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Picture: © ORF Universum / ScienceVision, M. & R. Schlamberger The Canary Islands Die Kanarischen Inseln HIGHLIGHT Part I: Currents of Life

UNIVERSUM Part II: Life on the Edge UNIVERSUM

These are the Canary Islands – isolated in the At- lantic Ocean off the North-west coast of Africa. Each island is unique with a diversity of terrain and climate – temperate coastlines, scorching deserts, tropical rainforests and frozen, snowcapped mountains. With features of a small continent, supporting one of the richest and most diverse ranges of native species on the planet.

Part I: Currents of Life – Wind and Water transport- ed pioneer seeds, insects and animals to the isolated landmasses, defined the diversity and distri- Picture: © ORF Universum / ScienceVision, M. & R. Schlamberger bution of life and created microclimates to which many species adapted, some evolving unique features to survive in these lands.

Part II: Life on the Edge highlights the ability to survive under the impacts of the modern world, and explores the islands’ natural history, focusing on the fragile balance of life on the edge of extinction.

Picture: © ORF Universum / ScienceVision, John Dutton

Duration: 2 x 52 min. 2016 Directed by Rita & Michael Schlamberger Produced by ScienceVision for ORF and NDR in association with ORF-Enterprise and SVT Available worldwide except for Germany and Sweden

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8 Picture: © ORF Universum / ScienceVision, M. Schlamberger 9 HIGHLIGHT UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

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Turtle Hero – A Cold Blooded Passion Turtle Hero – Ein Leben für die Schildkröten

Like any young boy Peter Praschag loved animals between land and water, and their evolutionary his- and wanted a pet, but not a cat or a dog. His pas- tory stretches back over two hundred million years. sion was for cold-blooded reptiles, his interest was They have outlived the dinosaurs. Today some are turtles. Today he is a world expert on freshwater tur- amongst the most endangered vertebrates on earth. tles. One species especially has become an obses- sion: not only is it the largest freshwater turtle on Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 the planet, it is also probably the rarest animal on Directed by Jeremy Hogarth Earth. Only two Yangtze Soft-shell turtles are pos- A co-production by ORF, ARTE, BR and dreiD.at in association itively known to exist. A male and a female in Chi- with ORF-Enterprise, supported by Cinestyria, Stadt Graz and BMB na and very probably a third in a lake in Vietnam. Available worldwide except for Germany and France With assistance from experts Peter hopes to capture that individual, and he may yet help to save another 4K HD EV FV UT 5.1 813887 species from extinction! Turtles live in a half-world

10 Picture: © ORF Universum / dreiD.at 11 Giants of the Atlantic – Azores Azoren – Tanz um den Vulkan HIGHLIGHT UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

It’s a gigantic underwater mountain range, rising in mid-Atlantic. Only a few peaks near the surface, or reach still higher to build nine green gems, the islands of the Azores. These volcanic rocks, the only toehold between Europe and America, are of extra ordinary beauty. The steep shelf of the Azores is playground and mating ground for several kinds of whale. Here, groups of males on their never-ending migration from the Arctic to the Antarctic, meet females. Humpback whales and grey whales break the surface – and blue whales come here too, to feed from the vast biomass produced in the ocean’s depths. Drifting up from the deep, plankton and krill attract huge schools of fish and squid. And now the dancers of the deep are on their way. Fast and ele- gant, curious but cautious, blue sharks follow current and prey to join the hunt.

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 Directed by Erich Proell A co-production by ORF, National Geographic Channels, ARTE, NDR and Proell Film in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide except for Germany and France

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12 Pictures: © ORF Universum / Proell Film 13 Vanishing Kings – Lions of the Namib Wüstenkönige – Die Löwen der Namib UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

A lioness and her daughters hold the key to the survival of Namibia’s rare desert lions: two years ago they gave birth to five male cubs, and through the hardships of the desert and without a pride male, they are raising them to independence, showing them how to hunt both the smallest and the largest prey – including even giraffes. When the elderly matriarch dies her two daughters must finish the education of the five sons before they grow too big to be fed. Filming over more than two years, we see the secret lives of desert lions as they roam the rugged mountains, majestic sand dunes, grav- el plains, scrublands, and even the beaches of Namibia’s Skeleton coast. In this place of constant danger, hunger, thirst and inevitable suffering, five young lions must conquer the desert and establish their own kingdom.

Pictures: © ORF Universum / Will & Lianne Steenkamp

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Directed by Will and Lianne Steenkamp A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film, ARTE, Smithsonian Networks, Into Nature Productions and Boksdocs in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide except for Germany, France, the USA and Canada Television and Film Awards, New York 2016: Gold World Medal Environment & Ecology and Gold World Medal Nature & Wildlife; US International Film and Video Festival 2016: Best of Festival; Cannes Corporate Media Awards 2016: Golden Dolphin

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Lionsrock – Return of the King Africa’s Wild West – Stallions of the Namib Desert Lionsrock – Die Heimkehr des Königs Afrikas Wilder Westen – Namibias Wüstenpferde

In February 2008 a unique wildlife reserve was es- ural habitat where the lions’ ancestors once thrived. In 1918 German and South African war-horses, no thousands of seals come ashore to breed, their babies tablished around Lionsrock, South Africa, with the And for the first time on TV this film shows root longer needed, were released into the burning Namibi- mercilessly hunted by jackals and brown hyenas. aim of returning lions to the land of their ancestors. canal treatment on Kongo, a majestic lion male! an desert. How could they survive, in one of the world’s Most are from Europe, from rundown zoos or cir- most beautiful, parched and rugged landscapes? Mi- Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2014 cuses, removed to dubious holding pens like the Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2014 raculously, they have held on to this day, crossing the Directed by Franz Leopold Schmelzer dilapidated Pantera big cats’ asylum in the Nether- Directed by Thomas Rilk desert in search of sparse patches of grass, return- Produced by Interspot Film for ORF, ARTE and NDR in lands. From here a rescued lion family are sedated Produced by Rilk Film for ORF in association with ARTE, ing for water to the single well built in colonial days, association with ORF-Enterprise and air-freighted to a perfect savanna landscape, supported by Niederösterreich Kultur sharing it with perfectly adapted oryxes – while ma- Available worldwide except for Germany and France where for the first time they can be released, free, Available worldwide rauding spotted hyenas patrol close by. Far inland, in Nominee 2015 International Emmy Awards: Documentary into their natural environment. This heartwarming ghost towns long since abandoned by the diamond Deauville Green Award 2015 : Gold Award and joyful portrait of Lionsrock with its dedicated industry, snakes, chameleons and dew-drinking bee- Television and Film Awards, New York 2015: Gold World Medal team also features ostriches, weaver birds, ground tles compete for food among the drifting sands. Along HD EV FV UT 5.1 813523 HD EV FV UT 5.1 813522 squirrels and other African wildlife sharing the nat- the coast from the abandoned factories hundreds of

16 17 Europe’s Last Nomads Europas letzte Nomaden HIGHLIGHT UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

A spectacular ancient tradition is being revived right across Europe: shepherds leading flocks across the continent through the most savage and extreme landscapes. On the Similaun glacier at 2,800 meters in South Tyrol, inexperienced sheep plummet from the hazardous path or freeze to death in snowstorms. But crossing the Alps is not the longest trek in Eu- rope. From Spain´s legendary La Mancha plains, the last cowboys of this continent and their cattle migrate into the green highlands of Cuenca. Dur- ing their five week long marathon both, humans and animals face tremendous summer heat and desert-like conditions. While in Southern France herds of 3,000 sheep cross the spectacular plateaus of the Cevennes. Each sheep carries up to 5,000 seeds in its coat and spreads these en route, linking isolated biotopes. In Romania sheep climb the Carpathian Mountains, all the way to the Ukrainian border, constantly under threat from wolves. In Europe’s far west, on a Welsh island, migrating sheep even generate a habitat for rare birds. Across the continent many animals and plants depend on these nomads: the last Imperial eagles, wolves, bearded and griffon vultures, insect and bird species.

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 Directed by Gernot Lercher Produced by Interspot Film, Kwanza, Grupo Ganga and Cwmni Da for ORF, France 2 and S4C in association with ORF-Enterprise, supported by Creative Europe Available worldwide except for France, Spain and Wales

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18 Pictures: © ORF Universum / Interspot, Gernot Lercher 19 The Grey and the Red – Secrets of Squirrels HIGHLIGHT Geheimnisvolle Eichhörnchen UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

Everybody loves squirrels, and yet we only know them from their brief visits to ground level. Now, extraordinary HD storytelling shows them in their own environment: high up in the treetops. This documentary examines their intelligence and explores the deadly struggle for dominance between the two main species. The cute and cuddly russet acrobats are so clever they’re drawing increased attention from scientists. Indeed, they now depend on the scientists for their survival, as they face extinction. Grey squirrels from North America are spreading fast across Europe, displacing the native red squirrel.

This documentary charts both their lovable antics and the life-and-death struggle for survival of an animal that still has plenty of secrets to reveal. It observes a family of red squirrels over the course of a year, as they mate, care for their young, and battle for food and against predators.

Picture: © ORF Universum / Rilk Film, Andreas Laschober

Picture: © ORF Universum / Rilk Film

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 Directed by Thomas Rilk A co-production by ORF, ARTE, BR and Rilk Film, supported by Cinestyria Available worldwide except for Germany and France

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20 Picture: © Creative Commons CC / Pixabay 21 HIGHLIGHT

The Dolomites – In the Heroes’ Garden Dolomiten – Sagenhaftes Juwel

UNIVERSUM der Alpen UNIVERSUM

Untamed wilderness surrounds the distinctive rock towers, stroked by the golden glimmer of sunset: this gorgeous scene could only be in the Dolomites. It’s a place for myths and fairytales, and there’s no shortage of them here. But among the crags and 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 Picture: © ORF Universum / kurt mayer film of a mate – and finds her here. Or the red fox we find carelessly at ease in every habitat: forest, bare rock, Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 meadows, abandoned huts, even snow and ice; few Directed by Kurt Mayer and Judith Doppler animals are so adaptable. And among the rocks is A co-production by ORF, kurt mayer film, ARTE, NDR and BLS a more specialized and even more skillful climber – Südtirol in association with ORF-Enterprise the chamois. Contemplating the Dolomites’ wildlife Available worldwide except for Germany and France seems to give this region a new shape, a new spirit – and helps us understand some of the region’s im- mortal legends. HD EV FV UT 5.1 813669

Making an Ancient Forest – Gentle Giant – Otter’s Paradise in Kalkalpen National Park Capercaillie County Zurück zum Urwald – Ötscher – Im Reich des sanften Nationalpark Kalkalpen Riesen

Compared to its fellow summits in the Alps, the What if we could turn back the clock and restore Oetscher is not very high: in fact, less than 2,000 Nature to her virgin state? – before man ’filled the metres. But among the gentle slopes of western earth and subdued it’ … Kalkalpen National Park Lower Austria, it really is a giant, with shoulders was commercial timberland since the Early Middle broad enough to bear the last of the Alps’ virgin for- Ages. Forestry has changed since then, but never ests, the country’s coldest plateau where tempera- as radically as it is changing now. It’s probably the tures fall to -50°, the oldest trees in all of Austria, hardest decision any forest manager can take: to Pictures: © ScienceVision / Rita Schlamberger and her very own Grand Canyon, the “Tormäuer”. stop managing – and abandon the work of a hun- Picture: © ORF Universum / Interspot, Franz Hafner Yet in making access difficult for human settlers, dred generations. In these steep limestone moun- the gentle giant has succeeded in protecting its pri- tains in the heart of Austria precisely this decision Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 mary fauna. The capercaillie – rare in other parts of has been taken. The intention was not to destroy – Directed by Rita & Michael Schlamberger Directed by Franz Hafner Europe – still makes its home in the coniferous for- but to recreate. The forest managers stepped down A co-production by ScienceVision and Nationalpark Kalkalpen A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film and BR in association ests, while snow grouse roam above the tree-line. and let Nature’s own management team take over. in association with ORF with Austrian Television Fund, Cinestyria and Land NÖ Hawks lie in wait, while otters hunt in brooks. Even This opens the door for new life: as the variety of Available worldwide except for Germany Available worldwide except for Germany the brown bear has found refuge on the Oetscher’s trees and herbs grows, the forests again attract wild NaturVision 2016: Best Camera mountainsides. animals which had left the commercial woods: lynx, Deauville Green Award 2016: Special Award pygmy owls, woodpeckers, so many different cater- Jaipur Int. Film Festival 2016: Green Rose Award pillars – and the fascinating Ichneumon wasp. Sichuan TV Festival 2015: Gold Panda for Best cinematrography HD EV UT 5.1 813672 4K HD EV FV UT 5.1 813896

22 23 Nock – Mountains at Heaven’s Door Engadin – Switzerland’s Wilderness Nockberge – Land zwischen Engadin – Wildnis der Schweiz Himmel und Erde UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

You might think you were in Ireland, you might It was a hundred years ago, when a group of Swiss sense the vastness of Castile in Spain, but you’d champions of Nature created Engadin National never believe this was the heart of the Austrian Park, the Alps’ very first wildlife reserve. Human Alps: the Nock Mountains are – geologically – interference ceased: and that meant no more res- Austria’s oldest landscape. For a hundred million cue campaigns either, like the secret smuggling of years, the land around them has risen and fallen, Ibexes over the pass from Italy just a few years be- while the mountains themselves hardly moved. fore. Nature up here should be as free as the glacier Picture: © ORF Universum / dreiD.at, Johannes Pötscher The wide open spaces and the wealth of small waters had always been. Here a drop can decide Picture: © ORF Universum / kurt mayer film natural wonders make believe you’re not far from where it wants to go: east to the Inn, Danube and Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2013 heaven’s door: wild rivers, endless woodland, lush Black Sea, north to the Rhine and the North Sea, Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2014 Directed by Waltraud Paschinger mountain meadows, wildflowers and wild animals. or south to the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. A Directed by Kurt Mayer A co-production by ORF and dreiD.at Filmproduktion in A perfect territory for creatures shrouded in mys- hundred years have passed – and man has watched A co-production by ORF, kurt mayer film, ARTE, NDR in association with ORF-Enterprise and Kulturförderung Kärnten tery: the nearly invisible stone marten, the mystic in wonder as a new balance has established itself in association with Austrian Television Fund, BMBF Available worldwide raven and the inquisitive European adder. this Alpine wonderland: the Ibex thrive, the beard- Available worldwide except for Germany and France Orobie Film Festival Award 2015 ed vulture is back in force, and even large preda- Swiss Mountain Film Festival 2015, Pontresina: Best tors – lynx, wolves and bears – are starting to claim Swiss Movie back their old hunting grounds. This documentary follows in their tracks to celebrate a spectacular pi- HD EV FV UT 5.1 813382 HD EV FV UT 5.1 813493 oneering story of nature preservation.

Schladming – Magic Mountains Forest of Fantasies Schladminger Bergwelten Ein Jahr im Zauberwald

Part I: Land of the Chamois Part II: Land of the Champions

Schladming in Austria is not the best known of On Christmas Eve, they say, the animals can talk. the country’s ski regions but it’s one of the finest – Peter Rosegger, one of Austria’s greatest writ- because it keeps a low profile and makes sure the ers, turned this legend into a magical short story season doesn’t dominate the landscape. That also about his own childhood in Styria’s Alpine uplands. means its wildlife is better protected than in normal It’s one of Austria’s most fascinating landscapes: mixed regions. Though this region is controlled by deep, dark forests flanked by steep mountain ridg- men, it is a hot spot for wild animals – and some- es, gentle meadows reaching up to exposed sum- times even the wolves come back to this territory, mits: in limitless shades of just one color: green. Picture: © ORF Universum / Interspot Film, Franz Hafner which once belonged to them. Trudging through the snow to join his family for Picture: © ORF Univerum / epo-film, Klaus .T Steindl the Christmas Eve service in the valley below, ten- Duration: 2 x 52 min. 2013 year-old Peter comes face to face with a young Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2014 Directed by Franz Hafner, Gernot Lercher fawn in the twilight, and wonders what it could Directed by Klaus T. Steindl A co-production by ORF, Interspot Film and BR in association tell about growing up in the forest, with the other A co-production by ORF and epo-film in association with with Austrian Television Fund and Cinestyria animals, through the seasons. This film captures Austrian Television Fund, Cinestyria, Land Steiermark Volkskultur, Available worldwide except for Germany (Part I), worldwide (Part II) the essence of Rosegger’s story and the subtle and CineART, Graz Kultur, Graz Wissenschaft and BMBF World Mountain Documentary Festival of Qinghai China 2014: dramatic changes of the Styrian forest throughout Available worldwide Jade Kunlun Award the year. New York Film Festival 2014: Silver World Medal

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24 25 Wilderness on the Water – Waterland Warriors – The Beavers Lake Constance Are Back Bodensee – Wildnis am großen Wiener Wildnis – Die Rückkehr

UNIVERSUM Wasser der Biber UNIVERSUM

No other European destination has as many incom- The Blue Danube is Vienna’s lifeline – and a lifeline ing and out-going “flights” as Lake Constance: it’s for beavers making their way back after their exter- the main hub for migratory birds in Western Europe. mination in the last century. This documentary fol- Over 300 different species pass through every lows a young beaver setting off in search of his own year: that’s more than a quarter of a million birds. territory. As babbling meadow brooks are chan- Lake Constance is so large that, standing on one nelled into narrow tunnels he finds himself right in Picture: © ORF Univerum / wega Film, Klaus T. Steindl shore, the Earth’s curvature prevents you seeing the the centre of Vienna; and if he can make it through, opposite bank. This body of water is large enough Paradise awaits upstream. Meter-high reeds, mean- 1 x 52 min. 2015 Duration: to influence the climate, and the soil round about is dering side-channels and unlimited food await our Directed by Klaus T. Steindl so fertile it creates its own ecosystem. Red-crested beaver – and, who knows, maybe a young female. A co-production by ORF, SWR, SRF, wega Film, BMBF pochards, whooper swans, alpine swifts – and rac- On the way he encounters some of the many sur- and ORF-Enterprise, supported by the Film Fund of the coons: the lake is home to a myriad of species. prising creatures that inhabit this metropolis. Who State Vorarlberg This film explores the secrets above and below the would have expected deer, moufflons, garish am- Available worldwide except for Germany and Switzerland surface and on the banks of this lake which links phibians and fish, butterflies whose caterpillars de- Austria, Germany and Switzerland with no borders velop underwater, and spiders that live their entire Picture: © ORF Universum in between. life without ever coming to the surface? Spectacu- lar underwater macro-photography opens the door to an unsuspected universe on our doorstep. HD EV FV UT 5.1 813670

Expedition Through the Reeds – FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Lake Neusiedl Neusiedler See – Wildnis im Schilf Wasteland Warriors Wiener Gstettn – Wildnis in der Großstadt

The blood-red sphere of the sun sinks beneath the horizon, and the calls of waterbirds and raptors cut The Empress and the Forest through the twilight. This is the westernmost point of (Woodland Warriors) the Orient, Austria’s only steppe lake. Lake Neusiedl, Der wilde Wald der Kaiserin just two meters deep, is surrounded by an immense reed jungle – a world in miniature where humans instantly lose their orientation. Deer thrive among the reeds; along with acrocephalus warblers and nonagria moths, they find concealment and plenty Picture: © ORF Universum / Cosmoc Factory of food here. Natural salt ponds, miles-long sandbars Picture: © ORF Universum / Rilk Film and tumbleweed that was exported to the Wild West Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 complete the picture of this unique place. Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Directed by Manfred Christ Directed by Thomas Rilk A co-production by ORF, Cosmos Factory and BR A co-production by ORF and Rilk Film in association with in association with Burgenland Tourismus and Nationalpark Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Neusiedler See-Seewinkel Available worldwide Available worldwide except for Germany

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26 27 Danube – Europe’s Amazon On a River in Ireland Donau – Die Lebensader Europas Shannon – Geheimnisvoller Fluss im Herzen Irlands Part I: From the Black Forest to the Black Sea

UNIVERSUM Part II: Forest, Flood and Frost UNIVERSUM

This comprehensive cinematic portrait of Europe’s The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical second-longest river presents scenes of breathtak- landmark and the longest river in these islands. For ing beauty along the banks of the Danube and in- 340 kms the river carves its way south through the vestigates the tension between humans and nature, heart of the country almost splitting Ireland in two. It civilization and wilderness. Dams and power sta- is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon hold- Picture: © ORF Universum / ScienceVision tions alternate with sections of natural wilderness ing back the rugged landscapes of the west from the Picture: © Crossing the Line Productions along this mighty river, which flows through great gentler plains to the east. On its journey, the Shannon Duration: 2 x 50 min. 2012 cities such as Vienna and Budapest and untouched passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes. Duration: 1 x 60 min. / 2 x 50 min. 2013 Directed by Rita and Michael Schlamberger natural landscapes like the Danube National Park On little known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals Directed by John Murray A co-production by ORF, ScienceVision, NDR Naturfilm, BR and and the Kopaki Rit. Further south, between the and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else. “On Produced by Crossing the Line Productions in association doclights in association with ARTE and ICPDR Carpathian mountain range in Romania and the a River in Ireland” offers a remarkable portrait of with RTÉ with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Available worldwide except for Germany and France Serbian Ore mountains, the river passes through Ireland’s greatest geographical feature, using a host Ireland, ESB, Waterways Ireland, the Heritage Council and Matsalu Nature Film Festival 2013: Best Nature the Iron Gate, 137 kilometers of gorges that are of techniques and showing never before filmed Irish the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Menigoute Film Festival 2013: Prix Paul Géroudet among the largest in Europe. The mighty river ends sequences and stories. Available worldwide except for the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2013: White Dolphin in a unique labyrinth of water, mud and reeds – the Australia, Sweden Grand Prix Danube delta. It is the last remaining major river Festival Nature Namur 2015: Missoula Festival 2014, Jackson Golden Eagle Festival 2012: Cine Golden Eagle Award delta in Europe and the largest reed bed on earth, Hole Wildlife Festival 2013: Grand Teton Award used by huge colonies of pelicans, cormorants, sea HD EV FV UT 5.1 812038 HD EV FV UT 813435 eagles and spoonbills for breeding and nesting.

