THE WILD ANDES – Extreme Survival

Emmy Nomination 2019

SERIES – Episode 2

Against a dramatic backdrop of super-heated geysers, arid grasslands and snow-capped volcanos, the fortunes of a newborn vicuna foal, and that of a flamingo colony, unfold. This is the breath-taking story of how animals on the high, central Andean plains have adapted to a world fired by volcanic heat and pinched by thirst and thin air. But even here life has found surprising ways to survive. A marsupial called ‘the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum’ stores fat in its tail and draws on it as needed. It can even shrink its internal organs to save energy when food is scarce.

​Length: 3 x 50 min / 1 x 90 min

Format: 4 k

Year: 2018

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Director / Producer:

Christian Baumeister

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Camera:

Christian Baumeister

Philipp Klein

Alexander Sommer

Christian Muñoz-Donoso

Christiaan Muñoz-Salas

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Editor:

Stefan Reiss

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Musik:

Oliver Heuss

Awards:

40th News & Documentary EMMY AWARD, USA 2019
*Nomination for Outstanding Music & Sound

New York Festivals 2019 TV & FILM Awards
* GOLD MEDAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

World Media Festival, Hamburg 2019
*INTERMEDIA AWARD GOLD, Nature & Wildlife

Beijing International Green Film Week
*BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

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OMNI Awards, USA, 2018

* GOLDEN OMNI AWARD FOR NATURE CATEGORY

* GOLDEN OMNI AWARD FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY

* GOLDEN OMNI AWARD FOR MUSIC