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We are delighted that our contribution to the BBC „Asia" series got this fine nomination at the Jackson Wild Media Awards, selected out of nearly 500 submissions. Time to say — once again — thank you! to all our incredible (frost-proof!) camera crews in Russia, Japan and China! Proud of you all!

„ASIA“ is a seven-part wildlife series dedicated to our planet’s greatest continent, co-produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit in collaboration with BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions.

This Sunday premiering on BBC One.
With very special thanks to all our great crews and supporters out in the cold!

RUSSIA
Vladimir Filippov, Sergey Kolchin, Stas Tolstnev, Didier Noirot, Dmitry Kokh, Maxim Deminov, Anatoly Kochnev, Alexey Bezrukov, Philipp Klein, Boas Schwarz, Sergey Surmach, Vladimir Zaitsev, Nikolai Agapov, Platon Maystrenko

JAPAN
Moritz & Mio Katz, Ed Anderson, Billy Clapham, John Aitchison, Barrie Britton, Graham McFarlane, Sam Oakes, Ben Harris, Sam Lewis, Reisuke Shimomura & Mai Nishiyama

CHINA
Jacky P**n, Joshua Cheng, Tong Xu & Jade Xia

The inaugural Best Nature Program winner is Cactus Hotel, which inspires audiences through its breathtaking portrayal of nature’s beauty and fragility.

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The cactus takes it all... what a unique night this was in beautiful Cogne at the Gran Paradiso Film Festival. Our Cactus Hotel film won three main awards:

⭐ Stambecco d’Oro - Best Feature Film - Audience Award
⭐ Stambecco d’Oro Junior - Best Feature Film Kids Jury
⭐ Best Beature Film - Technical Jury

In the name of the entire production team we'd like to express a BIG THANK YOU to the festival team, the technical jury, the youth jury - and most importantly: to the audience of the Aosta Valley in Italy!

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Heute Abend einschalten und in eine andere Welt eintauchen...
https://bit.ly/3UIINhK

Am Montag 19.2. um 20:15 Uhr im Ersten und jetzt schon in der ARD-Mediathek: KAKTUS HOTEL
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https://bit.ly/3UIINhK

We often see bears as dangerous, aggressive and somewhat dull. But are bears all bad, or is there a lot more to the bear than meets the eye?

Find out more tonight @ 20:15 on German ARD Channel.

And if you are in Germany, you can watch the film in the ARD Mediathek: https://bit.ly/3ukyoxU

🎬🌵 Cactus Hotel at Film Festivals 🏆✨

As the year comes to a close, we are still thrilled about the success our production 'Cactus Hotel' has seen at various film festivals. It's truly been an impressive journey!

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, our film's unique story has captivated the admiration and imagination of audiences and juries far and wide. The positive response has been overwhelming and deeply gratifying. Who knew that a tale centered around an old, spiky plant in such a mesmerizing setting would capture so many hearts? 😊

A huge shoutout to our amazing team and crew who poured their passion and talent into bringing 'Cactus Hotel' to life. Your dedication and enthusiasm have been instrumental in this success!

We are excited and hopeful as we continue to share our film with more audiences and at more festivals. The journey doesn’t stop here…

+++ BEST OF FESTIVAL @ GREEN SCREEN Internationales Naturfilmfestival Eckernförde
+++ BEST OF FESTIVAL @ Innsbruck Nature Film Festival
+++ BEST OF FESTIVAL @ Wolves Independent International Film Festival
+++ BEST NATURE FILM @ Nature Fest and Film Nemzetközi Természet- és Környezetvédelmi Filmfesztivál
+++ BEST FILM @ Sondrio Film Festival
+++ BUZZIE for BEST WRITING @ World Congress of Science & Factual Producers - WCSFP
+++ BEST FILM – Nature & Environment Graz
+++ BEST STORY @ GREEN SCREEN Internationales Naturfilmfestival Eckernförde
+++ BEST STORY @ Festival International Nature Namur
+++ HONORABLE MENTION @ Wild West Film Festival
+++ BEST INNOVATIVE FILM @ Darßer NaturfilmFestival
+++ BEST DIRECTOR @ Matsalu Loodusfilmide Festival / Matsalu Nature Film Festival
+++ BEST KIDS FILM @ Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam - WFFR
+++ TALINN ZOO SPECIAL PRIZE @ Matsalu Loodusfilmide Festival / Matsalu Nature Film Festival

Der Bär ist los! Unser Film BÄRENALARM IN TRANSSILVANIEN (Regie Boas Schwarz) heute 18.35Uhr erstmals bei .tv und ab jetzt in der ARTE Mediathek:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/107784-000-A/baerenalarm-in-transsilvanien/

how cool is that?! CACTUS HOTEL has just won a Buzzie Award for Best Writing at World Congress of Science & Factual Producers - WCSFP!

Yippie Yippie Yeah! 🌵 🥳

To our friends in Tucson, Arizona:

🌵Cactus Hotel🌵will be screening Sunday November 5th 5PM at The Screening Room during the Tucson Film Festival.
Don't miss it and check out all the other great films that will be screened during the festival November 2-5!