Bee researcher Torben Schiffer is looking for the reasons for the susceptibility of honey bees in Germany. His aim is to preserve the bee colonies for the future. His findings: It is the beekeepers,...

Gibbons live in small families, each with their own patch of forest. They sing each morning to declare their territory and family. The song is operatic, loud and full of meaning.

Lions, Leopards and Hyenas are the perfect hunters of Africa and at night their skills allow for an overwhelming drama like nowhere else. Extremely light sensitive lenses and thermal-cameras reveal a...

The film asks a simple question: What happens to my trash? It sets out to explore the global waste trade, it connects the dots and shows the audience the astonishing ways of their waste - and as such...

<p>The film tells how the Bayer company used questionable methods to prevent an early ban on particularly toxic pesticides. The neonicotinoids have been on the market in the EU since 1992. They are...

Borneo is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. lts unparalleled profusion of life is the result of millions of years spent in the tropics – longer than anywhere else.

Checker Tobi’s greatest adventure begins on a pirate ship. That’s where he finds a message in a bottle which contains a riddle. If he’s able to solve the riddle he will reveal our planet’s greatest...

Students from the Malschwitzer Oberschule documented the biodiversity of species and structure in the Oberlausitzer heathland. The focus was on sand habitats, immigrated or special species, such as...

Bonobos are our closest relatives. Although they look very similar to chimpanzees, they are all the more different in their social behaviour: While chimpanzees war against foreign conspecifics,...

Die Insekten sterben. Weltweit, leise und unauffällig. 75 % der Arten sollen in Deutschland bereits verschwunden sein. Verluste in dieser Höhe seien besorgniserregend, sagen renommierte Ökologen....

Wir befinden uns im Jahr 2189. Es gibt keine Tiere mehr. Da beschließen die Kinder in die Gegenwart zu reisen, um die Gründe für das Artensterben herauszufinden. Sie landen mit ihrem Chronovisor...

Wilde Natur - aber auch Eisenlasten, die das Wasser braun färben, der romantische Spreewald mit seinen tausend Fließen - und an der Mündung die Metropole Berlin: Die Spree ist ein Fluss voller...

<p>Nature itself knows what it does best - this is the thesis of the foresters in the Lübeck Stadt-forst. For this reason, they stopped managing 10 percent of their forest areas in 1992 and left the...

Die Umweltverschmutzung auf der Welt nimmt immer mehr zu, die Tierweltdurch den Menschen zurückgedrängt, immer mehr Tierarten sterben aus. Da beschließen die Tiere einen Plan …

<p> The following films are shown in the double feature 2:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.greenscreen-festival.de/en/festival/films/d/show/bayer-farmers-and-the-bees/"...

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More beautiful than butterflies, more spectacular fliers than hummingbirds, and with intriguing behaviour as complex as mammals or birds, dragonflies and damselflies are the ultimate insects. ...

The film tells the story of life and survival in a vineyard over the course of a year. An unexpected number of animals and organisms settle among the vines or hunt there as the seasons pass. The film...

Steht unsere Welt Kopf? Was sind Tiere für uns: DINGE,- SCHÜTZENSWERTE LEBEWESEN oder NAHRUNG? Mein Film zeigt, fast ohne Worte, wie seltsam unser Verhältnis zu Tieren ist: Wir schützen Lebensraum,...

In nature, the most exciting stories take place right before our eyes - and yet we do not notice them. The Universum documentary &quot;Feathered Neighbours - The Colourful World of Garden Birds&quot;...

Madagascar. Nowhere else do so many bizarre animals live as here: the elegant fossa, which specialises in hunting Madagascar's semi-monkeys, the world-famous lemurs; chameleons that only live for a...

Using the very latest camera technology - drones, high-speed cameras and underwater cameras -, the scientists will explore and explain the wealth of tricks and tactics used by marine wildlife as never...

<p>In the remote mountainous region of Tushetia in the north-east of Georgia, life only takes place in the summer. Only when the snow has melted the pass road becomes passable. Parallel to the ascent...

<p><b>Dieser Film wird am Dienstag, 15.09.2020 hier online präsentiert.</b></p><p>Hope for the last mountain gorillas: Their number has risen to 1063! A success story of species protection. But can it...

The media is dominated by bad news. Yet there are people who devote all their energy to improving conditions. The film is the prelude to a planned series of films that will document that things are...

<p><b>Dieser Film wird am Mittwoch, 09.09.2020 hier online präsentiert.</b></p><p>Every child knows about hedgehogs! Really? Often, unfortunately, only run over in the street. But the prickly...

On a small island on Canada's east coast lobster fishermen have formed a rare alliance: The Campobello Whale Rescue Team. Their goal is to free and save whales that are damaged by fishing. ...

The island is a coastal landscape which man has shaped with agriculture and forestry, traffic routes, settlements and increasingly also with tourism. In the far north, away from the thermal spas,...

<p>Während der Mensch noch debattiert, ist die Natur mittendrin im Wandel durch den Klimawandel. Und die Folgen sieht man nicht nur in der Arktis, sondern auch direkt vor der Haustür. Der Faktor Klima...

The story of an American crocodile washed up on Cuba’s shores reveals the challenges of life. Survival here requires adaptation: Over time, it has produced new species and preserved others including...

