doppeladlers News from the Congress of Vienna Und er bewegte sich doch – Neues vom Wiener Kongress “On the Rails of the Double Headed Eagle” shows the development of the gigantic railroad network throughout the Danube Monarchy with its many main and branch lines, which impressive masterstrokes in engineering have been accomplished in order to connect the steppes of Galicia with the coasts of the Adriatic Sea. The film highlights the many effects of building railroads and their enormous importance to military and warfare. It shows a journey through a sunken empire along its thousands and thousands of kilometers of railroad tracks which lead us to the cities and villages, forests and mountains, wide plains and rocky coasts under the double headed eagle of Austria-Hungary. This documentary sets out to explore Galicia, a tract of land that, after a century of eventful history, is today once again faced with immense stresses and strains. Nowadays people look back fondly on the time when each ethnic group lived together in peace. In the Ukraine the book is the embodiment of the national culture and national conscience, and has a long tradition. In Ukrainian society, writers play a major role as commentators and intermediaries. This contradictory land that has such a rich culture is explored both literarily and sociologically through their works and thoughts. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS 200 years ago, for the first time in history, every important world leader of the time came together in Vienna at a joint assembly. Napoleon had recently been vanquished in the Battle of Leipzig by a coalition of European armies and a Europe without Napoleon was to be divided up again by the victors. Where can the landmarks - architecturally, socially and on the map - from that period 200 years ago still be seen today? What connects this historic jigsaw puzzle to the present day? Napoleon and Metternich, two masterminds, their relationship to one another and the division of the new Europe are the focus of this documentary film. Duration: 52 min. Mistresses of the Vienna Congress – Sex, Lies and Diplomacy Der Wiener Kongress und die Macht der Frauen This docudrama tells the story of the Congress of Vienna from the viewpoint of three mistresses. Their roles produce a picture that is as enigmatic as it is entertaining of this historically major event, the 200th anniversary of which will be marked in 2014/15. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Ronald P. Vaughan and Roswitha Vaughan A co-production by ORF/3sat and Vaughan Video Available worldwide TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 2 x 52 min. EV HD 813700 ES 52 min. FV 813560 Picture: © ORF/ Makido Film EV Picture: © ORF/ Vaughan Video HD 813685 Picture: © Gernot Stadler Filmproduktion EV HD Duration: Directed by Björn Kölz and Gernot Stadler A co-production by ORF/3sat and Gernot Stadler Filmproduktion in association with the Austrian Television Fund, Land Kärnten, Land Oberösterreich, Cinestyria, Land Salzburg and Land Niederösterreich Available worldwide Directed by Björn Kölz and Gernot Stadler A co-production by ORF and Gernot Stadler Filmproduktion Available worldwide HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © Arnold Pöschl Duration: 30 min. 67 DOCUMENTARIES SOCIAL ISSUES & RELIGION contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 68 The Beauty Craze Schönheitswahn What Makes Our Children Sick? Was macht unsere Kinder krank? FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS When the beauty craze meets the cult of youth, temptation quickly becomes a must. Is the media, with its flood of ever more perfect pictures of the body, responsible? Or is the beauty craze the necessary consequence of an increasingly superficial consumer society? “The Beauty Craze” analyses a development that has got under the skin of modern society and is calling our image of ourselves and others into question. An eye-opening documentary on the fear of ageing and the fading of youth, about the psychological and social roots of our longing for beauty, about today’s trade in flawlessness, the psychology of beauty and success, about being, appearance – and about the beauty of ageing. Ideals of Beauty and Me - The Obsession with Slimness and Eating Disorders Schönheitsideale und ich Only 6 women in every 10,000 have the “ideal proportions” of 90-60-90 extolled by the media. Many begin to diet at a young age and slide into eating disorders. 89 per cent of them are women, 11 per cent men. This documentary shows how young people turn to contrived role models from advertising and the fashion industry and what can happen when the unachievability of their ideals results in failure. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Robert Gokl Produced by ORF Available worldwide 813684 Duration: : 2 x 52 min. / 1 x 90 min. They dominate medical research, conceal negative trial results and sell us outrageously expensive medicines, about the ineffectiveness and risks of which they have long been aware. And in the process the managers in the pharmaceutical industry generate the highest profits of. Critical doctors point out that there are dozens of conflicts of interest on the committees of experts that draw up the treatment guidelines. And insiders divulge how the industry manipulates articles ostensibly written by professors by using ghost writers. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Bert Ehgartner A co-production by ORF, ZDF and ARTE with Langbein & Partner in association with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD Duration: 45 min. HD Tricks of the Pharma Industry Die Tricks der Pharmaindustrie EV FV 813673 ES Duration: 45 min. EV Picture: © ORF HD Pictures: © Langbein & Partner EV Picture: © Xenia-Luise - Fotolia.com HD FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS It is a dangerous paradox. Never has there been so much prosperity and at the same time so many chronically sick children as today. A study from the United States shows that at present 43 per cent of children under the age of 18 suffer from at least one of 20 chronic illnesses. If we include morbid obesity and developmental disorders, the figure rises to 54.1 per cent. This means that completely healthy children are for the first time in a minority in an industrial country. This trend is spreading to Europe too. Is ill health really becoming more common, or are there other explanations? The documentary portrays children with typically modern conditions and looks for possible causes. Picture: © ORF Duration: 52 min. 69 DOCUMENTARIES SOCIAL ISSUES & RELIGION contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 70 Fair Enough! Alles, was gerecht ist FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS According to estimates, every year 2,4 million women, men and minors fall victim to human trafficking. In Europe more than 500,000 people are involved in this crime but there is no sufficient proof - the network of human traffickers seems invisible. Many victims end up in enforced prostitution. Two nuns provide asylum for forced prostitutes in Austria with counselling centers and protective accommodations. They want to support women on their way to a brighter future but thereby put themselves in great danger! FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS People all around the world claim it, but what is justice really all about? Some well-known facts: There is an increase in inequality, the income gap raises and the distribution of wealth is developing dramatically. The story of three families illustrates the status quo about the distribution of opportunities, performance justice, wealth, health and happiness in our society. This documentary shows how scientists, academics and theologians try to define what justice really stands for and presents people that seem to make life a bit juster. The Gender In-Between Transvestites in Rio Vom Leben dazwischen What Happiness Is Auf der Suche nach dem Glück This is the story of Luana Muniz, a sex worker, who speaks openly of the way she presents herself as both man and woman and about her experiences and dreams and her attitude to life. An intimate portrait of a life lived beyond sexual codification and social controls. Duration: 63 min. HD Directed by Katrin Mackowski Produced by Tausendrosen Filmproduktion for ORF Available worldwide UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Kurt Langbein und Judith E. Innerhofer A co-production by ORF, ZDF and ARTE with Langbein & Partner in association with BMBF Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD 813675 Picture: © Marianne Greber, VBK Wien EV Picture: © ORF HD Duration: 1 x 52 min./ 1 x 20 min. ES EV UT Duration: 50 min. HD 813674 Picture: © Corgarashu – fotolia.com TV | VOD | DVD | TE A journey in search of serenity. The long isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan wants to open up to the West without succumbing to materialism. Development is measured by GNH, Gross National Happiness. In this unique project, civil servants from the Ministry of Happiness travel the country during eight months, using a questionnaire to determine the country’s level of happiness. A road movie to the most distant destination of all: happiness. EV UT Picture: © Kurt Mayer Film Commodity Woman – Forced into Prostitution Ware Frau – Zur Prostitution gezwungen Duration: 35 min. 71 DOCUMENTARIES SOCIAL ISSUES & RELIGION Sufism in Senegal Yaye Fall – Women’s Voices Sufismus im Senegal Yaye Fall – Die Stimmen der Frauen Sharp as a Tack, Well-Educated, Assistant Blitzgescheit, gut ausgebildet, weiblich The Basic Income Generation Generation Grundeinkommen The Baye Fall are the most conspicuous adherents of the Senegalese Sufi order of the Mouride Brotherhood. With their hip-length dreadlocks, black and white robes and countless prayer beads, most of the time they are the focus of public interest. The order is described as a Muslim brotherhood, yet as many women belong to the order and play a role that is on a par with that of the men. They are known as Yaye Fall. “Yaye Fall - Women’s Voices” is devoted to the outlook, attitude to life and activities of the Yaye Fall in view of the general situation of women in this predominantly Islamic country. It seeks to shed light on the all too often neglected, even disregarded significance of women in Islamic movements. Why are there so few women at the very top of the artistic and cultural world? Are women less good? Why then do they tend to score above average in relevant studies? Are women too modest, too considerate, too self-critical – or do they wimp out when it comes to the crunch? “Sharp as a Tack, Well-Educated, Assistant” examines the situation of women working in the creative and cultural spheres and analyses them together with women working in the theatre, female film directors and cultural workers, with their male colleagues and with a female television director. Time has changed. Nowadays there is no space for lone fighters. The young generation tries to fulfill a fundamental change in social values. Financial benefits are no longer satisfying. Their attitude and point of view is equal to the basic concerns of the ‘Christian Social teaching’. They form coalitions with some socio-politically active groups who follow the Christian social doctrine. This documentary tries to portray as well as explain the motives and ethics which determine the life of the “Basic Income Generation”. It questions the economic and political concepts of the current lifestyle of the 21st century and makes a comparison between the behaviors of individuals in contrast to their expectation of society. Duration: 35 min. Directed by Werner Zips and Manuela Zips-Mairitsch Produced by Werner Zips Filmproduktion for ORF Available worldwide EV Duration: 25 min. HD 813698 EV UT The car, the library and a wardrobe full of clothes. Status symbols of yesterday. Today car sharing, swap markets and minimalism are booming as aspects of a lifestyle that rejects materialism. The cult of “less is more” is slowly spilling over from the United States to Europe. “100 things and no more” promises a new happiness without the urge to spend. Critics see it as a lifestyle that is only open to the middle classes - after all, those who have nothing, have nothing to swap. Optimists believe in a change with the potential to cut capitalism down to size and see in it the harbinger of a more social interconnectedness and a way of life that protects the environment. A trend against capitalism? Or saving the world by conserving resources? TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 45 min. HD 813692 EV UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Constanze Griessler and Franziska Mayr-Keber Produced by ORF/3sat Available worldwide Directed by Michael Poppet Produced by Die Drahtwarenhandlung Available worldwide Directed by Sandra Krieger and Karoline Thaler Produced by ORF Available worldwide Picture: © Werner Zips und Manuela Zips-Mairitsch HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Less is More: How to be Happy with Nothing Weniger ist mehr – Vom Trend mit Nichts glücklich zu sein HD 813693 Picture: © ORF/ Die Drahtwarenhandlung TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © Volker Witt – folocia.com Duration: 45 min. 73 EV 813697 Picture: © M. Schuppich – fotolia.com contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 72 DOCUMENTARIES SOCIAL ISSUES & RELIGION contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 74 Borderland Sentiments Grenzenlos – Wo der Vorhang fiel Water and World Religions Wasser in den Weltreligionen FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Wild Frontiers - Austria’s Borderlands Österreich - Land der grünen Grenzen Directed by Kurt Langbein and Judith Innerhofer A co-production by Langbein & Partner and ORF in association with the Austrian Television Fund Available worldwide When did we begin to wash ourselves? When we first had blood on our hands? This documentary paints a cultural and historical picture of the development and many forms of cleansing of the body. Duration: 45 min. EV UT 5.1 HD Picture: © ORF/ Interspot Film GmbH HD 813658 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Directed by Fritz Kalteis Produced by Metafilm for ORF Available worldwide Duration: 90 min. Picture: © Langbein & Partner HD Holy, Pure and Clean – The Triad of Water, Spirit and Body Heilig, Rein und Sauber EV UT HD EV 813676 Picture: © G. Kaiser/Moonlake Entertainment This wildlife documentary takes us onto a journey of nearly 3.000 kilometers along the wild frontiers of the Austrian territory. It is a journey through untamed and hidden landscapes, but also through crowded places and arterial roads. Some of the frontiers have never seriously divided countries, people and animals, but others were unscalable barriers for everyone. TV | VOD | DVD | TE FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Water – the source of life. It is the summit of creation from a religious perspective. Water and religion are inextricably linked with each other. A symbol for initiation as in the baptism in Christianity, a symbol for lavation or punishment as in the flood myths in various persuasion. This documentary shows the relation between water and religion and reveals some amazing surprises along its journey! Picture: © ORF In June 1989 the Austrian Foreign Minister, Alois Mock, and his Hungarian counterpart, Gyula Horn, jointly cut through the “Iron Curtain”. Since then, landscapes have changed, and economic ties, mobility and European freedom of movement are simply a fact of life for today’s generation. And yet not all of the borders have disappeared. The optimism that broke out in many places 25 years ago sometimes seems even to have been superseded by a desire to re-establish the borders. What was the result of the fall of the Iron Curtain in the border regions? “Borderland Sentiments” looks at the economic, social and cultural consequences and ramifications. Duration: 52 min. 75 DOCUMENTARIES CURRENT AFFAIRS contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 76 The Ward Die Station FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS We are in a crisis: While Canada consistently has one of the worst organ donor rates in the Western world, its hospitals are overcrowded with patients who desperately need an organ transplant. And within Canada, Alberta is the province with the lowest donor rates. 