De Nieuwe Wildernis
De Nieuwe Wildernis (English: The New Wilderness) is a 2013 Dutch natural history documentary film about the nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. The film shows animal life during four seasons, based on two years of filming in the reserve.[1]
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| Directed by | Ruben Smit Mark Verkerk |
| Produced by | Ton Okkerse Ignas van Schaick |
| Narrated by | Harry Piekema |
| Music by | Bob Zimmerman |
| Cinematography | Ruben Smit Michael Sanderson |
| Edited by | Niels Roza |
| Distributed by | Dutch FilmWorks |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Animals
43 different animal species are being shown and also mentioned in the film, per class these are the following. Mammals: Konik horse, red fox, Eurasian beaver, brown rat, red deer; birds: great cormorant, great crested grebe, greylag goose, mute swan, common kingfisher, common nightingale, common reed bunting, bluethroat, sedge warbler, Savi's warbler, western yellow wagtail, Eurasian bittern, water rail, Eurasian spoonbill, European goldfinch, common starling, common raven, great egret, barnacle goose, common buzzard, bearded reedling, European robin, little grebe, white-tailed eagle; amphibians: natterjack toad and common frog; fish: common carp; insects: Colletes cunicularius, large earth bumblebee, yellow dung fly, Ranatra linearis, blowfly, aphid, ant, ladybird beetle, green-veined white, small cabbage white; branchiopods: water flea.[2]
Awards
- Film Poster Award (2013) at the Netherlands Film Festival[3]
- Golden Film (2013) for 100,000 visitors[1]
- Platinum Film (2013) for 400,000 visitors[4]
- Rembrandt Award for Best Dutch Film (2014)[5]
- Golden Calf for Best Popular Film (2014) at the Netherlands Film Festival[6]
References
- (in Dutch) De nieuwe wildernis in week tijd Gouden Film, Algemeen Dagblad, 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- De Nieuwe Wildernis [The New Wilderness] (film) (in Dutch). Dutch FilmWorks.
- (in Dutch) De nieuwe wildernis wint Cinema.nl Afficheprijs, Cinema.nl, 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- (in Dutch) Platina Film voor De Nieuwe Wildernis, de Volkskrant, 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- (in Dutch) De Nieuwe Wildernis beste Nederlandse film, Telegraaf, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- (in Dutch) Winnaars Gouden Kalveren 2014, de Grote Prijzen van de Nederlandse Film Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2014. Retrieved on 4 October 2014.