A perfect hole in a hazelnut is the beginning of a fascinating story. A curious bug looking like an elephant cuts a hole in a green hazelnut during summer to feed and to place an egg into it. The...

After living a peaceful life on his small planet, the lonely Nono must deal with the visit of a new being, that will make him realize that after all they are not as different as they seem. ...

Everywhere birds are disappearing from the countrysides. British bird blogger Mya-Rose Craig sets out to find the reasons for the decline. She is meeting with farmers, scientists and best-selling US...

Volcanoes are temperamental, dangerous and deadly. Not the ideal place for wildlife. But Mt. Suswa in Kenya is a volcano like no other: it hosts a multitude of life both above and below its surface....

<p>The ninth Elbe depression is in full swing. A rare plant almost stopped the Hamburg project: the strictly protected &quot;hemlock water fennel&quot;. It is the only one of its kind in the world and...

This film presents the amazing landscape and wildlife of the Lower Okavango river in Southern Africa – and how these are intertwined and interacting.

Patchwork Penguin has a problem: he wants to run fast, but he doesn´t know how! Will the Patchwork Pals find a way to help him?

<p><b>Dieser Film wird am Montag, 14.09.2020 hier online präsentiert.</b></p><p>Insektensterben ist seit 2017 ein Dauerthema. Doch weder über die genauen Zahlen, die Ursachen, noch über Lösungen...

This film takes the viewer into the magical world of the polar night in northern Scandinavia. When the sun disappears for a long time in winter north of the Arctic Circle, darkness and cold dominate...

From the rugged continental mountain plateaus and lush green valleys of the north to the storm-tossed Atlantic coast and the sun-drenched Mediterranean south, Portugal with its unique landscapes is an...

Numerous studies prove that many animals are aware that they are capable of suffering and pain. Animals are driven by more than the mere urge to reproduce and survive. Pet owners intuitively know that...

&quot;Mission Earth&quot; ALWAYS starts with a photo. A photo that tells the story of a focal point in nature, an animal at the brink of extinction or an endangered ecosystem. The photo is shot by...

Seahorses are very unusual fishes. Especially the birth of the babies is unique in nature. In slow motion we see the birth of little seahorses coming out of the stomach of the male seahorse. ...

Sharkwater: Extinction (2018) is a thrilling and inspiring action packed journey that follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the massive illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption...

<p>The following films will be shown in the short film programme for Kids 2020: </p><ul><li><a data-htmlarea-external="1" title="Opens internal link in current window"...

<p>Snakes. One of the most universally feared animals on the planet. Sly, dangerous, and slimy, the human race seems determined to perpetuate the idea that they’re nature’s villains out to get us… but...

The forest is on fire. Not just any forest, but the Amazon rainforest, our so-called &quot;green lung of the world&quot;. In the search of culprits and explantions for the current fires the film SOS...

<p>Scientists in Germany and around the world are trying to get a grip on the problem of space debris, which is threatening everyday life as we know it today. </p><p>This film is part of the <a...

Spy in the Wild returns to witness nature’s greatest dramas &amp; emotional encounters from inside the animal world. Our ultra-realistic Spy Creatures with 4K spy cams investigate the extraordinary...

Antarctica - the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Penguin chicks run the gauntlet of orca and leopard seals, colourful starfish and gigantic worms carpet the seabed whilst on the surface –...

North America – a continent of change. In winter, lynx prowl the Yukon for snowshoe hares and manatees seek hot springs to escape the freeze. In summer, Tennessee fish build spectacular underwater...

The Baltic sea - a beautiful, fragile inland sea binding northern Europe and Russia. For ten years, we have been documenting frightening developments in these waters. Now we return for the last time....

Neither animal, nor plant, the blob is a giant single cell whose amazing capacities are leading pioneer scientists to the very new world of brainless intelligence. Blending science fiction, the...

The Meadow: A sea of colours, bright and variform almost like the tropical rainforest. How come this habitat only exists, if it is destroyed regularely? This film talks about the drastic decline in...

Our ocean environment is at risk. Narrated by my two daughters, we invite kids to discover and understand the ocean by following an iconic, charismatic marine animal, the humpback whale. We provide a...

The Whale and the Raven illuminates the many issues that have drawn whale researchers, the Gitga’at First Nation, and the Government of British Columbia into a complex conflict. A film about whales,...

Galloping Przewalski horses, bizarre bald ibis and the rare European mink are the stars of a new nature film. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker Herbert Ostwald and Cologne zoo director Theo...

<p>International chemical companies sell toxic agricultural pesticides in Kenya that have long been banned in Europe. In developing countries such as Kenya, the toxic chemicals are nevertheless sold...

The return of the wolf is accompanied by the comeback of an old, almost forgotten companion of man: the livestock guardian dog. Two unusual brothers with different roles in European landscapes – but...

<p><b>Dieser Film wird am Dienstag, 08.09.2020 hier online präsentiert.</b></p><p>Es ist nicht mehr zu übersehen: Der Norden verändert sich mit dem Klima. Was bedeutet das für die Bewohner an der...

Tiere sind weit öfter, als man meinen könnte, gewitzte Strategen, kleine Kobolde, Täuscher, Trickser oder Tollpatsche. Dieses Potpourri zeigt die mit den schrägsten und schönsten Szenen aus drei...