Wild sisters of bee "Maja"

Most people associate honey producing insects with the name ‘BEE’. Few realize that there are over 560 different species of bees - most of them live their lives ‘busy as a bee’ but some ‘abuse’ other insects and others are even known to be murderers.

Director: Jan Haft

The multiple award-winning cameraman and director Jan Haft (*1967) is one of the most innovative animal filmmakers in Germany. After studying geology/palaeontology, he went on to study biology. At the beginning of the 1990s, the nature enthusiast began his career as a camera assistant for animal film productions. Already in 1996 he founded Nautilusfilm GmbH, one of the most successful companies for animal films in Germany

Germany
2016
44 Min.
German
6
Director: Jan Haft
Script: Jan Haft, Gerwig Lawitzky
Cinematography: Kay Ziesenhenne, Fabian Fischer, Maximilian Kölbl
Editing: Jan Haft
Music: Jörg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller
Narrator: Axel Wostry
Editor: Bernd Strobel (BR), Martin Kowalczyk (ARTE), Gabriele Conze (WDR), Franz Fuchs (ORF)
Producer: Melanie Haft, nautilusfilm GmbH
Nominations: sh:z Audience Award 2017
Website URL: www.nautilusfilm.de