40 per cent of patients die while waiting for an organ. Strongly character driven, the one-hour documentary “The Ward” features the work of the nurses, surgeons and physicians at the University Hospital in Edmonton, and showcases the many challenges in the lives of the patients, capturing their daily trials and triumphs in their battle for survival. Christiaan Barnard transplanted the first heart in 1967. Pictures of Barnard were circulated in the world’s press, and so did his numerous love affairs. In an exclusive portrait this films shows the late surgeon’s world: his parents’ house at Beaufort West, where his father did missionary work for the coloured population, his animal husbandry farm right in the heart of South Africa, and Cape Town, the city where he staged his medical triumphs. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Rosie Dransfeld Produced by ID:Productions Available worldwide except for Canada TTIP – Business Without Limits EU/USA: Grenzenlose Geschäfte The number of people with disabilities is increasing. Due to the World Health Organization one in seven people worldwide are disabled – and are still facing barriers. Independent living, access to education and the professional world, existence-securing pensions, disability-friendly infrastructures are still not self-evident. This film presents four countries in detail that set an example in terms of accessible design. The USA was the first country where disability legislation has been defined in law. Sweden and Spain are well-known for their support for people with disabilities. In Sweden they offer a personal assistant on their side to handle the everyday life whereas in Spain the 40-years old Pablo Pineda was the first European with down syndrome that graduated at an university. Since the EU and USA have been involved in secret negotiations regarding a free trade agreement, criticism of the project has not ceased. The citizens and their elected representatives in the EU parliament feel deprived of their democratic rights. It is feared that in order to come to a deal with the Americans, the EU Commission might sacrifice important regulations and consumer rights in the name of free trade. But where do the differences actually lie between Europe and the United States? Are US citizens really less well protected against the interests of large corporations than Europeans? What is the situation regarding GM food and how about data protection? “Business Without Limits” looks for answers to these fascinating questions. Duration: 30 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 30 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE ES Directed by Patrick Hafner Produced by ORF Available worldwide Directed by Patrick Hafner Produced by ORF Available worldwide HD EV HD 813711 EV 813713 Picture: © ORF 813660 Picture: © ORF EV Picture: © ORF HD Duration: 41 min. Picture: © ORF Duration: 45 min. Christiaan Barnard Christiaan Barnard An Accessible Life Leben ohne Barrieren 77 DOCUMENTARIES CURRENT AFFAIRS contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 78 Europe – Work Until You Drop Europa – Arbeiten bis zum Umfallen Europe: Young, Educated, Unemployed Europa: Jung, gebildet, arbeitslos Feels Like Home? Nicht unser Staat Europeans are living ever longer, whilst pension funds are becoming increasingly empty. In future, a well-deserved retirement at about 60 years old will no longer be possible. Right across the EU, the retirement age is gradually increasing – in Germany to 67 years of age, in the United Kingdom even to 70. Many countries are considering linking the retirement age to rising life expectancy – in which case even making the pensionable age 67 will no longer be enough. Whilst some work into their old age of their own free will, others work to supplement their meagre pensions. “Europe - Work Until You Drop” takes a trip through a Europe undergoing demographic change and visits senior citizens who are still working at an advanced age – between old age poverty and a quest for meaning. Youth unemployment – a subject that is causing despair throughout Europe. In southern Europe in particular, an entire generation is facing dark times. Even in Finland, a winner in the PISA educational rankings, youth unemployment stands above average. The EU has now recognised the urgency of the problem. By the end of 2015, six billion euros are to be spent on youth employment programmes – a negligible amount in comparison with that spent on rescuing the banks. This fascinating report shows, however, that there is also positive news for the young: promising projects in Italy, Finland and Portugal are seeking to bring to life the creativity of young people. All over Europe independence movements are dominating the headlines. Especially Scotland, South Tyrol and Catalonia are well-known for their ideas of a separation in contrast to the mind of a united Europe. In September 2014 Scotland faces a future decisive vote after which it either receives the status as an independent country or will still be part of the United Kingdom. The same thoughts are shared in Catalonia, where over one million people went on the streets of Barcelona to speak out their opinion. This documentary follows three peaceful activists with the same goal: independence and a new identity. Duration: 45 min. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Griaß di and Ciao. South Tyrol Seeks an Identity Griaß di und Ciao. Südtirol auf Identitätssuche South Tyrol – a region that was almost 100% German speaking became part of Italy and suddenly the familiar was replaced by the new. Today, the different nations co-exist alongside one another, rather than with one another. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Birgit Mosser-Schuöcker Produced by Pammer Film Available worldwide TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 30 min. HD 813280 HD 813704 EV 813703 This film follows the tracks of Nazi leaders escaping to South Tyrol after the end of the Second World War and shows the role of Catholic dignitaries and their support in aiding an escape. Duration: 52 min. HD EV Picture: © ORF Picture: © Pammer Film Last Exit: South Tyrol Last Exit: Südtirol Picture: © ORF EV EV Duration: 25 min. Directed by Alexander Steinbach Produced by ORF Available worldwide Directed by Christa Hofmann Produced by ORF Available worldwide HD HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF Duration: 30 min. 79 DOCUMENTARIES CURRENT AFFAIRS contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 80 Lampedusa – No Island Lampedusa – Keine Insel Battleships Off the Peruvian Coast – Illegal Dolphin Hunt Perus Schlachtschiffe FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS EU – Controversy Migration EU – Reizthema Migration In the last years hundreds of refugees from Africa and Asia have drowned crossing the Mediterranean as they fled their homelands. Some EU governments are opening the back door to well-todo foreigners, offering attractive deals: three million euros for EU citizenship. This documentary sheds light on migration and the advantages and risks of the new era of mass movement. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Fabian Eder A co-production by ORF and Backyard Available worldwide HD 813627 EV UT Duration: 30 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Thomas Radler Produced by ThoRa Film Available worldwide Picture: © ORF EV Duration: 30 min. Picture: © no-island.eu / backyard/Eder Fabian HD Unnoticed from the rest of the world in Peru every year almost 15.000 dolphins are killed by humans. Not only that the fishermen sell the meat as “Chancho Marino” (sea-pig) on the local markets, in fact most of the Dolphins are used as bait for the widespread shark fishing. For the first time completely new and unique film shots in HD reveal this practice of the complete Peruvian shark fishing fleet. Such a proof of the worldwide biggest organized Dolphin slaughter has never done before. Together with German biologist Stefan Austermuehle the audience will enter one of the boats and accompany the fishermen while hunting dolphins and fishing sharks. And the audience is not only witnessing this illegal business – viewers will also understand the tremendous problems that are caused by this: Most of the sharks are far too small and not allowed to be caught. Many of the female sharks are pregnant and even give birth while dying. And the hunt for dolphins as an endangered species in Peru is highly forbidden by law since 1997 – and nevertheless still is a daily routine on the fishers boats. HD EV 813597 Picture: © Stefan Austermühle “Lampedusa – No Island” shows a feuilleton style report that does not only feature the tragic refugee’s fate but furthermore gives a realistic insight in the citizens’ living situation. Is there a lighthouse that will show us the way out of the darkest chapter of the European Union’s history? From a very personal point of view the audience accompanies the film maker to the biggest fears of people and finally finds hold where none was expected: at Lampedusa. During an extensive conversation mayor Giusi Nicolini makes clear the chances and possibilities of an actively arranged migration policy with “her” Island as an example. Duration: 52 min. 81 DOCUMENTARIES ENVIRONMENT & GLOBALISATION contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 82 Voices of Transition Voices of Transition Pilgrimage Between Faith and Money Pilgern zwischen Glaube und Geld FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Two brothers and their Moslem father undertake a great journey – the islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the largest annual gathering of Muslim people in the world. It is one of the five pillars of Islam, and a religious duty which must be carried out by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. During their journey they get to ask many questions: Why shall the birth house of Prophet Muhammad be torn down? How high will the billion dollar investment rise to make 10 million out of 2,5 million pilgrims in 5 years? And who makes good money out of it? This fascinating journey leads, on its spiritual as well as journalistic way, through long-lost places right to sanctuaries of Islam that have never been discovered with cameras before! Miracles Wunder Since the appearance of the Blessed Virgin, Placanica has become a place of pilgrimage, in which numerous “miracle cures”, heavenly scents, prophetic speeches, levitation and visions are said to have occurred. The Vatican has now decided to appoint a scientific commission to investigate the “miracles”, as more and more people are visiting the place to experience a wonder. The film accompanies pilgrims, many of whom have travelled thousands of kilometres in hope of receiving a sign from God. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Faris Rahoma Produced by ORF Available worldwide Urban Mining – The City as an Everlasting Source of Raw Materials Urban Mining – Die Stadt als ewige Rohstoffquelle While the rubbish mountain is growing, raw materials are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive all over the world. For decades, natural resources have been shipped to the industrialised countries and used among other things in tower blocks, mobile phones and cars. Thus, cities contain enormous amounts of raw materials. Researchers and companies are now starting to prospect for urban mines. Precious metals and minerals are to be extracted there. Those huge and growing urban mines must be explored at great cost and put to use systematically in order to ensure reliable long-term access to raw materials in resource-poor countries. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 53 min. Directed by Nils Aguilar Produced by Milpa Films Available worldwide Duration: 52 min. 813712 HD EV FV SV ES FS UT 813633 Duration: 45 min. EV Picture: © Twovisions Picture: © ORF HD Picture: © ORF HD FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Voices of Transition allows the most important movers and shakers of the shift to biological agriculture to speak in their own words. French, British and Cuban farmers and scientists, ‘Permaculture’ activists and pioneers of the ‘Transition Town’ movement show how we can face the challenges of climate change, resource scarcity and imminent famine with radical new methods. These approaches all have one main feature in common - the possibility of building not just a more future-proof society, but also of happier, more liveable local communities. Picture: © ORF/ René Schuh Duration: 30 min. 83 DOCUMENTARIES SCIENCE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 85 Newton Newton ES EW D N SO I EP Whether it is about the joys and wonders of machinery, computers or robotics, the fascination of nature, biology and wildlife or the functioning of society or our personal behavior among each other, “Newton” presents all scientific and fascinating facts about human beings, animals, nature and technology and explains the latest news, the basics and contexts. Elaborate and stylish film clips make interesting stories easier to understand, supported by computer animations and graphics, experiments and interviews with experts. “Newton“ is aimed at anyone who likes to find out new things, enjoys the odd light-bulb moment and wants to discover what is behind many everyday things and events. Pictures: © Epo Film, istockfoto 84 DOCUMENTARIES SCIENCE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 86 Newton: The Power of Sound Surtsey – The Birth of an Island Energy Drinks 3D Printers “The Power of Sound” shows the therapeutic power of sounds and music and explains their effect in the human brain. Duration: 22 min. The extraordinary documentary “Surtsey – The Birth of an Island” follows the emergence of an island and the development of an ecosystem that is growing with it. “Energy Drinks” looks at this booming marketing phenomenon and tests out what is actually behind the promises of the many manufacturers. Directed by Katrin Mackowski, Produced by ORF Duration: 22 min. The documentary “3D Printers” dives into the exciting world of 3D printing and examines the consequences of this new technology. Duration: 22 min. Directed by Bibiane Presenhuber, Produced by ORF EV Data Dealers “Data Dealers” tests whether it is actually that easy to access important personal data and shows what data snooping means for society and individuals. Duration: 22 min. Directed by Susanne Kainberger, Produced by ORF EV Digital Dementia “Digital Dementia” examines the phenomenon of increasingly digitalised humans and the possible consequences for Duration: 23 min. Directed by Katrin Mackowski, Produced by ORF EV Freezing for Science “Freezing for Science” shows which material the perfect winter coat is made from and surprises with new findings. Duration: 22 min. Directed by Nadine Maehs, Produced by ORF EV The History of the Mobile “The History of the Mobile” looks at the history of mobile telecommunications and shows what the mobile has in store for the future. Duration: 23 min. Directed by Bibiane Presenhuber and Doris Plaichner, Produced by ORF EV EV Indie Games vs. Free to Play This documentary talks to developers of “free to play” and “indie games” and shows the different concepts and ideologies behind the new business models. Duration: 22 min. Directed by Robert Glashuettner, Produced by ORF EV Insect Cuisine “Insect Cuisine” presents a menu that, for European tastes, is rather unusual. Could insect cuisine become a nutritional alternative? Duration: 23 min. Directed by Susanne Kainberger, Produced by ORF Intelligent Animals “Intelligent Animals” shows the enormous cognitive, creative and communicative services that animals can perform. HD EV Vertical Farming The world’s population is constantly growing, and with it the demand for food. Climate change and failed harvests are exacerbating the situation. Could vertical agriculture in high rise buildings offer a solution? Duration: 14 min. Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck, Produced by Filmwerkstatt Wien HD EV “The Sugar Trap” shows the bitter truth about sugar and its effects on our ”Stone Age“ brain. Duration: 13 min. Directed by Bert Ehgartner, Produced by Langbein & Partner Duration: 22 min. Directed by Kurt Langbein and Florian Gebauer, Produced by Langbein & Partner HD HD Hydrogen – Fuelling our Future? EV Solar Decathlon “Solar Decathlon” follows young researchers and shows international engineering students in competition to construct the best energy-autonomous, sustainably built house. Duration: 22 min. Directed by Claudia and Peter Giczy, Produced by Claudia Giczy Filmproduktion HD EV EV Dwindling resources, fast-growing economies and climate change concerns have made alternative energies one of the key issues of the 21st century. Is hydrogen the answer? Duration: 25 min. EV new The Fascination of Space “The Fascination of Space” shows the amazing aspects of space travel and the possibilities for a journey into the vast expanses of the universe. Duration: 14 min. Directed by Bibiane Zeller-Presenhuber, Produced by ORF HD EV new Pyrotechnics “Pyrotechnics” illuminates how much technology is necessary to make flashes and bangs, and casts an eye behind the scenes of this billion-dollar business. Duration: 23 min. Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck, Produced by Filmwerkstatt Wien HD EV new Snuffling Animals “Snuffling Animals” follows rats - the police’s new allies - who, with their excellent “sniffers” are helping to solve criminal cases and provide useful pointers. Duration: 22 min. Directed by Katrin Mackowski, Produced by ORF HD EV new Jordan Directed by Roland Aßmann, Produced by West4Media “Jordan” tries to get to the bottom of the reasons for the decline of the 2000 year-old world cultural heritage. HD Duration: 20 min. Directed by Walter Steffen, Produced by Makido EV Science for Sale HD EV new The science documentary “Science for Sale” asks fascinating questions and portrays the balancing act between science on behalf of research and its industrial partners. Science: A Job for Women Duration: 22 min. Directed by Niki Popper and Michael Posset, Produced by Landsiedl Popper OG Duration: 21 min. Directed by Bert Ehgartner, Produced by Langbein & Partner Duration: 21 min. Directed by Susanne Kainberger, Produced by ORF HD HD HD Biotopia – The Bio Boom Duration: 22 min. Directed by Katrin Mackowski, Produced by ORF EV HD The Sugar Trap EV Hormones in Cosmetics “Hormones in Cosmetics” uncovers the health hazards hidden in shampoos, body lotions, lipsticks and more. Directed by Momo Rabenschlag, Produced by ORF Duration: 22 min. Directed by Niki Popper and Michael Posset, Produced by drathwarenhandlung film & animation “Biotopia – The Bio Boom” explores the new trend for all things “bio” and tests whether bio is really better. EV EV “Science: a job for a woman” seeks to find out whether women in research still have to battle stubborn clichés and prejudice. EV new 87 DOCUMENTARIES NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 89 The Wildlife Orphanage Harnas – Ein Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Normally animal shelters are the last refuge for unfortunate creatures. But in Namibia, Southern Africa, there is a different kind of shelter: a ten thousand hectare orphanage – a haven for wild animals. The residents are rather exotic – lions, baboons, cheetahs and antelope either orphaned, injured or homeless. The two-legged stars of the series are the volunteers. There are dozens of helpers from students to retirees from all over the world who come to the orphanage to work as nurses, tenders or keepers. The volunteers’ tasks are rather unusual: they have to drive off-road and straight into the bush to feed lions and cheetahs, take daily walks with a hoard of crazy baboons, try to capture runaway meerkats and to learn how to bottle-feed leopard cubs and 440 pound rhino babies. Lionsrock – Return of the King Lionsrock – Die Heimkehr des Königs In 2008 a unique wildlife reserve was established around Lionsrock, South Africa, with the aim of returning lions and other big cats held captive in Europe to the land of their ancestors. Today Lionsrock is home for more than 100 large predators – lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs. This documentary touches on a special relationship between animals and humans in a little piece of Africa. Seasons available: Season 1: 40 x 48 min. Season 2: 45 x 48 min. Season 3: 40 x 48 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Maximilian Stelzle A co-production by Cosmos Factory and Eikon Südwest for SWR Available worldwide except for Germany HD EV Duration: 52 min. HD 813494 EV UT 5.1 Picture: © Rilk Film/ Four Paws Duration: 125 x 48 min. Picture: © COSMOS FACTORY & EIKON Südwest H IG H LI G H T 88 DOCUMENTARIES NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Like A Phoenix From The Ashes – A South African Cattle Farm Becomes an Animal Paradise Wie Phönix aus der Asche – Eine südafrikanische Rinderfarm wird Tierparadies The Last Nomads Die letzten Nomaden One of the loveliest game sanctuaries in today’s South Africa, Madikwe was once sparsely populated farmland for cattle breeding and maize cultivation and scarcely able to feed its few inhabitants. Yet what was once practically worthless land has now, with the robust participation of the surrounding communities and investors, become an exemplary model of nature conservation and future landscape use. Like in the biblical story of Noah’s ark, almost all of the wild animal species found in southern Africa that would have had almost no chance of survival elsewhere, including the Big 5 and rare and endangered animals, were resettled here. But has Operation “Phoenix” really contributed to the desired upturn in the local economy or is it just the private investors who are profiting again from an eco-project? “The Last Nomads” features the greatest traditional journeys left on Earth as seen through the eyes of the people who still travel on them. From the Zagros Mountains of Iran to the frozen wastelands of northern Siberia, the Sahara to the Himalaya, these beautifully filmed documentaries give a unique insight into the very last human journeys still being travelled as they have been for thousands of years. Join the travellers over four episodes on their long and hard way when they try to reach several destinations all over the world. This series captures these great human odysseys as they rapidly fade into extinction. Episodes available: Across the Himalaya Across the Mountains of Iran Across the Sahara Journey of the Nenets Feature Episodes available: A Prayer for the Windhorse Bezad’s Last Journey Duration: 45 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 1 x 50 min. 3 x 47 min. HD EV 813715 Picture: © Werner Zips Directed by Werner Zips and Manuela Zips-Mairitsch Produced by Werner Zips and Manuela Zips-Mairitsch Available worldwide HD HD ES ES TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by John Murray Produced by Crossing The Line Productions in association with TG4, Irish Film Board and National Geographic Available worldwide except for Ireland HD 1x EV 91 813714 Picture: © Crossing the Line Productions 90 ONLINE CATALOG 92 ORF-ENTERPRISE ONLINE Screen all our programs online and feel free to explore our fully-featured B2B website – the information tool for producers, content buyers and sellers, broadcasters and media executives. INDEX 1 – 93 NEW RELEASES 2014/15 A World Through Glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 In Asmahan’s Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Polt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 contentsales.ORF.at An Accessible Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Invisible Man, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Quiz Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Basic Income Generation, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Janus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Revelries of the Painter Alfons Walde, The. . . . . . 55 Our website is designed to assist content buyers and sellers, media executives as well as Battleships off the Peruvian Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 K-Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Road to Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 broadcasters and producers in making well-informed decisions about our program stock. Beauty Craze, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Kiddy Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Rosaria- The Stranger and the Village . . . . . . . . . 17 Borderland Sentiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 King Ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Braunschlag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 La Straniera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Saar, Neckar, Main Romantic Rivers at the Heart of Europe . . . . . . . . 65 Carsony Brothers, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Lampedusa - No Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Salute to Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Christmas in Vienna 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Last Nomads, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Science Busters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Code Name “Kidon” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Less is More: How to be Happy with Nothing . . . 73 Selva Morale e Spirituale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Like A Phoenix From The Ashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Sharp as a Tack, Well-Educated, Assistant . . . . . 72 Life Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Springtime in Vienna 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Live is Life - Late Bloomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Stone Age Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Live is Life - No Time to Lose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Sufism in Senegal Yaye Fall - Women’s Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Comic Oops Tonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Commodity Women - Forced into Prostitution . . 70 Conchita - Queen of Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 CopStories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Concrete - Loved, Hated and Used. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 CopStories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cracker Snap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Cracking the Jackpot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Cuban Lies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Deep End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 For more information visit: contentsales.ORF.at and enjoy the whole stock of our amazing, entertaining and most informing programs! 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Visit UNIVERSUM’S fully-featured website contentsales.ORF.at/universum – the new information tool for producers, content buyers and sellers, broadcasters and media executives. UNIVERSUM – a complex world of nature, science, new technologies created by mankind and a colorful mix of wildlife, ancient civilizations, history and adventure. Screening has never been that easy! Find our wide range of outstanding, award-winning wildlife and natural history programs online and create your own selection. The successful prime-time series UNIVERSUM with its high production values, strong narrative structure and top photography captivates TV audiences weekly and presents striking high-quality documentaries from all over the world. UNIVERSUM shows the world’s best, award-winning wildlife films, using the latest camera techniques to provide astounding insights into animal behaviour and stunning excursions to the far corners of the globe. The cooperation with international partners such as the National Geographic Channel, Smithsonian, ARTE, NDR and BR ensures that UNIVERSUM continues to add the world’s best productions to ORF’S schedules – from multipart nature epics to innovative shows on a variety of topics in the fields of history, science and technology. Search, screen or order screening material online. Sign up for our newsletter and be the first to be informed about the newest productions for (pre)sale. Get the latest news, synopses and pictures of our brand new HD, award-winning documentaries and programmes in production! 3 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 5 Wild Venice Wildes Venedig EW N Who would have thought Venice has its own beautiful reefs? The Tengue, located on the east end of the Lagoon, contains an astonishing diversity of life, from sponges to sea anemones to scribbled pipefish. Like all the other amazing wildlife, the Tengue has been influenced, perhaps created, by centuries of human geo-engineering. The Grand Canal itself is actually the mouth of the river Brenta, descending 200kms from the Alps! Venice today is the habitat for a wide range of animals. The Lagoon is a hot-spot for exotic birds heading north in spring – year after year more than 60 species stop at the Lagoon, their first feeding ground after crossing the Mediterranean. Venice’s fabulous hidden gardens are also hiding-places for a surprising range of animals: bats, mockingbirds, Eurasian golden plovers and even Balkan whip snakes! In magnificent, atmospheric 4K photography, this film reveals the unexpected natural glories of the world’s most beautiful man-made environment. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Directed by Klaus T. Steindl Produced by Epo Film for ORF, ARTE, NDR, ORFEnterprise in association with BMBF Available worldwide except for Germany, France and Australia 4K HD EV FV UT 5.1 813521 Pictures: © Pink Badger-fotolia/ © Epo Film/ Marco Basso H IG 4 H K D U EF LT IN RA IT IO N 4 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 7 Africa’s Wild West – The Horses of the Namib Desert Afrikas Wilder Westen – Die Pferde der Namib TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Directed by Franz Leopold Schmelzer Produced by Interspot Film for ORF, ARTE and NDR in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD EV FV EW N Isolated and remote, around 300 horses live on the edge of the world. It is a hot desert which they have to cross in the search for water and patches of grass. In Namibia’s abandoned ghost towns they find protection from the scorching heat - scenes like in old Wild West films, with abandoned huts filled with desert sand. These animals, who do not belong there at all, have developed extreme survival strategies: they lick one another to provide themselves with salt, and in acute cases they even recycle their own dung and feed on it to extract the last nutrients. The film follows a young stallion as it joins a group of adolescent horses. Does he have the strength to one day become a leader in the bleak world of the fascinating Namib Desert? UT 5.1 813522 Picture: © ORF/Universum 6 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE Lionsrock – Return of the King Lionsrock – Die Heimkehr des Königs Irish Cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson spent almost 600 days filming Broken Tail & his family for some of the finest tiger documentaries ever made. Broken Tail was the most charismatic tiger cub he’d ever seen in Ranthambhore, one of India’s premier wild tiger reserves. Impossibly cute, he gamboled and posed for Colin’s camera through the first years of his life. But then, without warning, Broken Tail disappeared. He abandoned his sanctuary and went on the run, disappearing into the wilds of rural India for almost a year. On a spectacular odyssey across Rajasthan, Colin travels by horseback retracing Broken Tail’s last journey, gathering clues as to his route and behaviour, exploring why he abandoned his home, and above all: revealing important truths about India’s last wild tigers. In February 2008 a unique wildlife reserve of 1,250 hectares was established around Lionsrock, South Africa, with the aim of returning lions and other big cats to the land of their ancestors. Most are from Europe, from rundown zoos or circuses, removed to dubious holding pens like the dilapidated Pantera big cats’ asylum in the Netherlands. Today Lionsrock is home for more than 100 large predators, mainly lions, but also tigers, leopards, cheetah, caracal, hyenas and wild dogs. This documentary touches on a very special relationship between animals and humans: these transplanted animals will live out their lives in a happier and more natural environment than they knew in Europe. G A RA W N A D R TE D T 20 ON 11 A Tiger Called Broken Tail Testament eines Tigers FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS The Wildlife Orphanage Harnas – Ein Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere Normally animal shelters are the last refuge for unfortunate creatures. But in Namibia, Southern Africa, there is a different kind of shelter: a ten thousand hectare orphanage – a haven for wild animals. The residents are rather exotic – lions, baboons and cheetahs. The two-legged stars of the series are the volunteers. Their tasks are rather unusual by driving straight into the bush to feed lions and cheetahs, take daily walks with a hoard of crazy baboons, try to capture runaway meerkats and to learn how to bottle-feed leopard cubs and 440 pound rhino babies. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Directed by Thomas Rilk Produced by Rilk Film for ORF in association with ORF-Enterprise, Land Niederösterreich and Four Paws Available worldwide HD EV UT 5.1 813523 EW N FV UT 813385 Picture: © Rilk Film/ Vier Pfoten EV Season 1: 40 x 48 min. Season 2: 45 x 48 min. Season 3: 40 x 48 min. HD Picture: © Crossing the Line Films Directed by John Murray and Colin Stafford Johnson Produced by Crossing the Line Films in association with BBC, Irish Film Board, WNET, SWR, ZDF and ARTE Available worldwide except for USA, UK, Ireland, Germany and France Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2011: Grand Teton Award HD Duration: 125 x 48 min. each TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 58 min. 9 EV Picture: © ORF/Power of Earth contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 8 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Planet Sparrow Planet der Spatzen Secrets of Bumblebees Hummeln – Bienen im Pelz Ben is a sparrow in the Souk in Cairo. Bushy and tousled, he flits between crowded stalls to build his nest and at-tract a mate. He’s one of five heroes of “Planet Sparrow”. Their adventures cover the world, travelling westward with the sun from Cairo to Vienna, Paris, New York, Beijing and Moscow. Small and grey-brown, sparrows may seem dull, but this first impression is deceptive. They sing as prettily as canaries and can imitate other birds – even machines! They’re extremely clever and their insect-hunting skills are breathtaking. The camera pursues these artists of flight through narrow alleys, revealing their spectacular aerial manoeuvres. In Paris, centuries of living with humans have taught them to form teams that steal and share the food of restaurant diners. In New York, orphaned sparrow chicks are adopted by new sparrow parents. The birds play Russian roulette in Moscow, flying beneath the cars on the busiest roads to save winter energy. “Planet Sparrow” is a documentary about these flying survival artists, their neighbors and adversaries, all photographed from the perspective of the birds, as well. They are chubbier, fuzzier and more leisurely than their sisters, the bees. They are a lot less aggressive and awe-inspiring than their cousins the wasps. Compared to honey bees, these social insects have long been poorly researched, though they’re at home in temperate regions throughout the Northern Hemisphere and South America. A few tropical species form colonies lasting several years, but elsewhere only the summer’s new Queens survive into next spring. Macro and high-speed cinematography allow us to witness their behavior, understand their biology, experience their unique abilities and leave us in awe of these droll little harbingers of spring. EV FV UT 5.1 812833 EV FV UT 5.1 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. Directed by Kurt Mündl Produced by ORF and Power of Earth Productions in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide Natur Vision 2014: Natur Vision Award HD EV FV UT 5.1 813316 Picture: © ORF/Power of Earth HD This film presents dragonflies as they have never been seen before. Fascinating close up shots take us into the world of these insects, which have lived on earth since the age of the dinosaurs. Spectacular super slow motion shots and elaborate computer animation uncover, for the first time, how dragonflies capture their prey at lightning speed while flying. HD Picture: © ORF/Universum Directed by Kurt Mayer A co-production by Kurt Mayer Film, ORF, ARTE and NDR, in association with Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund and BMBF Available worldwide except for Germany and France Sky Hunters – The World of the Dragonfly Libellen – Die Himmelsjäger Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. 11 FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Picture: © ORF 10 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE Owl’s Odyssey Der Flug der Eule Return of the Hoopoe Die Rückkehr des Wiedehopfs Saga of the White-Tailed Eagle Der Flug des Seeadlers Keepers of the Ark – A Life for Animals Leben im Zoo The Empress and the Forest Der wilde Wald der Kaiserin When a female barn–owl’s home – an old disused barn – is demolished, she has to seek a new place to live. On the way, flying through forests and across grasslands, she encounters most of the common owl species in Central Europe: long– and short– eared owls, little, tawny and eagle owls, some she can live peacefully beside, others she must shun or risk becoming their prey. During her journey, the film shows how owls fly so silently and hunt so efficiently it illustrates what they have meant to humans since ancient times, and how they live beside us today. It explains why they have become – unfairly – associated with death. Our owl finally finds a new home, as the guest of a barn owl family, in time to see the new clutch of young following their mother on their first majestic flight. Across Europe hoopoes are struggling. But amidst the orchards and vineyards of the Wagram region near Vienna they are thriving. This documentary shows how the small bird with the spectacular crown feathers made a comeback in the heart of Europe and how it is dealing with its neighbours: Aesculapian snakes, foxes and falcons. But it is also the story about one man’s dream that came true: Manfred Eckenfellner is known as the “Hoopoe-Whisperer” and due to his passion the birds found their way back to the Wagram region. Even cultural landscapes like the Wagram Wineyards offer countless opportunities for wild animals to find new niches. Kestrels use castle towers to breed and bee-eaters live in the same layers of loess vintners grow their grapes on. The sea eagle was once widespread throughout almost all of Europe and graced the coats of arms of many different countries. During the 19th and 20 th centuries it was driven to the brink of extinction by hunting, the increased use of pesticides and the destruction of its habitat. This touching animal drama recounts the true life story of one individual bird, observed over the course of a year. Beginning with its birth in a lowland forest in Central Europe the film team follows the eagle’s first outing with its brothers and sisters and subsequent distant migrations to places as far away as Scandinavia. Finally it chronicles its dramatic lead poisoning, recovery and resettlement in a nature reserve. The young cheetah marks carefully his new terrain which is full of another animal’s strange smell. A couple of young falcons is nervous: its first attempt at flight. Also Nina is excited: she is the young keeper of the bats – and this is the moment to set the young animals free to find a living in the woods around Schönbrunn castle. What these animals share is their proximity to humans in a zoo – the world’s oldest, Vienna’s Schönbrunn zoo: A centre for animal care, conservation and international breeding programs. This is the story about Schönbrunn’s zookeepers who devote their lives to the animals by witnessing birth, aging process, death and, occasionally, the end of an entire species. A palace in a private woodland near the city of Vienna; 25 square miles of lonely beauty designed for a tragic empress. The Lainzer Park was a gift from the Emperor to his wife Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, more than a century ago. In the midst of the forest is a garden whose four-hundred-year old oaks have trunks with diameters greater than four metres. The crowns of the trees are host to more than 1,000 insect species, including a hundred different kinds of butterflies. This hidden ecosystem reveals a macro world of astonishing variety, beauty and colour in the trees and on the ground, and follows the free-roaming deer and wild hogs that live so close to the busy centre of Austria’s capital city. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 49 min. Directed by Istvan Nadaskay and Elisabeth Korinek-Schönthal A co-production by ORF and IN-Film in association with bm:ukk Available worldwide Matsalu Nature Film Festival 2013: Matsalu Nature Film Festival Award Directed by Florian Berger and Stefan Polasek A co-production by ORF and Kubefilm in association with Austrian Television Fund Available worldwide Ökofilmtour 2014: Best Children and Youth Film Gran Paradiso International Nature Film Festival 2013: Trofeo Stambecco d’Oro Directed by Istvan Nadaskay A co-production by ORF, Istvan Nadaskay Film and bm:ukk Available worldwide HD HD HD UT 5.1 812990 EV FV UT 5.1 812690 Picture: ©Kubefilm FV Picture: © ORF/István Nádaskay Film EV EV FV UT 813001 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. Directed by Lukas Beck A co-production by ORF and Metafilm in association with Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund, bm:ukk and Cinestyria Available worldwide Matsalu Nature Film Festival 2013: Tallinn Zoo Award – Special Prize Directed by Thomas Rilk Produced by Rilk Film in association with ORF and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide Green Screen International Film Festival 2013: Green Screen International Film Festival Award – Best Music HD HD EV UT 5.1 813265 Picture: © Lukas Beck TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. Picture: © ORF/Istvan Nadaskay Filmproduktion/ Mag.Elisabeth Korinek-Schönthal TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. EV FV 13 UT 5.1 812986 Picture: © Rilk Film contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 12 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Cautiously emerges the massive moose from the protective shades of the huge trees and approaches the moor. A brown bear jogs across an Alpine meadow and a little colorful lizard flits over the sandy ground – all these animals are guests in Austria, but at Austria’s borderlands they can be seen at times. Some of them dare even to intrude deeper into virgin territory. This wildlife documentary takes us onto a journey of nearly 3.000 kilometers along the wild frontiers of the Austrian territory. It is a journey through untamed and hidden landscapes, but also through crowded places and arterial roads. Some of the frontiers have never seriously divided countries, people and animals, but others were unscalable barriers for everyone – like the Iron Curtain which divided worlds only 25 years ago. This is one of Austria’s most fascinating landscapes: deep dark forests surrounded by steep mountain ridges, gentle meadows in front of exposed summits – a region, characterized by only one color: green. This is the Styrian alpine upland which once was homeland to one of Austria’s most popular writers, Peter Rosegger. He described the demanding life of the peasant people at the time when industrialization was about to revolutionize the rural life. This is truly the best place to follow a caring doe throughout a year in which she brings up her fawn, prepares the kid for surviving the bitter cold winter and finally leaves it into adulthood. When winter arrives, right before Christmas, the hardest but most quiet time in the year begins for the doe and its fawn – as it did for hundreds of years for the peasants, as well. But in these