In the film, we venture among the highest Alpine peaks and into the remote Dinaric forests; we travel across the Pannonian plains, descend into the underground caves of the Karst world and dive into the Adriatic Sea. The film offers the insight into the secret life of some animal species that live in close proximity to humans, often even in an urban environment, but never quite come to our sight. We witness individual interactions between humans and animals. Throughout the 83-minute film, stunning details from the animal world emerge, combined into compelling and unobtrusively instructive stories shown through interesting footage. More than 50 animal species are presented; monitored over a period of one year and presented in different roles, as dictated by their life cycle – hunting and eating, courting, fighting, mating, and caring for the offspring. With the more common species, that we see frequently, the film introduces some lesser-known features.
| Producer: |
Matej Vranič |
| Director: |
Matej Vranič |
| Script: |
Matej Vranič, Marjan Žiberna |
| Camera: |
Matej Vranič, Miran Krapež, Jure Novak, Borut Furlan, Ciril Mlinar, Rožle Bregar, Arne Hodalič |
| Editing: |
Matej Vranič |
| Director of photography: |
Matej Vranič |
| Others: |
Production assistant: Karmen Skornšek
Assistant director of photography: Karmen Skornšek
Dron operators: Matej Vranič, Rožle Bregar, Boris Branović, Janez Kotar
Aerial shots: Matej Vranič, Rožle Bregar;
Archive material: Matej Vranič, Rožle Bregar
Sound recorder: Matej Vranič, Karmen Skornšek
Music: Leon Firšt
Snemalec sinhronih šumov: Matej Vranič
Archive sound recordings: Tomi Trilar - Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenija, Miguel Rodríguez Esteban, Pond5
Editing and color correction: Matej Nahtigal (napovednik), Matej Vranič (film)
Animations and visual effects: Jernej Župevc
Sound designer: Borut Berden, Gal Butenko Černe
Narrator: Jure Longyka (slovenski film), Michael Manske (angleški film)
Text: Marjan Žiberna
Professional scientific assistance: dr. Davorin Tome, dr. Tomi Trilar, dr. Dragan Zemljič, dr. Al Vrezec, dr. Anamarija Žagar, dr. Tanja Pipan, dr. Lovrenc Lipej, mag. Slavko Polak, Katja Poboljšaj, Primož Presetnik, Marijan Govedič
Co-production: RTV Slovenija
Co-financier: Slovenski filmski center
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Matej Vranič is a Slovenian professional photographer and filmmaker. For more than three decades, he has devoted his free time to exploring and discovering the animal world through the lens of a camera or camera. He was chosen as the best nature photographer in 2017. As a producer and director, he signed many TV commercials, viral and promotional films and music videos. In 2018, they presented their first documentary film with naturalistic content, Birds of the Lakes, their return.