Zambezi – The Thundering River A Tiger Called Broken Tail Sambesi – Der donnernde Fluss Testament eines Tigers

It’s one of the least-known rivers on earth – yet it Irish Cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson spent al- flows for nearly 2,800 kilometers and belongs to six most 600 days filming Broken Tail & his family for countries. The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river some of the finest tiger documentaries ever made. in Africa, and along its course it sweeps through Broken Tail was the most charismatic tiger cub he’d a series of natural spectacles – from the blooming ever seen in Ranthambhore, one of India’s premier of a thousand musasa trees to the rains that will wild tiger reserves. Impossibly cute, he gamboled Picture: © ORF Universum / Science Vision flood its banks, anointing the land with rich silt. and posed for Colin’s camera through the first Picture: © Crossing the Line Productions But none compete with the river’s crescendo – the years of his life. But then, without warning, Broken Duration: 2 x 50 min. 2010 Victoria Falls – one of the seven natural wonders of Tail disappeared. He abandoned his sanctuary and Duration: 1 x 58 min. 2011 Directed by Michael Schlamberger the world. Zambezi is a haven and a source of life went on the run, disappearing into the wilds of rural Directed by John Murray and Colin Stafford Johnson A co-production by ORF, ScienceVision, NDR Naturfilm, WDR to a vast array of wild animals and humans alike. India for almost a year. On a spectacular odyssey Produced by Crossing the Line Productions in association and ARTE in association with National Geographic Channels Filmed throughout the changing seasons, we fol- across Rajasthan, Colin travels by horseback retrac- with BBC, Irish Film Board, WNET, SWR, ZDF and ARTE International low the river in Part 1 from its headwaters to the ing Broken Tail’s last journey, gathering clues as to Available worldwide except for the USA, UK, Ireland, Available worldwide except for Germany and France thundering power of the Victoria Falls. In Part 2 the his route and behaviour, exploring why he aban- Germany and France Festival International du Film Animalier (FIFA) 2011: Zambezi gently flows towards the Indian Ocean, doned his home, and above all: revealing important Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2011: Grand Prix; Sichuan TV Festival 2011: Gold Panda Awards taking in some of Nature’s grandest wildlife spec- truths about India’s last wild tigers. Grand Teton Award, Best Hosted Program Award, for Documentary tacles. The story of the Zambezi is one of constant Best Conservation Program Award change, of life and death – it is the story of Africa itself. HD EV FV UT 5.1 812884 HD EV FV UT 813385

28 29 The Secret Life of Snakes Im Reich von Kreuzotter & Co. – HIGHLIGHT Schlangen hautnah UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

They are among the most hated and feared animals on the planet – only few people recognize their beauty. This documentary features some of Europe’s most stunning species, like the European adder, the nose-horned viper, the dice snake, the ringed snake and the Aesculapian snake. After a winter safe in burrows, sometimes in bundles of hundreds, the spring’s warmth brings them back to life. Adders at 2,000 metres in the Alps have extra survival skills: they are almost pitch-black to absorb every last ray from the sun, and their offspring are born alive – it would be too cold for eggs. Storks and herons, martens and polecats predate their lower altitude cousins. Most snakes avoid humans. The Aesculapian snake likes to shimmy up trees to catch birds, but it’s happiest where humans store grain, or dump waste – that attracts lots of mice. And Europe has its own constrictor! So watch out next time you’re walking in the park …

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 Directed by Kurt Mündl A co-production by ORF and Power of Earth Productions, supported by Kultur Niederösterreich, Carinthia Film Commission, Umweltagentur und Umweltschutzverein NÖ Available worldwide

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30 Pictures: © ORF Universum / Power of Earth, Dieter Manhart 31 Secrets of Bumblebees Sky Hunters – The World Hummeln – Bienen im Pelz of the Dragonfly Libellen – Die Himmelsjäger UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

They are chubbier, fuzzier and more leisurely than This film presents dragonflies as they have never their sisters, the bees. They are a lot less aggres- been seen before. Fascinating close up shots take sive and awe-inspiring than their cousins the wasps. us into the world of these insects, which have lived Compared to honey bees, these social insects have on earth since the age of the dinosaurs. Spectacular long been poorly researched, though they’re at super slow motion shots and elaborate computer Pictures: © ORF Universum / Power of Earh Productions home in temperate regions throughout the North- animation uncover, for the first time, how dragonflies ern Hemisphere and South America. A few tropical capture their prey at lightning speed while flying. Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2013 species form colonies lasting several years, but else- Directed by Kurt Mündl where only the summer’s new Queens survive into A co-production by ORF and Power of Earth Productions in next spring. Macro and high-speed cinematography association with ORF-Enterprise, bm:ukk, Cinestyria and allow us to witness their behavior, understand their Kultur Niederösterreich biology, experience their unique abilities and leave Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2010 Available worldwide us in awe of these droll little harbingers of spring. Directed by Kurt Mündl Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2015, Japan Wildlife Film- A co-production by ORF and Power of Earth Productions festival 2015,Festival international du film animalier d’Albert 2015 Available worldwide Television and Film Awards New York 2015: Gold World Medal

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Sun-Seeking Creatures – Little Monsters – Hide & Cheat A Mediterranean World Kleine Monster – Täuschen & Tarnen Sonnenkinder an der Donau

This documentary follows the widest variety of crea- This 3D documentary presents some of the ani- tures in the Mediterranean climate of the Danube – mal kingdom’s strangest survival strategies. The like the western green lizard and the Aesculapi- most startling behavior patterns aren’t found an snake – the largest lizard and snake in central among the classic big animals like lions or po- Europe. The audience is invited to experience the lar bears, but among nature’s smaller creatures: family life of ground squirrels, visit the islands that poison dart frogs, chameleons, praying mantises have their own local species of scorpion, and en- and scorpions, to name but a few. These “Little counter the praying mantis, the saga pedo and the Monsters” are masters of survival. Until recent- wasp spider. ly, only a handful of scientists had the technical means to study them up close. But now, with its ingenious combination of slow-motion 3D and time-lapse 3D sequences, “Little Monsters” sets new standards in the third dimension , yielding Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2012 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2013 unbelievable scenes the world has never seen Directed by Kurt Mündl Directed by Kurt Mündl and “felt” before. A co-production by ORF, Power of Earth Productions and ARTE Produced by Power of Earth Productions in association with ORF-Enterprise Available worldwide Available worldwide except for Germany and France

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32 33 Wild Venice Wildes Venedig UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

Who would have thought Venice has its own beautiful reefs? The Tegnùe, located on the east end of the Lagoon, contain an astonishing diversity of life, from sponges and sea anemones to scribbled pipe- fish and flashing squid. Like all the other amazing wildlife, the Tegnùe have 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! 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 Picture: © ORF Universum / epo-film, Marco Tasso hidden gardens are hiding-places for pine-martens and geckos, while kestrels use abandoned mon- Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2014 asteries to breed, and launch hunting expeditions. Directed by Klaus T. Steindl In magnificent, atmospheric 4K photography, this Produced by epo-film for ORF, ARTE and NDR in association film reveals the unexpected natural glories of the with ORF-Enterprise, BMBF and SBS world’s most beautiful man-made environment. Available worldwide except for Germany, France and Australia Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2015: Silver Dolphin

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Wild Nairobi Picture: © Power of Earth Productions Wildes Nairobi Garden Wild! Natur im Garten

With a population of around 3 million, Nairobi is one of the largest cities in Africa. However this metropolis is surrounded by wilderness that extends into Just by making space in our gardens we can provide tary follows biological cycles through the year and the city itself. Just a few metres from the airport vital habitats for a large number of wild animals and shows how gardens can serve as permanent food lies the Nairobi National Park, with its vast savan- plants. Garden wetlands, dry stone walls, hedge- source or as a refuge for wildlife. nah and majestic wildlife. Beside the highway, sepa- rows, flower meadows and even simply homes for rated only by wire fence, lions, hyenas, giraffes and Picture: © ORF-Universum / Cosmos Factory useful creatures can support resident species over Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2014 rhinoceros wander through grassland, while hun- the year. Sometimes one small step leads to a great Directed by Kurt Mündl dreds of marabous breed in the tree-lined streets in Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2012 change: to help endangered butterfly species, for Produced by Power of Earth Productions and m-cine the city centres. Hordes of apes entertain (and infu- Directed by Udo Maurer, Manfred Christ example, it is enough to plant certain flowers in the in association with Natur im Garten, Lower Austria, FISA, riate) picknickers in the city’s parks; leopards hunt Produced by Cosmos Factory for ORF in association with garden. A scarcely-touched garden is backdrop for Hypo NV, Kittenberger, Die Gärten Niederösterreichs pets in wealthy suburbs, while hyenas scavenge in ORF-Enterprise the growth and decay of nature over the seasons. Available worldwide the city’s shantytowns. This is a journey of discov- Available worldwide Time lapse tracks, macro and micro, and slow mo- ery through a great city full of contradictions and tion provide an insight into fascinating flora and teeming with nature, where humans and animals live HD EV UT 813973 HD EV FV UT 5.1 812991 fauna at our front and back doors. This documen- together as – sometimes unwilling – neighbours.

34 35 Planet Sparrow Buddies – How Dogs Planet der Spatzen Discovered Man Jagdkumpane – Wie der Hund

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A sparrow in the Souk in Cairo: he flits between No animal reflects human social changes as much crowded stalls to build his nest and attract a mate. as the dog. For millennia, dogs have served as He’s one of five heroes of ‘Planet Sparrow’ whose mankind’s hunting buddies, vital companions in adventures cover the world, from Cairo to Beijing, our struggle for survival. In today’s increasingly New York, Moscow, Vienna and Paris. Sparrows civilized world, modern dogs have had to aban- Picture: © ORF Universum / kurt mayer film may seem dull, but this first impression is decep- don their first instincts, finding new employment tive; they’re extremely clever. The camera pursues as family members, helping the disabled, diagnos- Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2013 these artists of flight through narrow alleys, re- ing cancer, or sniffing for drugs. We have forgotten Picture: © ORF Universum / wega Film Directed by Kurt Mayer vealing their spectacular aerial maneuvers. In New what it actually means to be a dog, a hunter. “Bud- A co-production by ORF, kurt mayer film, ARTE and York, orphaned sparrow chicks are adopted by new dies” looks back at this part of our cultural history NDR Naturfilm in association with Austrian Television Fund, sparrow parents. Sparrows play Russian roulette and discovers where dog skills come from, finding Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2013 Vienna Film Fund and bm:ukk in Moscow, flying beneath the cars on the busiest out what we have given up and gained as our rela- Directed by Ute Gebhardt Available worldwide except for Germany and France roads. In Beijing they’re captured and then released tionship with dogs has changed. “Buddies” takes a A co-production by ORF, wega Film and ARTE in association 19th Gran Paradiso Film Festival 2015: Prize Progetto Natura to bring good luck. In Paris, centuries of living with closer look at dog and man, nature and culture – a with bm:ukk & Premio Lipu – Mario PastoreI, Cannes Corporate Media & TV humans have taught them to form teams that steal cinematic cross-over appealing not just to hunters Available worldwide except for Germany and France Awards 2014: Gold Dolphin, Int. Mountain Film Festival Graz 2014: and share the food of café diners. ‘Planet Sparrow’ and dog-lovers but to anyone fascinated by the Winner Kamera Alpin Austria is a documentary about these flying survival artists, history and development of humankind. their neighbors and adversaries, all photographed HD EV FV UT 5.1 812833 HD EV FV UT 5.1 813381 from the perspective of the birds!

Return of the Hoopoe Radioactive Wolves Die Rückkehr des Wiedehopfs Radioaktive Wölfe

Across Europe hoopoes are struggling. But amidst In 25 years the nuclear wasteland around Chernobyl the orchards and vineyards of the Wagram region has re-emerged as a complete ecosystem and one near Vienna they are thriving. This documenta- of Europe’s largest wildlife sanctuaries. And yet, it is ry shows how the small bird with the spectacular radioactive. Where humans are unable to live, nature crown feathers made a comeback in the heart of is flourishing. Somewhere in this nuclear wilderness, Europe and how it is dealing with its neighbours: there are packs of radioactive wolves, wandering Aesculapian snakes, foxes and falcons. But it is through abandoned towns. Here they live in large Picture: © ORF Universum / Kubefilm, Florian Berger also the story of one man’s dream that came true: packs as they used to. There are now an estimated Picture: © ORF Universum / epo-film, Klaus Feichtenberger Manfred Eckenfellner is the Hoopoe Whisperer, and 300+ wolves making the most of this deceptively Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2012 through his passion the birds found their way back beautiful landscape. But are these wolves mutants? Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2011 Directed by Florian Berger and Stefan Polasek to the Wagram. Even cultivated landscapes like Wa- Have they been affected by nuclear contamination Directed by Klaus Feichtenberger A co-production by ORF and Kubefilm in association with gram’s vineyards offer countless opportunities for after the ’86 explosion? This film embarks on a jour- A co-production by ORF, epo-film, WNET and NDR Austrian Television Fund wild animals to find new niches. Kestrels use castle ney to investigate the fate of the wolves and other Available worldwide except for Germany and the USA Available worldwide towers to breed and bee-eaters live in the same lay- animals in the contaminated wilderness. Japan Wildlife Festival 2013: Environment Conservation Ökofilmtour 2014: Best Children and Youth Film, Gran Parad- ers of loess vintners grow their grapes on. Encouragement Award, Festival in Xanty-Mansijsk, Russia 2012: iso International Nature Film Festival 2013: Trofeo Stambecco 1st Prize, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2011: Best Wildlife d’Oro, International Science Film Festival World of Knowledge Habitat Program 2013: Best Director Award - figurine The Tree of Knowledge

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Wild Ireland Irland - Grüne Insel am Rande Europas

This film will feature Ireland’s wild wonders as never captured Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2017 before – from breaching humpback whales off its southern Directed by John Murray shores, to golden eagles fighting the gales of the northern A co-production by ORF, BBC, NDR, France 5, PBS, TG4, SBS, highlands to raise their young on the steep cliffsides. The ma- SVT and Crossing the Line Productions in association with jestic salmon return from the Arctic to face upriver into the ORF-Enterprise, supported by Creative Europe and the Irish purest freshwaters in Europe – and run a murderous gauntlet Government of waterfalls and fishermen. Available worldwide except for Germany, France, Sweden, Australia, the USA, UK and Ireland

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Wild Istanbul Corsica – The Island Continent Wildes Istanbul Wildes Korsika

This stunning metropolis has a flavor of two conti- head north for the European spring. But some ani- This large Mediterranean island combines several Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2017 nents – Asia and Europe, divided and connected by mals have come to stay: wild wolves, invading from continents: crystalline mountain streams, gorges, Directed by Barbara Fally-Puskas the Bosporus straits, where the salty waters of the the east, mate with wild dogs. It’s happening today fragrant pine and chestnut forests next to brush- Produced by epo-film for ORF and NDR in association Sea of Marmara mix with the currents of the Black as it has for generations, so that now some scien- land. Spinner dolphins, midget sharks and sperm with ORF-Enterprise Sea. Though the Bosporus is one of the world’s bus- tists talk of a new species: the wolfdog. whales play in sight of snow-capped peaks. Cor- Available worldwide except for Germany iest shipping routes you can still see three species sica has two distinct breeds of mouflon that have of dolphin here – reminiscent of the sagas of the Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2017 never met, introduced from Europe and Iran. There ancient world. Living relics of antiquity are every- Directed by Kurt Mayer are 146 endemic plant and 12 animal species found. where in Istanbul: for example, the martens were A co-production by ORF, ARTE, BR and epo-film in association Fish Eagles circle the mountain tops, while endemic imported by Egyptian traders to protect their sacks with ORF-Enterprise frogs hunt tiny mountain toads. of seeds from rats and mice. Available worldwide except for Germany and France 4K HD EV FV UT 5.1 813881 4K HD EV UT 5.1 814462 For migrating birds Istanbul is a toehold as they

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High Life at Low Temperatures Walk on the Wild Side! Lungau – Die einsame Wildnis G’schichten aus dem Wiener Prater

The summits and sheer mountain ridges of Austria’s Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 For 250 years the Prater has been home to Vienna’s Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 ‘Little Siberia’ funnel the freezing air from snow-cov- Directed by Waltraud Paschinger legendary pleasure gardens, ever since Emperor Directed by Thomas Rilk ered peaks into a gigantic hollow – a high-level pla- A co-production by ORF, BR and dreiD.at Filmproduktion, in Joseph II opened it to the public: 600 hectares of A co-production by ORF and Rilk Film, supported by teau at 1,000 metres from which it cannot escape: association with ORF-Enterprise and Lungau Biosphere Reserve, fun, shows and indulgence, where fantasies of every Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Lungau is Austia’s coldest region. Its creeks and supported by Filmförderung Salzburg kind become reality. Centuries before, these were Available worldwide streams start higher here, and create bogs, moors Available worldwide except for Germany royal hunting grounds. The Prater has never lost and countless alpine lakes. Summer is short here. touch with those origins; where once brown bears Bearded vultures patrol the mountains looking for were pursued, deer, foxes, badgers and beavers still carcasses – chamois which have not survived the roam, with a host of smaller but no less fascinat- winter. Alpine salamanders inhabit regions up to ing animals like black woodpeckersand aesculapian the tree-line. snakes. 4K HD EV UT 5.1 813910 HD EV UT 5.1 814274

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Picture: © ORF Universum / pre tv tigers. ravaged by fl oods and patrolled by man-eating ates theworld’s most fertile, anddeadly, region, gles. The siltcarrieddown from theHimalayas cre- Bangladesh with their swamps and mangrove jun- Episode Three takes usto thesteamy plainsof Himalayas into Assam’s green monsooncountry. roam andsnow leopards hunt,skirtinground the into India’s temperate forests where slothbears pandas andisolated humansettlements,emerging Episode Two continues theexploration, withred and still barely explored Tsangpo Gorge. 3,000 meters through the world’s deepest, longest semi desertwithitsChiruantelopes. We descend 8,000-metre peaks,across Tibet’s dryandharsh Episode Onetakes usfrom theglaciersof world’s greatest river delta. with wildlife. itforms UnitingwiththeGanges, through Asia’s hotspotsofbiodiversity, teeming ders through the planet’s biggest gorge and runs It beginsastheworld’s highest majorriver. Itthun- Himalaya dem aus Brahmaputra – Himmelsfl uss RiverSky of the Himalayas Available worldwide except for France, Germany and China with ORF-Enterprise pre tv, dreiD.at Filmproduktion andEOS Film in association A co-production by ORF, CCTV10, CITVC, ARTE France, ZDF, Heinz Leger Directed by KlausFeichtenberger, Jeremy Hogarth and Duration: 3x52 min. 4K

5.1 813885 Available 2017 sea urchins, orcas, porpoisesandfi nwhales. tacles, theworld’s largest seabird colonies, starfi sh, inhabitants are heldby thegloryofnatural spec- the world’s most active volcanoes. The few human here dipinto thethermalbaths andgeysers leftby sea eaglesandtheacrobatic spotted seals.Grizzlies animals are giant brown bears, the world’s biggest er andmore numerous thananywhere else. Itsiconic wildlife paradise where animalsgrow bigger, strong- namis lashtheshore withten-meter waves. This isa and low tides vary by 14 meters, typhoons and tsu- last andgreatest unspoiledocean onEarth.High Peninsula andtheJapaneseislandofHokkaido: the The SeaofOkhotskliesbetween theKamchatka Paradies der Extreme – Russlands Wildes Meer Paradise and Hell –Russia’s Wild Sea the USA andCanada Available worldwide except for Russia, France, Germany, Enterprise with National Geographic ChannelsInternational andORF- Channel OneRussia, ZDFandARTE France inassociation Produced by Interspot Filmfor ORF, SmithsonianChannel, Directed by Franz Hafner Duration: 2x52 min. HD

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Wild Boar – The Comeback Wild Austria – Created by Water Das Comeback der Wildschweine Wildes Österreich – Lebensader Wasser

