Here some apects of our work:
Battle on ARTE: Pirate (-Blennies) of the Caribbean fighting over their territory
TV Documentary from the Amazon River
was on air
Thursday, 27. Oktober 2016 at 19.30 h on ARTE
(Plastic: success story or time bomb?) D/F
TV reportage with HYDRA researcher Dr. Miriam Weber
was on air 26th of April 2016, 22.00 h on Bavarian Television
and 29th of April 2016, 8.30 h and 17.10 h on ARTE
photo: George Hughes
We tasted a bit of Caribbean feeling during a scouting trip where we filmed tiger sharks, lemon sharks and Caribbean reef sharks. More to come soon ....
Update: we are still travelling and filming hard....
Update again: DONE!
Grand Prix at the 18th Intl. Underwater Film Festival Belgrade
Special show at Darßer NaturfilmFestival, OZEANEUM Stralsund (Germany)
Nomination for Special Prize of the Jury (Biodiversity) at Naturvision Film Festival, Ludwigsburg (Germany)
Nomination at Darßer NaturfilmFestival, Darß and Stralsund (Germany)
"Expédition Méditerranée series": 100-minutes summary on UNIVERSUM, ORF, Austrian Television
Foto: ORF/BR/Reinhard Dirscherl/WaterFrame
Update from the statistics shows the success: This show has been viewed by 22% of all audience and had an internal rating of 4.7 of 5.0!
"WELT DER TIERE" - "WORLD OF ANIMALS": DOUBLE FEATURE SATURDAY/SUNDAY
From the press release: "Dolphins and fishermen are competing for the last resources of the Mediterranean Sea. But in the Bay of Golfo Aranci in Sardinia they seem to have found an agreement - in the Dolphin Farm.
Fish is getting rare and the fight humans vs. marine mammals is getting harder. Even rifles and explosives are being used. Because Dolphins have learned to steal fish form the fishermen's nets. But there is a place where they settled a peace agreement: In Golfo Aranci in Sardinia dolphins come to a fish farm, are surveyed by scientists and live on the wild fish attracted by the abundant feed around the fish cages. The film crew was able to observe unique interactions here, because a group of at least 17 Bottlenose Dolphins has given up its migration behaviour and became resident." Commissioning editor: Bernd Strobel, BR
From the press release: "Tourists are terrified of them: the hunters and killers from the oceans' deep. Even at the beaches of the tourist magnet Mediterranean Sea there are said to occur countless creatures that could ruin your swim... From the jelly that can cause severe burns and even scars with thousands of microscopic stinging cells to the alledgedly fatal sting of the Geater Weever, a small fish buried in the sand. From the majestic Blue Shark to the gigantic Sixgill Shark rising from the Deep-Sea. Biologist Christian Lott is on the tracks of the hunters. But his voyages through the underwater world of the "Mare Nostrum" depicts a different view. The great predators like sharks, tuna or the Brown Grouper are at the brink of extinction. Can we still save these majestic animals?" Commissioning editor: Bernd Strobel, BR
Two years of shooting for the Med Sea documentary. Some impressions:
Thousands of kilometers by car, hundreds of days at sea, many weeks under water sitting still for minutes in front of a tiny creature, trying to put it in focus with a long swell shaking you back and forth. Crawling into so far unexplored underwater caves on a small Aegean island to find the rarest marine mammal of the Mediterranean Sea, the monk seal. Zig-zagging the deep blue waters of the Ionian Sea on the hunt for the biggest predators of the planet, the gigantic Sperm whale. Mixed-gas night dives with several knots of current in the Strait of Messina to film the rare six-gill shark. Getting caught in the deep fog far out at sea off the Balearic Islands with no wind on a 102-years old pirate ship-like research vessel. And after that riding a severe Mistral storm with two anchors out, and dragging. Schools of dozens of dolphins around the ship, filming fearless loggerhead turtles basking at the surface from touching distance, pods of pilot whales all around and bulls nervously watching their newborn….
more info on ARTE TV: http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/045506-003/mediterranee-sauvage-1-5
Our 5-part documentary series will be shown on ARTE again!
For part 3 "Canada“ and part 4 "Atlantic Ocean“ we were facing hundred thousands of salmons in roaring rivers, went after sea lions and elephant seals, tracked down Giant Octopus and Wolfeel and were "embraced" by humpback whales.
