CRIME SCENE - THE FOREST OF THE LYNX

Two cruelly slayed lynxes in the Bavarian Forest. The killers are known but still not convicted. Conservationist and TV-commissar Andreas Hoppe wants to find out the truth. The international fur trade, huntsmen and the local police get into suspicion.

Director: Angela Graas

Angela Graas was born 1971 in Oberhausen and studied communication sciences and ethnology. After attaining her degree, she attended the University of Television and Film, Munich (HFF München) as an extra-mural student in documentary film. Film writer and director since 1998. For ARD and ARTE she made various prize-winning documentaries and wildlife films, among them „Luchswege“ (about lynxes), „Terror im Reich der Orkas“ (about orcas), „Highway der Schmetterlinge“ (about butterflies) and the full-length documentary film „Jagdzeit“ (about anti-whaling activists).

Germany
2014
44 Min.
German
7
Director: Angela Graas
Script: Angela Graas
Cinematography: Christoph Castor
Editing: Ruth Kucharz
Music:
Editor: BR (Redaktion Tiere und Natur), SWR
Awards: Best Story 2015
Nominations: Best Story 2015
Website URL: www.br.de