Part I: Frozen Peaks Part II: Rivers and Plains

This is the surprising story of the most underrated Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2017 Austria’s Alpine glaciers, ancient seas and mighty riv- sary. Adults can self-fertilize, one shrimp is enough to animal in our forests – and its remarkable come- Directed by Astrid Miller ers carved out amazing landscapes – key to her wild- ensure future generations. They all fit in to Austria’s back. Hunted, slaughtered and exterminated – that A co-production by ORF, ARTE, NDR and wega Film life today. Eagles, ibex, otters and deer are wellknown, unforgettable landscapes and Water’s endless cycle was the European wild boar’s fate throughout the in association with ORF-Enterprise and BMB but there are other, stranger creatures: Goldeneye and ever-changing forms. last century. But now it’s back! Its weapons: wili- Available worldwide except for France and Germany ducks breed high in tree nests. Once hatched, the ness, intelligence, and the ability to cope with soci- ducklings must follow their mother to the life-giving Duration: 2 x 52 min. Available 2017 ety’s encroachments. Just 20 years ago an encoun- river below. But they can’t fly, so it’s a leap of faith up Directed by Rita & Michael Schlamberger ter with a wild boar in central Europe was a rarity. to ten metres down. The tiny Bullhead is a fish that A co-production by ORF, ARTE, NDR and ScienceVision But now in some countries the stocks of wild boar can’t swim. It claws with its fins along the gravelly in association with ORF-Enterprise, supported by Cinestyria, have become a plague. bed of brooks to resist the current. One creature has Land Oberösterreich and Cine Tirol survived unchanged from the days of the dinosaurs: Available worldwide except for France and Germany the tadpole shrimp, a three-eyed hermaphrodite HD EV FV UT 5.1 813921 4K HD EV FV UT 5.1 814468 whose eggs can lie dormant for decades – if neces-

46 47 Empire of the Vineyard Greece – Highlands & Islands Planet Weingarten Griechenlands wilde Seite

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A well-tended vineyard nurtures the quality of Greece is a land of unique contrasts, with wild an- a wine over generations. But its micro-world is imals that have disappeared from the rest of Eu- a battleground, an animal empire fought over in rope! Archaic relationships, as befits one of Civili- hundreds of tiny dramas every day. The irresistible zation’s sources, and seemingly special powers like smell of fresh vine leaves tempts deer out of the Greek Gods! bushes. European and Asian ladybugs swarm out Highlands takes us to isolated places like the Vikos of their underground colony beside the vine after Gorge, Europe’s Grand Canyon and wild mountain sleeping though the cold season. Young rabbits streams. Scorpions perform their mating dance, play in the morning mists, under the watchful eye of gripping each other’s pincers for hours. At the foot Picture: © Stepan Kildishev / 123rf.com their mothers. An eagle owl swoops from the forest of Meteora monasteries lives the Scheltopusik, a bi- Picture: © ORF Universum / wega Film, Catkin Media to snatch voles between the vines, then flies 200 zarre legless lizard. Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 meters further to prey on the ducks in the river. The Islands are dedicated to Greece’s milder side: on Duration: 2 x 52 min. Available 2018 Directed by Eva-Maria Berger night owl shares its territory with a buzzard, which Rhodes, crabs hunt butterflies as they hang from Directed by Thassilo Franke Produced by Interspot Film and kwanza for ORF and France 2 only hunts during the day. A European green lizard the branches of the pine. A caterpillar defends itself A co-production by ORF, NDR, ARTE and wega Film Available worldwide except for France flashes the flamboyant blue of its neck to impress by turning into an Alien. And offshore, a cuttlefish Available worldwide except for Germany the females as it basks on the limestone walls, not flashes its message of fear, stress or courtship. far from its natural enemy, a smooth snake. HD EV FV UT 5.1 814466 4K HD EV UT 5.1 813876

Untamed Albania Wild Way of the Vikings Wildes Albanien Inseln aus Feuer und Eis

Far away in Europe’s south east is a country dom- This documentary follows the Vikings’ footsteps from inated by high peaks and crystal-clear waters, and the Norwegian Coast to Newfoundland, visiting each home to a vast range of wild animals: Albania. Lake of the magical islands of ‘Fire and Ice’ on the way: the Ohrid, Europe’s oldest lake, in the east, supports Shetlands, the Faroes, Greenland and Iceland. In sum- hundreds of endemic animals. It has outlived earth- mer, pilot whales appear in huge numbers in Faroese quakes, volcanic eruptions and even Ice Ages. The waters. On Iceland the dominant hunters aren’t hu- Balkans’ largest lake, Lake Scutari, once part of mans but wily arctic foxes. In mid-summer guillemot the Adriatic Sea, is a vast bird reserve protecting chicks leap from high ledges, aiming for the churning Dalmatian pelicans, the rarest on the planet. Just 7 sea 150 meters below. Any that don’t leap clear will meters deep, Lake Scutari hosts a variety of small quickly be grabbed by the opportunistic foxes that Picture: © ORF Universum / maramedia Picture: © ORF Universum / epo-Film, Carlos R. Villafa animals in its marshlands, that feed the herons, ibis patrol at the foot of the cliffs. Besides the polar bears, and flamingoes. In spring it’s covered by millions musk ox, wolves and arctic foxes, Greenland is home Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 1 x 52 min. Available 2017 Duration: of water lilies, perfect shelter for snakes and other to vast breeding colonies of geese and the dashing Directed by Nigel Pope Directed by Barbara Fally-Puskas predators. The rare greater spotted eagle doesn’t gyr falcon – one of the most formidable hunting ma- Produced by Maramedia for ORF, BBC, PBS and France 5 in Produced by epo-film for ORF in association with just swoop on its prey from the skies, but stalks it chines in Nature. Finally reaching the well-wooded association with ORF-Enterprise, National Geographic Channels ORF-Enterprise on the ground, too! This region has big predators, shores of Newfoundland, the camera dives beneath and SVT, supported by Creative Europe Available worldwide too: brown bears, wolves, lynx and jackals, in an in- the surface to watch the humpbacks as they breach Available worlwide except for the United Kingdom, the USA, tact habitat scarcely disturbed by humanity. This is and roll in pure exuberance. France and Sweden truly a hidden Eden! 4K HD EV UT 5.1 813880 HD EV FV UT 5.1 814821

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Picture: © Interspot Film GmbH, Fotograf: Franz Hafner Picture: © Interspot Film Wildes MexikoWildes Wilder Iran Wilder Wild Wonders of Iran Throated Hummingbirds, Mexican Free Tail Bats: their Aside from residents like jaguars,eagles,roadrunners Made in MexicoMade –Animal Voyagers fish andcrabs. with itsmost iconic animalsandmost spectacular deadly saw-scaled vipers battle with the poison - others return to it.Snow Geese, Gray Whales, Mex ous fat-tailed scorpions, and even long-eared Iran’s landscapesandwildlife exceed allexpecta- and tarantulas, there are alsomigrants that come in and eagles,sharksdolphinspatrol, hunting stories together create alivingmapofallMexico, Mexico isoneofearth’s few mega-biodiverse regions. Persian Gulfandthe ofOmanmeet,pelicans Dasht eKavir isoneofthebiggest saltdesertsin Mountains flanktheCaspianSea,green forests their millionsfrom allacross NorthandSouthAmer- the world, while onDashteLut’s great sanddunes, tions. IntheNorth,where the5,600-meter Elburz ica. Someanimaladventurers setofffrom Mexico, ican Dumpy Frogs, Monarch Butterflies, andRuby- hedgehogs! On the southern shores where the landscapes. look like Europe, with brown bears and leopards! Available worldwide except for Germany A co-production by ORF, NDRandInterspot Film Directed by Heike Grebe Duration: 1x52 min. Available worldwide except for Mexico A co-production by ORFandInterspot Film Duration: 1x52 min. HD HD

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UNIVERSUM The Shape of Africa Europe’s Wild West – Portugal Afrikas faszinierende Küsten Portugal – Europas Wilder Westen

Part I: The Ancient Bridge

UNIVERSUM Part II: Between Land and Sea UNIVERSUM Part III: Coast of Wonders

A unique new look at Africa, from its coastal outlines, Sustained by water from the mountains, nature featuring wildlife and landscapes, national parks and thrives in Portugal’s north, offering a lush habitat to game reserves unseen in other wildlife films. flocks of Greater flamingo. They seek out river es- tuaries or abandoned saline pools where they feed Part I reveals Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia as the land on shrimps. The shrimps’ eggs survive in dry salt bridge between Gondwana and the Eurasian conti- up to 5 years, until conditions are right to emerge. nent. Rhinoceros, big cats and antelopes, even camels High in the mountains the Spanish imperial eagle reached Africa through here, until the Red Sea wid- hunts rabbits and birds. Montados, forests of cork ened, creating fabulous coral reefs and warm waters oaks, are the perfect hideout for Iberian lynx. Here Picture: © ORF Universum for manta rays and dolphins. the great bustard, Europe’s heaviest bird, performs Part II shows how tectonics tore India from Africa’s a captivating mating dance while reciting a song Picture: © ORF Universum / Proell Film Duration: 3 x 52 min. Available 2019 east coast, with Madagascar in between, leaving irresistible to females. The whole display is some- Directed by Harald Pokieser amazing similarities in landscapes and preserving times watched by a Mediterranean chameleon, Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 A co-production by ORF and Cosmos Factory unique species. Europe’s endemic chameleon species. Far in the Directed by Erich Pröll Available worldwide Part III highlights the great contrasts of Africa’s west Atlantic, Madeira’s Desertas Islands are the only A co-production by ORF and Proell Film coast: harshest deserts, lushest jungles, rich Atlantic home of one of the largest and rarest species of Available worldwide fishing grounds and the edge of the Sahara. wolf-spider. Here rare Mediterranean monk seals have one of the last colonies, while sperm whales HD EV UT 5.1 814273 enjoy the ocean’s rich feeding grounds. 4K HD EV UT 5.1 814820

Wild Caribbean – Rhythms of Life Cuba’s Wild Revolution Faszinierende Karibik Kuba – Die Wilde Revolution

Volcanoes, corals and tectonic shifts – the three Cuba has some of the richest wildlife in the Car- great forces that formed the Caribbean as a cru- ibbean: 3,700 km of pristine coastline, mountain cible of creation. These different forces formed ranges still draped in primeval forest, swamps islands with wildly different flora and fauna: from teeming with moisture-loving creatures – and much the prehistoric solenodon on Cuba and Hispan- of it thrives because of Cuba’s revolution. Decades iola with its poisonous fangs, rear-end teats and of socialist government, U.S. embargoes and mini- prehensile nose, to Trinidad’s bats that hunt fish mal development have left the island virtually un- in the ocean by echolocation, and the milling changed. Picture: © Marion Pöllmann ‘cityscapes’ of the coral reefs and mangrove for- This film will feature Cuba’s wildlife where it meets ests. This is the Caribbean as you’ve never seen the island’s colonial and revolutionary past, and Duration: 3 x 52 min Available 2017 it before! present: from the clouds of vultures riding the up- Picture: © ORF Universum Directed by Marion Pöllmann & Rainer Bergomaz, drafts around Havana’s legendary ‘Habana Libre’ Florian Guthknecht, Barney Ruebe hotel to the Cuban boa constrictors making their Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 ORF, BR, ARTE, Blue Paw Artists, Flowmo- A co-production by homes in the deserted mansions of long-gone Directed by John Murray tion. Film and Ruebefilm, in association with ORF-Enterprise sugar barons, to the coral-smothered cannon of Produced by CTL Films for ORF, PBS, France 5 in association Available worldwide except for Germany and France wrecked Spanish galleons. Neighbors from Haiti to with ORF-Enterprise Jamaica may have flushed their natural wealth into Available worldwide except for the USA and France the sea; Cuba sits like a green jewel in azure Carib- bean waters, pulsing with life. HD EV FV UT 5.1 813867 4K HD EV FV UT 5.1 814819

52 53 Kestrels at Close Quarters Through a Raven’s Eye Turmfalken – Unsichtbare Nachbarn Im Auge des Raben – Das Tote Gebirge UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

The drama of life is unpredictable. This is as true for The Common Raven is the largest, cleverest and humans as for wild animals. Kestrels have learned to bravest European corvid – brave enough to make live close to man. They even raise their hatchlings in its home in the harsh landscape of the ‘Totes our towns. This is the story of two kestrel couples Gebirge’ – the ‘Dead Mountains’. This barren lime- bringing up their chicks in the same neighbourhood stone plateau at 2,500 meters soaks up rainwater, in the center of Vienna. While destiny crowns one leaving the peaks bone-dry. Further down, the pair’s breeding with success, the other kestrels face a precipitation creates a paradise of turquoise lakes, more brutal fate: they have chosen an inappropriate pristine springs, moss-covered forests and mysteri- Picture: © ORF Universum / PKM Film, Marion Kreuzer place to brood and raise their hatchlings. With a close ous moors. The temporary karst springs bring fur- look and unflinching passion this film reveals the ther specialist behaviour: landlocked Danube bleak Picture: © ORF Universum / Interspot, Georgine Sippl Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2017 family lives of Kestrels, their needs and efforts when make short and spectacular migrations to their Directed by Mario Kreuzer breeding, but also the life which follows a successful spawning grounds, and wallcreepers scurry up and Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 Produced by ORF and PKM Film brood. Once the fledglings learn to fly, both parents down steep cliffs, looking for larvae; while cham- Directed by Waltraud Paschinger and Patrick Centurioni Available worldwide and offspring face a vital decision: shall they stay in ois, ptarmigans and mountain hares eke out a living A co-production by ORF, ZDF/ ARTE and Interspot Film, support- Europe over the winter or head off to southern climes amongst the jagged rocks. Gliding on silent wings ed by Cinestyria, Land Oberösterreich and Austrian Television Fund with abundant prey? Whatever they decide, another through this landscape of contrasts, the raven takes Available worldwide except for Germany and France unpredictable drama of life beckons. us on a tour of his realm: this forbidding limestone 4K HD EV UT 5.1 814817 massif may appear dead - but through the raven’s HD EV FV UT 5.1 814816 eyes it’s anything but!

Hide & Eat – Brown Bear’s Paradise Walking with the Alpine Ibex Auf den Spuren Die Steinböcke vom Hochschwab der Karawanken-Bären

No other part in Southern Europe has such a They rest by night, a silhouette of snoring and sigh- high concentration of brown bears as Slovenia’s ing horns, with Capricorn’s stars high above in the and Croatia’s mediterranean karst. The bears milky Alpine skies. Only at full moon will they walk. hide in the untouched forests – no need for them Then the herd moves together, silently, gracefully, to cross paths with people. The bear cubs stay peacefully. Like ghosts their horned heads appear with their mother until she returns to oestrous. on the limestone ridges of the Hochschwab moun- Then, she chases them away and the cubs have tains. This massive range absorbs snowmelt and to find their own territory. The young brown rainfall like a gigantic sponge, supplying a million Picture: © ORF Universum / dreiD.at, Hansruedi Weyrich bears wander north until the massive Karawank people in Vienna a hundred miles away with crys- mountains block their way. But young bears are tal-clear water. Entering the distant, archaic, mys- Duration: 1 x 52 min Available 2018 curious hunters and fearless climbers. And yet tic world of the ibex was Bernhard Schatz’s dream. Picture: © ORF Universum / dreiD.at Directed by Eva Gressel crossing these mountains at up to 2,500 meters In this unique film we follow the Alpine ibex under A co-production by ORF and dreiD.at Filmproduktion is not even their most challenging mission - an Bernhard’s guidance over a whole year; we expe- Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 worldwide Available encounter with humans can bring a sudden end rience the amazing, sometimes hilarious, social Directed by Waltraud Paschinger to their daring journey through one of Europe’s behavior of these magical animals, filmed in the A co-production by ORF and dreiD.at Filmproduktion wildest landscapes. These spectacular Karawank heaviest snowstorms and in the cracking summer Available worldwide peaks with their harsh north faces and gentle heat. And with the ibex we also meet their animal southern slopes, home to teeming mediterrane- companions: chamois, marmots, golden eagles and an wildlife, mark the southern barrier of the Alps. European adders. 4K HD EV UT 5.1 814818 4K HD EV UT 5.1 814815

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Lost City of Gladiators Carnuntum – Stadt der Gladiatoren UNIVERSUM UNIVERSUM

The gladiator school at Carnuntum, Roman city on the Danube, turned slaves, prisoners, and also vol- unteers like our hero Atticus into skilled and brutal entertainers who could be re-exported throughout the Empire. Precision, speed and spectacular tech- nique made them true sports stars, kept in peak condition by their vegetarian diet and rigorous training. Gladiators earned well and paid private visits to wealthy women admirers. But a moment’s loss of concentration in the arena was lethal, and even in death, the loser must show no emotion. For two millennia, Carnuntum’s gladiator school was hidden beneath cornfi elds, but archaeologist Wolf- gang Neubauer’s scanners uncovered the training complex, reconstructed for this drama-documentary as part of a complete virtual Roman city; while gladiator experts and re-enactors give a uniquely authentic account of a gladiator’s life.

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Nero – Monster or Victim? Die Akte Nero

He’s the most notorious of all Roman emperors. He backs and re-enactments encourage the viewer to burned Rome, he engaged in incest, and killed his explore theories that are suddenly undermined by mother, his wife and thousands of Christians. He unexpected twists. The result: a reassessment of Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 was a psycho. But suppose it was all lies? What if Roman history. It’s time to re-examine the Nero Directed by Klaus T. Steindl and Klaus Feichtenberger the ‘crimes’ he committed never happened, or were Files. A co-production by Interspot Film, ORF, Smithsonian Channel, normal behaviour for a Roman emperor? Suppose France 5 and SBS in association with Austrian Television Fund, his enemies decided to trash his reputation, and Duration: 1 x 52 min. Available 2018 Land Niederösterreich and BMBF succeeded for two thousand years? Was Nero re- Directed by Klaus T. Steindl Available worldwide except for the USA, Canada, Australia ally a hero, who took from the rich and gave to the Produced by Interspot Film and France poor? Historians, psychologists, criminologists and Available worldwide toxicologists are brought in as this documentary reopens a cold case. Together they reveal a com- HD EV FV UT 5.1 813718 HD EV UT 5.1 813902 Pictures: © Interspot Film © Interspot Pictures: HISTORY plex web of lies, defl ections and intrigues. Flash-

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Cold War Chronicles Im Bann des Kalten Kriegs

Part I: Vienna and Berlin –

UNIVERSUM Deadly Neutrality, Cold Confrontation UNIVERSUM Part II: London – Disastrous Complacency Part III: Moscow – Armageddon Averted

For decades it seemed a permanent state of affairs: two superpowers with opposing ideologies vying for world domination, using propaganda and proxy conflicts, while a ’non-aligned’ bloc in between maneuvered to gain favour or stay out of trouble. The Cold War involved not only presidents, popes, soldiers and spies, but normal people. This blue chip docudrama presents the epoch from a new perspective – with the human factor at its centre – in Vienna, where spying and danger became a way of life; in Berlin, where the Wall was the visible expression of the epoch; in London, the diseased heart of western intelligence; and in Moscow, where generals and spymasters saw nuclear attack as a constant threat.

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The Woman Who Knew Too Much – A Cold Case from the Cold War Spiel mit dem Feuer – Der Fall Margarethe Ottillinger

Brilliant young Austrian economist Margarethe Ot- revelations from Russian and Austrian archives, this tillinger was arrested on 5th November 1948, cross- film turns a tragic personal story into an iconic ac- ing a bridge between the Soviet and American count of Cold War deceit and skullduggery. zones in post-war Vienna. It was a classic Cold War kidnapping. Ottilinger had been researching the So- viet exploitation of Austrian industry, but even after Duration: 1 x 52 min. / 1 x 45 min (EV) 2016 Duration: 3 x 52 min. Available 2017 her release from a Russian prison seven years lat- Directed by Klaus T. Steindl Directed by Martin Betz er, she never learned the official reason for her de- A co-production by ORF and epo-film in association with the Produced by pre tv, Taglicht Media tention and torture. The rumour persisted that she Austrian Television Fund, Land Niederösterreich and BMBF Available worldwide was sacrificed by her boss and lover, the Austrian Available worldwide economics minister Peter Krauland. He had a Nazi past and there was evidence of a complicated web HD EV UT 5.1 814280 HD EV UT 5.1 813898

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Winnetou – The Real Story Mysteries of the Stone Age Winnetou – Die Reise zu Winnetou Steinzeit – Rätsel der Steinzeit

He has been a hero for generations of readers: of the Mandan Tribe. Thanks to this relationship it They seem to have come from another world: circles Was there a secret connection between the cultures Winnetou, the noble Apache, created by author became possible for Von Wied and Karl Bodmer to and buildings made of gigantic stones. The most fa- that built the megalith circles? New studies and the Karl May in the late 19th Century. Millions of readers see the world of the indigenous peoples through mous are Stonehenge in Britain and Carnac in France. latest international research reveal fresh clues to the and viewers have been riveted by his adventures, different eyes. But these megaliths from the Stone Age – 5,000 biggest mysteries of the Stone Age. and his friendship with the frontiersman Old Shat- years BCE – are found all round the world, as recent terhand. Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 discoveries show. There appears to be a network of Duration: 2 x 50 min. Available 2017 Behind the fiction lies a true story. In April 1833, sci- Directed by Peter Adler sites from the north of Scotland to the Mediterranean Directed by Barbara Fally-Puskas entist Maximilian von Wied, a German prince, and A co-production by A co-production by NDR/ARTE and Metafilm (Malta alone has around 30 temples) to the Far East A co-production by ORF, SR/ARTE, ZDF, SRF, RAI-Bozen, Swiss painter Karl Bodmer travelled up the Missouri in association with ORF-Enterprise and Austrian Television Fund – with gigantic graves in Korea. It’s still not clear how epo-film, Prounen Film and Vaughan Video in association with by steamboat. They planned to observe and record Available except for Germany and France ancient civilizations managed to create these fantas- Austrian Television Fund, Cine Art, BMB and Land NÖ the indigenous peoples and the epic landscape of tic stone structures. How did they lift the huge blocks Available worldwide except for Germany, France and Switzerland the American West. During the trip, Von Wied be- into place? And what can we learn about those soci- HD EV FV UT 5.1 813910 HD EV FV 5.1 814791 friended Mato Tope (‘Four Bears’,) the deputy chief eties? What were the turning points in their history?