weeks one finds a special gloss and mood in this wonderful landscape which has softly turned all in white … Directed by Gernot Lercher A co-production by Interspot Film and ORF in association with Austrian Television Fund, BMBF, Cinestyria, Land Niederösterreich Kultur, Burgenland Tourismus, Cine Tirol, Land Oberösterreich, Land Salzburg, Land Kärnten, Montafon Tourismus Available worldwide HD EV UT 5.1 813524 Picture: © OORF/ Interspot Film GmbH/ Gernot Lercher TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 90 min. N EW Forest of Fantasies Ein Jahr im Zauberwald TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Directed by Klaus T. Steindl A co-production by epo Film and ORF in association with Austrian Television Fund, Cinestyria, Land Steiermark Volkskultur, CineART, Graz Kultur, Graz Wissenschaft and BMBF Available worldwide HD EV UT EW N Wild Frontiers – Austria’s Borderlands Österreich – Land der Grünen Grenzen 15 5.1 813525 Picture: © Epo Film/ Klaus Steindl 14 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Nock – Mountains at Heaven’s Door Nockberge – Land zwischen Himmel und Erde It sounds like yesterday: ”Unless we take action, industry and tourism will wipe out the last traces of nature in our country” – But it was a hundred years ago, when a group of Swiss champions of Nature created Engadin National Park, the Alps’ very first wildlife reserve. Human interference was terminated – and that meant no more rescue campaigns either, like the secret smuggling of Ibexes over the pass from Italy just a few years before. Nature was to reign unimpeded – humans would watch from the sidelines, and only time would tell whether the bold experiment had come too late. Nature up here should be as free as the glacier waters had always been – a drop can decide where it wants to go: east to the Inn, Danube and Black Sea, north to the Rhine and the North Sea, or south to the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. A hundred years have passed – and man has watched in wonder as a new balance has established itself in this Alpine wonderland: the Ibex thrive, the bearded vulture is back in force, and even large predators – lynx, wolves and bears – are starting to claim back their old hunting grounds. This documentary follows in their tracks to celebrate a spectacular pioneering story of nature preservation. You might think you were in Ireland, you might sense the vastness of Castile in Spain, but you’d never believe this was the heart of the Austrian Alps: The Nock Mountains are – geologically – Austria’s oldest landscape. For a hundred million years, the land around them has risen and fallen, while the mountains themselves hardly moved. And for the past thousand years, the same has been true of the harmonious co-existence of wild nature and rural culture. Wreathed in gentle clouds circling the smooth green mountain tops, there is a serenity to this region that makes it easy to believe you’re not far from heaven’s door. FV 5.1 813493 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. Picture: © ORF/ Universum Directed by Kurt Mayer A co-production by Kurt Mayer Film for ORF, ARTE, NDR in association with Austrian Television Fund , BMBF Available worldwide except for Germany and France EV The Nock mountains have been made a biosphere reserve; that and traditional farming have kept out the mass tourism that blighted other Alpine regions. The wide open spaces and wealth of small natural wonders that characterize these gentle, green mountains have been successfully preserved: wild rivers, endless woodland, lush mountain meadows, wildflowers, and wild animals, from the largest: red deer and golden eagles, to foxes, marmots and capercaillies, and the tiny frogs, newts and dragonflies that populate the secret world of mountain lakes. This is perfect territory for creatures shrouded in myth and mystery: the swift, elusive stone marten, the dark and intelligent raven and the inquisitive and aggressive European adder, that gives birth to live young. And watch what happens when a great spotted woodpecker chick falls from it’s nest... TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. HD N EW 100 Years Without Humans – Engadin National Park 100 Jahre ohne Mensch – Engadin National Park 17 Directed by Waltraud Paschinger A co-production by dreiD.at filmproduktion and ORF in association with ORF-Enterprise and Kulturförderung Kärnten Available worldwide HD EV FV UT 5.1 813382 Picture: © Klaus Feichtenberger 16 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE Schladming – Magic Mountains Schladminger Bergwelten Part I: Land of the Chamois Part II: Land of the Champions Schladming in Austria is not the best known ski region but it’s one of the finest - because it keeps a low profile and makes sure the season doesn’t dominate the landscape. That means its nature is better protected than in normal mixed regions. “Schladming – Magic Mountains” captures the stunning variety of a region caught between two mountain ranges made of very different rock - one porous limestone, the other rock-hard granite. Red deer roam the hillsides in summer; lone wolves tread the winter snows. But the kings of this world are the chamois, perfectly adapted to their hazardous habitat. Fighting, playing, running or resting they treat their sheer surroundings with sovereign indifference. EV UT 5.1 813248 Picture: © Richard Mayr HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 2 x 50 min. Directed by Manfred Corinne A co-production by ORF and RAN-Film in association with Austrian Television Fund and Cine Styria Available worldwide The INNside Story Inn – Der grüne Fluss aus den Alpen Secrets of the Flooded Forest – Danube National Park Wildnis am Strom – Nationalpark Donauauen Snow masses pile up in abundance on the deep snow-covered slopes. The wind has created bizarre snowdrifts on the steep mountain ridges. The Arlberg is the embodiment of an idyllic winter and the cradle of alpine skiing. However, this famous ski resort, offers a lot more than expected. A bit of untouched nature has been preserved in the hardly accessible cliffy massifs. The winter is the toughest time for ibexes and chamois. The meager fodder is buried deep under the snow and the animals can only find nutrition there where avalanches have cleared the slopes from snow. The winterly splendor is only one facet – the famous face of Arlberg, remains hidden under the snow almost half a year long. A cascade of water pouring from glaciers and a lake in the high mountains, a water fall tumbling from high up into the valley, a chain of lakes at the base of 10,000-foot peaks, drawn-out gravel banks and mud flats and extensive riparian forests at the river’s lower reaches: the Inn has many faces to show and an interesting tale to tell. It is the longest tributary of the Danube in Central Europe, flowing through Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria along its 520 kilometer course. The variety in landscape is reflected in the diversity of the flora and fauna along the river: grayling and trout swarm in its headwaters, dragonflies, frogs and rare water plants populate the oxbows, owls and bats raise their young in the bluffs. It is the river’s indestructible power, however, which is most impressive: in spite of many hydropower plants and dams lining its path, the river still carries more than a million tons of suspended solids a month downstream before it empties its load into the Danube. After beginning in Vienna, the Danube riverbank forests extend to the gates of Bratislava, linking the two capitals like a green ribbon, forming a unique wildlife habitat in the heart of Europe. A few years ago a 36 kilometer section was turned into a national park that now protects the last undeveloped stretch of the Danube River and also the last riparian zone of its size in Central Europe. In the forests along the Danube the water’s power is able to influence plant and animal habitats again. Everything here is in motion and subject to constant change. Growth and destruction, birth and death are integral to this landscape. The variety of habitats and species created as a result is outstanding: White-tailed eagles breed in the woods, mud minnows and pond turtles populate the old arms of the river, beavers build their dams on the banks. The Danube National Park: a hidden wilderness full of beauty and drama, and a refuge for an astounding variety of flora and fauna. Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Lukas Beck A co-production by ORF and Metafilm in association with Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund, bm:ukk and Cinestyria Available worldwide New York Film Festival 2014: Silver World Medal Directed by Heinz Leger A co-production by Epo Film, ORF, BR, bm:ukk, supported by Austrian Television Fund Available worldwide except for Germany Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2012: Crystal Globe Award, Silafest International Festival of Tourist and Ecology Films 2012: Golden Wave Directed by Franz Hafner A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film, bm:ukk, BR, SF in association with Vienna Film Fund, Austrian Television Fund, Cine Tirol, Landesregierung Tirol and Landesregierung Oberösterreich Available worldwide except for Germany and Switzerland New York Film Festival Television 2013: Programming and Promotion Award Directed by Franz Hafner A co-production by ORF and Interspot Film in association with Nationalpark Donauauen Available worldwide HD HD HD HD EV FV UT 5.1 813670 EV 812865 EV FV 812999 Picture: © Franz Hafner TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. Picture: © ORF/Interspot/Franz Hafner This is the story of a landscape born on ice and rock; the story of a valley smashed and broken, crushed and teased, lowered – and raised again – by nature’s elements; the story of a region, beautiful and picturesque, hailed as one of creation’s summits. This haunt and habitat belongs to both man and animal. Here we enter a dense world of extremes and contrasts: the extremes come from the climatic conditions while the contrasts are based on man-made realities, powerful and colorful traditions coupled with intellectual and economic modernity. Like a storybook, Ausseerland is a highly compressed universe where beautiful red deer observe the humans while people prefer to measure each other up. Arlberg – The Hidden Paradise Arlberg – Das verborgene Paradies Picture: © ORF/Epo Film/Georg Schnell A Valley Lost in Time – Ausseerland Mythos Ausseerland EV FV 19 812738 Picture: © ORF/Interspot/Franz Hafner contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 18 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 20 Danube – Europe’s Amazon Donau – Die Lebensader Europas Zambezi – The Thundering River Sambesi – Der donnernde Fluss On a River in Ireland Shannon – Geheimnisvoller Fluss im Herzen Irlands It’s one of the least known rivers on earth - yet it flows for nearly 2.800 kilometers and belongs to six countries. The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and along its course it sweeps through a series of natural spectacles – from the blooming of a thousand musasa trees to the rains that will flood its banks, anointing the land with rich silt. But none compete with the river’s crescendo – the Victoria Falls – one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Zambezi is a haven and a source of life to a vast array of wild animals and humans alike. Filmed throughout the changing seasons we follow the Zambezi from its headwaters to the thundering power of the Victoria Falls until it gently flows into the Indian Ocean. Part 1 of the documentary focuses on the natural history of the 2800km long river. Part 2 will tell the fascinating human history of the Zambezi, from the first Portuguese expedition in 1571 to the modern-day construction of the Kariba dam. The story of the Zambezi is one of constant change, of life and death – it is the story of Africa itself. The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical landmark and the longest river in these islands. For 340 kms the river carves its way south through the heart of the country almost splitting Ireland in two. It is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes; where on little known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else. “On a River in Ireland” brings this remarkable portrait of Ireland’s greatest geographical feature to viewers, using a host of techniques and showing never before filmed Irish sequences and stories. 21 Part I: From the Black Forest to the Black Sea Part II: Forest, Flood and Frost TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Rita and Michael Schlamberger A co-production by ORF, Science Vision, NDR Naturfilm, BR and doclights in association with ARTE and ICPDR Available worldwide except for Germany and France Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2013: White Dolphin Grand Prix Green Screen International Film Festival Award 2013 Directed by Lynne Richardson and Michael Schlamberger A co-production by ORF, Science Vision, NDR and ARTE in association with National Geographic Channel International Available worldwide except for Germany and France Festival International du Film Animalier 2011: Grand Prix, Sichuan TV Festival 2011: Gold Panda Awards for Documentary HD HD FV UT 5.1 812038 Picture: © ORF/ Science Vision EV EV FV 5.1 Duration: 1 x 60 min. 2 x 50 min. 812884 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by John Murray Produced by Crossing the Lines Productions in association with RTÉ, with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, ESB, Waterways Ireland, the Heritage Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Available worldwide except for USA, UK, Ireland, France, Australia, Sweden Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2013: Grand Teton Award HD EV FV 813435 Pictures: © Crossing the Lines Productions Duration: 2 x 50 min. Picture: © Rita Schlamberger/ Science Vision TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 2 x 50 min. N TO 13 TE 0 D 2 N RD RA A G W A Romantic river banks and unspoilt nature – these landscapes flank the Danube River. This comprehensive cinematic portrait of Europe’s secondlongest river presents scenes of breathtaking beauty along the banks of the Danube and investigates the tension between humans and nature, civilisation and wilderness. Dams and power stations alternate with sections of natural wilderness along this mighty river, which flows through metropolises such as Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest and untouched natural landscapes like the Danube National Park and the Kopaki Rit. Further south, between the Carpathian mountain range in Romania and the Serbian Ore mountains, the river passes through the socalled Iron Gate, 137 kilometres of Gorges that are among the largest in Europe. The mighty river ends in a unique labyrinth of water, mud and reeds – the Danube delta. It is the last remaining major river delta in Europe and the largest reed bed on earth, used by huge colonies of pelicans, cormorants, sea eagles and spoonbills for breeding and nesting. UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 22 Hyena – Queen of the Masai Mara Hyänen – Königinnen der Masai Mara Rift Valley – The Great Rift Rift Valley - Der Große Graben This is the unusual portrait of two hunters – the cheetah and the hyena. It is a dramatic story built around the competition for prey and territory and the fight for survival. The setting is Kenya’s legendary Masai Mara where Michigan State University biologist Kay Holekamp studied the bevahior of lions, cheetas and hyenas and shows how they steal from, attack and harass one another or even kill each other’s young if they get the chance. This film suggests that of them all, the hyena may well be “Number One”, Queen of the Masai Mara. Emerging 35 million years ago as a mysterious rift along the surface of the Earth a 6000 kilometres long fault line between eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsual has created not only a unique geological phenomenon but also landscapes of immense beauty. This awarded three-parter takes us on a breathtaking journey along several of the most beautiful and fascinating landscapes on earth using latest HD filming techniques that provide us with magnificently enhanced vistas and astounding insights into our planet’s treasury. Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 3 x 53 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Wild Nairobi Wildes Nairobi Ships of the Desert Wüstenschiffe With a population of around 3 million, Nairobi is one of the largest cities in Africa. However the metropolis is surrounded by wilderness which extends into the city itself. Just a few metres from the airport lies the Nairobi national park, with its vast savannah and mysterious inhabitants. Beside the motorway, lions, hyenas, giraffes and rhinoceros wander through grassland, separated only by a wire fence, while in the city centre hundreds of marabous breed in the tree lined streets. Hordes of apes terrorise people walking in the city’s parks and crocodiles and hippos swim in the reservoirs of the city’s sewerage treatment plant. This is a journey of discovery through a city full of contradictions and teeming with nature, technology and wildness, in which humans and animals live together as neighbours. Camels are masters of the art of survival. They can go for up to ten months without a drop of water, then drink 200 litres in only 15 minutes and even digest seawater. Domesticated as beasts of burden they laid the foundations of ancient long-distance trade. Legendary salt and incense caravans regularly crossed the most hostile landscapes in the world. Today, camels are still the most important source of milk, meat, leather, wool, fertilizer and fuel in large parts of Africa and Asia, and for the Bedouins of Arabia. Because of this, Bedouins call the camel Al-Ata Allah, the gift of God. Now medical researchers are exploring the miraculous properties of camels’ milk – apparently effective against Alzheimer’s, cancer and even Aids! The film shows animals in the wild, defying the deadly conditions of the desert, and males battling brutally for control of the harem group; while the specially bred racing camels are worth up to $3m each. “Ships of the Desert” follows the ancient routes of the camel-caravans across Arabia, Africa and Asia, telling fascinating camel-stories along the way, from ancient times to the present. Duration: 50 min. 23 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE HD HD EV FV 812628 EV FV Directed by Georg Misch A co-production by ORF, Mischief Films and ARTE Available worldwide except for Germany and France Gran Paradiso International Nature Film Festival 2013: Trofeo Stambecco d‘Oro, Green Screen International Film Festival Award 2013 HD 812991 EV FV UT 5.1 812982 Fotocredits: ©ORF /Mischief Films 812430 Directed by Udo Maurer, Manfred Christ Produced by Cosmos Factory for ORF in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide Picture: © Cosmos Factory EV Picture: © Harald Pokieser/Cosmos Factory HD Directed by Harald Pokieser A co-production by ORF, Cosmos Factory, Studio Hamburg/NDR Naturfilm, WDR, ARTE, bm:ukk in association with National Geographic Channel Available worldwide except for Germany, France and USA Natur Vision Award 2010, Annual CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Awards 2010 Picture: © Harald Pokieser/Cosmos Factory Directed by Harald Pokieser A co-production by ORF, Cosmos Factory and Fremantle Available for German speaking Territories, United Kingdom, Ireland, USA and English speaking Canada; other Territories distributed by Fremantle UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Radioactive Wolves Radioaktive Wölfe Teaming Up With Wolves Mit Wölfen unter einer Decke Link with the Lynx Milos und die Luchse Hunting Buddies – How Dogs Discovered Man Jagdkumpane – Wie der Hund auf den Menschen kam In 25 years the nuclear wasteland around Chernobyl has re-emerged as a complete ecosystem and one of Europe’s largest wildlife sanctuaries. And yet, it is radioactive. Where humans are unable to live, nature is flourishing. Somewhere in this nuclear wilderness, there are packs of radioactive wolves, wandering through abandoned towns. Here they live in large packs as they used to. There are now an estimated 300+ wolves making the most of this deceptively beautiful landscape. But are these wolves mutants? Have they been affected by nuclear contamination after the ‘86 explosion? This film embarks on a journey to investigate the fate of the wolves and other animals in the contaminated wilderness. What is the difference between the domestic dog and the wolf if both of them have been raised under the same conditions? What skills got lost and which were gained in the process of domestication? How far are wolves prepared to cooperate with humans? Do they accept domestic dogs as cooperation partners? To get answers to these questions, researchers Friederike Range, Zsofia Viranyi and Professor Kurt Kotrschal have taken up the task – for the first time ever in canid research – to raise a pack of wolves by hand. The film follows the four pups for a full year and records their upbringing, their progress in the daily work, their social development and their behavior in the various testing centers. With large tufted ears, a short tail and a trusting look, one could almost believe that lynxes are just big cats. In their hearts, however, they are wild and untamed. They are the tigers of Europe. This is the story of a hard earned friendship. On the one side is Milos Majda, a quiet, nature loving ranger at the Mala Fatra national park in Slovakia. On the other side are two small lynxes, fresh from the zoo. With Milos’ help, it’s hoped the lynxes will return to the home of their ancestors in the forests of Mala Fatra in the heart of Slovakia. For two years Milos Majda and the biologist and animal filmmaker Tomas Hulik follow the journey of the lynx siblings from their warm nursery inside a cabin into the wilderness. No animal reflects human social changes as much as the dog. For millennia, dogs have served as mankind’s hunting buddies, vital companions in our struggle for survival. In today’s increasingly civilized world, modern dogs have had to abandon their first instincts, finding new employment as family members, helping the disabled, diagnosing cancer, or sniffing for drugs. We have forgotten what it actually means to be a dog, a hunter. Duration: 3 x 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Klaus Feichtenberger A co-production by ORF, WNET, NDR and Epo Film Available worldwide except for Germany and USA Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2011: Best Wildlife Habitat Program, Festival in Xanty-Mansijsk, Russia: 1st Price 2012, Japan Wildlife Festival Award 2013 Directed by Barbara Fally-Puskás A co-production by ORF and Dokumoto Available worldwide HD HD FV 812719 Picture: © Klaus Feichtenberger EV EV Duration: 51 min. “Hunting Buddies” looks back at this part of our cultural history and discovers where dog skills come from, finding out what we have given up and gained as our relationship with dogs has changed. Different hunting dogs are followed in real-life situations seen from dog and human perspective. Each breed emerged from a specific period in hunting history, when each was supremely adapted to the tasks and skills required. “Hunting Buddies” takes a closer look at dog and man, nature and culture – a cinematic cross-over appealing not just to hunters and dog-lovers but to anyone fascinated by the history and development of humankind. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Tomas Hulik A co-production by ORF, Cosmos Factory, NDR and STV Available worldwide except for Germany and Slovakia 812777 HD EV 812739 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Picture: © Tomas Hulik TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Dokumoto/Barbara Fally-Puskas, WSC Duration: 50 min. 25 Directed by Ute Gebhardt Produced by ORF and Wega Film in association with ARTE and bm:ukk Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD EV FV UT 5.1 813381 Picture: © ORF/WEGAFILM 24 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Termites – The Inner Sanctum Die geheime Welt der Termiten Mystery of the Fairy Circles Das Geheimnis der Feenkreise Sea of Creepy Monsters Der See der kleinen Monster Little Monsters – Hide & Cheat Kleine Monster – Täuschen & Tarnen They cannot tolerate sunlight; some of them are even blind. However they are one of the world’s most ingenious builders: Termites. They build highrisers without any technical devices that are, compared to the Empire State Building in New York, 25 times higher. They are the only animals that have managed to build an air-conditioning system without electricity. Their nests are architectural masterpieces that rise up to eight meters from the ground and dispose brood chambers for larvae, corridors for transportation, fungal gardens for nutrition and even emergency exits for hostile attacks. “Termites – The Inner Sanctum” takes us along a journey into another world. Visit the skillfully built termite mounds and experience dramatic and exciting stories in the life of a termite-colony via state-of-the art macro film technology. Filmed in the US, Kenya and Borneo. When it rains in the Namib, a thick carpet of grass covers the sand and stony desert. But this green layer is punctuated by bare circular patches, as regular as if drawn by a compass. And there are not just one or two of them, but hundreds of thousands. Observed from the air, they could be innumerable golf bunkers – or an abstract painting: “Red dots on green background”. They appear between 60 to 120 kilometres from the coast and stretch from South Africa to Angola. They are bordered by a ring of tall, thick grass, which stands out from the surrounding sparse vegetation. But where did these mysterious “fairy circles” come from? Are they caused by mineral compounds in the ground? Did poisonous plants or poison gas contaminate the subsoil? Are they the work of insects? Or is it the impact of meteorites that is responsible? And what crucial role do they play in the ecosystem? Three scientific teams have conflicting theories, but finally the amazing secret of the fairy circles is revealed! The Lembeh strait in the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is a unique hotspot of marine biodiversity. Countless amazing creatures thrive in the underwater landscape surrounding Lembeh Island. During four years a wildlife filmmaker couple spent many months in the region capturing hundreds of hours of behavior, lots of it never filmed before. Among other unique behavior the filmmakers were able to shoot an Anglerfish swallowing a Lionfish, a scene resembling Godzilla gulping down Dracula. Elegant seahorses, thumb-splitting Mantis shrimp, and deadly minioctopuses are just some of the remarkable creatures traditional underwater films tend to overlook. As most of the underwater drama is hidden from plain sight only the ground-breaking macro photography in this film can reveal the awe and beauty of life in the reef of little monsters. This 3D documentary presents some of the animal kingdom’s strangest survival strategies. The most startling behavior patterns aren’t found among the classic big animals such as lions or polar bears, but among nature’s smaller creatures: Poison dart frogs, chameleons, praying mantises and scorpions, to name only a few. These “Little Monsters” are masters of survival. Until recently, only a handful of scientists enjoyed the technical means to study them up close. But now, with its ingenious combination of slow-motion-3D and timelapse-3D, “Little Monsters” even improves upon state of the art 3D for greater impact, yielding unbelievable scenes the world has never seen and “felt” before. Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Wolfgang Thaler Produced by Mayr’s Filmbüro for ORF in association with ORF-Enterprise and ARTE Available worldwide except for Germany and France Natur Vision 2012: Natur Vision Award Matsalu Nature Film Festival Award 2012, Japan Wildlife Festival Award 2013 Directed by Barbara Fally-Puskás A co-production by ORF and Epo Film in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide HD HD FV 812996 Picture: © Wolfgang Thaler EV EV FV Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Kurt Mündl Produced by ORF and Power of Earth in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide Directed by Manfred Christ A co-production by ORF and Cosmos Factory Available worldwide Film by the Sea International Film Festival Awards 2012 HD 812997 EV FV TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. 