Director
Othmar Schmiderer

Concept
Stephan Settele and Othmar Schmiderer

Camera
Siri Klug (DOP), Shaheen Dill-Riaz, Othmar Schmiderer, Jörg Burger

Montage and drone
Arthur Summereder

Set sound
Andreas Hamza, Nora Czammler, Masrur Rahman Masud, Johannes Schmelzer Ziringer, Arthur Summereder

Research, artistic consultant
Stephan Settele

Colour design
Ulrich Grimm

Sound design
Andreas Hamza

Sound mixing
GrandPost, Alexander Koller

Post-production
av-design

Title graphics
Arthur Summereder

Intro text
Lisa Spalt

Music
Christian Fennesz

Translations
Peter Waugh, Isabel Wolte, Laura Balomiri, Eva Gressel

Production manager
Hanne Lassl

Film management
Susanna Harrer

Insurance
AON Austria, Regine Reiger

Marketing and Press management
Ines Kratzmueller

Producer
Othmar Schmiderer

 

Protagonists

Austria, Lungau
Krameterhof
Holzer Permaculture Solutions: Josef Andreas Holzer, Sepp Holzer, Regina Folzwinkler, Jeanne Martin, Thomas Fumig, Laura Fröhlich, Balint Toth

The Netherlands, Wageningen
Wageningen University & Research: Wijnand Sukkel, Ing. Erik Pekkeriet, Magdalena Smigaj and students, NL

Italy, Naples
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn: Prof. Ferdinando Boero

Austria, Vienna
Schönbrunn Zoo: Curator Anton Weissenbacher, Roland Halbauer, Leena Weghaupt

Slovenia, Piran
Marine Biology Station Piran: Tristan Bartole, Tihomir Makovec, Milijan Siško, Director Dr. Borut Mavrič, Dr. Tinkara Tinta, Dr. Martin Vodopivec

Germany, Berlin
Applied & Molecular Microbiology, TU Berlin: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vera Meyer, Karin Engelbert, Stephan Starhe, Friederike Hohberg
Studio Sven Pfeiffer: Arch. Prof. Sven Pfeiffer, Miča Jakub

Austria, Innsbruck
Mushroom Research Center Austria
Tyroler Glückspilze: Manuel Stüttler, Mark Stüttler, Hans Wastian, Julian Zellner, Raluca Neica, Robert Exenberger, Gabriel Bene

Italy, Inarzo
SQIM/Mogu S.r.l.: Maurizio Montalti, Gianluca Colombo, Stefano Bocchini, Gaetano Rummo, Silvia Gava, Manuela Moscardi, Andrea Calabretta, Deva Lara Campiglio

Germany, Thüringen
Forestry Office of Thuringia Sonneberg & Neuhaus: Swen Schiller, Roland Kaiser, Johannes Krummrein, Oliver Krische

China
Gongjing Forest Farm
Yuzhong District
City of Lanzhou: Huo Yanjun and staff
Dunhuang: Zhang Guobin , Nian Xiaoyan , Yang Zhongen, Yang Liyan, Liu Haiyan and others
Babusha Forest Farm: Shi Yinshan
Dunhuang Shouhang Energy Saving New Energy Co., Ltd: Liu Fuguo

Bangladesh
Boldia Union
Gagan Gram
Rafiqul Islam, Hafizul Islam, Mohammad Ripon, Monzurul Islam, Shahariaj Ahmed Abdus Satter, Mohammad Billal Hossain, Mohammad Farid, Mohammad Shahdat Hossain, Moshammat Zakia, Mohammad Shahariaj Ahmed, Moshammat Israt Jahan

Romania, Danube Delta
Caraorman: Dumitrescu Angelo Florian
Letea: Costel Canareica, Spiridon Canareica, Monica Canareica, Viorela Canareica

Ukraine
Rewilding Danube Delta: Mykhailo Nesterenko

Sulina
Florin Papadatu

Austria, Vienna
BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Project LIFE Sterlet Danube Island: DI Dr. Thomas Friedrich, Heidi Eichhorn and students

 

China
Location manager: An Qingyun
Film consultant and translations: Isabel Wollte

Bangladesh
Service production: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Location manager: Feroz Mostofa

Romania
Location manager: Tiberiu Tioc
Translations: Laura Balomiri

Czech Republic
Location manager and translations: Jana Cisar

Slovenia
Consulting: Alenka Malej
Translations: Moica Legvart

 

Thanks to
Vāclav Bilicky, Yu Bing, Angela Gherasim, Gabriel Gherasim, Dr. Karin Hain, Nur Jahan Begam, Dr. Chistine Jawecki, Yang Jia, Kateryna Kurakina, Dr. Kira Lappe, Ladislav Lashoda, Wang Lei, Alenka Malej, Pavel Munzar, Mag. Dr. Martin Mosser, Silviu Serban, Richard Višñák, Ivanov Valentin, Prof. Dr. Michael Wagreich, Yu Jun, Da Yonggang, Mohammad Zakir, Embassy of the People‘s Republic of China in Austria, Rewilding Europe, Austrian Embassy in Beijing, Office for Foreign Affairs of the Province of Ganzu, Cities of Dunhuang, Wuwei, Lanzhou, Media Centre of the Dunhuang Academy China, Babusha Forest Farm, Dunhuang Shouhang Energy Saving New Energy Co., Ltd., Ecke Bonk, Jörg Burger, Christine Dollhofer, Clemens Gadenstätter, Bodo Hell, Familie Holzer, Ines Kratzmueller, Klaus Lintschinger, Ivette Löcker, Sophie Lothaller, Bettina Novak, Michael Palm, Dieter Pichler, Goran Rebić, Petra Riegler, Katharina Schenk, Andreas Schindler, Lisa Spalt, Gisela Steinlechner, Michael Stejskal, Roland Teichmann, Iris Zappe-Heller, Amrit Zorn, Marion Zorn

Special thanks to
Werner Lampert and Brigitte Hanzmann for their support, inspiration and sponsorship of the project development and production.

 

Archive material
Animation mycel: SQIM / Mogu S.r.l.
Underwater photography: Marine Biology Station Piran, Dr. Borut Mavrič, Tihomir Makovec
Rewilding Danube Delta, Ukraine: Kurakin Oleksandr, Maksim Yakovlev

 

Distribution Austria: Filmladen Filmverleih

 

Supported by
Austrian Film Institute
Vienna Film Fund
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)
Province of Lower Austria
Province of Salzburg

 

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