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Pictures: © ORF / West4Media the markets. press, new technologies andtheglobalisation of ing ofsexual rules,modernmarketing, thetabloid ism, theemancipation ofwomen andthebreak- up ourcurrent reality: consumer culture andtour- breathtaking speedcreated everything that makes was where thosemembersofsocietymetwhoat Arthur SchnitzlerandRichard Strauss. The Sacher quented parlourofartists suchasGustav Klimt, the hotel. The SacherHotel becamethemuch-fre- in therooms, suites, restaurants, cafés andbarsof ropean societycould noteschew. They heldcourt the private andpublicspheres that theelites ofEu- Anna Sacher. Sheblendedahighlyattractive mixof the hotel isattuned to theheartbeat ofonewoman: al withacleardivisionofroles. To thepresent day artistry, thevery fi nest patisserie and courtly ritu- cosmopolitan openness, theultimate inculinary it fi rst openedin1876, thehotel has represented realm ofthesocialelites for almost 150years. Since The legendarySacherHotel inVienna hasbeenthe ihr Hotel und Sacher Anna Die Königin von Wien – Hotel her and Sacher Anna of – Vienna The Queen Available worldwide Television Fund produktion inassociation withVienna FilmFund andAustrian A co-production by ORF, ARTE andNikolaus Geyrhalter Film- Directed by Beate Thalberg Duration: 1x52 min. HD

FV 814776 2016 power and powerlessness. the political fi gure, showing amancaught between documentary off ersaglimpseofthepersonbehind 11 nationalities andeven more ethnicgroups. This challenges for thedual monarchy was to unite the of itspotential andproblems. Oneofthegreatest Habsburg Monarchy, a multi-ethnic state with all centuries, collapsed. Hebecamethesymbol ofthe vember 1916,thedynasty, whichhadendured for the passing of Emperor Franz Joseph on 21st No- longest reigning Habsburg monarch. Notlongafter Franz Joseph’s rulelasted 68years, makinghimthe zwischen Macht und Ohnmacht letzteDer große Kaiser –Franz I. Joseph Powerlessness and Power between EmperorThe Last –Franz I. Joseph Available worldwide A co-production by ORF/3sat andVaughan Video Directed by Ronald and Roswitha Vaughan Duration: 1x52 min. HD

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FACTUAL An Outdoor Parlour – Traveling like in Imperial Times Sommerfrische – Reisen wie zu Kaisers Zeiten

From the days of the Habsburg monarchy, the Adriatic coast, the Salzkammergut, Lakes Garda and Worthersee, and the Dolomites were the most exclusive destinations for upper classes and nobil- ity. People travelled to the countryside with all the amenities of the city, and combined the benefits of well-tended natural surroundings and urban conviv-

FACTUAL iality as if they were attending an outdoor parlour. FACTUAL Writers, actors and composers were inspired by the orchestrated natural idyll. To date, these former Picture: © Creative Commons CC0 / Pixabay summer resorts are characterised by nostalgia for the supposed “good old days” of imperial Austria. Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 Directed by Gernot Stadler A co-production by ORF/3sat and Gernot Stadler Filmproduktion Available worldwide

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Longing for the Coast Sehnsucht nach dem Küstenland

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The coastlines of the upper Adriatic sea around Dui- Cats for Millions – The anything but placid world of Rosina Wachtmeister no and Trieste, the shores of Istria and the islands of Katzen für Millionen – Die gar nicht beschauliche Welt von Kvarner Bay off the coast of Rijeka, formerly Fiume, Rosina Wachtmeister are closely linked to the history of Austria. Between 1335 (Carniola) and 1797 (west coast of Istria), the different counties and districts came into the pos- session of the House of Habsburg and thus became Austrian. The important port of Trieste was under As a young, penniless puppeteer and mother of Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 Austrian rule for over 500 years and, from 1849, an illegitimate child, Rosina Wachtmeister comes Directed by Miriam Jakobs and Gerhard Schick was also the capital of the newly created crown to Rome in the early 1970s. She’s left with nothing. Produced by Film und Kontext for ORF land of the Austrian littoral. The – to some extent – Out of boredom she starts painting, and millions of Available worldwide Picture: © Gernot Stadler centuries’ old Austrian rule left clear traces behind people learn to love her golden cat pictures. She in the region: in its architecture, the development of sells them and uses the money to buy an Italian vil- Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 the transportation infrastructure, and in the minds lage where she creates a world far from the public. Directed by Gernot Stadler of the people. It offers a home to wild dogs and grounded artists. A co-production by ORF/3sat and Gernot Stadler Filmproduktion We dive into the adventurous universe of Rosina Available worldwide Wachtmeister and depict her development from an unknown young puppeteer to a globally operating artist and strident patron saint of a whole village. HD EV 814792 HD EV 814793

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Picture: © Creative Commons CC0 / Pixabay Picture: © Creative Commons CC0 / Pixabay live together. less possible, for Jews, Christians and Muslims to fi lmabouthow itisnotalways easy, butneverthe- Father Ferenc SimonandImamRamazanDemir. A ferences between them.RabbiSchlomo Hofmeister, their religions and discussed the similarities and dif- ited themost signifi cantplaces ofpilgrimage for Austria to the Holy Land, where together they vis- impossible friendship”followed thethree menfrom like thestart ofajoke, really happened:“An almost A rabbi, apriest andanimammeet...What sounds Rabbi, Priester undImam Eine unglaublicheFreundschaft – Rabbi, Priester andImam An Almost Impossible Friendship– jobs willbecome automated inthenext 20years. formance-obsessed society. Fiftypercent oftoday’s choice. Burn-outisoneofthesymptoms ofaper- is increasing; many are dropping out,andnotby let turnemployees into entrepreneurs. The pressure mands more selfcontrol andself-organization, and This off ersmore freedom andautonomy, butde- ible work centres withthelookofalivingroom. sofa, thecoff eeshop, orfrom oneofthenew fl ex- More and more people are working from their own Wer hat morgen Arbeit? Digital, fl exibel, überfl üssig – Who willhave aJobtomorrow? Digital, Easy, outofPlace – Available worldwide Produced by ORF/3sat Directed by Constanze GrießlerandFranziska Mayr-Keber Duration: 1x52 min. Available worldwide Produced by Cinevision for ORFinassociation withBMBF Directed by Peter Beringer Duration: 1x30min. HD HD

EV EV 814794 814795 2016 2011 fact ofbeingfastened inby walls andlocked gates. The strict separation ofJews andnon-Jews. The tures: The compulsion for theJews to settle there. The ideaoftheghetto comprised three key fea- turning pointinthehistory oftheJewish people. birth oftheGhetto represents inmany respects a notorious namefrom adisused copper foundry. The Ghetto. Founded inVenice, ittook what becameits far-reaching inventions ofthemodernage: 2016 seesthe500 500 Jahre Ghetto von500 Venedig Years500 of the Ghetto in Venice th anniversary ofonethemost Available worldwide except for Germany andFrance Film inassociation withAustrian Television Fund andBMBF A co-production by ORF, BR,NDR/ARTE, Metafi lmand Tellux Directed by KlausSteindl andYury Winterberg Duration: 1x90min. HD

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FACTUAL The Search for the Secret Here and Staying – What Migrants Dem Geheimnis auf der Spur Think About Refugees Gekommen und geblieben – Wie Migranten über Flüchtlinge denken

Brother David Steindl-Rast was born 90 years ago, For them too, it was hard at first: migrants who on 12th July 1926 in Vienna. He is among the world’s came to Austria years ago first had to learn the lan- leading spiritual masters of the present day. The guage and then find their place in society. What do Dalai Lama wrote the foreword to his book, Credo. they think now – after many years being established Their joint appearances are some of the most excit- in the country – about the refugees currently arriv- ing of all interfaith dialogues. ing in Austria? A film with migrants about their view of the new arrivals. FACTUAL FACTUAL

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The Art of Healing I Dream in German Kunst des Heilens Ich träume auf Deutsch

Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda are “We will manage.” The familiar sentence from An- booming. But the traditional European medicine gela Merkel has become a byword for positivity in that above all was taught and passed on in the an- the migration debate. However everyone agrees on cient monasteries is also now being rediscovered. one thing: the refugees should be “integrated” into The holistic view of man included, alongside his their host countries as quickly as they can be to spirituality, also his corporeality. Hildegard of Bin- minimize the financial and political consequences gen, Paracelsus and Pastor Sebastian Kneipp are as far as possible. But what does “integration” actu- outstanding figures in this tradition. Abbeys and really mean? To what extent may people retain their ligious houses are today taking up the ancient art of own ideas of religion, values, right and morals and healing in their treatment programmes. still be thought of as integrated? A documentary from Austria, Germany and Sweden which seeks to Picture: © Creative Commons CC0 / Pixabay examine in detail what integration really means and Picture: © tausend Rosen how it can be successful. Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2016 Directed by Maria Magdalena Koller Directed by Martin Betz A co-production by Thalia-Film GesmbH for ORF Produced by tausend Rosen for ORF Available worldwide Available worldwide

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70 71 Maria Stromberger – The Power of Gratitude A Nurse in Auschwitz Die Macht der Dankbarkeit Maria Stromberger – Kann man nach Auschwitz noch glauben?

Maria Stromberger, who was born in 1898 in Metnitz, Grouchy and dissatisfied – who doesn’t feel that lived in Vorarlberg before she voluntarily reported way sometimes? In “The Power of Gratitude” we to Auschwitz to serve as a nurse in the SS infirmary. meet prominent people who might have good rea- Maria Stromberger took up her duties in Auschwitz son to moan, but who nevertheless are grateful for on 1st October 1942. She was received with the their lives – even if they have not always had it easy. words, “Sister, you have difficult service ahead of you.” She became the Angel of Auschwitz, a nurse

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The Gift of a Day In Need of Men – Der geschenkte Tag The image of Men is Changing Not am Mann – Männerbild im Wandel

The report “The Gift of a Day” follows six people as What is a “typical man” or a “typical woman”? they go about their voluntary activities for one day Which ideals have been linked to manliness and – in a variety of quite different fields. “It is one of femaleness over the course of time? The fathers the most sensible things that I have ever done in my who used to fight in the Second World War passed life!” says pensioner Elisabeth Benesch, who gives on their ideals of manliness, orderliness, discipline her time to people who themselves have little time and conscientiousness to their sons and grandsons. left in the palliative care ward of her local hospital. They started rebelling in 1968. At the same time, And she herself is rewarded in return: “The experi- feminism and feminist movements were constantly ences that I have had doing this are a blessing that present, followed by quota policy and Sex Discrim- nobody can take away from me,” she says. ination Acts. Clear evidence that male confessions don’t always sync with mental insights. Picture: © Creative Commons CC0/ Pixabay Picture: © Creative Commons CC0 / Pixabay

Duration: 1 x 53 min. 2011 Duration: 1 x 48 min. 2016 Directed by Marlene Alber Directed by Edith Stohl and Florian Gebauer Produced by Langbein & Partner for ORF Produced by epo-film for ORF and BMB Available worldwide Available worldwide

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74 WORLD JOURNAL as itis,cruel,exciting. insights into theworld inwhichwe live: asbeautiful vidual lifestyles andlife inforeign cultures, provide velopments, aswell asfirst-hand films about indi- international reporting onpoliticalandsocialde- every day. Thrilling documentariesandexciting issues oftheday asthey happenaround theworld nationally debated events andaddresses thebig World Journal presents current reports and inter- Weltjournal World Journal Pictures: ©ORF European future together. suspicion ofEuropean influencesa andlonging for on the other side, the people balance between deep more actively against theRussian neighbors.InRussia pointment, becauseEurope doesn’tsupport Ukraine Ukraine, Europe still meanshope. Despite thedisap - consequences oneveryday life. However, for many in turns away from European values andtheresulting new fronts”. InHungaryheshows how anEU-country Europe’s borders andgotto thebottom of“Europe’s er Christian Schullervisited thepoliticalhotspotsat the concept ofanenemy orasobsolete. ORF-report- movements that see Europe’s open societyeither as and Russia, political movements are on the rise, But that seemsto beover now. InHungary, Ukraine Revolution were regarded asemergences to Europe. around us. The fall oftheIron Curtain andtheOrange ample that willdetermine thefuture ofthesocieties For alongtime, Europe haslooked at itselfasanex Europas Fronten neue Fronts New Europe’s political solutionfurtheraway thanever. stable equilibrium–neitherwar norpeace, witha to live as normala life as possible – a life in an un- day, butinthe centre ofDonetskthepeoplestrive aid ofallkinds.The suburbsare still underfire to- formances. The football stadium serves asahubfor but theopera andtheatre continue to stage per- struction. The gloss ofthepre-war era hasgone, turmoil ofwar inDonetskandthearduous recon- crisis-hit region. Itshows thepoliticalconflicts, the insight into theworking conditions inthiswar-torn, becoming ever greater. “MyDonetsk”provides an is – not least because of the Ukrainian embargo – pro-Russian separatists andtheinfluence ofRussia ago. The renegade Donetsk is the stronghold of the al headlineswiththeadvent offightingtwo years its football club, Shakhtar, buthittheinternation- probably onlyknown before thewar thanksto The industrial cityofDonetskintheUkraine was DonezkMein Donetsk My - Available worldwide Produced by ORF Directed by Christian Schüller Duration: 1x53 min. Available worldwide Produced by ORF Directed by Christian Wehrschütz Duration: 1x30min./45 min. HD HD

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FACTUAL Poland – Heading Right Olympic Fever in Rio Polen – Unterwegs nach rechts Brasilien – Olympische Spiele in Krisenzeiten

First Hungary, now Poland – a massive swing to the More than 15,000 athletes and tens of thousands of right is taking place in Eastern Europe. Since Po- coaches, support staff and spectators are expected land’s nationalist party holds office, an authoritarian to travel to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. style has taken over: free media are under pressure, Following the controversial hosting of the football militias are formed, civil rights are limited and abor- World Cup, Brazil is on the verge of its next great tions to be forbidden again. While some are afraid of sporting event, yet Brazil’s economy is mired in cri- losing democracy, others support the politics of their sis, the infrastructure is disastrous, and the securi-

FACTUAL government. Jakub, around 27 years old is a member ty situation due to the still enormous inequality is FACTUAL of a paramilitary group in the east of Poland. March- challenging. ing, shooting, fighting – exercises for the case of an This documentary visits the city to find out more, Picture: © ORF Picture: © ORF emergency. He wishes for more border controls and taking in diverse areas from Copacabana to Sug- is against the Schengen Agreement. Marija is 23 and arloaf Mountain, from Rio’s chic beach district of Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 30 min. / 1 x 45 min. 2016 claimed during the Corpus Christi procession in Cra- Ipanema with its hip cafes and restaurants, where Directed by Julia Rudich und Christa Hofmann Directed by Beate Haselmayer cow that she’s in favor of tightening the abortion law even a simple evening meal can cost €100, to the Produced by ORF Produced by ORF as planned by the government. An abortion should favelas in the hills in the north of the city, the rough Available worldwide Available worldwide only be possible if the mother’s life is threatened, but slums of Brazil. not after a rape or due to serious disabilities. Parts of the Polish civil society are against it and call for HD EV 814807 HD EV UT 814482 demonstrations against the government’s politics.

Hillary vs. Donald – A Nation Divided Paphos – No Man’s Home USA – Der ungewöhnlichste Paphos – Das Leben der Anderen in Wahlkampf Zyperns verlassenen Häusern

Donald Trump was nominated the presidential can- What happens to a society in which every fifth is didate of the Republicans in mid-July. Displeasing forced to leave his home and live at someone else’s the party-establishment, the rude billionaire unex- place? When Cyprus was politically divided in 1974, pectedly won the primaries, but right until the end, large parts of the population were forcefully moved. leading republicans denied supporting him. 200,000 people, almost 20% of the entire popula- Situated in the Midwest, Ohio is considered “The tion were affected. Real America”. Whoever wins Swing-State Ohio Even whole villages have lost their entire original during the presidential election campaign has a population. This movie tells the story of this cultur- high chance of moving into the white house. At al dislocation from the perspective of two young least that’s what statistics say. Cyprians. Critically asking, they are representatives Hannelore Veit met people from all over Ohio, peo- of a young generation full of intelligent, self-confi- Picture: © BSX-Schmölzer Picture: © ORF ple who are rarely heard of in the headlines. From dent and politically interested Cyprians who want the coal region in the Southeast, via the cities of to leave behind the deadlocked position of their Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 the Rust-Belts and the land of the farms, right to parents and grandparents concerning the Cyprus Directed by Hansjürgen Schmölzer Directed by Hannelore Veit Lake Erie in Cleveland. Among the people she has dispute and its consequences. Without losing track A co-production by ORF and BSX-Schmölzer Produced by ORF met, there are passionate Trump fans, as well as of their cultural origin. On their way they meet two Available worldwide Available worldwide people who would never vote anything else but a strong Cyprian women who shaped the reapprais- democrat. al of the conflict in the past few years in individual ways. HD EV 814808 HD EV 814248

76 77 A North Korean Diary My Kabul

„My Kabul“ tells the divers story and the colorful My first visit to North Korea was in 2005, when the culture of the 4-million-habitant city at the Hindu regime was still ruled by Kim Jong Il. Kush. The country had not yet admitted to possessing nu- The documentary provides insight into how Kabul’s clear weapons, but I found it strange that Western music scene is strongly linked to Austria, reveals the media showed such disinterest towards this isola- secrets of Afghan art and shows the once powerful tionist state: why were they ignoring a country that Taliban spokesman who spent years in the US pris- still ran concentration camps? on camp in Guantanamo Bay and talks about the incredible violence against women. FACTUAL FACTUAL

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North Korea – Opening up Iran – A Chance for Marathon for the People Business and Human Rights

North Korea is one of the most isolated countries For a decade Iran has been excluded from inter- in the world – and yet it gives sports enthusiasts national trade because of its nuclear policies. With the unique opportunity to participate in a marathon the ending of sanctions in mid-January, the Islam- through the capital Pjongjang. Dozens of internation- ic theocracy has again stepped onto the interna- al runners use the huge event also to find out more tional trade stage. It remains to be seen whether or about country and people, about military and nuclear not the opening up of the economy will also lead Picture: © ORF III / Luca Faccio programs or about the cautious modernization. to socio-political change. There are still systematic human rights violations, arbitrary arrests and hun- Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 dreds of executions every year. Picture: © ORF Directed by Luca Faccio Directed by Patrick Hafner A co-production by ORF III and Luca Faccio Produced by ORF Duration: 1 x 30 min./ 1 x 45 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 Available worldwide Available worldwide Directed by Beate Haselmayer Directed by Friedrich Orter HD 814772 HD EV 814809 Produced by ORF Produced by ORF Available worldwide Available worldwide

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China – The Largest City in the World On the Run Outside of China the largest city in the world is hardly known: Chongqing at the Yangtze Kiang is 26 year old cameraman Abdulmajid Raslan filmed as big as Austria in size, has around 30 million in- the turmoil of war in Syria which made him the habitants and continues to grow. Unlike the devel- deadly enemy for the Assad government as well as oped cities in the eastern coastal areas that are only the ISIS terrorists. When his father is deeply injured growing slowly, the speed of growth and develop- by a sniper and his wife expects their child, Ab- ment is even rising in China’s interior. dulmajid draws up a plan: together with his father he will make his path to Europe and then bring his Picture: © ORF / Mabon Film wife, mother and brother as well. But the way to Eu- Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2016 rope is a treacherous trail. An odyssey begins and Duration: 1 x 50 min. 2015 Directed by Raimund Löw a race against time as the ISIS is getting closer and Directed by Andreas Mannsberger Produced by ORF closer to the borderland. Abdulmajid Raslan filmed Produced by Mabon Film for ORF Available worldwide the most important stations during this exceptional Available worldwide journey and shows a breathtaking report from the HD EV 814810 HD EV UT 814242 Picture: © ORF perspective of a war refugee.

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Romania – The Scramble for Land Turkey – Quo Vadis The Roots of Violence Kenia – Call for Action

The dominant position of the Austrian investors who What was going on during the coup attempt, the This documentary risks a foray into important aspects Billions of development aid has been pumped into secured access to important resources in Romania mass arrest and mass dismissal in Turkey and how of research into violence throughout the history of the African continent but now, Africa calls for the is now bringing more and more critics to the scene. did it affect the political sentiment? mankind. West to stop sending development aid.

Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2015 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2013 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2015 Directed by Kurt Langbein Directed by Julieta Rudich and Christian Schüller Directed by Kurt Langbein Directed by Julieta Rudich Produced by Langbein & Partner for ORF Produced by ORF Produced by Langbein & Partner Media for ORF Produced by ORF Available worldwide Available worldwide Available worldwide Available worldwide

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The Baltic States – Russians The Struggle for Housing – Europe – Work until You Drop The Biomassacre in the EU Unaffordable Living in Europe? Take a trip through a Europe undergoing demo- Do our efforts in reducing CO2 and working on an After the independence of Estonia, Latvia and A touching portrait of people who work full time graphic change. environmentally sustainable future in the end only Lithuania 25 years ago, the former Soviet citizens and yet are still forced to live on the street. destroy more of our “green lungs”? have to find a new identity.

Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2015 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2013 Duration: 1 x 29 min. 2014 Duration: 1 x 30 min. / 1 x 45 min. 2015 Directed by Patrick Hafner Directed by Alexander Steinbach and Julieta Rudich Directed by Christa Hofmann Directed by Burgit Bock Produced by ORF Produced by ORF Produced by ORF Produced by ORF/3sat and ORF Available worldwide Available worldwide Available worldwide Available worldwide

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80 81 The Battle for Water Mumbai Loved and Hated – On Surviving in the Mega City Is the elixir of life – water – a public commodity or is it ok to do business with it on a grand scale? This impressive report portrays people of extreme contrasts that are connected by this megalopolis.

Duration: 1 x 31 min. 2013 Directed by Alexander Steinbach and Patrick Hafner Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2014 Produced by ORF Directed by Patrick Hafner Available worldwide Produced by ORF Available worldwide

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Around 2000 Austrian citizens sympathize with the radical ideas of the Jihadists.

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Pilgrimage between Faith and India – The Wedding Business I + II Holidaying the Chinese Way The Red Billionaires Money Arranged marriages are still commonplace in India. The report follows China’s new middle class and Although the wealth of politicians’ families is an em- Two brothers and their Moslem father undertake a NGOs hide young couples who don’t want to be shows their extraordinary travel behavior. barrassing subject at the current party congress, the great journey – the islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. forced to get married; private investigators spe- majority of rich Chinese love to show what they have. cialize in infidelity. Duration: 1 x 29 min. 2014 Duration: 1 x 30 min. 2012 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Duration: 2 x 30 min. / 2 x 45 min. 2015 Directed by Jörg Winter Directed by Jörg Winter Directed by Faris Endris Rahoma Directed by Patrick Hafner Produced by ORF Produced by ORF Produced by ORF in association with ORF-Enterprise Produced by ORF Available worldwide Available worldwide Available worldwide Available worldwide

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82 83 Spotlight Murder – Real Murders, Smart Cities Real Investigators, Real Thrills What should the cities of the future look like? Urban The eight-part crime reenactment series combines planners are broadly in agreement that they should the plot-driven narrative structure of a classic who- be green, efficient, technologically advanced, and dunit mystery with the events of a real murder case. above all sustainable, and to this end are planning The series is presented by the real investigators, the smart cities of the future. crime scene technicians, and medical examiners in charge of the original cases. They relate their impressions during the investigation and explain it step by step. In elaborate reenactment scenes, the audience is sent on an exciting investigative journey. FACTUAL All episodes of the series are based on real murder FACTUAL cases solved by the Vienna police. The real killers were convicted — hence the clear message of the series: “There is no perfect murder. At the end of Picture: © ORF the day, everyone makes a mistake.” Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2015 Caution! Spotlight Murder is not for the faint of Directed by Claudia and Peter Giczy heart. A co-production by ORF, Giczy Media and BMVIT Available worldwide

Duration: 8 x 45 min. 2015 HD EV UT 814481 Directed by Chris Raiber A co-production by ORF and Interspot in association with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide 2x Oil-Power versus E-Power: HD EV 814446 An Industry Reinvents Itself

The spectacular circumnavigation of the globe by a purely solar-powered plane has shown what new energy is capable of. Hot on the heels of the electric car comes the electric aeroplane. Picture: © ORF/ 3sat / Peppo Wagner Filmproduktion Techno Sapiens – The Future of the Human Species Techno Sapiens – Die Zukunft der Spezies Mensch

The boundaries between man and machine, be- Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 tween technology and nature, are becoming in- Directed by Peppo Wagner creasingly blurred and might even disappear A co-production by ORF/3sat and Peppo Wagner completely in the future. Information technology, Filmproduktion Picture: © ORF / Bahnorama / Solar Impulse genetic engineering and nanotechnology are not Available worldwide only making considerable inroads into society, but Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2015 also more and more directly into human nature. The Directed by Harald Scherz day when Homo sapiens is able to consciously de- A co-production by ORF III and SH Production, sign and radically change himself is not far away. A Symes Schutzmann & CoKG far-reaching optimisation of the human race using Available worldwide both existing and future technology seems to be the next logical step that mankind will. HD EV 814479 HD EV 814811 SCIENCE Film © Interspot Picture:

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86 NEWTON This episode traces the origins of laughter, making Viewers find out everything they need to know Scientist Citizen Science –Everyone’s a Behind the We Scenes When Behind Fly? Scientists, food savers andchefsinthesmartfight generation. and wafer-thin solarcells canrevolutionise energy “Nano research” illustrates how flexible batteries tics really beattributed to theancestors ofourpetdogs. gressive, dangerous andscary–canthesecharacteris- In fables andfairytales, thewolf isoften describedasag- formation. body are involved intheproduction ofgeneticin- to aNobelPrize in2030. What parts ofthehuman The work ofthree researchers who could bringit PrizeThe Nobel of Winners the Future find new ways andsolutions to scientificquestions against food wastage. about safety, engineering and the physics of flight. Explore theworld of brewing andthevariety of Hobby researchers are working with scientists to using group intelligence. ing peopletakingpartinlaughter exercises. ingredients that master brewers use. not onlycomparisons with great apes, but also film- NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW

Why we do Laugh? Wolves Beer –Science in aGlass Beer The Fight Against Food Waste Nano ResearchNano Above the Clouds – What Happens Above the Clouds –What Happens Produced by ORF Directed by SusanneKainberger Duration: 1x22min. Produced by ORF Directed by SusanneKainberger Duration: 1x22min. Produced by ORF Directed by Katrin Mackowski Duration: 1x22min. Produced by BlueDanubeMediafor ORF Directed by HadmarCharley Mayer Duration: 1x22min. Produced by ORF Directed by Katrin Mackowski Duration: 1x22min. Produced by filmwerkstatt Wien for ORF Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck andGerald Benesch Duration: 1x22min. Produced by ORF Directed by NadineMaehs Duration: 1x20min. Produced by ORF Directed by Katrin Mackowski Duration: 1x22min. HD HD HD HD HD HD HD HD

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FACTUAL Winter Sports without Snow Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2015 Tricks of the Engine Builders Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2015 Directed by Bibiane Zeller-Presenhuber Directed by Katrin Mackowski What does the future of snowmaking technology Produced by ORF David Straetz, the author and test driver, explains Produced by ORF hold? how the history of emissions tricks goes back well HD EV 814268 into the 1970s. HD EV 814485

Duration: 1 x 20 min. 2015 FACTUAL History’s Profiler FACTUAL Directed by Judith E. Innerhofer Traffic in Motion Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2015 “History’s profiler” combines modern technology Produced by Langbein & Partner for ORF Directed by Hadmar Mayer to draw secrets and yet unknown details from the Newton, the TV science magazine, takes a glimpse Produced by Blue Danube Media Produktions GmbH for ORF world’s past. at the major technical challenges in cableway con- HD EV 814262 struction. HD EV 814233

Forensics – Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2014 Duration: 1 x 21 min. 2014 Chief Inspector Science Directed by Katrin Mackowski Stop or Go for Electric Cars Produced by ORF Directed by Saskia Veenenbos-Horak CSI Newton follows scientific “trackers” and shows The future of new avenues in battery research will Produced by ORF the science that investigators use to track criminals. decide the future of mobility. HD EV 813913 HD EV 813911

Pyrotechnics Duration: 1 x 23 min. 2014 Perpetuum Mobile Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2015 Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck and Gerald Benesch How much technology is necessary to make flashes Produced by Filmwerkstatt Wien Learn more about the physical reasons for the im- Produced by filmwerkstatt wien for ORF and bangs in this billion-dollar business? possibility of a perpetual motion machine! HD EV 813678 HD EV 813897

Freezing for Science Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 Water Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2014 Directed by Nadine Maehs Directed by Biblane Zeller-Presenhuber and Nadine Maehs “Freezing for Science” shows which material the Produced by ORF “Water” examines the use of the resource water Produced by ORF perfect winter coat is made from and surprises with and shows how many tons of plastic are washed HD EV 813916 new findings. into the Black Sea every day. EV 813567

Solar Decathlon Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 Science for Sale Duration: 1 x 21 min. 2013 Directed by Claudia and Peter Giczy Directed by Bert Ehgartner Follow international engineering students in com- Produced by Claudia Giczy Filmproduktion The documentary shows the balancing act between Produced by Langbein & Partner petition to construct the best energy-autonomous, science on behalf of research and its industrial part- sustainably built house. HD EV 813570 HD EV 813564 ners.

3D Printers Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 Hydrogen – Fuelling our Future? Duration: 1 x 25 min. 2013 Directed by Bibiane Presenhuber Directed by Roland Aßmann “3D Printers” dives into the exciting world of 3D Produced by ORF Is hydrogen the answer for alternative energies? Produced by West4Media printing and examines the consequences of this EV 813566 HD EV 813577 new technology.

88 89 Soil, Insects, High-Tech and Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2015 Insect Cuisine Duration: 1 x 23 min. 2012 Junk Food Directed by Bibiane Zeller-Presenhuber Directed by Susanne Kainberger Produced by ORF Could insect cuisine become a nutritional alterna- Produced by ORF How do science and digital cooking change our tive? HD EV 814251 EV 813575 food?

Urban Legends – Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2014 The Fear Business Directed by Susanne Kainberger The Pearl Divers Duration: 1 x 20 min. 2016 Produced by ORF Directed by Gerald Benesch and Barbara Weissenbeck Cell phone radiation, dowsing, gurus — “Urban Korneuburg has a 16 mio. years old oyster bed, only Produced by filmwerkstatt Wien for ORF Legends” tracks myths and legends that we a small part has been preserved and was excavated HD EV HD EV 813912 814484 believe without questioning them. in order to interpret today’s climate changes. FACTUAL FACTUAL Looking for the Kick Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2014 Surtsey – The Birth of an Island Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 Directed by Susanne Kainberger Directed by Momo Rabenschlag This episode analyzes the dangers and effects of Produced by ORF Follow the emergence of an island and the develop- Produced by ORF drugs. ment of an ecosystem that is growing with it HD EV 813915 HD EV 813568

Hormones in Cosmetics Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2014 Vertical Farming Duration: 1 x 14 min. 2013 Directed by Katrin Mackowski Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck “Hormones in Cosmetics” uncovers the health haz- Produced by ORF Could vertical agriculture in high rise buildings offer Produced by Filmwerkstatt Wien ards hidden in shampoos, body lotions, lipsticks a solution fort he climate change? EV 813566 HD EV 813562 and more.

Energy Drinks Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2014 Intelligent Animals Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 Directed by Niki Popper and Michael Posset Directed by Kurt Langbein and Florian Gebauer What is actually behind the promises of the many Produced by drathwarenhandlung film & animation See the enormous cognitive, creative and commu- Produced by Langbein & Partner manufacturers? nicative services that animals can perform. HD EV 813680 HD EV 813561

Biotopia – The Bio Boom Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 The History of the Mobile Duration: 1 x 23 min. 2013 Directed by Niki Popper and Michael Posset Directed by Bibiane Presenhuber and Doris Plaichner Explore the new trend for all things “bio”. Produced by Landsiedl Popper OG “The History of the Mobile” looks at the history of Produced by ORF mobile telecommunications and shows what the HD EV 813565 mobile has in store for the future. EV 813569

The Sugar Trap Duration: 1 x 13 min. 2013 Directed by Bert Ehgartner Indie Games vs. Free to Play Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2013 See the bitter truth about sugar and its effects on Produced by Langbein & Partner Directed by Robert Glashuettner our “Stone Age” brain. This documentary shows the different concepts Produced by ORF and ideologies behind the new business models. HD EV 813563 EV 813573

Digital Dementia Duration: 1 x 23 min. 2013 The Power of Sound Duration: 1 x 22 min. 2012 Directed by Katrin Mackowski Directed by Katrin Mackowski The documentary examines the phenomenon of in- Produced by ORF Learn more about the therapeutic power of sounds Produced by ORF creasingly digitalised humans. and music. EV 813574 EV 813576

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The Elephant Kings Jewel of the Elephant Coast Im Reich der Königselefanten – Juwel der Elefantenküste – HIGHLIGHT Das Tembe Wildreservat in Afrikas Wunderland Isimangaliso Südafrika

The 300 square kilometre Tembe Elephant Park South Africa’s Isimangaliso National Park, which in on the border between South Africa and Mozam- the Zulu language simply means “wonder”, is home bique is one of the few safe havens for the so-called to the so-called “big five” – elephants, rhinoceros- “Great Tuskers” – bull elephants with gigantic tusks. es, buffaloes, lions and leopards. Covering 3,280 The sanctuary was established in 1983 and opened km2 (2,038 square miles) right alongside the sea, to the public in 1991. This year it celebrates its 25th this “wonderland” offers incomparable biodiversity anniversary. Rhinoceroses, lions, leopards and buf- with a correspondingly wide range of species in its FACTUAL faloes live alongside the elephant kings in the park. extensive wetlands, swamps, savannah and coastal FACTUAL The local community runs the park autonomously, forests. Opening up the region to eco-tourism is not opens it for tourists and runs a lodge. just intended to benefit the local economy; it is also the central strategy for sustainable development and nature conservation. Isimangaliso was listed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in 1999.

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Directed by Werner Zips und Manuela Zips-Mairitsch Directed by Werner Zips und Manuela Zips-Mairitsch A co-production by ORF/3sat and Werner Zips Filmproduktion A co-production by ORF/3sat and Werner Zips Filmproduktion Available worldwide Available worldwide

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Gober – On the Fate of an Bastion of the Giants Orang-Utan Mother Bastion der Giganten HIGHLIGHT Gober – Vom Schicksal einer Orang-Utan Mutter

Over the course of years, we follow the dramatic life “Bastion of the Giants” takes the world into an en- of Gober, the orang-utan mother. This is a scarcely grossing journey of the lives of Asian Elephants, and believable but true story from Sumatra, the large the stunning bio-diverse North Eastern jungles of Indonesian island. India around the river Brahmaputra. The challenges of the survival of the Asian Elephant and other en- Gober is first noticed by conservationists when she dangered species including Bengal Tigers, Indian struggles to meet her daily nutritional needs. It soon Rhinos and more, with intense human animal con- FACTUAL becomes clear that she is suffering from creeping flicts as human populations explode around these FACTUAL sight loss, and her daughter will still be depend- ecological hotspots and ancient elephant lands. ent on her for years to come. The observers are all Can India, a nation steeped in spirituality, save its the more astounded when the little one eventually forests in these times of species extinction and cli- begins to take care of herself and her mother. Her mate crises. desperate search for food takes her ever more fre- quently to the oil palm plantations. However, hun- gry orang-utans find little sympathy in this death zone. In view of their declining prospects of survival, the conservationists see only one option: to bring the two of them to a rescue centre. However, the daughter will not let herself be captured and remains behind in the forest. But who can take away the pain of an intelligent and sensitive orang-utan at the loss of her child? Out of sympathy, Gober is allowed to become pregnant again. The father is another blind orang-utan who was shot at on a planta- tion and who now too is eking out his life in a cage. That Gober is an excellent mother is demonstrated when she brings twins into the world in the centre. Her cataracts are removed in an operation and, with the return of her eyesight, Gober sees her two children for the first time. And that is not all. The rein- troduction to the wild in one of the last safe forests in Sumatra is possible. However completely unex- pectedly, her son shies away from the wilderness. Will Gober suffer another tragic loss of a child – or is it finally a stroke of good fortune? In front of the eyes of her rescuers, her daughter conquers the tops of the jungle giants alongside her mother – as if they had always been her home.

Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 Directed by Eberhard Meyer Directed by Sumesh Lekhi Produced by tigerbaby.tv media Produced by Brave Age Films Available worldwide Available worldwide Winner-Best Feature Film at Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2015, New York; Winner of the Isla Earth Conservancy Award of Merit at the Catalina Film Festival, Catalina Islands, Los Angeles, 2105; Finalist – WWF-Malasia Wildlife Award, Kuala Lumpur Eco festival 2015

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94 95 Daniel Brühl – My Barcelona Austria from Above – Daniel Brühl – Mein Barcelona Jewel of the Country Über Österreich – Juwelen des Landes

Daniel Brühl, the famous German fi lm actor, gives Georg Riha is and will remain the master of aerial viewers a guided tour of the city in which he was shots. What he used to fi lm with balloons and spi- born. The son of a German director and Spanish dercams is now done with drones and helicopters. teacher fi rst came to international notice when he In this new four-part series, for the fi rst time, Riha starred the lead role in the fi lm “Good Bye Lenin”. uses aerial shots only. In shootings that took several His international breakthrough came with a leading years he fl ew over almost all of Austria and shows role in Quentin Tarantino’s „Inglourious Basterds”. the country’s most beautiful places from the aerial FACTUAL From sunrise to the next morning, from Tibidabo perspective during the course of a year. FACTUAL Mountain to the sea, on his long walk through the Catalan metropolis, Brühl presents the areas of the city that mean the most to him, such as Sant Ger- Episodes available: vasi, where he spent parts of his childhood. Away from the tourist trail, he shows off his favourite • Exploring the North spots in Barcelona. • Exploring the South • Exploring the East • Exploring the West Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2015 • Above and About Salzburg Directed by Günter Schilhan Produced by ORF/3sat Available worldwide Picture: © ORF/3sat Picture:

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Punch Line Punch Line – Eine Frau steigt in den Ring

„Punch Line“ shows 36 year old Kati Zambito on her way from starting her intense training sessions to her fi rst boxing match. The whole experience of the training preparations of a sport, where there can only be one winner in the end, makes her see the world of boxing with diff erent eyes: Kati thereby questions current political and social decisions and realizes similar parallels between the challenges at boxing and the everyday struggle of life.

Duration: 1 x 53 min. 2016 Duration: 5 x 45 min. 2015 Directed by Kati Zambito Directed by Georg Riha A co-production by ORF and Daniela Praher Filmproduktion in Produced by Riha Film and ORFIII in association with association with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Lidl and Land Salzburg Available worldwide Available worldwide

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GardenCult GartenKult

GardenCULT is a creative infotainment format for beginners and advanced gardeners.The retro picture style and the unconventional camera move- ment as well as the authentic moderation of the show are unique. DIY instructions help the viewers to apply what they have learned in their own garden. In every episode experts explain the creation Duration: 10 x 25 min. 2015 of plants or gardening tools. Directed by Michael Starkl Garden Cult takes the viewers by the hand and with Produced by STARKL!fi lm for ORF III a moving camera and picturesque image compo- Available worldwide sitions leads them through the idyllic TV-garden. In ten episodes, ten diff erent gardens will grow in HD EV 814584

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98 99 Flavours of Austria Flavours of Europe Dished Up – A Culinary Journey Der Geschmack Europas Aufgetischt – Unterwegs zum kulinarischen Lebensgefühl

“Dished Up” is a glossy introduction to various This tasty series explores cuisine and cultures Austrian regions through their local cuisines. Cities throughout Europe. On these culinary as well as and valleys, lakeshores and mountain villages, all literary expeditions through kitchens, vineyards, have one thing in common: food and drink define farms and landscapes viewers will discover strange identity. “Dished Up” perceptively and authentically and familiar flavours and find out more about the portrays the relationships between culture, tradi- cultural history of Europe and its regions. tion, innovation, agriculture and culinary customs – FACTUAL in short, a region’s way of life. This series accompa- Episodes available: FACTUAL nies locals in their region or city, tells their stories, gets to know their unique foods, and outlines their NEW Sicily philosophy of life. NEW Bohemia

NEW Denmark

Greece Flanders Istria The Slovenian Karst Spanish Galicia Lusatia Maremma Transylvania Central Switzerland Carinthia

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Decanted – Wine Trails of Austria Eingeschenkt

Pictures: © ORF / Satel Film

Duration: 65 x 45 min. 2011–2016 Duration: 13 x 30 min. 2016 Directed by Claudia Pöchlauer, Christoph Mayr and Directed by Martin Traxl and Florian Gebauer Manfred Hoschek Produced by ORF in association with ORF/3sat A co-production by ORF, SWR and Satel Film in association Available worldwide with Austrian Television Fund Available worldwide (Episodes 1–23: Available worldwide/ Episodes 24–29: Available worldwide except for Germany) Season 8: 9 x 45‘ – available soon.

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100 101 Vanilla, Cinnamon and Almond Ox in a Jar Slivers – Christmas Bakery Ochs im Glas in Europe Vanille, Zimt und Mandelsplitter – Weihnachtsbäckerei in Europa

A “biscuit treasure hunt” through Central Europe is 3 Men – 1 Ox – 1000 Glasses – 2 Weeks well worthwhile. Christmas in Switzerland would be The cookery show that’s a little diff erent, the impossible to imagine without the so-called „Zimt- TV-sensation that’s a little diff erent: 3 amateur sterne“, star-shaped cookies with cinnamon fl avour. cooks – food critic Florian Holzer, artist Thomas In Znaim, in the Czech Republic, the traditional Nowak and photographer Ingo Pertramer – decide Christmas cookies are glazed with white fondant. to buy an organic ox, slaughter it themselves and The dough for the “biscuit doughnut” from Trento process it within two weeks.