more info on www.arte.tv
and was repeated:
03.09.2011, 09:55
Leben am Limit / La vie extrême
(Deutschland, 2011, 52mn)
BR
Regie: Florian Guthknecht
on ARTE.tv
D, 2011, 45'/52', Flowmotion Film, BR, ARTE, ZDF Enterprises
Story: Florian Guthknecht, Christian Lott
Author: Florian Guthknecht
Camera: Michael Boxrucker, Sigurd Tesche, Christian Lott (HYDRA), Roberto Rinaldi, Florian Guthknecht
The DVD (deutsch/english) is available from www.flowmotion-film.de
more info on www.arte.tv
Jackie and Graham Hall, Manx Basking Shark Whatch, Isle of Man
www.manxbaskingsharkwhatch.com
Charles Maxwell, Cape Town
www.underwatervideo.co.za
Ocean Reearch, Mosselbai
www.oceans-research.com
Mark Addison, Aliwal Shoal, Unkomaas
www.bluewilderness.co.za
Samantha and Rob Bester, Sodwana Natl. Park
www.gypsea.co.za
D, 2009, 5 min., ARD, W wie Wissen magazine
story: Florian Guthknecht
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Raimund Lesk, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
under water camera: Christian Lott
check the video on ARD Mediathek:
http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=2951332
D, 2009, 5 min., ARD, W wie Wissen magazine
story: Florian Guthknecht
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Niki Klemstein
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
check the video on ARD Mediathek:
http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=2951350
also from this production:
D, 2010, 6 min., BR
story: Florian Guthknecht
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Niki Klemstein
under water camera: Charles Maxwell, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2010, 45/ 2 x 30 min., ARTE/BR
story: Florian Guthknecht, Christian Lott
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Raimund Lesk, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
under water camera: Christian Lott
D, 2010, 45/ 2 x 30 min., ARTE/BR/ARD
story: Florian Guthknecht
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Niki Klemstein
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA), Charles Maxwell
The DVD (German/French) is available through www.flowmotion-film.de
ZDF Umwelt Toskana
D, 2008, 6 min., magazine, ZDF
presenter: Mara Bergmann
author: Michael Wiedemann
u/w camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
on-site logistics: Boris Unger and Andrea Werner (HYDRA)
special:
presenter u/w, with full-face mask communication system, generously provided by
Unterwasser-Moderation, UW-Sprecheinrichtung dankenswerterweise zur Verfügung gestellt von
D, 2007, 8 min., magazine, ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Sorin Dragoi, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2007, 45 min., magazine, VOX
presenter: Dirk Steffens
author: Friederike Schmidt-Vogt
camera: Patrick “Pepe” Brandt
u/w camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
on-site logistics: Boris Unger (HYDRA)
D/F, 2006, 2 x 45/52 min., ARTE/BR
story: Florian Guthknecht, Christian Lott
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Athol Foster, Richard Fitzpatrick, Christian Lott (HYDRA), Christian Redinger
under water camera: Richard Fitzpatrick, Christian Lott (HYDRA), Ron and Valerie Taylor
awards:
Prix Information Actualité, Festival d’Image Sous-Marin, Antibes, France 2006
“Best under water camera”, Special award, category: Worlds under water, 20th NATURALE film festival, Germany, 2007
D/AUS, 2006, 45/52 min., ARTE/ZDF und flowmotion film
story: Florian Guthknecht, Christian Lott
author: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Richard Fitzpatrick, David Curl, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
The DVD (German/English/French) is available through www.flowmotion-film.de
D, 2006, 7 min., magazine, ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2006, 43 min., ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Sorin Dragoi
u/w camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D/F, 2005/6, 45 min., ARTE/BR
story: Florian Guthknecht, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
author/producer: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Klaus Axthammer, Richard Fitzpatrick
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA), Sigi Braun, Richard Fitzpatrick
awards:
Palme d’Or and Prix du Président de la Republique, Festival d’Image Sous-Marin, Antibes, France 2005
Bronze medal 18th NATURALE film festival, Germany, 2005
Nomination Mountain and Adventure Film Festival, Graz, Austria, 2005
Best Wildlife Film, category: best under water film, Festival Albert, France, 2006
Winner “Solunto d’Oro”, Solunto Film Festival, Palermo, Italy, 2006
Invited Feature, Ocean Fest, San Francisco, USA, 2006
Invited Feature, 5th Celebrate the Sea Festival @ ADEX, Singapore, 2006
Nomination and featured tour film, CSIRO Festival of Science Film, SCINEMA 08, Australia, 2008
Special Prize of the Jury, Matsalu Film Festival, Estonia, 2008
D, 2005, 30 min., BR
story: Florian Guthknecht, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
author/producer: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Richard Fitzpatrick, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA), Richard Fitzpatrick
D, 2005, 7 min., magazine, ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2005, 7 min., magazine, ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2005, 7 min., magazine, ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2005, 7 min., magazine, ARD/BR
author: Florian Guthknecht
camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2002, 30 min., BR, Magazine "Kompass"
story: Florian Guthknecht/Christian Lott
author/producer: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Wolfgang Seif
under water camera/aerials: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D/F, 2001, 45 min., ARTE/ZDF/Spiegel TV
(int’l version 2 x 52 min)
Tauchgang am Ende der Welt
story: Marc Brasse (Spiegel TV)/Matthias Kopfmüller (Greenscreen)
author: Marc Brasse (Spiegel TV)
topside camera: Bernd Zühlke
under water camera: Sascha Kellersohn, Christian Lott (HYDRA)
D, 2001, 43 min., BR
story: Florian Guthknecht/Christian Lott
author/producer: Florian Guthknecht
topside camera: Wolfgang Seif
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)
I, 2001, 50 min., TECNO77, Rome
for National Park Authority Tuscan Archipelago
author/producer: Carlo Pinelli
topside camera: Enrico Pergolini, Alessandro Ojetti
under water camera: Christian Lott (HYDRA)