812773 Picture: © ORF/Cosmos Factory/Claudia and Manfred Hochleithner TV | VOD | DVD | TE Picture: © ORF/Epo Film/Georg Schnell Duration: 51 min. 27 HD 2D 3D EV UT 812998 Picture: © ORF/Dokumoto/Barbara Fally-Puskas, WSC 26 UNIVERSUM NATURE & WILDLIFE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Black Mamba – Kiss of Death Schwarze Mamba – Der Kuss des Todes Incredible Frogs Die faszinierende Welt der Frösche Triumph of the Tomato Triumph der Tomate It’s spring and the start of the “Silly Season” on the North Coast of Kwazulu Natal – when deadly Black Mambas emerge from their winter slumber and strike fear into the hearts of all who cross their path. This warm, leafy coastal habitat is a perfect Mamba country, and a huge concentration of these silent killers make their home in an area known as “Mamba Valley”. Mambas like warm, dark spaces – and there are many of those in human homes. Considering a Mamba’s bite has a 100 percent fatality rate, left untreated, it’s not surprising humans fear and vilify these snakes – and there’s a shoot–to–kill bounty on their heads. From predation to male confrontations, from mating to incubation: surveillance from the lockup records some of the most intriguing and intimate moments of the secret life of the Mamba. Along the way, cinematic dramatizations of actual confrontations between people and Mambas highlight the unpredictable and often fatal consequences of dabbling with Africa’s most venomous snake. For tens of millions of years amphibians dominated life on Earth – some of them at the size of crocodiles, then in the role of apex predators. Today the freakish predatory properties of what we call frogs are alive and well. In this film we examine some of the most bizarre frog species across the globe and reveal some starting new behavior unique to this much maligned species. Frogs can survive with their weird and wonderful abilities in all extremes. Their incredible and bizarre adaptations range from bone claws and class skin to antifreeze blood. Now, from the jungles of South America to the swamps of Africa, we examine some of the strangest creatures on Planet Earth: There are frogs with the abilities to hide and flight from their enemies, like the Darwin’s frog; there are others who are killers themselves, like the poison dart frog, the most toxic creature on earth; some frogs eat their outsized prey alive while others are as big as a human child. The original Peruvian tomat’l – “swollen fruit”– was yellow and the Conquistadores prized it for its blossom. But in Europe under the Spanish sun its lycopene went wild; rounded and red, it became irresistible. In Austria they still call it the “paradise fruit”, and in Italy the “golden apple”. This was surely the real forbidden fruit in the world’s first seduction! Today’s obsession with shape, size and long shelf–life has reduced the once glorious tomato to mushy tastelessness. But the counter–revolution has started! Duration: 50 min. 5.1 HD 813383 EV UT Duration: 50 min. HD EV This film squeezes inside the tomato – literally – to show how it manages to make itself irresistible. You’ll understand why people go crazy at tomato festivals in Spain and Italy – and you may realize you have never, ever tasted a real tomato – yet! 813668 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Picture: © Earth Touch UT TV | VOD | DVD | TE N EW EV Picture: © Earth Touch HD One of the most famous varieties – the Gloria Dei or Peace Rose – has elevated the rose to a symbol of world peace. Being the most successful garden rose of all time this documentary retraces a large portion of the history of rose cultivation in Europe by its means. The film presents the biological features of roses and explains why they are capable of producing such an abundance of varieties. From tomato grower Erich Stekovics with his 3,200 varieties stored in nylon stockings, to tomato tsarina Irina Zacharias, saved by the red fruit after the fall of Communism. From the pizza that boosted Queen Margarita’s sex life to Chinese Tomato King Li Jingfu’s 32 new strains, cross–bred to feed his fellow countrymen and Joe Cocker, who serenades the crimson fruit and knows “it’s Blues they like best”. Directed by Benjamin G. Hewett A co-production by Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks and ORF Available for German speaking Europe Directed by Kira Ivanoff A co-production by Earth Touch, Smithsonian Networks and ORF Available for Eastern Europe and German speaking Europe Rose – Queen of Flowers Rose – Königin der Blumen Directed by Maria-Magdalena Koller A co-production by ORF, MR-Film, ARTE, CCTV-9 in association with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide except for Germany, France, China, Macau, Taiwan HD EV FV UT 5.1 813380 Picture: © Harald Mittermüller TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. 29 FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Pictures: © ORF/Universum 28 UNIVERSUM SCIENCE Extreme! – Light and Dark Extrem! – Licht und Schatten Limits of Light Grenzen des Lichts Alpine Meltdown 5 Grad Plus The Big Picture Der große Horizont Lightning Reloaded Blitzgewitter – Himmel unter Strom Humans prefer moderation – neither too hot nor too cold, neither too light nor too dark. But Earth doesn’t cater to our preferences. Our planet offers an abundance of extreme conditions, and people everywhere have had to learn to adapt to their surroundings. “EXTREME! – Light and Dark” is a journey to the brightest and darkest inhabited areas of the world: places where a cloud hardly ever crosses the sky or months pass without a single ray of sun–light reaching the ground. How does so much light, or so little, affect the mindset and emotional well–being of the people who live with it? How do they protect themselves? And how do they take advantage of their situation? We recognise our world primarily through the sense of vision yet the light we use to see is only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum that surrounds us and impacts on our lives. From X-rays to microwaves, from ultraviolet to infrared, we’ll explore the world of colour. We’ll find out what colour really is, how our colour vision works and explore insects that can see into the ultraviolet, snakes that sense invisible infrared radiation and birds whose colour vision is far more sensitive than ours. Following the multiple award-winning “Limits of Perception” and “Time Limits”, this is the third part of the trilogy that explores beyond the limits of our everyday perceptions. The climate is changing, global temperature is rising. The impacts are already apparent, especially in the mountains but also in the lowlands. The permafrost zone is shifting higher up and the masses of snowmelt whooshing from the glaciers to the valleys are already increasing incessantly. Rivers are going to rise up to powerful floods and dwindle down to extremely low waters the next second. “Alpine Meltdown” takes us to a future world, presenting changes that have already occurred and pursuing the question how the alpine landscapes are going to look like at the end of the 21st century. Life on earth captured through satellite technology – a unique picture from space that offers an extraordinary and different view of our planet. Our space detectives create precise satellite pictures and spot potential problems. Floods and fires can be tracked daily and movements of ocean currents and snow cover can be followed throughout the season. “Big Picture” opens the skies to let us peak as an outsider into a palette of discoveries on earth. Up to the present day we don’t know exactly where lightning strikes come from and how they are created. This documentary focuses on the current state of lightning and thunder storm research using latest digital video technology. It will trace the myth of ball lightning and go into detail of a lightning strike’s anatomy as well as provide answers to sprites and lightning bolts that explode into the depth of space. Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Manfred Christ and Udo Maurer Produced by Cosmos Factory for ORF Available worldwide Directed by Alfred Vendl and Steve Nicholls Produced by AV-Dokumenta for ORF in association with bm:ukk and ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide Green Wave - European Environment Festival 2013 Award, New York Film Festival Television, Programming and Promotion 2013 Award Directed by Waltraud Paschinger A co-production by ORF, Posch-TV and bm:ukk in association with Land Steiermark and ZAMG Available worldwide China International Animal and Nature Film Festival 2013: Best Photography Award, Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2012: Silver Dolphin HD HD HD UT 812303 EV 812720 Picture: © Cosmos Factory 5.1 Picture: © Cosmos Factory EV EV 812994 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Paul Reddish Produced by Cosmos Factory for ORF and National Geographic in association with Fremantle Media Available for German speaking Territories, United Kingdom, Ireland, USA and English speaking Canada, other Territories distributed by Fremantle Cine Filmfestival Washington 2010: Golden Eagle Award Directed by Manfred Christ and Harald Pokieser A co-production by ORF, Cosmos Factory, National Geopraphic Channel, National Geographic Channels International and ZDF Available worldwide except for Germany and USA HD HD EV 812627 Picture: © ORF/ESA Duration: 50 min. Picture: © ORF/Posch TV/Bernhard Berger TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. EV FV 31 812628 Picture: © Cosmos Factory contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 30 UNIVERSUM HISTORY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Mistresses of the Vienna Congress – Sex, Lies and Diplomacy Der Wiener Kongress und die Macht der Frauen Since childhood, Archduke Maximilian, brother of Emperor Franz Josef I., has wished for nothing more than to emerge from his sibling‘s shadow. His dream finally comes true when he becomes Emperor of Mexico. However, the dream unexpectedly and rapidly becomes a nightmare: Maximilian believes he is welcome in Mexico, but the opposite is the case. He is finally captured by his adversary, Benito Juarez, and sentenced to death. Maximilian’s dreams of becoming a glorious ruler die with him, cut down by a firing squad. To mark the 150th anniversary of Maximilian‘s ascent to the throne in 2014, the documentary will examine the fate of the contradictory and complex Habsburg and investigate the circumstances that led to his tragic failure from various perspectives. Autumn 1814: Vienna stood at the center of the world at that time, as, after 25 years of revolutionary upheaval and the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna, the largest gathering of the leading statesmen of their time to date, was intended to bring a stable framework for peace to Europe. However, the monarchs and diplomats did not take the important decisions in the conference rooms, but rather in the ballrooms and parlours. Social occasions and riotous parties were the breeding ground for affairs and manipulation, intrigues and pacts, at which the mistresses and lovers of the statesmen pulled the strings. This docudrama tells the story of the Congress of Vienna from the viewpoint of three mistresses. Their roles produce a picture that is as enigmatic as it is entertaining of this historically important major event, the 200th anniversary which will be marked in 2014/15. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Franz Leopold Schmelzer A co-production by ORF, Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction, Interspot Film, ZDF, ARTE, VRT, TV Unam, Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund, Creative Europe, Media Plus and bm:ukk Available worldwide except for Germany, France, Belgium and Mexico EV FV UT 5.1 813468 Duration: 52 min. Picture: © H. Mittermueller Duration: 52 min. HD N EW Maximilian of Mexico – Dreams of Power Maximilian von Mexiko – Der Traum vom Herrschen TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Monika Czernin, Melissa Müller A co-production by Makido Film and ORF in association with ZDF/ARTE, Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund and bmu:kk Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD EV FV 33 813395 Pictures: ORF/Makido Film 32 UNIVERSUM HISTORY contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Gonsalvus – The Real Beauty and the Beast Die Schöne und das Biest – Die wahre Geschichte The Voynich Code – The World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript Das Voynich-Rätsel – Die geheimste Handschrift der Welt The Vampire Princess Die Vampirprinzessin First on Mount Everest Erster auf dem Everest Silverado Der Silberberg From his birth in 1556 on Tenerife, Petrus Gonsalvus suffered from a rare condition now called “hypertrichosis” or “Ambras syndrome”: his body, including his face, was completely covered with hair, leading people to believe he was a talking ape. At the age of ten he was given as a gift to King Henry II of France, where he soon entertained the court with his brilliant conversation and fluent French, Italian and Latin. Court scholars decided to test if he really was human and the pretty daughter of a court servant was bribed into marrying Gonsalvus. Petrus and Catherine had several children. Sadly those which inherited their father’s rare condition were given away to other noble courts in Europe. “Gonsalvus – The Real Beauty and the Beast” – the archetypal tale of how ignorance and cruelty can only be overcome by love. It is the world’s most mysterious manuscript. A book, written by an unknown author, illustrated with pictures that are as bizarre as they are puzzling – and written in a language that even the best cryptographers have been unable to decode. No wonder then, that this script even has a part in Dan Brown’s bestseller, “The Lost Symbol”. The Voynich Manuscript has captivated academics and occultists in equal measure since its discovery 100 years ago. The decoders of the Japanese Purple Code, physicists with high-performance modern computers and polymath historians have all tried their luck. But to date nobody has been able to decipher the book’s contents. “The Voynich Code” follows a completely new lead in the hunt for the author’s identity and uncovers the secret of the mysterious manuscript using the methods of materials science. An aristocratic demon hunting for human blood, who strikes unsuspecting mortals at night – everyone knows the grim story of Count Dracula. Now scientists can reveal the truth: The vampire story as we know it isn’t modelled on a medieval count from Transylvania but on the fate of a Bohemian princess from the early 18th century. She suffered from an allergy to light and could only leave her living quarters secretly at night. As a terrible fear of vampires swept central Europe at that time the people of the small village went into hysterics and committed a horrible crime. This documentary traces the origins of all the vampire myths by uncovering a gruesome murder. In 1953, Edmund Hillary was the first person to conquer Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. That is what the history books tell us. However, the German researcher, Jochen Hemmleb, casts doubt on this belief. Just below the summit of Mount Everest he and his team discovered the well-preserved body of George Mallory, who in 1924, had made an assault on the peak with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine. Did Mallory stand on the summit 30 years before Hillary? To find an answer to this question, in 2010 we follow Jochen Hemmleb on a further risky search expedition on the roof of the world. Two places and one mountain in the Austrian province of Tyrol changed the world. They took humankind from the depth of the Middle Ages to modern times. They helped the Habsburgs and the German commercial traders in attaining power and wealth. Here is where 80 percent of the world’s silver supply was mined. An instrument of payment was established right here, the “Taler”, which would later become the world-renowned “Dollar. Today they have sunken into a long sleep: The cities of Schwaz and Hall in Tyrol and the Falkenstein “Silver Mountain”. This film revives the historic lives of these cities by experiencing the day-today lives of the miners. UT 5.1 HD 812983 EV FV 812440 Picture: © Andreas Sulzer FV Picture: © ORF/ Epo Film EV Duration: 53 min. Directed by Klaus T. Steindl and Andreas Sulzer A co-production by ORF, ARTE, pro omnia and bm:ukk Available worldwide except for Germany and France NY Festival: Award U.S. International Film and Video Festival 2010: U.S. International Film and Video Festival Award 2010 Directed by Julian Pölsler A co-production by Epo Film, Smithsonian Networks, ARTE and ORF Available worldwide except for North America, Germany and France HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 1 x 50 min. 1 x 90 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Klaus T. Steindl and Andreas Sulzer Produced by pro omnia for ORF in association with ARTE, Smithsonian Networks, ZDF, bm:ukk, The History Channel Available worldwide except for USA, English speaking Canada, Germany and France Directed by Gerald Salmina A co-production by ORF, ARTE, WDR, Pre-TV, Taglicht Media and Monaco Film. in association with the Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide except for Germany and France HD HD EV FV 811979 EV FV Duration: 51 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Manfred Corrine A co-production by ORF, Cinecraft and MRC Available worldwide HD 812855 Picture: © ORF/ PRE TV / Jochen Hemmleb Duration: 50 min. Picture: © Cosmos Factory TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. 