FACTUAL is not kneaded, but stirred, and the biscuits are not The challenge is to cook a whole ox. From start to FACTUAL cut out but instead piped onto the baking tray and fi nish, from head to toe. So the performers buy a decorated with candied tropical fruits. In Trieste, live animal from the green Alps, slaughter it, butch- spices and lots of chocolate make the “Dolci” into er it and during a two-week open-air cooking-ses- an Advent delicacy. Shortbread biscuits in Hano- sion process, turn it into durable and appetizing ver and the incomparable The so-called Viennese preserved meat. It’s made durable not least to show „Vanillekipferl“, sand tarts with a good vanilla fl a- that the supermarket shelf isn’t a foregone conclu- vour, are the fi nal destinations in this pre-Christmas sion. The meat is smoked and dried, but mainly biscuit tour throughout Europe. boiled down – in dozens of diff erent varieties and with tons of recipes. Classically and through all the world’s cuisines. The idea sounds simple, but it proves to be a race against time, inner resistance, technical problems FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS and culinary confl icts. In eight episodes, a project that was about curing the meat of an animal that Gingerbread Journeys grew up happily, using classical methods and the Lebkuchenreisen best recipes, turns into the most sensitive cookery show in TV history.

Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2015 Duration: 8 x 25 min. 2015 Directed by Anita Lackenberger Directed by Jakob Kubizek and Peter Sihorsch A co-production by ORF/3sat and Produktion West Produced by Jenseide in association with Pertramerfi lm Available worldwide Available worldwide Romy 2016: Prize of the Jury

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FICTION Backwoods Crimes Landkrimis

Crime doesn’t steer clear of the countryside, au contraire: every movie of the “Backwoods Crimes” series tells another thrilling story in another rural idyll region with a varying cast. What unifi es them all: a strong regional connection in every criminal case. The high production value of these prime-time stories, crowd-pleasers Hary Prinz, Miriam Stein, Nina Proll, Tobias Moretti, Karl Fischer, Wolfgang Böck and Andreas Lust, add up to a hit TV movie series. Black humor, combined with the most unconventional approach of the investigators to solve the cases and the regional diff erences of settings and protagonists are the nitty-gritty elements of the “Backwoods Crimes”. Enjoy the original thrilling, funny and sometimes bizarre, Murderous Map of the Countryside. FICTION FICTION TV-MOVIES © ORF Pictures:

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HIGHLIGHT FICTION FICTION

All About Uku Final Settlement Höhenstraße Endabrechnung

Roli and Ferdinand waylay those who think they Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 Commissario Höllbacher made a mistake he can’t Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 are safe on the Höhenstraße, the dividing line Written and directed by David Schalko forget. But at least he wants to try to put everything Written by Peter Probst between the city and the countryside. As their Cast: Nicholas Ofczarek, Raimund Wallisch, Klaus Rott, behind him: the case and vain public prosecutor Directed by Umut Dag night shifts are only just bearable with alcohol, Inge Maux, Franziska Hackl, David Oberkogler, Oliver Mukuta, Nicoletti, who dragged the commissario into the Cast: Robert Palfrader, Tobias Moretti, Harald Windisch, the quality of their unauthorized assumption of Doris Schretzmayer glare of publicity. Höllbacher retires to a quieter Kristina Sprenger, Thomas Rizzoli, Lukas Lobis, Claudia Kottal, authority drops the later it gets. In the end the in- A co-production by ORF and Superfilm in association with post in his home town of Merano where he lives in Peter Schorn terrogation of a young black African and his Aus- Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund the former tailor’s workshop his late mother ran. A co-production by ORF and Allegro Film in association with trian friend results in a totally unplanned arrest Available worldwide His old friend Verginer takes care of him. They talk, Austrian Television Fund and IDM - with unexpected consequences. drink and even laugh from time to time. At work Available worldwide Höllbacher is written off as a burn-out case. Then a couple are shot in the centre of Merano. She was the famous chairwoman of an Austrian bank. A ter- rorist background is suspected. Chief Commission- er Thaler calls the once so successful Commissario Höllbacher for help, but he wants nothing to do with the investigations – until Nicoletti interferes in the case. That’s the moment Höllbacher knows he no longer has a choice. HD ES UT 814590 HD ES UT 814621

108 109 If You Knew How Beautiful It Is Here HIGHLIGHT Wenn du wüsstest wie schön es hier ist

The shy local police commander Hannes only knows violent crimes from television. But when a girl from the village is found brutally murdered in a dead mine everything changes. As no one believes that Hannes can solve the case, soon the chief inspector arrives at the crime scene to take over. Hannes stays on task to prove he can solve the case on his own, but during his investigations his home- town and its inhabitants soon turn into complete strangers to him.

Sensational Market Shares in Austria: 27 % 12–49! FICTION FICTION

Midsummer Night’s Murder Sommernachtsmord

On an alpine pasture an old dairymaid puts a tarot Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 card on the wooden table. The small group for Written by Felix Mitterer Written by Stefan Hafner and Thomas Weingartner whom the cards are being laid gazes in awe at Directed by Harald Sicheritz Directed by Andreas Prochaska the “death” card. A little later a young woman is Cast: Gregor Bloéb, Katharina Straßer, Julia Gschnitzer, Cast: Gerhard Liebmann, Simon Hatzl, Ines Honsel, found dead in a hollow in the alpine mountains, Martin Leutgeb, Roland Silbernagl, Peter Mitterrutzner, Branko Samarovski, Fritz Egger but when the police reach the rough terrain, the Gerti Drassl, Franziska Petri and Clemens Schick A co-production by ORF, ARTE and Graf-Film in association body has disappeared without a trace. The victim A co-production by ORF and Aichholzer Film in association with Austrian Television Fund and Land Kärnten is a German tourist. Before her death, it seems, with Austrian Television Fund and Cine Tirol Available worldwide except for Germany and France she gave an organist a lot of money as a donation Available worldwide Prix Europa 2015: Second best European TV-Movie towards building his organ tower. His girlfriend of the Year was incredibly jealous, as she always was whenev- er her friend won a tourist’s heart with his music. But she isn’t the only suspect. The tourist’s hu- band wasn’t happy with the dalliance either. He suspects the organist of having killed his wife and taken all the money. Everybody suspects everyone else. Nobody seems to put their cards on the table, not even the inspector who is expected to solve the case. Soon another tarot card is flipped HD ES UT 814681 HD ES FV UT 814284

110 111 Styrian Blood The Dragon Maiden Steirerblut Drachenjungfrau

Young police officer Sandra is sent to a brutal and At the foot of the mighty Krimml Waterfalls lies a mysterious murder case as hunters found a naked dead girl: Lena Striegler, 15, winner of the qualify- body in the woods. Trying to solve the curious case ing round in the lavishly staged “Austrian Major- Sandra faces a huge challenge working for her mis- ettes Award”. Everything would point to suicide, if

Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg © ORF / Petro Picture: chievous and rough boss but also getting along not for the heart-shaped stone that someone must with the sworn country community, that turns out have placed in the hands of the dead Lena. Inspec- Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 to be not at all interested in supporting her. Moreo- tor Martin Merana is to look into the matter. The © ORF / EPO Film Picture: Written by Susanne Freund and Wolfgang Murnberger ver Sandra is put to a serious test when she has to return to Krimml affords surprises. One is the mys- 1 x 90 min. 2016 based on a novel by Claudia Rossbacher confront herself with her complicated past. tery of the case, which seems to be related to the Duration: Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger mystical secrets of the legend of the dragon virgin. Written by Nikolaus Leytner, Stefan Hafner, Thomas Weingartner Cast: Miriam Stein, Hary Prinz, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Great Market Shares in Austria: 24 % 12–49 years! One thing quickly becomes clear to Merana: It must based on a novel by Manfred Baumann Robert Stadlober, Thomas Stipsits, August Schmölzer, have been murder. Directed by Catalina Molina Andreas Kiendl, Magdalena Kronschläger, Julia Cencig, Cast: Manuel Rubey, Stefanie Reinsperger, Gerhard Greiner, Johannes Silberschneider, Hans Michael Rehberg Harald Krassnitzer, Christine Ostermayer, Patricia Aulitzky A co-production by ORF and Allegro Film in association with A co-production by ORF and EPO Film in association with Austrian Television Fund and Cinestyria Austrian Television Fund and Salzburg Agentur Available worldwide except for Germany Available worldwide HD ES UT HD ES UT FICTION 813635 814136 FICTION

All Flesh Is Grass The Woman with One Shoe Alles Fleisch ist Gras Die Frau mit einem Schuh

After Anton Galba’s blackmailer, who knew In a quarry pond floats blonde hair. Not a wig, but a everything about him and his secret lover, dies real scalp. Then a foot is found, a knee somewhere through an unfortunate fall, Galba panics and in- else. Police chief Franzi and her colleague are faced stantly removes the body. Soon after police of- with a growing puzzle of body parts. All are from ficer Nathanael Weiß starts his investigations and the same person. But who? Because headquarters although he knows Galba is guilty, he needs his take their own sweet time, Franzi investigates on help at the same time to get rid of Weiß’ own her own and is confronted with passions quite un-

Picture: © Petro Domenigg © Petro Picture: opponent. like anything she has ever seen. Pictures: © ORF / Lotus Film © ORF / Lotus Pictures: Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 Sensational Market Shares in Austria: 28 % Written by Agnes Pluch based on a novel by Christian Mähr 12–49 years! Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2014 Directed by Reinhold Bilgeri Written and directed by Michael Glawogger Cast: Wolfgang Böck, Tobias Moretti, Petra Morzé, Anna Unterberger, Cast: Nina Proll, Karl Fischer, Johannes Krisch, Edita Malovcic, Harald Schrott, Sabine Waibel, Johannes Seilern, Fritz Hammel, Wolf Bachofner, Robert Palfrader Eric Jan Rippmann, Mike Galeli, Christoph Grissemann A co-production by ORF and Lotus Film in association with A co-production by ORF and Allegro Film in association with Austrian Television Fund and Land Niederösterreich Austrian Television Fund and Land Vorarlberg Available worldwide Available worldwide

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Death on Ice Der Tote am Teich

During his morning walk the retired policeman Sepp Ahorner suddenly discovers a dead body on a frozen lake. Since the two female investigators, who had travelled all the way to uncover this murder, are then rejected by all the village people, Sepp forces

Picture: © ORF Picture: himself to start his own investigations. But when his own family members become suspects in the case Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 he must choose between family and justice. Written by Susanne Freund Directed by Nikolaus Leytner Excellent Market Shares in Austria: 29 % 12–49 years! Cast: Maria Hofstätter, Miriam Fussenegger, Josef Hader, Erni Mangold, Philipp Hochmair, Martina Spitzer, Karola Niederhuber, Wiltrud Schreiner, Ferry Öllinger A co-production by ORF, ARTE and Lotus-Film in association with Austrian Television Fund Available worldwide except for France and Germany

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Southern Cross Scene of the Crime – Shock Kreuz des Südens Tatort – Schock

After a traumatic police operation gone bad, cop The team of investigators at Vienna’s Federal Crim- support him and his activities. The trail leads to a Tommy takes a break. He is looking for peace in inal Police Office is faced with an unusually delicate network of radical activists classified as extremist a small, tranquil village, where his father, who left task: Lieutenant-Colonel Moritz Eisner and his col- by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. the family years ago, was the headmaster and be- league, Major Bibi Fellner, aren’t supposed to solve queathed to him the old schoolhouse. The villagers a murder case, but rather prevent one. A young don’t exactly welcome him with open arms – the man has kidnapped his parents and in an open mes-

Picture: © ORF / Lotus Film © ORF / Lotus Picture: only ones who meet him with less hostility are the sage has threatened to harm his mother and father shopkeeper and his neighbour Traude. And even – both highly respected members of society – and Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 the peace doesn’t last long, because there is a ter- himself. Public interest in the events is huge. What’s Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 Written by Ivo Schneider rible accident at the local circus, in which Fire Chief more, the young man always seems to be one step Written and directed by Rupert Henning Directed by Barbara Eder Fenninger is killed. Soon there is evidence that this ahead of the investigators and successfully avoids Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Tanja Raunig, Cast: Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Maria Urban, accident comes in handy for some villagers. Ever being arrested. He skillfully influences public opin- Hubert Kramar, Aaron Karl, Christina Scherrer, Simon Stockinger, Lukas Resetarits, Alexander Jagsch, Michael Fuith, Harry Lampl, more clearly Tommy recognizes that chasms open ion about himself by using the social media and Mercedes Echerer, Mehmet Sözer, Reinhold Moritz, Jerome Thek, Tina Posch, Eugen Pirvu, Gabriele Weber, Michael up behind the facade of the peaceful village, abyss- effectively directs his critical messages at the pre- Dominik Warta, Ulrike Beimpold Wallner, Franz Weichenberger, Karim Karman, Ernst Karman es of revenge, hatred and retribution – and not least vailing social system. Eisner and Fellner are clos- A co-production by Cult Film for ORF A co-production by ORF and Lotus Film in association with of Tommy’s own family history. ing in on the young man and get into a spiral of Available worldwide Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund public pressure, intense conflicts with each other, Available worldwide and growing inner doubts. The longer the feverish hunt lasts, the clearer it becomes that the culprit HD ES UT 813927 HD ES UT 814676 isn’t working alone. He must have accomplices that

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The Art of War Kunst des Krieges

HIGHLIGHT On the outskirts of Vienna, a Turkish businessman has been murdered. To Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner, the cruelty of the perpetrators suggests that the man was involved with organised crime. In the course of the investigation, Eisner meets a young Ukrainian woman who has been a white slave in the house of the victim for years, and the investigators seem to be on to a gang of human traffickers. When among the associates of the murder victim a violent pimp just released from prison shows up, the case takes a surprising twist, which could be fatal for the two investigators. FICTION FICTION

Shooting Star Sternschnuppe

Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 Before the final round of a commercial broadcaster’s Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 Written and directed by Thomas Roth talent show, music manager and jury member Udo Written by Uli Brée Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Hubert Kramar, Hausberger is found strangled in his villa. It looks Directed by Michi Riebl Kristina Sprenger, Michael Fuith, Janina Rudenska, like an accident during an extreme sex game. But Cast: Harald Krassnitzer, Adele Neuhauser, Thomas Stipsits, Daniel Wagner, Günther Franzmeier, Simon Schwarz, during the autopsy a crumpled piece of paper is Michou Friesz, Rafael Haider, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Ruth Brauer- Thomas Stipsits, Tanja Raunig found in the throat of the victim. Clearly the music Kvam, Michael Steinocher, Sabrina Rupp, Susi Stach Produced by Superfilm for ORF manager has choked on that, and suddenly suicide and Claudia Kottal Available worldwide except for Germany is out of the question. On this paper, the investi- Produced by E&A Film for ORF gators discover lyrics, which the young man with Available worldwide except for Germany a wonderful voice is to sing who is regarded as the favourite likely to win.

Sensational Market Shares in Austria: 34 % 12–49

116 117 ORF’s Crime Classics The Silence That Follows Die Stille danach

Road to Paradise Wiped Out Paula Rohm (Ursula Strauss) receives an alarming Paradies Ausgelöscht telephone call. Shots have been fi red at the school that her children, Felix (Enzo Gaier) and Flora (Sophie Stockinger), attend. There have been deaths. At the school Paula and her husband Mi- Borderline Retribution chael (Peter Schneider), realize that their son Felix

Grenzfall Vergeltung is the perpetrator, and was himself his fi nal victim. Domenigg © Petro Picture: The world of the wealthy Rohm family falls apart. Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg The more the truth comes to light, the more clearly Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 each family member recognises their own part in Written and directed by Nikolaus Leytner Deep End No Way Out Felix’s terrible choice. Cast: Ursula Strauss, Enzo Gaier, Sophie Stockinger, Abgründe Kein Entkommen Peter Schneider, Philipp Hochmair A co-production by ORF and MDR, produced by Allegro Film Available worldwide except for Germany FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Code Name “Kidon” Mispackaged Deckname “Kidon” Falsch Verpackt My Wife, a Stranger HD ES UT FICTION Meine fremde Frau 814206 FICTION

Burnt Hopes Pawn Sacrifi ce Angezählt Zwischen den Fronten Irene’s Dark Secret Irenes Bruder – Ein Geheimnis Unforgotten Greed Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg im Dorf Unvergessen Gier Duration: 1 x 90 min. each

Young Irene has just been elected vice-mayor of HD ES UT three consolidated communities. When the sitting mayor dies in a car accident immediately after the election, she assumes his duties on an interim ba- sis. Many villagers are upset because Irene has very unconventional ideas for the administration. When chef Paul Berger wants to reopen an old village inn and Irene’s brother Georg wants to work there,

Irene is also vehemently opposed to the inn project. © FILM27 Picture: Old wounds of the past break open and a dark secret slowly comes to light. Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 Written by Konstanze Breitebner Directed by Peter Keglevic Cast: Franziska Weisz, Max v. Thun, August Schmölzer, FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Franziska Walser, Harald Schrott, Sissi Höff erer, Michael Menzel Produced by FILM27 for ORF and ZDF in association with Rosaria Austrian Television Fund and Cine Styria Die Fremde und das Dorf – Rosaria Available worldwide except for Germany HD ES UT Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg Picture: © ORF / Oliver Roth Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg 814164

118 119 SEASION RD 3 COMING SOON FICTION FICTION

Suburbia – Women on the Edge Vorstadtweiber

Five women, whose biggest challenge so far has been surviving their daily hour-long luxus shopping tours burning up their husband’s credit cards, are taken by complete surprise when suddenly one of them is divorced by her husband and thrown out of the house.

Instantly the remaining BFFs realize that the same Pictures: © ORF / MR Film / Petro Domenigg could happen to them – and their survival instinct awakens. How convenient that their husbands – all Duration: 20 x 48 min. 2016 businessmen with a quite strong inclination to- Written by Uli Brée wards corruption – are planning a big deal using Directed by Sabine Derflinger and Harald Sicheritz their ignorant wives. What the men don’t know is Cast: Gerti Drassl, Maria Köstlinger, Martina Ebm, Nina Proll, that their wives are setting out to turn the tables. Adina Vetter, Simon Schwarz, Juergen Maurer, Bernhard Schir Never would they have suspected that they have and Lucas Gregorowicz unleashed a bunch of beautiful beasts … A co-production by ORF and ARD/Degeto, produced by MR-Film Available worldwide except for Germany Sensational Market Shares: 36 % 12–49 years! 7x HD ES UT 814432 TV-SERIES

NEW Fast Forward Four Women and a Funeral SEASON Schnell ermittelt Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall COMING 2017

Angelica Fast is in her mid-thirties, a divorced single Julie, Maria, Sabine and Henriette – four remarkable mother – and a successful investigator at Vienna’s women sharing an exceptional pastime – join forc- criminal investigation department. The good-look- es in order to bring some excitement to the boring ing young woman handles the balancing act be- village life by suspecting murder in all those cases Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg tween her job and parental duties with humour. which initially seem to point to the opposite. Never

Even if her teenage twins keep her on her toes, she failing to be present at any village funeral, they in- © ORF / Dor Film Picture: Duration: 40 x 45 min. / 4 x 90 min. 2011 goes all out for the pursuit of criminals. That profes- vestigate the deaths by unnatural cause in a highly Duration: 58 x 45 min. 2005–2016 Written by Eva Spreitzhofer, Verena Kurth, Rainer Hackstock, sional and private life isn’t always separable, is not unconventional way. In the second season of the Guntmar Lasnig, Katharina Hajos and Constanze Fischer, least due to her ex-husband, the chief of forensics: series, Henriette helps out Julie with a friendly turn, Written by Uli Brée and Rupert Henning based on an idea by Fritz Ludl, Stefan Hafner and Thomas Weingartner Some teasing is part of the daily routine, and it may indispensable to Julie’s life and as a consequence Wolf Haas and Annemarie Mitterhofer Directed by Michi Riebl and Andreas Kopriva well happen, that childrearing is discussed on the has to go to jail for quite some time. Mona, a young Directed by Harald Sicheritz, Wolfgang Murnberger, Andreas Cast: Ursula Strauss, Andreas Lust, Wolf Bachofner, crime scene. Sentimentality has no room in all this – community doctor with investigative skills and Prochaska, Claudia Jüptner-Jonstorff and Walter Bannert Katharina Straßer, Morteza Tavakoli Angelica Fast knows what she wants and always medical expertise, joins the team. Due to her work Cast: Adele Neuhauser, Gaby Dohm, Brigitte Kren, Produced by MR Film for ORF keeps the facts in sight. abroad her sister Lola quickly takes her place in the Stephanie Japp, Martina Poel, Julia Stinshoff Available worldwide third season and it doesn’t take long until the next Produced by Dor Film for ORF Oscar 2009 nomination for “Revanche” with leading actress FURTHER RECOMMENDATION case gets them going. Available worldwide Ursula Strauss and leading actor Andreas Lust HD ES 6x IV 40x UT Also available Fast Forward 4 x 90 min.: HD 32x ES 4x FV 18x IV 30x UT FICTION 811435 814563 FICTION Guilt, Memento, Life, Solitude

Janus K-Files Janus Soko Kitzbühel AVAILABLESEASONNEW NOW

Dr. Leo Benedict is a forensic psychologist. His The splendid town of Kitzbuehel, at the foot of the world is the minds of mentally deranged criminals. Austrian Alps, set in unspoilt countryside and pop- It doesn’t matter if it’s Cara Horvath calling on him ular with the jet set, makes a fascinating setting as a police expert or someone else asking him for for this thrilling detective series. “K-Files” features help in a private matter, Leo knows that every crime a dynamic young team of investigators, a gourmet starts in the psyche – and consequently can only be chef full of bright ideas, a countess well acquainted solved there, too. When Leo looks into a series of with jet set life and a large portion of humour: the

Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg mysterious suicides, he stumbles across the shad- result is a witty and exciting detective series of a © ORF Picture: owy pharmaceutical company Janus and is stunned very special kind! Duration: 7 x 45 min. when he discovers what is actually behind the su- Duration: 216 x 45 min. 2005–2016 Written by Jacob Groll and Sarah Wassermair icides. “Janus” is a criminal series that is half phar- The series is built around a young team of CID Written by various authors Directed by Andreas Kopriva maceutical thriller, half family drama that turns out officers who constantly encounter extremely Directed by various directors Cast: Alexander Pschill, Barbara Romaner, Franziska Weisz, to be an enthralling detective story. baffling murder cases. Cast: Julia Cencig, Jakob Seeböck, Kristina Sprenger, Andreas Kiendl, Barbara Kaudelka, Moritz Uhl, Karl Fischer, Hans Sigl, Andreas Kiendl, Heinz Marecek, Andrea L’Arronge, Heinz Trixner, Christopher Schärf, Morteza Tavakoli Ferry Öllinger, Christine Klein Produced by MR-Film for ORF Episodes: A co-production by ORF and ZDF Enterprises in association Available worldwide 1–33 distributed by ZDF Enterprises with ZDF, produced by beo-Film 34–216 distributed by ORF Available worldwide except for Germany 4x 83x 5x HD ES UT 813374 HD ES UT 813833

122 123 CopStories ORF’s Drama Classics CopStories Feel Real Love, Enjoy Great Passion! NEW SEASON

COMING SOON Whether sparks are fl ying with the neighbours, your The Wine Tycoon best friend has been the victim of a crime or a drug Der Winzerkönig dealer is making trouble – the police is there to take Duration: 39 x 45 min. care of law and order. However, cops are only human, too. Parents who refuse to believe the news 13x 2x HD ES UT that their child has died, teachers who are afraid

Picture: © ORF Picture: of their pupils and friendships that are put to se- vere tests are as much on the agenda as the kind Duration: 40 x 45 min. 2013–2016 of questions that cops also have to ask themselves Orth Castle Hotel Written by Mike Majzen, Guntmar Lasnig, Karin Lomot over and over again, such as are compromises es- Schlosshotel Orth Directed by Paul Harather, Christopher Schier, Barbara Eder sential, or is it more important to stick to one’s own Duration: 142 x 46 min./2 x 90 min. Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Serge Falck, Claudia Kottal, Martin Zauner principles? What is stronger – one’s profession or Produced by Gebhardt Film for ORF family ties? 1x 1x 1x EV ES FS UT Available worldwide

FICTION 814682 Woman FICTION Julia – Eine außer- gewöhnliche Frau Duration: 65 x 48 min.

