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Film Screening
The problem of saving elephants is not only the duty of the NGOs and conservationists, but also a responsibility of the public at large.
Comparative Films
(Both Nature documentaries and Investigative Journalism)
Film Spectators World Box Office Budget
March of the Emperor 5M in Europe / USA: 12M 106M$ 8.0M$
Babies 247K in France/ USA: 1M 7.8M$ 4.0M$
Winged Migration USA: 1.7M 32M$ 40M$
The Cove 4K in France 850K$ 2.5M$
Fahrenheit 9/11 USA: 17M 220M$ 6.0M$
Digital Marketing
The film-makers plan to create alone or with a Partner an Ivory Trade app referencing the number of elephantsalive by region on a world map and estimated legal and illegal ivory trade revenues. The app will worklike a counter – going up or down by region and contain:- A world map with a “counter” by region/country.- Contextual explication for each key region- Integration of pedagogic photos and videos about elephants in each region- Link to a twitter hashtag #ivorytrade coupled with a live newsfeed
Simultaneously the filmmakers plan Live Promotional Big Screen presentations at Times Square (and other key locations such as London, Paris etc) with:
• Visual elements on time square of Elephants and their environment
• Live donations via the application
• Live Facebook update of the donations
• Facebook photo and donations linked live to the Times Square screens
Technical Overview
Director: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy
Producer: Sergey Yastrzhembskiy & Chris Bolzli
Associate Producer: Jurg Winter
Production Company: Eurowide Film Production SA
Images & Perspectives Yastreb Film SA
Crew: A-List international crew
Voice-Over Cast: A-List actor for each key territory
Shooting Format: HD Video
Shooting Equipment: HD Video
Locations
Africa: Kenya, Botswana, Gabon, Malawi, Uganda, Cameroon, Tanzania, Chad, Congo.
Asia: China, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong,
Sri Lanka.
Europe: U.K. (London), Switzerland,
France (Lyon Interpol),Italy/The Vatican.
Americas: USA.
Releases
Planned release date: 2015/16
Countries: World
Support: TV, Video, VOD & Theatrical (with the support of Knie)
Advertising: Worldwide, all supports
Partnership: High Profile Wildlife Foundation
Festival: A-list Festival (Cannes, Venice, Toronto.)
An Apology to Elephants (HBO Documentaries Films)
Elephants are among the Earth’s most majestic and intelligent creatures – but for hundreds of years, they have suffered under the hands of humans. We have poached them for their tusks, chained them up in captivity, and destroyed their natural habitats. Narrated and executive produced by Oscar® nominated actress Lily Tomlin and directed and produced by Emmy® winner Amy Schatz, An Apology to Elephants is an HBO family documentary that illustrates how elephants live in the wild – from their matriarchal structure to their truly impressive memories – and examines the problems and issues that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses. This film traces our long history with elephants and features beautiful nature footage, juxtaposed with disturbing behind-the-scenes video of the cruel ways that circuses break down elephants’ spirits in order to get them to perform. The film also shows how people have been striving to spread awareness and improve the conditions for the scores of elephants still living in North America.
The Secret Life of Elephants (BBC One)
In this impressive BBC documentary series untitled the secret Life of Elephants, along with the team of researchers that the animals are trying to help, followed the remarkable lives of wild elephants in northern Kenya Samburu national park. The series reveals the hidden world of the elephant: the first faltering steps of the newborn Breeze to the experiences of an old matriarch, the deep emotions, their remarkable intelligence and deep-rooted family relationships. Cameras follow the work of the world renowned elephant expert Iain Douglas Hamilton and his "Save the Elephants" - team during their exciting missions across northern Kenya and tell a story about helpless rampaging bulls and doting mothers. The images demonstrate incredible elephant behavior; a mother who is forced to choose between her herd or to leave to save the life of her injured calf and a group of elephants who mourns the death of a matriarch. Recordings guaranteed a deep impression will leave.Read more on BBC.
Echo, An Elephant to Remember ( PBS)
Echo, the elephant matriarch, was the subject of many films and the leader of a carefully studies herd of elephants in Africa. This past fall, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied this amazing herd. More.
Battle for the Elephants (National Geographic)
National Geographic uncovers the criminal network behind ivory’s supply and demand.
Watch the Full Episode on PBS
The elephant, Earth’s most charismatic and majestic land animal, today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for gold.
About the Program
Battle for the Elephants explores the brutal slaughter of African elephants for their tusks, fueled largely by China’s demand for ivory.The film tells the ultimate wildlife story — how the Earth’s most charismatic and majestic land animal today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for precious metals. Journalists Bryan Christy and Aidan Hartley take viewers undercover as they investigate the criminal network behind ivory’s supply and demand. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, one of the world’s main ports for smuggled ivory, Hartley attempts to buy large quantities of tusks from poachers. In China, Christy explores the thriving industry of luxury goods made from ivory and the ancient cultural tradition of ivory carving.