35 EV 812706 Picture: © ORF/MRC/Mario Hopfgartner 34 UNIVERSUM PROJECTS contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 37 Desert Lions – Vanishing Kings? Könige der Wüste – Die Löwen der Namib A lioness and her daughters are holding the key to the future of all desert lions: Two years ago they gave birth to five male cubs and despite the hardships of the desert and the fact that their pride male has vanished, they have managed to raise them successfully. But now the time has come for the ‘Five Musketeers’ to continue life on their own. For the first time ever in this extreme landscape we can observe the secret lives of desert lions. They roam the rugged mountains, the majestic sand dunes, the endless gravel plains and sometimes even the beaches of the Skeleton coast. We will share intimate moments with lions once thought to be extinct. A pride male on a solo-adventure, an old lioness, her daughters and their very special all-boy pride will reveal a story that will inspire a fascinating but also dramatic journey through a desert of contrasts. We discover an extraordinary predator in one of the most remote wilderness areas in the world: In a place of constant hunger, ever-lasting thirst and inevitable suffering five lions need to conquer the Namib desert and find their own kingdom. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Directed by Will & Lianne Steenkamp A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film, ARTE and Smithsonian Networks Available 2015 – worldwide except for Germany, France and the USA HD EV FV UT 5.1 813671 Pictures: © Interspot Film GmbH / Will & Lianne Steenkamp 36 UNIVERSUM PROJECTS contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at 38 Wild Vienna – Waterland Warriors Wiener Wildnis – Die Rückkehr der Biber Lake Constance Wildnis Bodensee Lake Neusiedl – Expedition through the Reeds Neusiedler See – Wildnis im Schilf The Blue Danube is Vienna’s lifeline and a lifeline for beavers making their way back after their extermination in the last century. This documentary follows a young beaver setting off in search of his own territory. As the babbling meadow brooks turn into narrow covered channels he soon finds himself right in the centre of Vienna. But if he can make it through, Paradise awaits upstream. Meter-high reeds, twisting side-channels, and lots and lots of food await our beaver – and, who knows, maybe a young female. On his way, he encountered some of the many bizarre creatures that inhabit any metropolis. Who would have expected deer, moufflons, garish amphibians and fish, crazy butterflies whose caterpillars develop underwater, and spiders that spend an entire life without ever coming to the surface? Spectacular underwater macrophotography opens a door on an unsuspected universe on our doorstep. No other European destination has as many incoming and outgoing “flights” as Lake Constance: it’s the main hub for migratory birds in Western Europe. Over 300 different species pass through every year: over a quarter of a million birds. Lake Constance is so large that, standing on one shore, the Earth’s curvature stops you seeing the opposite bank. This body of water is large enough to influence the climate, and the soil is so fertile it creates its own eco-system. Red-crested pochards, whooper swans, alpine swifts – and raccoons: the lake is home to a myriad of species. This documentary explores above and below the water and on the banks of this lake which links Austria to Germany and Switzerland – with no borders in between. As the blood-red sphere sinks beneath the horizon, the calls of birds, frogs and the Western Marsh-harrier cut through the twilight. Human onlookers watching the dramatic sunset on the lake are plagued by swarms of mosquitoes. No doubt about it: this is the westernmost point of the East, Austria’s only steppe lake. Lake Neusiedl is just two metres deep and is surrounded by an immense reed jungle – a world practically inaccessible to humans. Yet deer and Golden jackal thrive among the reeds; like Acrocephalus warblers and Nonagria moths they find concealment and plenty of food here. Around the edge of the lake are ponds with a high concentration of salt – highly unusual in Europe. Inhospitable though they may be, these areas are home to Charadriidae birds, sea-monkeys, tarantulas and Europe’s most poisonous spider, the yellow sac. UNESCO has declared this National Park a world heritage site. This film will capture breath-taking changes in wildlife through the seasons. Latest technology like camera cable systems and thermo graphic imaging help the film penetrate deep into the reeds, the beating heart of the landscape. Directed by Klaus T. Steindl A co-production by Wega Film, ORF, SRF in association with Land Vorarlberg, Film Fund Vorarlberg and BMBF Available 2015 – worldwide except for Switzerland Directed by Manfred Christ A co-production by Cosmos Factory, ORF, BR in association with Burgenland Tourismus and Nationalpark Neusiedler See - Seewinkel Available 2015 - worldwide except for Germany HD HD EV UT 5.1 813670 EV UT 5.1 813719 813720 Picture: © ORF/ Universum 5.1 Picture: © Wega Film UT Picture: © Wiener Wildnis / Rilk Film Directed by Andreas Laschober & Thomas Rilk A co-production by Rilk Film and ORF in association with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available 2015 – worldwide EV TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 50 min. 39 UNIVERSUM PROJECTS contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at Dolomite Fairytales Die sagenhafte Welt der Dolomiten A Gentle Giant – Mount Oetscher Ötscher – Der sanfte Riese Lost City of the Gladiators – Carnuntum Carnuntum – Stadt der Gladiatoren Untamed wilderness around distinctive rocks touched by the golden glimmer of sunset: this gorgeous view could only be of the Dolomites. It’s a place for myths and fairy tales, and there’s no shortage of them here. But between the rocks, hidden in the shady creeks, wildlife creates new stories and fables, day by day. Take the lonesome wolf that roamed up from the Appenines in search of a mate – and finally found her here. Here we also meet the red fox carelessly at ease in all the different habitats: forest, bare rock, meadows, abandoned huts, even snow and ice. Few animals are so adaptable. But among the rocks is a more specialized and even more skillful four-legged climber – the chamois. Contemplating the Dolomites’ wildlife seems to give this region a new shape – and perhaps helps you understand some of the region’s immortal legends. Compared to it’s fellow summits in the Alps, the Oetscher is not very high: in fact, less than 2000 metres. But among the gentler slopes of western Lower Austria, it really is a giant, with shoulders broad enough to carry the last of the Alps’ virgin forests, the country’s coldest plateau where temperatures fall to -50°, the oldest trees in all of Austria, and her very own Grand Canyon, the “Tormäuer”. Yet in making access difficult for human settlers, the gentle giant has succeeded in protecting its primary fauna: the capercaillie – rare in other parts of Europe – still makes its home in the coniferous forests, while snow grouse roam above the tree-line. Hawks lie in wait, while otters hunt in brooks. Even the brown bear found refuge on the Oetscher’s mountainsides. The Arena: the glory and tragedy of the Roman Empire. Here a Gladiator was a superstar, who was just delaying his inevitable fate. Have you ever wondered who the Gladiators were, how they lived and died? This film reconstructs a training arena and uses it to pit the different Gladiator skills against one another. We virtually reconstruct the entire Gladiator School and around this we recreate the entire city of Carnuntum, destroyed by an earthquake in AD350. Carnuntum Gladiators were exported throughout the Empire – mutilated skeletons were found as far away as York, England and there are more, right here, on-site. This trade in spectacle and death displays history’s greatest empire in a new way. Following revelations at Stonehenge for BBC, PBS, ZDF and ORF revolutionary archaeologist Wolfgang Neubauer uses lasers, magnetometers and ground-penetrating radar to peel off layer after layer of remains, reconstructing them into amazing 3D structures. It’s pure time-travel, recreating the look of Carnuntum in any century, even any decade! TV | VOD | DVD | TE Directed by Franz Hafner A co-production by Interspot Film, ORF, BR in association with Austrian Television Fund, Cine Styria, Land Niederösterreich Available June 2015 - worldwide except for Germany Directed by Judith Doppler and Kurt Mayer A co-production by kurt mayer film, ORF, ARTE, NDR and BLS Südtirol Available 2015 - worldwide except for Germany and France EV FV UT 5.1 HD 813669 EV UT 5.1 813672 TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Picture: © ORF/Universum HD TV | VOD | DVD | TE Duration: 52 min. Picture: © Interspot Film Duration: 52 min. 41 Directed by Klaus T. Steindl and Klaus Feichtenberger A co-production by Interspot Film, ORF and Smithsonian in association with Austrian Television Fund, Land Niederösterreich and BMBF Available 2015 – worldwide except for the USA HD EV UT 5.1 813718 Picture: © Interspot Film GmbH 40 ONLINE contentsales.ORF contentsales.ORF.at CATALOG 42 ORF UNIVERSUM - NATURE ONLINE ORF UNIVERSUM, the most successful and worldwide established brand of ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) presents its fully-featured B2B website – the information tool for producers, content buyers and sellers, broadcasters and media executives. contentsales.ORF.at/universum INDEX 1 – 43 PURE NATURE 2014/15 A Gentle Giant - Mount Oetscher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Limits of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Termites - The Inner Sanctum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 A Tiger Called Broken Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Link with the Lynx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Triumph of the Tomato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 A Valley Lost in Time - Ausseerland . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Lions Rock - Return of the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Vampire Princess, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Africa’s Wild West The Horses of the Namib Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Little Monsters - Hide & Cheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Voynich Code, Thes The World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript . . . . . . . 34 Lost City of the Gladiators - Carnuntum . . . . . . . 41 ORF UNIVERSUM’s website is designed to assist coproducing channels, commissioners, financiers Alpine Meltdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 and sponsors, as well as media buyers, in making well-informed decisions about UNIVERSUM’s Arlberg - The Hidden Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 wildlife and nature programs in the context of co-financing needs and audience targets. Big Picture, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mistresses of the Vienna Congress Sex, Lies and Diplomacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Black Mamba - Kiss of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Mystery of the Fairy Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Wild Vienna - Waterland Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Danube - Europe’s Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Nock - Mountains at Heaven’s Door . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Zambezi - The Thundering River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Desert Lions -Vanishing Kings? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 On a River in Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dolomite Fairytales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Owl’s Odyssey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 100 Years without Humans Engadin National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Empress and the Forest, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Planet Sparrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Extreme! - Light and Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Radioactive Wolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 First on Mount Everest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Return of the Hoopoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Forest of Fantasies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rift Valley – The Great Rift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Gonsalvus - The Real Beauty and the Beast . . . . 34 Saga of the White-Tailed Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The website concentrates on upcoming projects and highlights relevant market trends that ORF UNIVERSUM is implementing. Hunting Buddies - How Dogs Discovered Man . . 25 Hyena - Queen of the Masai Mara . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Incredible Frogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 For more information visit: contentsales.ORF.at/universum and enjoy the wide range of outstanding wildlife programs! Publisher: ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG, Content Sales International EURO PLAZA/Building A, Am Europlatz 1, 1120 Vienna, Austria E-Mail: contentsales@orf.at, contentsales.ORF.at, A subsidiary of the AUSTRIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, ORF Graphic Design: ORF, Print: SAMSON DRUCK GmbH INNside Story, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Maximilian of Mexico - Dreams of Power . . . . . . . 32 Schladming - Magic Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sea of Creepy Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Secrets of Bumblebees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Keepers of the Ark - A Life for Animals . . . . . . . . 13 Secrets of the Flooded Forest Danube National Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lake Constance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Ships of the Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lake Neusiedl - Expedition through the Reeds . . 39 Silverado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lightning Reloaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Teaming Up With Wolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Wild Frontiers - Austria’s Borderlands . . . . . . . . . 14 Wild Nairobi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Wild Venice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 43