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ORF White Beauty HIT SERIES! Das Glück dieser Erde Duration: 13 x 50 min. Braunschlag is a more or less idyllic place in Austria, whose inhabitants are a league of their own. Among 2x HD ES UT others there’s a former beauty queen, a UFO land- Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg Picture: © ORF / Petro Domenigg ing site operator, a pair of weird doctors and the governor’s nephew. Gerhard Tschach, mayor of

Picture: © ORF / Superfi lm / Ingo Pertramer lm / Ingo © ORF / Superfi Picture: Braunschlag, has a problem: After several failed business ventures, his town is bankrupt. Therefore, Duration: 8 x 45 min. 2012 with his best friend, disco-owner Richard Pfeisinger, Written and directed by David Schalko he decides to fake a Marian apparition, to make tour- Cast: Robert Palfrader, Maria Hofstätter, Nicholas Ofczarek, ists fl ood the ailing town and bring about the hoped- Sabrina Reiter, Nina Proll, Manuel Rubey, Raimund Wallisch for fi nancial recovery. Braunschlag starts to fl ourish, Produced by Superfi lm for ORF but the two hard-drinking men soon lose control. Available worldwide 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.

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FORMATS Format & Entertainment Highlights Kiddy Contest Kiddy Contest

ORF-Enterprise offers a wide range of entertaining It’s different. It’s unique. It’s an outstanding success and innovative formats ranging from outdoor and on TV and on record since years. KIDDY CONTEST. indoor shows and scripted formats up to factual On this show kids change the big chart hits to funny entertainment. They convince with sportive chal- versions in their native language. lenges, funny stories, emotional insights and above all – good market shares! The formats are inspiring “Call Me Maybe” becomes a party song for water our customers coming from as far as the USA. If you rats and “Hot’n’Cold” is served as “Grammatical are looking for fresh ideas and new possibilities for Tangle”. This is a multi-platinum music show for kids programming, take your time and have a look at our and the whole family. In 2009, KIDDY CONTEST Picture: © Flo Wieser catalogue or contact our sales which will be happy won the prize for “best integrated event design & to assist you. Our service doesn’t stop at the for- promotion” at the “Eyes & Ears of Europe” Awards. Duration: various 2016 mat itself but also involves production assistance Written by Erwin Kiennast and Norman Weichselbaum if needed. Produced by OPERATOR Available worldwide For more information ask for our Formats- and Entertainment Flyer!

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Treasure Place Where to, Mr. President? 9 Plätze 9 Schätze Wahlfahrt FORMATS FORMATS In the big live show, the host together with the pre- Wouldn’t you like to see your future President push- senters from Austria’s nine federal states and as ing his own campaign car out of the dirt? See him many prominent personalities from the individual sing along with his favorite music? Discover what states, will, from a selection of nine hidden places in kind of person really lies under his political skin? Austria, crown the loveliest “treasure”. The couples “Where to, Mr. President?” shows you exactly that. from each province, consisting of one of the region- Sharing a whole day in the intimacy of a classy car, al news programme presenter and one prominent politicians open up in a new way. Unburdened of personality, will serve as the jury and, together with the stress of a face-to-face political discussion, two the public, award point scores. The places with individuals travel side-by-side in the front seat. Not which the individual states will compete against as opponents, but as equals. And six Mini HD-cam- one another are determined in the regional pre-se- eras travel with them. This unique format focuses lections in the ORF regional studios. on the times when the politicians are out of the Picture: © ORF public eye. On top they will face several challenges Duration: 1 x 130 min. 2016 which will test their NLP-trained shell and bring out Duration: 45 min. each 2013 Directed by Heidi Haschek their true character. Directed by Lilly Gollackner and Andre Turnheim Produced by ORF Produced by ORF Available worldwide Our Format “Where to, Mr. President?” delivers your Available worldwide audience the human being behind the political mask. Sensational Market Shares in Austria: 27 % 12–49 / 2x HD ES UT 814407 HD ES UT 813433

128 129 Cracking the Jackpot Vive Le Roi! Die Lottosieger Wir sind Kaiser!

What a lucky day! As the Deschek-family, after dec- A comedy series for all countries who used to be ades of trying, really do hit the ultimate jackpot of reigned (or wish to be!) by an emperor. The Austrian 30 million Euros, all worries seem to be washed Emperor and his adjutant are the main characters of away. But alas, instead of starting to fulfil the fami- this scripted comedy show that took the hearts of ly’s dreams the Lottery Association’s financial con- the Austrians by storm. Sitting on his lavish throne, sultant confronts the euphoric winners with a ba- the Emperor grants audiences to popular personal- Pictures: © ORF / Günther Pichlkostner sic principle tough to swallow: “Be rich – but never ities from politics, society and show business which Picture: © ORF / Gebhardt Productions show it!”. And so the Deschek-family is being put are completely at his whim. Duration: 30 x 25 min. 2008 to the test, trying to hide their sudden wealth and Duration: 49 x 45 min. 2015 Written by Fritz Schindlecker (headwriter), Rainer Hackstock, going on to live a quiet life discreetly in their coun- Written by Rudi Roubinek, Rudi Schöllerbacher, Leo Bauer, Franz Ruthner, Robert Mohor cil house. However, not before long the boundless Robert Palfrader, Gerald Fleischhacker, Ully Aris Directed by Leo Bauer temptation of wealth is preying on the Descheks Directed by Heidi Haschek Cast: Reinhard Nowak, Theresia Haiger, David Heissig, Brigitte minds and soon they have to face countless prob- Produced by Gebhardt Productions for ORF Neumeister, Alexander Pschill lems and turbulences. A funny and enthralling story Available worldwide Produced by E&A film for ORF about an average family cracking the jackpot! This Available worldwide series consistently delivered good results for ORF’s late night slot with up to 23 % market share (adults 2x 12+). Launchend in Germany and Belgium with big 1x HD ES UT 812966 HD ES UT 812504 success.

Kottan’s Investigations Quiz Safari Kottan ermittelt Quiz Safari FORMATS FORMATS Major Kottan is a homicide investigator with the Beastly good entertainment is a safe bet in this Vienna police. Together with his colleagues, the funny and exciting quiz show with its many tricky one-legged Schremser and the simple-minded questions from the animal kingdom, where both Schrammel, he solves cases marked by unusu- adults and children can put “animal” knowledge al circumstances and bizarre phenomena. While and quickness to the test. We will also visit these their superior, megalomaniac Chief Constable Pilch, fascinating animals in the zoo, such as the banded makes their life and work even more difficult, Kot- mongoose, which can crack eggs with a very spe- tan unsuccessfully fiddles with his second career as cial trick. Picture: © ORF / Satel Film a bandleader. Picture: © ORF / Tower10 Kids TV

Duration: 7 x 90 min. / 12 x 60 min. 1985 “Kottan’s Investigations” always borders on highly Duration: 36 x 26 min. 2011 Written by Helmut Zenker charged parody and socio-critical aspiration. After Written by Thomas Brezina Directed by Peter Patzak all, who would expect that between everyday po- Directed by Axel Hoffmann Cast: Peter Vogel, Franz Buchrieser, Lukas Resetarits, lice work and gangland bosses one has to deal with Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF Curth Anathol Tichy, Walter Davy, Harald von Koeppelle, coffee vending machines with artificial intelligence, Available worldwide Kurt Weinzierl, Bibiana Zeller, Chris Lohner UFO sightings or crocodile attacks? 12 episodes A co-production by ORF and ZDF, produced by Satel Film full of unruly corpses and absurd investigations, in Available worldwide short: crazy TV anarchy. 2x ES UT 814143 ES 814195

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“Yummy” – Cooking with Kids Awesome Animals „Schmatzo” – Der Koch-Kids-Club Tolle Tiere

In each episode of “Yummy”, hip chef Alexan- Duration: 64 x 15 min. 2013–2016 Tomcat Kurt accompanies us on an exciting journey One important element of the show is the active in- der Kumptner and two children cook up delicious through the fascinating world of animals. Children volvement with viewers at home. Children are encour- KIDS Written by Thomas Brezina KIDS dishes for young and old. Altogether around ten Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF and ZDF get to know native and exotic wild animals in an en- aged to to ask questions or to participate by sending girls and boys between nine and thirteen years hit Available worldwide except for Germany tertaining way, and also learn all about popular and in video clips that show them in action with their own the “Yummy” kitchen. The colourful menu includes New York Festival 2014: Finalist Award unusual pets: their abilities, their characteristics, their pets or favorite animals. An unforgettable TV experi- homemade treats such as ice tea, fish fingers and needs and their habitat. The encounter between hu- ence with animals for youngsters of all ages! potato salad, potato and carrot röstis with mango mans and animals plays an essential role. As zookeep- chutney, sweet cheese dumplings with raspberries er assistants, children experience work with animals Duration: 25 x 12 min. 2016 and vanilla cream, and Mexican wraps. “Yummy” at first hand and also get an insight into the work at Written by Thomas Brezina shows children and their parents great recipes that a veterinary practice. They get to know the specific Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF will make the kids’ eyes sparkle – modern cuisine characteristics of the animals, as well as what is im- Available worldwide with dishes that are quick and easy to prepare, look 2x portant for respectful and harmonious interaction 2x HD ES UT 813837 HD ES UT 814588 delicious and taste fantastic. with them.

134 135 NEW Mr. Punch SEASON Servus Kasperl

AVAILABLE NOW

“Is everybody out there? Yesssss!” The famous tagline 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 Picture: © ORF / Günther Pichlkostner imaginative adventure story, presented in a traditional puppet-show style, with Kasperl and his Duration: 56 x 25 min. 2013 friends. Interactivity is an integral part of the show Written by Thomas Brezina, as Kasperl rhymes and sings with the kids. Kasperl’s Barbara Illand-Olschewski, Harald Havas, Sam Madwar adventures are about friendship, helping others Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF and solving problems by using one’s wits. “Kasperl” in association with Tower10 Story represents entertainment for young and old – tradi- Available worldwide tional puppet-show at its finest! 2x HD ES UT 813460

Get the Knack! Genau so geht’s

Cracker Snap Knall Genial! 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 – Funny, crazy and absolutely “Cracker Snap”: the nevertheless, there are recurrent themes to which new knowledge format with a certain “a-ha” effect! the viewer can look forward. Subjects range from the Why did pirates wear eye patches? Can horses high-tech to supposedly boring everyday objects. In sleep standing up? And how do you bake a cheq- exciting experiments viewers discover, for example, Picture: © ORF / Günther Pichlkostner KIDS KIDS uered cake? Every episode inspires with unusual how to make clouds in a plastic bottle or how to Duration: 24 x 15 min. 2014 – 2016 and amusing ideas and sensational tricks from this make a piece of soap swim. Foolproof instructions Duration: 12 x 25 min. 2013 Written by Thomas Brezina multicoloured curiosity shop! Amazing discover- and simple ingredients mean that the experiments Written by Thomas Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF ies, exciting expeditions and stunning phenomena can immediately be imitated at home. Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF Available worldwide except for Germany bring history to life for young and old alike and in- Available worldwide World Media Festival Hamburg: „intermedia-globe Silver-Award“ vite viewers to take part in fun experiments, which “Get the Knack!” is an entertaining science show World Media Festival 2014: intermedia-globe Gold Award 2015; BANFF World Media Festival Kanada: “Rocky Award” 2015 can be repeated at home with playful ease. It’ll as- with modern visual language and a high cutting Worldfest Houston 2016: Gold Remi Award tound and enthral you as well as making you smile: rate. “Cracker Snap” proves that science is fun in a playful 2x and entertaining way! 2x HD ES UT 813664 HD ES UT 813345

136 137 Trick Factory Explorer Express Trickfabrik Forscherexpress

How does a magician get a rabbit into his top hat? Why does the koala bear have a speckled poste- What is a magic cup and how is it made? “Enchant rior? Can plants sweat or air be li-quid? And how and astound” – that is the tagline of this children’s can you transfer news from one continent to anoth- show! The makers of Explorer Express whisk young er without any electricity? These and many more viewers away to the astonishing world of artifice questions are answered in this extraordinary and and magic. Children are given an insight into the successful series for young researchers from 8 to 12 world of artists and illusionists through exciting years. Traveling through time, space, air and water, Picture: © ORF / Tower10 KidsTV / Ludwig Schedl magic tricks and handicraft work, which they are Thomas Brezina and Kati Bellowitsch take you on encouraged to imitate. Some of the best kept ma- the special Explorer Express en route to “discover, Picture: © ORF Duration: 52 x 25 min. 2009 – 2012 gician’s secrets are also revealed: Cuddly toys mi- experience, investigate and do it yourself”. During Written by Thomas Brezina raculously disappear and heads are made to turn these exciting trips the two presenters reveal facts Duration: 94 x 25 min. 2003 Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF/ZDF around! about nature, animals, technology, physics, chemis- Written by Thomas Brezina in association with Tower10 Story try and history. They also conduct experiments for Produced by Interspot Film for ORF Available worldwide except for Germany viewers to do themselves at home. Each episode of in association with Tower10 Story World Media Festival Hamburg 2010, intermedia-globe the series features interesting stories, experiments Available worldwide Silver award; Eyes & Ears Award 2009, Price for and vivid explanations. Romy 2004: Special Prize of the Jury, Audio Design & Composition Platinum Remi Award at Houston International Filmfestival 2005

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7 Wonders Quiz Castle 7 Wunder Rätselburg

Big and small miracles, the obvious spectacular as The Quiz Castle, a combination of 3D animation and well as hidden sensations – all this is shown in the film elements, is a funny show in which the audience popular science magazine for children “7 Wonders” gets to guess along. It specifically caters to the needs created and hosted by Thomas Brezina. Together of pre-school children. The two ghosts, Rattlehead with his pilot “Nelson”, he is travelling the world in and Pizza Poltergeist, invite viewers into their castle their flying Wonder Express “Crazy Lola” to present to take part in fun and entertaining games and quiz- seven wonders each show – be it the Dead Sea, in zes. They have to answer tricky questions in each and which Thomas reads a newspaper whilst swimming, every hall and in each and every chamber within the Picture: © ORF / Kids TV the language of dolphins, historical sensations that hallowed walls. And they get to learn amazing tricks Picture: © ORF KIDS KIDS still astound us today and “do it yourself wonders” and recognize optical illusions. “Quiz Castle” was Duration: 13 x 25 min. 2010 that show children how they too can create some- developed in cooperation with the British Company Duration: 240 x 5 min. 2010 Written by Thomas Brezina thing amazing. There are things to marvel at every- “Absolutely Cuckoo”. Written by Thomas Brezina Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF in association with where, not only far away but right around the cor- Produced by Tower10 KidsTV for ORF in association with Tower10 Story ner. Tower10 Story Available worldwide Available worldwide World Media Festival Hamburg 2011, intermedia-globe Gold Award

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Guglielmo Tell William Tell – From Lucca to Erl Guglielmo Tell Wilhelm Tell – Von Lucca nach Erl

In summer 2016 one of the most famous overtures Duration: 1 x 120 min. 2016 Gustav Kuhn is an opera obsessive, conductor and Duration: 1 x 25 min. 2016 by Gioacchino Rossini was performed in Erl, Austria Conducted by Gustav Kuhn general manager of the Tyrolean Festival Erl, which Directed by Edith Hirsch – that of his last opera, Guglielmo Tell (William Tell). Cast: he founded. He is also the head of the Accademia di Produced by ORF And since, as is well known, the Accademia di Mon- Mathilde: Anna Princeva Montegral which he set up and which is based near Available worldwide tegral is also a bel canto academy, the entire opera Gemmy: Bianca Tognocchi Lucca in the Convento dell’Angelo. Up-and-coming, and with it a multifaceted cosmos of musical high- Wilhelm Tell: Giulio Boschetti first-class musical talents are individually encouraged lights were also presented. From the five solo cellists Arnold: Ferdinand von Bothmer here, receiving a well-rounded training. at the start of the overture, and the famous galloping Orchestra: Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl Martin Traxl visited Gustav Kuhn in his creative cruci- march, to the great prayer of thanksgiving at the end Choir: Chor der Tiroler Festspiele Erl ble in Tuscany and his festival hall in Erl and followed of the opera, not only does Rossini create a suppos- Directed by Felix Breisach the journey taken by Gioacchino Rossini’s Guglielmo edly Swiss panorama of nature and the free spirit of Produced by ORF in association with Tiroler Festspiele Erl Tell from the preliminary rehearsals in Lucca to the the titular hero, but also revolutionises the operatic Available worldwide stage of the Erl Festival Hall. A fascinating glimpse genre itself. Rossini’s “Tell” is the highpoint of the “Op- behind the scenes of Gustav Kuhn’s festival operation. era seria” and the starting point of an almost 100-year tradition of great romantic operas.

