A cinematic tale from a world about which many have a strong opinion, but which few really know: The world of wolves in Germany.
In the land of wolves
Documentary film by Ralf Bücheler
on 29.09.2024
at 5 pm
in the Rehna Monastery courtroom
In September, the documentary film festival LETsDOK 2024 presents over 300 documentary films from all over Germany that captivate audiences with their unique ability to capture real stories and topics. The film "In the Land of Wolves" will be shown at Rehna Monastery on 29.09.2023 as part of the Documentary Film Days.
100 years after their extinction, wolves are returning to Germany, to an industrialized country full of people. They are coming back because we let them. We have decided this democratically. Their return is an expression of the change in our approach to nature. We are prepared to share dominion over the earth again, partly because we realize that we are going under: As sole rulers, we will perish.
"In the Land of Wolves" tells of the lives of our new neighbors. The animals do not live in an enchanted wilderness in nature reserves, but in our midst. They find niches in the cultural landscape. They retreat into the wastelands of old open-cast mines, use our paths, cross highways and run through villages. Their pups play with our waste and drink from the furrows left in the forest floor by machines. Sometimes wolves eat farm animals. And many people have a deep-seated fear of them. The wolves' land grab challenges us - administration, science, agriculture: researchers, shepherds, experts, politicians, conservationists and many others are acting in a climate that is characteristic of our present: polarizing and polemical debates about wolves. Yet they are merely roommates, not man-eaters.
A cinematic narrative from a world about which many have strong opinions, but which few really know: The world of wolves in Germany.
Written & directed by Ralf Bücheler
Dramaturgy & editing: Anja Pohl
Visual design (humans): Daniel Schönauer
Visual design (wolves): Sebastian Koerner
Music: Cico Beck
With:
Gesa Kluth and Ilka Reinhardt, wildlife biologists
Kenny Kenner, wolf consultant
Martin Bauz and Hannes Rudorf, shepherds
Konstantin Schanze, Specialist Unit Wolf Saxony
Sophia Liehn, crack expert
Casten Nowak, nature conservation geneticist
Claudia Szentiks, wildlife pathologist
Followed by a film discussion with Susanne Petersen (veterinarian and sheep farmer, founding member of the organic association Biopark e.V., board member of the Association of Sheep and Goat Farmers in MV) and Dr. Florian Asche (lawyer, author, board member of the Landejagdverband MV).
Admission free!
IM LAND DER WÖLFE Trailer German German (2024) @FilmtoastDE - YouTube
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