Finalist
2024
Entry 24-423 | Germany | 2024 | 44’ | Language: English | Subtitles: Estonian
Flowing Freely - In the River of Life
Taltsutamata - Elu jões
Rivers can become a danger. This has been demonstrated by the flood disasters of recent years. Often because their natural course is itself endangered - straightened, channelled or dammed. This film tells of the amazing connections in a river that is still allowed to be a river of life. A river that can flow untamed and create. Here, otters, dragonflies, little ringed plovers and catfish are all links in a chain. Of life and death. There are no "disasters" in the river. As long as nothing flows in that doesn't belong there and destroys the natural balance.
Original title: Ungezähmt - Im Fluss des LebensDetails
Director
Uwe Müller
Cinematography
Uwe Müller
Editing
Mirco Tribanek
Composer
Jörg Magnus Pfeil, Siggi Müller, Andrej Melita
Producer
Uwe Müller
Production Company
Capricornum Film on behalf of MDR, in cooperation with BR and ARTE
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Awards
Best EditingRivers are one of the most endangered habitat types, where the decrease of biodiversity has been exceptionally rapid in the last few decades. At the same time, the awareness about the degraded state of European rivers is very low. In this film, the story in the visual language flows like a river, taking the viewer to the smallest inhabitants of the rivers, but also further away from river shores, stressing the long-reaching impact of rivers and streams to the land ecosystems. When in a good ecological state, rivers connect habitats and food webs. The skillful presentation of this message supports better protection of our flowing waters.