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142 143 Aida – St. Margarethen Open Air Opera Aida – St. Margarethen Open Air Opera

Love knows no bounds. It doesn’t care about social status, regulations or laws. Love follows its own path. Also, if this leads into ruin as with the grace- ful Aida and Radames. Hollywood director Robert Picture: © Steve Haider Dornhelm succeeded with his opulent staging of Verdi’s masterpiece in showing opera stars like Kris- Duration: 1 x 160 min. 2015 tin Lewis (Aida), Martin Muehle (Radames), Annun- Opera by Giuseppe Verdi ziata Vestri (Amneris) under the musical direction Conducted by Alfred Eschwé of Alfred Eschwé. Soloists: Kristin Lewis, Martin Muehle, Anunnziata Vestri, Alexey Dedov, Luca Dall’Amico, Ramaz Chikviladze, Rosanna lo Creco, Giorgio Trucco Orchestra: Festspielorchester der Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen Choir: Festspielchor der Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen Directed by Robert Dornhelm FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Produced by ORF Available worldwide

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L’Elisir d’Amore – St. Margarethen Open Air Opera “Floria Tosca” is one of the signature roles of the Liebestrank – St. Margarethen Open Air Oper versatile soprano Martina Serafin, whose beautiful voice has lately been heard in all the major opera houses around the world. Vocal quality of the highest level can be expected from the internation- Gaëtano Donizetti’s comic opera, “The Elixir of Love” Duration: 1 x 120 min. 2016 al singers hired by the new director of the opera, Picture: © Arenaria is a tumultuous new production. The shy peasant, Opera by Gaëtano Donizetti Maren Hofmeister. The musical director is Michael Nemorino falls in love with the flamboyant landown- Conducted by Karsten Januschke Güttler, the principal conductor of the Finnish Na- Duration: 1 x 110 min. 2015 er Adina. But Adina only has eyes for the handsome Cast: Adina: Elena Sancho Pereg, Nemorino: Tamas Tarjanyi, tional Opera in Helsinki. For the first time the or- Opera by Giacomo Puccini Sergeant Belcore. That is until the travelling jack-of- Dulcamara: Uwe Schenker-Primus, Belcore: Andrei Bondarenko chestra of the State Opera of the Prague National Conducted by Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza all-trades, Dulcamara, arrives in town and the gullible Orchestra: Festspielorchester der Opernfestspiele Theatre will perform in St. Margarethen. Soloists: Martina Serafin, Davide Damiani, Andrea Carè, Nemorino buys a love potion from him - which in re- St. Margarethen, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Clemens Unterreiner, Leonardo Galeazzi, Christian Koch, ality is nothing more than a bottle of red wine. When Choir: Philharmonia Chor Wien Tomasz Pietak, Bernhard Sengstschmid, Michael Güttler Nemorino is prepared to put his life at risk just to get Directed by Philipp Himmelmann FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Orchestra: Orchestra of the State Opera, Prague National Theatre hold of more of the mysterious miracle potion, the Produced by ORF III Choir: Philharmonia Choir Vienna, Knabenchor Bratislava tide turns: Adina’s heart makes the arduous journey Available worldwide La Boheme Directed by Robert Dornhelm to peasant Nemorino. Produced by Norbert Lattner, Nentwich La Boheme Available worldwide HD Tosca HD 814469 Tosca 814272 MUSIC MUSIC

144 145 Baroque Treasures – Antonio Vivaldi Baroque Treasures – Barocke Schätze – Antonio Vivaldi Claudio Monteverdi Barocke Schätze – Claudio Monteverdi The virtuosic performance of Vienna Bach Consort conducted by its genius maestro Ruben Dubrovsky Claudio Monteverdi’s sacral concert «Selva Morale at Vienna’s St. Stephan’s Cathedral will carry its au- e Spirituale», written in 1641, merges the rythms of dience along to original sound impressions of Vival- folk music with psalms from the Old Testament. The di’s time. The magnificent setting of St. Stephan’s overwhelming acoustics of Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the artistic peak of orchestra and Cathedral and the usage of historic instruments conductor will be enhanced by the appearance of such as the theorbe or the zink create an authentic Picture: © Scarlatti Arts International the adorable Vivica Genaux. The US-mezzosopra- and unique sound experience. Led and conducted no is famous for her extraordinary interpretation of by Maestro Rubén Dubrovsky, the Vienna Bach Con- Duration: 1 x 60 min. 2015 Picture: © Scarlatti Arts International baroque repertoire. This concert captivates with its sort, one of the most important Baroque ensembles Opera by Claudio Monteverdi exceptional relation of sacral music and acoustic in Austria, will not fail to impress. The orchestra fo- Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky Duration: 1 x 70 min. 2011 impressions. Vienna Bach Consort featuring mez- cuses on the intensive dialog with baroque music Soloists: Soetkin Elbers, Theresa Dlouhy, Jakob Huppmann, Opera by Antonio Vivaldi zo-soprano Vivica Genaux, conducted by Ruben and accounts for the rediscovery of many impor- Markus Forster, Tore Tom Denys, Markus Miesenberger, Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky Dubrovsky: an exceptional music experience! tant Baroque works, such as those by Johann Josef Joel Frederiksen, Gerd Kenda Soloists: Vivica Genaux Fux or Francesco Bartolomeo Conti. The powerful Orchestra: Vienna Bach Consort Orchestra: Vienna Bach Consort vocal support by the very talented soloists Soetkin Produced by Caldara & Conti Arts Projects and ORF Choir: Vienna Chamber Choir Elbers and Theresa Dlouhy (soprano), Jakob Hup- in association with Stephansdom Wien, Bezirk Wien A co-production by Scarlatti Arts International and ORF pmann and Markus Forster (counter-tenor), Tore Innere Stadt and Radio Stephansdom in association with Stephansdom Wien and ORF-Enterprise Tom Denys and Markus Miesenberger (tenor) as Available worldwide Available worldwide well as Gerd Kenda and Joel Frederiksen (basso) HD 813596 makes this concert a remarkable pleasure. HD 813767

Baroque Treasures – Bach to the Roots George Frideric Handel’s Messiah Bach to the Roots Barocke Schätze – Georg Friedrich Händels Messias

The Bach Consort ensemble presents the festive In the concert film «Bach to the Roots», the Vien- Easter Concert for the third time. In 2016 the con- na Bach Consort ensemble conducted by Rubén cert takes place in the Klosterneuburg Monastery. Dubrovsky, brings music with Latin-American roots Handel’s Messiah is returning to its original première to the Vienna Konzerthaus. The two worlds of Ar- season: Easter time. On the 273rd anniversary of its gentine folk music and European baroque music first performance in London, Handel’s Oratorio will are contrasted with one another in impressive fash- Picture: © Scarlatti Arts International ring out in the Collegiate Church in Klosterneuburg. ion. Dubrovsky brings their musical roots to the au- Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky, the Bach Consort dience, highlights what they have in common and, Duration: 1 x 123 min. 2011 ensemble will play with the Salzburg Bach Choir as the musical programme unfolds, embarks upon Picture: © Elsa Okasaki Opera by Georg Friedrich Händel and renowned international soloists such as Kam- an entertaining, enigmatic and insightful search for Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky mersänger (an Austrian honorific title for excellent clues from Leipzig to the roots of baroque music as Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2015 Soloists: Michael Schade, Hanna Herfurtner, Gaia Petrone, singers) Michael Schade, Hanna Herfurtner, Gaia far as Africa. The musical contributions come from Christian Immler Petrone and Christian Immler. Handel’s Messiah the Zacherl Factory, the Konzerthaus and the Hof- Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Tarquinio Merula. Alessandro Piccinini Orchestra: Vienna Bach Consort outlines the message of the Christian salvation his- burgkapelle in Vienna. Whilst the mezzo soprano, Conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky Bernarda Fink, Francisco Brito Choir: Salzburg Bach Choir tory: the prophecy, incarnation of Jesus, suffering, Bernarda Fink, and tenor, Francisco Brito, perform Soloists: Orchestra: Vienna Bach Consort A co-production by Scarlatti Arts international. and ORF death, resurrection and promise of his return. Han- baroque works in the South American tradition, and Produced by Scarlatti Arts international in association with Stift Korneuburg del, the great musical dramatist, unfolds the events present Argentine music according to European Available worldwide Available worldwide with theatrical force and touching empathy. performance practice. HD 814463 HD 814461 MUSIC MUSIC

146 147 Re-Sound Beethoven Re-Sound Beethoven HIGHLIGHT

The documentary film, “Re-Sound Beethoven” whisks the viewer away with the orchestra of the Vienna Academy and its musical director, Martin Haselböck, on a musical journey to the original venues in Vienna of the premières and debut per- formances of Beethoven’s symphonies and other important compositions. How were Beethoven’s orchestral works performed in his lifetime, and what differences are there to today’s practice? Based on Picture: © Armor Fou numerous anecdotes and descriptions of the per- formances of Beethoven’s works, a picture is paint- Duration: 1 x 58 min. 2015 ed of the musical life of Vienna at the beginning of Conducted by Martin Haselböck the 19th century. Orchestra: Wiener Akademie A co-production by ORF, WDR and Amour Fou in association with Austrian Television Fund, Vienna Film Fund and BMB Available worldwide except for Germany

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The Fairy Queen The Fairy Queen

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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony By dropping the spoken scenes of the whole Beethovens 9. Symphonie 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 To crown the Styriarte 2016’s Beethoven cycle Duration: 1 x 72 min. 2016 own, the colourful series of scenes turns out to be Picture: © ORF / Milenko Badzic the Colombian Andrés Orozco-Estrada conduct- Soloists: Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Steve Davislim, a Baroque version of the “Everyman” play, where ed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the original Florian Boesch in a magical night a young couple encounters the Duration: 1 x 135 min. 2015 sound of the Concentus Musicus Vienna ensemble Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien heralds of nature. They remind the young persons Opera by Henry Purcell with distinguished soloists (Regula Mühlemann, Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor of who they are, where they come from and where Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt Elisabeth Kulman, Steve Davislim and Florian Conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada they are headed. And as you can see: The imagi- Soloists: Dorothea Röschmann, Martina Janková, Boesch) and the outstanding Arnold Schoen- Produced by ORF nation knows no bounds in the realm of the Fairy Elisabeth von Magnus, Terry Wey, Joshua Ellicott, Florian Boesch berg Choir. The Styriarte concert, which was per- Available worldwide Queen. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien formed on 23rd July 2016 as part of the 10th ORF Choir: Arnold Schoenber Choir (study: Erwin Ortner and Steiermark Klangwolke in Graz, was recorded and Michal Kucharko) broadcast live on Radio Steiermark, ORF III, 3sat Produced by Steirische Kulturveranstaltungen and via public viewing in all of Styria. The concert Available worldwide received a standing ovation. HD 814782 HD 813655 MUSIC MUSIC

148 149 Vienna Boys’ Choir – A Polyphonic Youth Mehrstimmig. Die Wiener Sängerknaben

Angelic voices in sailor suits: That’s the image of the Vienna Boys’ Choir rooted in the minds of people around the world. On sold-out concert tours they delight the masses. Their performance at the Vienna New Year’s Concert reaches an audience of billions. In Austria they are part of the cultural identity anyway. Yet hardly anyone can imagine what the not quite normal everyday life of a Vienna Choir Boy is like.The documentary “The Vienna Boys’ Choir — A Polyphonic Youth” shows a very special point of view: From the perspective of a Choir Boy. Picture: © ORF / Terrafilm

Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2015 Directed by Lukas Beck FURTHER RECOMMENDATION A co-production by ORF and Terrafilm in association with Wien Tourismus Silk Road Available worldwide except for China Die Wiener Sängerknaben – HD 814270 Wege in die Ferne

Sound of Vienna Wiener Klang

Con Fuoco – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna is world-famous for its music, composers, Con Fuoco – Die Wiener Philharmoniker virtuosos and conductors. It is the city of music. Tourists from all around the world come here to enjoy Austria’s capital, and countless music lovers from near and far send their talented kids here to The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s The documentary comes very close to the musi- study music. This film penetrates into the secrets Concert 2017 will be conducted by its youngest cians, portraying their intense work, accompany- of the art of musical instrument making. A musi- conductor of all time: at the age of just 35, Gus- ing them when they go on tour and taking a look cal survey of workshops, rehearsal rooms, concert tavo Dudamel is a shooting star of our times rath- at their lives outside of their work in the orchestra. halls, stages and museums, as well as high-tech er than a maestro deriving from the old tradition. studios and labs. And neither classic-, nor modern The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was once a music go short. stronghold of the Austrian bourgeoisie – today Picture: © ORF/3sat / Alexander Schukoff Film it’s becoming increasingly international, attract- ing musicians – both male and female – from all Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2016 Duration: 1 x 52 min. 2015 over the world to attend its auditions. And when Directed by Lukas Beck Directed by Alexander Schukoff the young Philharmonic play at events outside of A co-producion by ORF and WR Film in association with A co-production by ORF/3sat and Alexander Schukoff Film their orchestral duties, gone are the days when ORF-Enterprise, Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide they limited themselves to chamber music or tra- Available worldwide ditional alpine folk music – now they play Jazz HD 814781 HD 814778 and Rock as well. MUSIC MUSIC

150 151 Rudolf Buchbinder – Places of Childhood Celebrity, Enthusiast Orte der Kindheit Rudolf Buchbinder – Weltstar aus Begeisterung

He has always been the youngest, the most gift- This series presents artists, their homelands and the ed, the child genius. In December 2016 Rudolf places of their childhoods. What became of their Buchbinder will celebrate his 70th birthday and childhood friends and what has changed in the immodestly wishes to see the climax of his pianist’s place where they were born? Films and photos of career at the end of his career. The movie portraits the artists’ families are as much a part of this series the world-famous pianist and his deep relationship as the many memories with friends and witnesses with “his” classic works and shows him for example to their childhoods. in his position as successful artistic director of the Grafenegger music festival, where he presents the biggest stars of the music world. Interviews prove Episodes available: how much his colleagues appreciate him. Amongst Picture: © ORF / ForTV them conductors like Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser- • Piotr Beczala Mäst, Andriss Nelsons, Mariss Jansons and many • Ildiko Raimondi Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2011 others. • Angelika Kirchschlager Directed by Thomas Macho • Bo Skovhus A co-production by ORF and ForTV supported by • Pia Douwes Filmförderstelle Niederösterreich • Peter Simonischek Available worldwide • Michael Schade • Willi Resetarits HD 814777 • Robert Meyer • Erika Pluhar

Knickarts to you – Coming Soon: Aleksey Igudesmann Du Kunst mich – • Maria Bill • Reinhold Messner Aleksey Igudesmann • Maria Happel

It’s a provocative way of presenting art and culture: Aleksey Igudesmann – composer, cosmopolitan and stand-up comedian, presents an unknown artist in every episode. But instead of a classic portrait, Pictures: © ORF / Beczala Aleksey starts a not entirely serious dialogue and mixes fantasy and reality in an entertaining way. Unusual portraits from all kinds of art movements emerge, which have never been seen like this before.

Picture: © ORF / Wega Film Duration: 13 x 30 min. 2013–2016 Directed by Ute Gebhardt Duration: 1 x 45 min. 2011 A co-production by ORF and pre tv in association Directed by Tanja Lesowsky and Jenny Rezny with Cineart and Land Salzburg A co-production by ORF and Wega Film in association Available worldwide with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund Available worldwide HD 814773 HD EV 813399 MUSIC MUSIC

152 153153 DECEMBERAVAILABLE 22 HIGHLIGHT

Springtime in Vienna 2016 Frühling in Wien 2016

Conducted by Manfred Honeck the traditional Springtime concert of the Vienna Symphon- ic Orchestra will take you on a wonderful journey through Austria with selected masterpieces of Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss. The musical highlights of this exceptional concert will be featured by the passionate musical artist and pianist Helene Grimaud.

Also available: Springtime in Vienna 2011–2015 Springtime in Vienna 2009–2010

Christmas in Vienna 2016 Christmas in Vienna 2016

Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 For more than 20 years “Christmas in Vienna” is one of Duration: 1 x 90 min. 2016 Conducted by Manfred Honeck the most prestigious classical concert productionsin Conducted by Erwin Ortner Soloists: Hélène Grimaud Europe. Every year the traditional Christmas concert Soloists: Angela Denoke, Vesselina Kasarova, Dmytro Popov, Orchestra: Vienna Symphony Orchestra takes places in the glamorous Wiener Konzerthaus Günter Haumer A co-production by ORF and ARTE and brings together a quartet of the best internation- Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra al vocalists.They recite atmospheric Christmas songs Choir: Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Singing Academy from all over the world, accompanied by the ORF Vi- Directed by Felix Breisach enna Radio Symphonic Orchestra, the Vienna Singing A co-production by ORF, ARTE and Academy and the Vienna Boys Choir. A repertoire of Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt classic and popular music from around the world also Available worldwide except for Germany and France determine the 2016 program as an annual climax during Christmas season.

Also available: ARTE

/ Christmas in Vienna 2009–2015 Christmas in Vienna 2004–2007

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156 157 India - The Wedding Business I + II ...... 82 Paphos – No Man’s Home ...... 77 Techno Sapiens – The Future of the Human Species . . . .85 Where to, Mr. President? ...... 129 Indie Games vs. Free to Play ...... 91 Pearl Divers, The ...... 91 Through a Raven’s Eye ...... 55 Why do we Laugh? ...... 87 Insect Cuisine ...... 91 Perpetuum Mobile ...... 89 Tosca ...... 145 Wild Austria – Created by Water ...... 47 Intelligent Animals ...... 91 Pilgrimage between Faith and Money ...... 82 Tosca – St. Margarethen Open Air Opera ...... 145 Wild Boar – The Comeback ...... 46 Irene’s Dark Secret ...... 119 Places of Childhood ...... 153 Traffic in Motion ...... 89 Wild Caribbean – Rhythms of Life ...... 52 Janus ...... 122 Planet Sparrow ...... 36 Treasure Place ...... 128 Wild Ireland ...... 38 / 39 Jewel of the Elephant Coast ...... 93 Poland – Heading Right ...... 76 Trick Factory ...... 138 Wild Istanbul ...... 40 Kenia – Call for Action ...... 81 Power of Gratitude, The ...... 73 Tricks of the Engine Builders ...... 89 Wild Nairobi ...... 35 Kestrels at Close Quarters ...... 54 Power of Sound, The ...... 91 Turkey – Quo Vadis ...... 80 Wild Venice ...... 35 K-Files ...... 123 Punch Line ...... 96 Turtle Hero – A Cold Blooded Passion ...... 10 / 11 Wild Way of the Vikings ...... 49 Kiddy Contest ...... 129 Pyrotechnics ...... 88 Untamed Albania ...... 48 Wild Wonders of Iran ...... 50 Knickarts to you – Aleksey Igudesmann ...... 152 Queen of Vienna, The – Anna Sacher and her Hotel . . . .64 Urban Legends – The Fear Business ...... 90 Wilderness on the Water – Lake Constance ...... 26 Kottan’s Investigations ...... 130 Quiz Castle ...... 139 Vanilla, Cinnamon and Almond Slivers – William Tell – From Lucca to Erl ...... 143 L’Elisir d’Amore – St. Margarethen Open Air Opera . . . . 144 Quiz Safari ...... 131 Christmas Bakery in Europe ...... 102 Winnetou – The Real Story ...... 60 La Boheme ...... 145 Radioactive Wolves ...... 37 Vanishing Kings – Lions of the Namib ...... 14 / 15 Winter Sports without Snow ...... 88 Last Emperor, The – Franz Joseph I. Red Billionaires,The ...... 83 Vertical Farming ...... 91 Wolves ...... 87 between Power and Powerlessness ...... 65 Re-Sound Beethoven ...... 149 Vienna Boys’ Choir – A Polyphonic Youth ...... 151 Woman Who Knew Too Much, The ...... 58 Lionsrock – Return of the King ...... 16 Return of the Hoopoe ...... 36 Vive Le Roi! ...... 131 Woman with One Shoe, The ...... 113 Little Monsters – Hide & Cheat ...... 33 Romania – The Scramble for Land ...... 80 Walk on the Wild Side! ...... 43 Yummy – Cooking with Kids ...... 134 Longing for the coast ...... 66 Roots of Violence, The ...... 81 Walking with the Alpine Ibex ...... 55 Zambezi ...... 28 Looking for the Kick ...... 90 Rosaria ...... 119 Wasteland Warriors ...... 27 3D Printers ...... 88 Lost City of Gladiators ...... 56 Rudolf Buchbinder – Celebrity, Enthusiast ...... 152 Water ...... 89 500 Years of the Ghetto in Venice ...... 69 Made in Mexico – Animal Voyagers ...... 50 Scene of the Crime – Shock ...... 115 Waterland Warriors – The Beavers Are Back ...... 27 7 Wonders ...... 144 Magic Mongolia ...... 51 Schladming – Magic Mountains ...... 24 Making an Ancient Forest – Kalkalpen National Park ...... 23 Science for Sale ...... 88 Manon Lescaut ...... 145 Search for the Secret, The ...... 70 Maria Stromberger – A Nurse in Auschwitz ...... 72 Secret Life of Snakes, The ...... 30 / 31 Midsummer Night’s Murder ...... 110 Secrets of Bumblebees ...... 32 Mr. Punch ...... 137 Shape of Africa, The ...... 52 Mumbai Loved and Hated – Shooting Star ...... 117 On Surviving in the Mega City ...... 83 Silence That Follows, The ...... 119 My Donetsk ...... 75 Silk Road ...... 151 My Kabul ...... 79 Sky Hunters – The World of the Dragonfly ...... 33 My Wife, a Stranger ...... 119 Sky River of the Himalayas ...... 44 Mysteries of the Stone Age ...... 61 Smart Cities ...... 84 Nano Research ...... 87 Soil, Insects, High-Tech and Junk Food ...... 90 Nero – Monster or Victim? ...... 57 Solar Decathlon ...... 89 Nobel Prize Winners of the Future, The ...... 87 Sound of Vienna ...... 151 Nock – Mountains at Heaven’s Door ...... 24 Southern Cross ...... 114 North Korea – Marathon for the People ...... 78 Spotlight Murder – Real Murders, Oil-Power versus E-Power ...... 84 Real Investigators, Real Thrills ...... 84 Old Ruins, New Life – Wild Ephesus ...... 51 Springtime in Vienna 2016 ...... 154 Olympic Fever in Rio ...... 77 Stop or Go for Electric Cars ...... 89 On a River in Ireland ...... 29 Struggle for Housing, The ...... 80 On the Run ...... 79 Styrian Blood ...... 112 Opening up Iran – A Chance for Business and Human Rights .79 Suburbia – Women on the Edge ...... 120 / 121 Publisher: ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG, Content Sales International ORF’s Crime Classics ...... 118 Sugar Trap, The ...... 90 EURO PLAZA/Building A, Am Europlatz 1, 1120 Vienna, Austria ORF’s Drama Classics ...... 125 Sun-Seeking Creatures – A Mediterranean World . . . . . 32 E-Mail: [email protected], contentsales.ORF.at, Ox in a Jar ...... 103 Surtsey – The Birth of an Island ...... 91 A subsidiary of the AUSTRIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Grafik: OMC Creation / Yasmin Sowa und Melanie Haberberger, vektorama, Print: PAUL GERIN GmbH & Co KG

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